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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight13.pdf
September 08, 2015 - facilitation and comparative, practice-level quality
measure data. … Practice staff
especially trusted physicians with
substantial clinical and QI experience. … State and practice staff highlighted the
importance of “a good fit” between
facilitators and practice … one person within each practice
in order to build his or her skills in
assisting with practice improvement … • Hire and train practice facilitators to
provide individualized support to
practices.
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July 01, 2014 - Guidelines
Search Publications
Research Findings & Reports
Evidence-based Practice … In five of the six States, each care coordinator is embedded in one practice and works either part or … The exception, Massachusetts, deploys a DPH care coordinator to each practice 1 day per week to mentor … on its care team
Each practice is required to provide care coordination functions
Each practice … As a result, a care coordinator’s activities vary widely from State to State and from practice to practice
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/using-health-it-to-support-qi.pdf
March 01, 2015 - Practice processes and workflows consist of structured procedures to measure and report
on practice-level … For a few years, the practice had a hybrid electronic–paper system. … practice determines its own areas of focus for QI. … • Consider the effects of a new QI process or policy on the entire practice. … practice extra to enable certain
EHR functionalities.
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-16-academic-detailing.pdf
September 01, 2015 - Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum (Module 16). … facilitator and the practice. … In addition, because so many practice changes require coordinated work of the teams within the
practice … Before they meet with the practice, brief your detailers on the practice and its goals for
facilitation … Do those guidelines seem applicable in your practice?
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research/care-coordination/pcmh/define.html
August 01, 2022 - Guidelines
Search Publications
Research Findings & Reports
Evidence-based Practice … This team might include physicians, advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists … The medical home practice actively supports patients in learning to manage and organize their own care … The medical home practice is responsive to patients’ preferences regarding access. … Mechanisms (PDF, 715 KB)
Engaging Primary Care Practices in Quality Improvement: Strategies for Practice
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/antipsychotic/other-resources.html
September 01, 2021 - Step 2: Develop Workflows
Develop a workflow for practice preparation, identification, assessment, … Build Infrastructure to Support Practice Change
In tandem with engagement efforts and organizational … (Recommendation 13)
Clinical Guideline
AACAP-BP (2007)
Practice parameter for the assessment … (Recommendation 8)
Minimal Standard
AACAP-SZ (2001)
Practice parameter for the assessment and … AACAP endorsed best practice principles
Best practice principles that underlie medication prescribing
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research/health-it/index.html
September 01, 2022 - Guidelines
Search Publications
Research Findings & Reports
Evidence-based Practice … Substance Use Disorders
Care Coordination
Care Management
Disseminating Evidence into Practice … Obtaining and Using Data in Practice: A Handbook for Health IT Advisors and Practice Facilitators: A … handbook that provides information that health IT advisors need to help support primary care practice
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/vt-spotlight.html
July 01, 2015 - Vermont—
Hired a practice facilitator with expertise in pediatrics. … During the first few years of the demonstration, Vermont employed a practice facilitator specifically … Rather than replace the pediatric-focused practice facilitator when she left her position toward the … To gain that recognition, practices implemented new strategies such as using data to monitor practice … Practice facilitators helped these practices incorporate visit planners into and pull reports directly
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/cpi/centers/od/david-meyers-memoriam.html
August 01, 2023 - Guidelines
Search Publications
Research Findings & Reports
Evidence-based Practice … for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships and established its Center for Evidence and Practice … He also directed the Agency’s Practice-Based Research Network initiatives and served as the Acting … Meyers’ publications focused on the primary care workforce, quality improvement in primary care practice … in southeast Washington, DC, and directed the Georgetown University Department of Family Medicine’s practice-based
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/grants-impact/tools/index.html
October 01, 2023 - Guidelines
Search Publications
Research Findings & Reports
Evidence-based Practice … National Academy for State Health Policy
Select for PDF file
Profiles of State Primary Care Practice … National Academy for State Health Policy
Select for PDF file
Profiles of State Primary Care Practice … Journal of the American Medical Association discusses the need for cooperation between primary care practice … Select for PPT file
What Providers Want From the Primary Care Extension Service to Facilitate Practice
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/supln-slides.html
January 01, 2016 - Guidelines
Search Publications
Research Findings & Reports
Evidence-based Practice … level
Administrative claims and encounter data
Compared to comparison practice, total QTIP, Child … Slide 55
Lessons Learned
Practice performance drives state performance
TA and QI tools needed … Practice-level increases ranged from 0.2 percent to 21.1 percent. … Monthly practice-level reports helpful in measuring progress toward quality improvement goals.
