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Gap analysis

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Gap Analyses involve identifying and reviewing documentation for organizational practices/policies/procedures, facilitating in-person focus groups with key stakeholders, and reviewing these results to prioritize potential next steps.

List of methods/tools

Gap analysis facilitator's guide

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) (2017). Gap analysis facilitator's guide. Retrieved from https://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/candor/module3-facguide.html

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Quick tips: Initiating a learning needs assessment - Gap analysis of health care issues

University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine (n.d.). Quick tips: Initiating a learning needs assessment - Gap analysis of health care issues. Retrieved from https://www.cpd.utoronto.ca/newsletter/2009_fall/Quick_Tips_initiating_a_learning_needs_assesment__Gap_Analysis_of_health_care_issues.pdf

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A gap analysis to improve health equity knowledge and practices

Layden, F., & Daghofer, D. (2018). A gap analysis to improve health equity knowledge and practices. Retrieved from National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health: https://nccdh.ca/images/uploads/comments/A_gaps_analysis_to_improve_health_equity_knowledge_and_practices_EN_Final.pdf

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A gap analysis needs assessment tool to drive a care delivery and research agenda for integration of care and sharing of best practices across a health system

Hill Golden, S., Hager, D., Gould, L. J., Mathioudakis, N., & Pronovost, P. J. (2017). A gap analysis needs assessment tool to drive a care delivery and research agenda for integration of care and sharing of best practices across a health system. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 43(1), 18-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjq.2016.10.004

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Johns Hopkins Health System Diabetes Care Gap Analysis Tool

Hill Golden, S., Hager, D., Gould, L. J., Mathioudakis, N., & Pronovost, P. J. (2017). A gap analysis needs assessment tool to drive a care delivery and research agenda for integration of care and sharing of best practices across a health system. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 43(1), Appendix 1-Appendix 1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjq.2016.10.004

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