AHRQ-Related Articles, November 28, 2014

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Richardson MM, Grobert ME. ICH-CAHPS: what signal on the Chadburn? Am J Kidney Dis 2014 Nov; 64(5):670-2. [Discusses the development and testing of the In-Center Hemodialysis Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (ICH-CAHPS) survey in AHRQ-funded article by Weidmer et al. in the same issue.]

American Journal of Managed Care
Kierkegaard P, Kaushal R, Vest JR. Information retrieval pathways for health information exchange in multiple care settings. Am J Manag Care 2014 Nov; 20(11 Spec No. 17):SP494-SP501. [Cites AHRQ publication, Evolution of State Health Information Exchange: A Study of Vision, Strategy, and Progress, 2006.]

Annals of Family Medicine
Bayliss EA, Balasubramianian BA, Gill JM, Stange KC. Perspectives in primary care: implementing patient-centered care coordination for individuals with multiple chronic medical conditions. Ann Fam Med 2014 Nov-Dec; 12(6):500-3.  [Gives the definition of care coordination from AHRQ publication, Care Coordination Atlas, Version 3, 2010.] Select to access the abstract.

American Academy of Family Physicians. Reducing hospital admissions: small primary care practices shine in national study. Ann Fam Med 2014 Nov-Dec; 12(6):578-9. [Mentions AHRQ's definition of ambulatory care sensitive conditions.]

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. AHRQ updates on primary care research: the AHRQ Patient-Centered Medical Home Resource Center. Ann Fam Med 2014 Nov-Dec; 12(6):586. [Describes the purpose and content of AHRQ's Patient-Centered Medical Home Resource Center Web site.]

Clinical Neurology
Kelly ML, Rosenbaum BP, Kshettry VR, Weil RJ. Comparing clinician- and patient-reported outcome measures after hemicraniectomy for ischemic stroke. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2014 Nov; 126:24-9. [Cites AHRQ-sponsored Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century, 2001.] Select to access the abstract.

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
Cram P. CORR Insights: the National Hospital Discharge Survey and the Nationwide Inpatient Sample: the databases used affect results in THA research. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2014 Nov; 472(11):3450-1. [Discusses the use of AHRQ's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) in article by Bekkers et al. in the same issue.]

JAMA
Sage WM. Medical malpractice reform: when is it about money? Why is it about time? JAMA 2014 Nov 26; 312(20):2103-5. [Comments on AHRQ-funded article by Mello et al. in the same issue.]

JAMA Surgery
Ferraris VA, Bolanos M, Martin JT, Mahan A, Saha SP. Identification of patients with postoperative complications who are at risk for failure to rescue. JAMA Surg 2014 Nov; 149(11):1103-8. [Cites AHRQ-funded articles by Silber et al. (JAMA, 1995, Int J Qual Health Care, 1997, and Med Care, 1992) and Ghaferi et al. (Ann Surg, 2009, and Med Care, 2011).] Select to access the abstract.

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety
Levin CM, Hopkins J. Creating a patient complaint capture and resolution process to incorporate best practices for patient-centered representation. Jt Comm J Qual Saf 2014 Nov; 40(11):484-92. [Cites AHRQ publication, Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches, Volume 2: Culture and Redesign, 2008, and Service Recovery Programs topic page on AHRQ's CAHPS® Web site.]

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
McCallum DM, Fosson GH, Pisu M. Making the case for Medicaid funding of smoking cessation treatment programs: an application to state-level health care savings. J Health Care Poor Underserved 2014 Nov; 25(4):1922-40. [Cites AHRQ-sponsored guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update, 2008.] Select to access the abstract.

Patton D. State policy and health disparities: an examination of the impact of state offices of minority health. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2014 Nov; 25(4):1982-2002. [Cites AHRQ publication, National Stakeholder Strategy for Achieving Health Equity Document Released by HHS/NPA in 2011, 2012.] Select to access the abstract.