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2013 Annual Repor t
Expanding Our Basis
OF RESEARCH AND QUALITY
AHRQ GRANTS FUNDING TO ONS STUDY
ONS received a three-year grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ) to develop innovative digital communication methods that disseminate research findings to healthcare providers. In year one, phase I participants
completed a caregiver strain and burden survey and some participants in phase I
of the project received targeted email messages with case studies and links to ONS
Putting Evidence Into Practice (PEP®) Caregiver Strain and Burden interventions.
Funding for year two activities was received late in 2013.
PEP AND CONTINUED QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES
At year-end, PEP resources
summarized more than 1,700
studies and provided evidence
for 466 discrete interventions.
466
At year-end, PEP resources summarized more than 1,700 studies and provided
evidence for 466 discrete interventions. We continued to actively partner with our
members and healthcare organizations to increase PEP’s impact. Reports from the
AHRQ’s National Guideline Clearinghouse indicate that PEP resource areas were
visited more than 60,000 times from August 2012 through mid-July 2013. We
also transitioned the resources into a new format on the ONS website, allowing
members to quickly search for interventions and topic areas. The PEP program has
continued to provide a mechanism for members to be engaged in the organization
and in evidence-based activities, with more than 150 volunteer members involved
from across the United States and Pakistan, Spain, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and South
Korea.
In 2013, ONS members and staff participated with representatives from ASCO, the
American College of Surgeons, the American Society of Radiation Oncology, and
others to develop high-priority quality measures in the areas of performance and
functional status assessment, multi-symptom assessment, and coordination of
care. We also participated in a workgroup convened by the American Nurses Association to identify cross-cutting topic areas for quality measures in the ambulatory
nursing care area.