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The strategy—a product of the National Partnership for Action (NPA) to End Health Disparities—incorporates ideas, suggestions and comments from thousands of individuals and organizations across the country. Local groups can use the National Stakeholder Strategy to identify which goals are … Continue reading →

PBS reports on a Colorado clinic that helps patients tackle the symptoms of diabetes before the disease’s side effects become major health issues.

Peer support takes many forms. There is no one right way to deliver peer support. And that was the topic at hand this past October during the Peers for Progress 2010 International Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. More than 60 … Continue reading →

In 2010, L.A. Net convened a panel of 30 experts from the U.S. and Canada to discuss the state of the field of practice facilitation as a quality improvement resource for primary care practices and as support for patient centered … Continue reading →

PBRNews—Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, $300 million was directed to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to support comparative effectiveness research (now known as patient-centered outcomes research). Over the past 12 months, AHRQ … Continue reading →