Overview

This 90-minute webinar showcased he progress of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) EvidenceNOW: Managing Urinary Incontinence (MUI) initiative. It featured five grantees working to help primary care practices implement effective nonsurgical treatments for urinary incontinence (UI) in women. The session highlighted publicly available resources, tools, and methods that have been developed by the MUI grantees and consider how these resources could be adopted in other practices to help improve UI care.   

The EvidenceNOW Model is AHRQ’s blueprint to help primary care practices build capacity for quality improvement, implement new evidence into practice, and ultimately improve healthcare quality. Through the MUI initiative, AHRQ aims to identify key strategies and resources that can help close the gap between evidence and practice for treatment of UI in women.  

Learning Objectives 

By the conclusion of this webinar, participants:  

  • Learned about the progress of the EvidenceNOW: Managing Urinary Incontinence (MUI) initiative and the achievements achieved by its grantees.
  • Explored the range of resources, tools, and methods developed by MUI grantees to support primary care practices in managing UI in women that could be adopted, adapted, or replicated in diverse healthcare settings. 

Speaker List

Moderators:

Staff

Elizabeth Cope, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Vice President, Health Systems Improvement - AcademyHealth

Elizabeth L. Cope, PhD, MPH, is Vice President of Health Systems Improvement at AcademyHealth where she oversees a portfolio focused on the advancement of just, resilient, humanity-affirming systems of care. Read Bio

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Staff

Sarah Hoyt, M.P.H.

Senior Manager - AcademyHealth

Sarah Hoyt, M.P.H., is a Senior Manager of Health Systems Improvement at AcademyHealth, where her work focuses on health systems transformation and health care innovation to promote equity and improve health outcomes. Read Bio

AHRQ Representatives:

Presenter

Therese, Miller, Dr.P.H., 

Director of the Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Therese (Tess) Miller, Dr.P.H., is the Director of the Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Read Bio

Presenter

Jill Huppert, M.D., M.P.H.

Physician - Evidence-Based Practice Center Master Contract

Jill Huppert is a physician who serves as Program Officer managing grant-funded studies and as a project officer managing evidence reviews conducted under the Evidence-based Practice Center master contract. Read Bio

EMPOWER Team:

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Adonis Hijaz, M.D.

Professor of Urology - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Adonis Hijaz is the Lester Persky Professor of Urology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Read Bio

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Goutham Rao, M.D.

Jack H. Medalie Professor and Chairman - University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University

Goutham Rao is the Jack H. Medalie Professor and Chairman of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at both University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University. Read Bio

IT2 Team:

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Stephen D. Persell, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P

Director of the Center for Primary Care Innovation - Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine

Stephen D. Persell, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P is a Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Primary Care Innovation at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Read Bio

PURSUIT Team:

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Presenter

E. Camille Vaughan, M.D., M.S.

Associate Professor and Division Director - Emory University Department of Medicine

E. Camille Vaughan is an Associate Professor and Division Director in the Emory University Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology. Read Bio

UCSD Team:

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Presenter

Jennifer T. Anger, M.D., M.P.H.

Professor of Urology and Vice Chair of Research - UC San Diego

Jennifer T. Anger is a Professor of Urology and Vice Chair of Research in the UC San Diego Department of Urology. Read Bio

WI-INTUIT Team:

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Heidi Brown, M.D., M.A.S.

Tenured Associate Professor - University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Heidi Brown, M.D., M.A.S. is a Clinician Researcher and Urogynecologist at Kaiser Permanente. She is board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. Read Bio