AHRQ-Related Articles, December 26, 2014

International Journal for Quality in Health Care
Manojlovich M, Kerr M, Davies B, Squires J, Mallick R, Rodger GL. Achieving a climate for patient safety by focusing on relationships. Int J Qual Health Care 2014 Dec; 26(6):579-84. [Cites AHRQ-authored article by Leape, Berwick, Clancy (former AHRQ director) et al., (Qual Saf Health Care, 2009) and AHRQ-funded article by Shekelle et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2013), based on AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Making Healthcare Safer II: An Updated Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Safety Practice, 2013.] Select to access the abstract.

Verbakel NJ, Van Melle M, Langelaan M, Verheij TJ, Wagner C, Zwart DL. Exploring patient safety culture in primary care. Int J Qual Health Care 2014 Dec; 26(6):585-91. [Mentions the Dutch version of AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPS), citing AHRQ-funded article by Sorra and Dyer (BMC Health Serv Res, 2010).] Select to access the abstract.

JAMA
McKethan A, Jha AK. Designing smarter pay-for-performance programs. JAMA 2014 Dec 24-31; 312(24):2617-8. [Cites AHRQ-funded Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century, 2001.]

Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research
Simpson LA. What does US$1.1 billion buy? An investment in the future. J Comp Eff Res 2014 Nov; 3(6):561-3. [Author is a former AHRQ deputy director; cites AHRQ-authored articles by Conway and Clancy (former AHRQ director) (N Engl J Med, 2009) and Forrest, Simpson, and Clancy (JAMA, 1997); cites AHRQ-funded article by Holve et al. (Med Care, 2012) and AHRQ-related AcademyHealth report, AHRQ: 15 Years of Transforming Care and Improving Health, 2014.]

Selby J, Slutsky J. How a unique provision in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act set a foundation for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. J Comp Eff Res 2014 Nov; 3(6):565-6. [Second author is a former AHRQ center director; cites AHRQ-authored article by Tunis, Stryer (former AHRQ center director), and Clancy (JAMA, 2003) and discusses AHRQ's involvement in comparative effectiveness research before and after ARRA funding.]

Randhawa GS. Building electronic data infrastructure for comparative effectiveness research: accomplishments, lessons learned and future steps. J Comp Eff Res 2014 Nov; 3(6):567-72. [Author is a researcher in AHRQ's Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement; reviews 12 programs funded by AHRQ under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, citing several AHRQ-funded/authored articles.]

Rich EC, Esposito D, Kimmey LD, Valenzano CS, Yong PL. Assessing the long-term impact of public investments in comparative effectiveness research: conceptual framework and lessons learned. J Comp Eff Res 2014 Nov; 3(6):657-66. [Mentions allocation of funds to AHRQ to support comparative effectiveness research and AHRQ's National Guideline Clearinghouse^TM (NGC).]