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/resources/job-aid-standardized-quality-measures.pdf
January 07, 2022 - Job Aid: Standardized Quality Measures
Primary Care Practice Facilitator
Training Series … the standardized quality measures that payers and regulatory groups use is an
important part of a practice … Practice-level benchmarks: get these from your facilitation program, local quality
collaboratives, or … Provider-level benchmarks: identify the top 10% of performers in the practice for the
standardized measure … Primary Care Practice Facilitator
Training Series
4
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April 01, 2015 - In Oklahoma, primary care extension is grounded in a history of primary care practice
improvement through … Colorado plans to build on its practice facilitation resources and
deploy them through a network of … or ‘Wouldn’t you like
to transform your practice?,’ they would have hung
up the phone on me. … The team was able
to connect practice managers to community resources, so that each practice now has … they usually recognize
that there are things they could improve in their practice.
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/final-impact/spread.html
October 01, 2015 - Maryland
Maryland built its program on the Maryland Learning Collaborative, which provided practice … The University of Maryland used the North Carolina AHEC model of practice facilitation and coaching to … Maryland hired and trained two practice coaches and each supported approximately 15 practices. … Maryland also extended North Carolina’s care management work; each participating practice identified … The team was able to connect primary care practice managers to community resources, so that each practice
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/resources/job-aid-process-mapping.pdf
May 17, 2021 - Job Aid: Process Mapping
Primary Care Practice Facilitator
Training Series
1
Job Aid … : Process Mapping
Overview
Process mapping, also called workflow mapping, allows a practice to … When to use process mapping
Use process mapping to help a practice remove waste and errors, make workflows … Primary Care Practice Facilitator
Training Series
2
Process map symbols
Start or end … Ask the practice to review the process. Ask probing questions.
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/berry.html
April 01, 2015 - Guidelines
Search Publications
Research Findings & Reports
Evidence-based Practice … of the practices used formal performance measurement systems for individual clinicians or the whole practice … With few providers in each practice, patients were generally seen by the same provider at each visit, … providers developed an understanding of the different cultures represented among patients in their practice
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/funding/policies/nofoguidance/index.html
January 01, 2024 - Guidelines
Search Publications
Research Findings & Reports
Evidence-based Practice … Research to improve healthcare delivery and practice improvement. … Strategies to facilitate the adoption of evidence into practice through primary care practice-based research … Identify how digital healthcare can best help innovative models of practice transformation in primary … Priorities include:
Patient, practice, community, and health system level interventions, including
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/synthesis-report/appa.html
October 01, 2015 - Guidelines
Search Publications
Research Findings & Reports
Evidence-based Practice … All but the smallest practice introduced care coordinators. … One practice attained Level 3 NCQA PCMH recognition; one practice attained PCMH recognition from a State … coaches and assist with practice change. … They helped set goals for practice improvement, trained staff on QI methodology, and assisted in the
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/grants-transform/key-characteristics.html
March 01, 2017 - Guidelines
Search Publications
Research Findings & Reports
Evidence-based Practice … All but the smallest practice introduced care coordinators. … One practice attained Level 3 NCQA PCMH recognition; one practice attained PCMH recognition from a State … coaches and assist with practice change. … They helped set goals for practice improvement, trained staff on QI methodology, and assisted in the
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July 01, 2022 - Guidelines
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Research Findings & Reports
Evidence-based Practice … materials to teach and train health care systems and professionals to put the results of research into practice … Top of Page
AHRQ Leadership Video Series
In " Promoting Research and Practice Improvement … Bierman, M.D., Director of AHRQ's Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement, discusses how the center's … In “ Improving Health Care Practice ,” David Meyers, M.D., Deputy Director, discusses how AHRQ is working