Care coordination involves deliberately organizing patient care activities and sharing information among all of the participants concerned with a patient's care to achieve safer and more effective care. For the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, AIR developed, tested, and validated the Care Coordination Quality Measure for Primary Care (CCQM-PC), ...
San Keller is a manager researcher at AIR. Dr. Keller provides intellectual leadership for the design and evaluation of psychometrically-based measures of health and health care and is principal investigator of NIH’s Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Network Center. Dr. Keller is an expert in the cross-cultural development and ...
This spotlight takes a look at the history of Title I, how the program has changed over time, and how it affects children, schools, families and education policy. Experts weigh in on the program's past and future in interviews, briefs, and blogs.
The mission of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), an independent panel of experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine, is to make evidence-based recommendations on clinical preventive services and health promotion. Since 2010, AIR has collaborated with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, which supports the USPSTF, on ...
AIR will host an expert panel discussion of positive approaches to school discipline on October 30. Join us to learn about new information on the relationship between keeping students in school and improved academic outcomes, and to explore disciplinary policies that don't dampen student achievement. ...
The complex factors contributing to youth violence in the U.S. and abroad are found at the individual, family, community, and societal levels. Through centers such as the National Resource Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention and the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments, AIR provides resources ...
Between 2001 and 2010, Massachusetts recorded 639 homicide victims aged 14 to 24. In response, the state implemented a variety of violence reduction programs, most recently through the Safe and Successful Youth Initiative, which AIR and its partners are evaluating.
Communities across the nation have vastly different experiences with the systems responsible for ensuring public safety. The AIR Equity Initiative hosted the first in a two-part roundtable series to explore data-informed efforts to enhance equitable public safety and policing experiences that promote safe communities for all. ...
Lee Thompson is a principal TA consultant at AIR. Her primary responsibilities include leading health care research, technical assistance, and evaluation projects. Drawing on her 20 years of experience in the fields of health and aging, she has expertise conducting outreach to and engaging a variety of stakeholders, including healthcare ...
The AIR Equity Initiative is investing its time, expertise, and financial resources into reimagining policing and public safety in the United States. In this blog post, Senior Program Officer Shakira Munden describes our how these AIR-funded grants will help shape a new vision of justice.