Pediatric Asthma Care

AHRQ Innovations Exchange | Pediatric Asthma Care

The featured Innovations describe one program that provided services to urban preschool children in an effort to improve asthma-related outcomes, and two programs that improved pediatric asthma care by increasing adherence to well-established care guidelines.

Musculoskeletal Care Innovations

AHRQ Innovations Exchange | Browse by Subject Results

Large compendium of musculoskeletal care innovations and online tools for healthcare providers. 

Effective Health Care Program: Tools and Resources

AHRQ Innovations Exchange | Effective Health Care Program: Tools and Resources

The materials cover various health topics and are developed through patient-centered outcomes research. The site also provides materials for researchers and others interested in the systematic study of evidence and research methods.

Effective Health Care Program: Research Summaries for Consumers, Clinicians, and Policymakers

AHRQ Innovations Exchange | Effective Health Care Program: Research Summaries for Consumers, Clinicians, and Policymakers

The summaries are based on comparative effectiveness reviews that cover numerous health topics. The summaries are not clinical recommendations or guidelines and should not be interpreted as such.

Multifaceted Program Helps Pediatricians Screen for Maternal Depression and Assess Infant Crying and Toilet Training, Enhancing Their Ability to Prevent, Identify, and Address Cases of Potential Child Abuse

AHRQ Innovations Exchange | Multifaceted Program Helps Pediatricians Screen for Maternal Depression and Assess Infant Crying and Toilet Training, Enhancing Their Ability to Prevent, Identify, and Address Cases of Potential Child Abuse

As part of the intervention, pediatricians ask parents about crying, bonding/attachment, toilet training, and discipline and provide educational materials related to abuse and neglect prevention to patients and prominently in waiting and examination rooms. 

Health Plan and Psychiatric Hospitals Reduce Readmissions by Reviewing Data and Developing Strategies to Improve Postdischarge Care

AHRQ Innovations Exchange | Health Plan and Psychiatric Hospitals Reduce Readmissions by Reviewing Data and Developing Strategies to Improve Postdischarge Care

The program significantly reduced overall readmission rates at participating hospitals. Patients involved in specific quality improvement initiatives that came out of the program also experienced significantly fewer readmissions, along with associated declines in inpatient days and costs.

Toolkit for Intervention of Overweight Children and Adolescents

AHRQ Innovations Exchange | Toolkit for Intervention of Overweight Children and Adolescents

Online toolkit to educate the public about the childhood obesity epidemic and its effects on physical, mental, social, and economic health.