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Variation In Health Outcomes: The Role Of Spending On Social Services, Public Health, And Health Care, 2000–09

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Although spending rates on health care and social services vary substantially across the states, little is known about the possible association between variation in state-level health outcomes and the allocation of state spending between he

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The Future of Nursing

The Future of Nursing explores how nurses' roles, responsibilities, and education should change significantly to meet the increased demand for care that will be created by health care reform and to advance improvements in America's increasingly compl

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State Public Options: Comparing Models from Across the Country

This issue brief outlines some of the problems states are seeking to address with their public option proposals, reports the proposals’ current status, categorizes the public option proposals into archetypes, and identifies important issues for Calif

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Community Health and Economic Prosperity Engaging Businesses as Stewards and Stakeholders— A Report of the Surgeon General

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HHS released a report on Community Health and Economic Prosperity: Engaging Businesses as Stewards and Stakeholders - A Report of the Surgeon General, which aims to raise awareness of the U.S. health disadvantage and demonstrates to business l

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Moving the Needle in Cross-Sector Population Health Networks: Celebrating Success Stories

The goal of this project is to advance the field’s knowledge of the ways that health care can and should contribute to multi-sector networks that advance population-level health goals. Beginning in early 2019, we scanned literature and conducted form

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Strategies for Engaging Vulnerable Populations in Healthcare

"Connecting and communicating with members is an important part of effective healthcare. When providers and members work as a team, health outcomes improve.¹ Members who have access to factual and high-quality health information,² guidance from a qua

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Income-Related Inequality In Affordability And Access To Primary Care In Eleven High-Income Countries

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A high-performing health care system strives to achieve universal access, affordability, high-quality care, and equity, aiming to reduce inequality in outcomes and access. Using data from the 2020 Commonwealth Fund International Health Poli

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CLIMATE CHANGE & HEALTH: Assessing State Preparedness

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Climate change poses serious threats to human health. Too often, the issue is framed as a risk for the distant future, but in fact it is here today. It is a reality for communities across the United States, and around the world, ma

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State Medicaid & CHIP Telehealth Toolkit

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is working hard to make sure we help our beneficiaries and the people who are working on the front lines to care for patients during this pandemic. We have taken numerous steps to respond to

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A Guide to Cybersecurity in Healthcare

Protect your electronic information and assets from unauthorized access, use and disclosure. Discover how to identify cyberthreats, understand best practices, and demystify laws and regulations related to cybersecurity in healthcare.

In this Guide:

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AHRQ initiatives to address the opioid crisis

Power-point presentation by Elisabeth Kato of AHRQ's Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement. Kato discusses program research to understand the nation's opioid crisis and various initiatives taken to address the crisis and how it impacts divers

Started by Navah Stein

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DASH Environmental Scan: Early Learnings from an Emerging Field

In 2015, Data Across Sectors for Health (DASH) conducted an environmental scan of the state of multi-sector data sharing initiatives aimed at improving community health. Monitoring and analysis is ongoing, but the initial findings show a vibrant and

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Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Playbook

The AHRQ Academy developed the Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Playbook (referred to as the MAT for OUD Playbook), a practical guide for implementing MAT in primary care and other ambulatory care settings. While the Playbook aim

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Preliminary Findings on the Role of Health Care in Multi-Sector Networks for Population Health: Notes from the Field

Networked approaches to tackling complex social challenges are not new, yet practitioners and researchers are continually working to share frameworks for how to support, fund, and sustain work that cuts across sectors. One powerful contribution to th

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A Stakeholder-driven Action Plan for Improving Pain Management, Opioid Use, and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Through Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support

The Opioid Action Plan Working Group focused its efforts in 2018 to produce an Opioid Action Plan (OAP) to articulate and begin advancing progress toward a shared vision for applying Patient-centered clinical decision support (PCCDS) more broadly and

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Accelerating Opioid Safety: Ambulatory Care Toolkit

The following document is a guide for provider organizations working to improve opioid safety — to prevent new populations of patients from becoming dependent on or addicted to opioids and improve care for patients with chronic non-cancer pain, opioi

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Governor Brian Sandoval’s Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Summit: Summary of Findings

This document includes the recommendations that were made to the Governor that were developed during the two-day Summit. These sections are not intended to be exhaustive, rather to highlight the key points that were discussed during each of the break

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Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic: Balancing Societal and Individual Benefits and Risks of Prescription Opioid Use

Drug overdose, driven largely by overdose related to the use of opioids, is now the leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United States. The ongoing opioid crisis lies at the intersection of two public health challenges: reducing the bur

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Tackling the Opioid Epidemic in California: Spreading the Coalition Model

California Opioid Safety Network Accelerator Program, as a new opportunity to collectively approach the opioid epidemic. Read More >>

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Overcoming Data-Sharing Challenges in the Opioid Epidemic: Integrating Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Primary Care

In response to the opioid epidemic, states and the federal government have sought to increase the availability of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. Through medication-assisted treatment (MAT) programs and other efforts, primary care practices h

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health care (26)

Variation In Health Outcomes: The Role Of Spending On Social Services, Public Health, And Health Care, 2000–09

The Future of Nursing

State Public Options: Comparing Models from Across the Country

Community Health and Economic Prosperity Engaging Businesses as Stewards and Stakeholders— A Report of the Surgeon General

Moving the Needle in Cross-Sector Population Health Networks: Celebrating Success Stories

Strategies for Engaging Vulnerable Populations in Healthcare

Income-Related Inequality In Affordability And Access To Primary Care In Eleven High-Income Countries

CLIMATE CHANGE & HEALTH: Assessing State Preparedness

State Medicaid & CHIP Telehealth Toolkit

A Guide to Cybersecurity in Healthcare

AHRQ initiatives to address the opioid crisis

DASH Environmental Scan: Early Learnings from an Emerging Field

Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Playbook

Preliminary Findings on the Role of Health Care in Multi-Sector Networks for Population Health: Notes from the Field

A Stakeholder-driven Action Plan for Improving Pain Management, Opioid Use, and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Through Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support

Accelerating Opioid Safety: Ambulatory Care Toolkit

Governor Brian Sandoval’s Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Summit: Summary of Findings

Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic: Balancing Societal and Individual Benefits and Risks of Prescription Opioid Use

Drug overdose, driven largely by overdose related to the use of opioids, is now the leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United States. The ongoing opioid crisis lies at the intersection of two public health challenges: reducing the bur

Tackling the Opioid Epidemic in California: Spreading the Coalition Model

Overcoming Data-Sharing Challenges in the Opioid Epidemic: Integrating Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Primary Care

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