The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has created the AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange. AHRQ explains the goal of the exchange:  The Innovations Exchange helps you solve problems, improve health care quality, and reduce disparities.

• Find evidence-based innovations and QualityTools.
• View new innovations and tools published biweekly.
• Learn from experts through events and articles.

There are presently over 500 innovation s and quality tools published by AHRQ.  There is a rigorous application process to have an innovation accepted and then professional writers prepare the description of the innovation for publication on the Exchange.

AHRQ has accepted and has posted SETMA’s LESS Initiative for publication on the Innovation Exchange.  SETMA’s LESS Initiative is completed on all patients who come to SETMA. It includes:

Lose weight
Exercise
Stop Smoking