Form 2 Expert Consultation Protocol

APPENDIX c

EXPERT CONSULTATION Protocol

Form Approved
OMB No. 0935-XXXX
Exp. Date XX/XX/20XX

EVALUATION OF
AHRQ HEALTHCARE HORIZON SCANNING SYSTEM

EXPERT CONSULTATION PROTOCOL

Sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Conducted by

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athematica Policy Research

We appreciate you taking the time to talk with us today. Before we begin, let me introduce myself and explain what we will be doing. My name is [NAME], and I work for Mathematica Policy Research, a social policy research firm. We are conducting an evaluation of the AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System. The results of our discussion will be synthesized in a final report. Only general themes that emerge from our discussions will be reported. We will not attribute specific comments or quotes to named individuals.

As part of the evaluation, selected experts were asked to review a Potential High Impact intervention report to identify any inaccurate or missing information. Earlier we had sent you the December 2012 Potential High Impact report for the [condition] area and the information that an expert has indicated [as incorrect/should have been included in the report]:

[Response from expert survey about inaccurate and/or missing information in the Potential High Impact report]

We would like to get your thoughts on this. We expect this to take 10 minutes at the most. Do you have any questions before we begin?

1. Do you think this information [is inaccurate/should have been included] in this Potential High Impact report?

2. Can you tell us the reason for this?

Thanks again for taking the time to help us today. We really appreciate your input.