Lee Thompson

Principal TA Consultant

Lee Thompson is a principal technical assistance consultant at AIR. With more than 25 years of experience, she leads health care research, training and technical assistance, and learning and diffusion projects. She has expertise in engaging a variety of stakeholders, including patients, families, and healthcare leaders, professionals, researchers, and payers, in healthcare research and quality improvement initiatives. She is responsible for convening healthcare stakeholders via in-person and virtual meetings to develop and disseminate evidence-based implementation strategies and resources; implementing and evaluating quality improvement activities; and developing and disseminating evidence-based trainings and resources to transfer skills and knowledge related to engaging healthcare stakeholders in a range of research and quality improvement activities.

Thompson has led multi-year projects and/or tasks for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality, and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.

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Expertise
Health
Patient, Family, and Stakeholder Engagement
Aging
Healthcare Analysis and Evaluation

M.S., Community Development & Applied Economics and B.A., English, University of Vermont

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Related Work
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Updating the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) 2014 Engagement Rubric

Since 2014, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) and its awardees have contributed to a growing body of knowledge and evidence about engagement in research. These learnings and increased emphasis on health equity support the need for further guidance to accelerate meaningful, effective, and sustainable engagement with patients and other ...
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The Quest to Connect Patient and Family Engagement to Health Care Quality and Safety

19 Jul 2019
AIR has been a leader in the evolution of patient and family engagement as a key quality improvement strategy. In this Q&A, Thomas Workman, principal researcher at AIR, shares his insights about the current state of health care safety and patient and family engagement—and where we’re headed.
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Partnership for Patients: Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Care

In a project for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, AIR developed tools and strategies to help hospitals effectively engage patients and families, with the goal of improving safety in health care across the country. AIR developed the Strategic Vision Roadmap for Person and Family Engagement to help these ...
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Quality Indicators: Literature Review

AIR conducted a literature review and environmental scan of the AHRQ Quality Indicators to help inform decisions about the future of the program, including which indicators to prioritize, retain, and refine for use in quality improvement initiatives.

Research Fundamentals and Training for Multi-Stakeholder Research Teams

Engaging patients and other stakeholders to participate as partners in all phases of patient-centered outcomes research is new to many academic health researchers. AIR is developing two online learning programs to help stakeholders, researchers, and research teams build knowledge and skills.

Principles for Making Health Care Measurement Patient-Centered

10 Apr 2017
Patient-centered measurement involves partnering with patients in a meaningful way to decide what we measure, how we measure it, and how we report and use the results of measurement. Principles for Making Health Care Measurement Patient-Centered offers a vision of measurement that is patient-driven, holistic, transparent, comprehensible and timely, and ...

Aligning Forces for Quality

The Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) initiative sought to lift the overall quality, equality, and value of healthcare in 16 communities across the country. AIR provided technical assistance to help the Alliances meet quality and cost goals by engaging consumers in their health and healthcare.

Guide to Support Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety

Research shows that when patients are engaged in their health care, it can lead to measurable improvements in safety and quality. To promote stronger engagement, AIR led a team to develop, implement, and evaluate a Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Safety and Quality for the Agency for ...