Health Care Innovations Exchange: Access to Specialty Care in Federally Qualified Health Centers

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. New Issue Focuses on Access to Specialty Care in Federally Qualified Health Centers The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announces the July 17 issue of the Health Care Innovations Exchange (http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov). The featured Innovations describe three programs that improved access to specialty care in federally qualified health centers. These programs include an electronic consultation system that reduced wait times and unnecessary specialty referrals; a formalized referral process that used information technology to enhance access to specialty care; and a telemedicine program that provided retinopathy screening to patients with diabetes served by FQHCs. The featured QualityTools include a business planning guide and toolkit designed to assist community clinics and health centers in developing networks to share specialty services, and a guide for developing a remote diabetic retinopathy screening program. To access more innovation profiles and tools related to specialty care and safety net providers on the Innovations Exchange Web site, go to http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/innovations_qualitytools.aspx?find=specialty+care&categoryID=54553&taxonomyID=54623. Spotlight: New Perspective Improving Access to Specialty Care for Medicaid Patients A Conversation With Laurie E. Felland, MS, Director of Qualitative Research at the Center for Studying Health System Change http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?id=3965 Events and Podcasts: Join AHRQ on Wednesday, August 7, 2013 from 1 – 2 pm ET for a Web event titled Clinical-Community Relationships as a Pathway to Improve Health: Tools for Research and Evaluation. Sponsored by AHRQ's Center for Primary Care, Prevention, & Clinical Partnerships, this event will provide an in-depth look at two new tools designed to support research and evaluation in the field: the Clinical-Community Relationships Measures Atlas (http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?id=3879) and the Clinical-Community Relationships Evaluation Roadmap (http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/resources/clinical-community-relationships-eval-roadmap/index.html). For more information and to register for this event, go to: http://event.on24.com/r.htm?e=656037&s=1&k=CF256E0C94749BEF5C87CDD0D348E865 Use the My Innovations feature http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/accounts/createAccount.aspx to save your favorite subjects and receive e-mail alerts when new content is published within your areas of interest.  New issues of the Innovations Exchange are published biweekly on Wednesdays. Please contact us at info@innovations.ahrq.gov with any questions or comments.  Follow the Innovations Exchange (AHRQIX) on Twitter with this hyperlink: http://www.twitter.com/ahrqix.    How satisfied are you with this e-mail bulletin? Give Us Your Feedback Subscriber Services: Change Your Profile | Unsubscribe | Help Stay Connected: Contact Us | Social Media This email was sent to buzzhairs.health@blogger.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) · 540 Gaither Road · Rockville, MD 20850 · 301-427-1364