Type of Data |
Persons to be Interviewed |
Time Frame |
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Firm Interviews |
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Initial Firm Contact and Background |
Lead firm contact |
August 2005 |
Organizational Structure vis-à-vis Collaborative |
Lead firm contact |
December 2005-February 2006 |
Collaborative Goals |
CEO and other key executives |
December 2005-February 2006 |
Views on Disparities Across Units of the Firm |
Key department heads |
December 2005-February 2006 |
Experience with Geocoding |
Lead firm contact, quality improvement head, geocoding data contact |
December 2005-February 2006 |
Localized Pilot Intervention (Including Module on Data for this Intervention) |
Lead firm contact, local point persons (local plans) |
August–October 2006 |
Collaborative's Contribution to Quality Improvement |
Pilot staff, lead contact |
August-October 2006 |
Collaborative's Influence on Corporate Commitment to Disparities |
Lead firm contact, executive most closely associated with Collaborative |
August-October 2006 |
Communications Objectives |
Communications staff from each firm |
August-October 2006 |
Overall Assessment of the Collaborative |
Lead firm contact, executive most closely associated with Collaborative |
August-October 2006 |
Interview Modules for Other Organizations (non-Firms) in Collaborative |
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Support Organization Feedback |
Support organizations (RAND, CHCS, and IHI) |
July 2005, April 2006, Fall 2006 |
Sponsor Organization Feedback |
Sponsor organizations (AHRQ and RWJF) |
July 2005, Fall 2006 |
Communications Objectives |
GMMB, sponsor organizations, and support organizations |
August-October 2006 |
Other Tools* |
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Network Analysis Feedback Form |
Firms, sponsor organizations, and support organizations |
December 2005-February 2006 |
Disparities Data Worksheet |
Firms (appropriate person to be determined by lead firm contact) |
Planned for December 2005 but later dropped |
*We originally planned to field a second round of the network analysis feedback form in summer 2006. This was dropped after firms expressed concern about the burden of time required to respond to requests from the organizations supporting the Collaborative. The evaluation also originally included a request to develop a survey form AHRQ could use a year after the Collaborative ended to assess the sustainability of the Collaborative, which was dropped because the Collaborative continued and because of the difficulty in capturing progress through a closed-ended instrument.