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Using Qualitative or Mixed-Methods Research to Guide Quality Improvement
In 2011, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) published the National Quality Strategy (NQS) Alignment Toolkit. The website for this toolkit attached below is designed for both private and public organizations to align their mission and activities to the NQS. Its components include an introduction to NQS, readiness resources, & a quality strategy template focused on 6 priorities and using the nine NQS levers. Access this website- https://www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/nqs-tools/alignment-toolkit.html Use the questions to guide an original response How could you use the AHRQ National Strategy Toolkit in conducting qualitative or mixed-methods research to resolve the clinical practice issue identified in the Module 1 Discussion? How could your qualitative or mixed-methods research findings relate to the clinical practice issue support quality improvement (QI) in your healthcare setting (ER)? What are the potential barriers you perceive, & how could they be mitigated?
