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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/cooperatives/evidencenow-executive-summary-va.pdf
November 01, 2017 - Increase practices’ capacity to integrate new PCOR findings on an ongoing
basis.
3. … can find and
share announcements, ideas, insights, and promising
practices. … Update
Virginia recruited 240 practices, 208 of which are still
active. … It currently has
collected data on the ABCS measures from 124 practices. … that practices
could run their own data reports.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-donahue.pdf
April 01, 2015 - In addition, practices participated in collaborative learning
sessions, conference calls, and group … All participating practices reported monthly clinical quality measures. … Number and Type of Practices
This project included 76 primary
care practices across North
Carolina … Smaller
practices were disproportionately affected by the costs of implementation because larger practices … Only 50 percent of practices had an electronic health record (EHR) at the outset of this project.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/synthesis-report/execsumm.html
October 01, 2015 - Primary care transformation is a process that practices or health systems choose to engage in, rather … Motivation and readiness to transform vary across practices. … For these practices, embracing the changes necessary to become a PCMH was a relatively easy process. … For other practices, however, these changes required a dramatic shift in existing mental models about … ; therefore, most practices need supplemental funding to help support transformation efforts.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/grants-transform/executive-summary.html
March 01, 2017 - Primary care transformation is a process that practices or health systems choose to engage in, rather … Motivation and readiness to transform vary across practices. … For these practices, embracing the changes necessary to become a PCMH was a relatively easy process. … For other practices, however, these changes required a dramatic shift in existing mental models about … ; therefore, most practices need supplemental funding to help support transformation efforts.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-alaska-state-snapshot.pdf
January 01, 2018 - the
facilitators also helped the practices to implement quality
improvement (QI) activities. … Two
practices built developmental screening templates into
their EHRs. … and at the State level as well.2 The
State—
• Helped practices report quality measures. … • Encouraged practices to improve measure performance. … unable to connect
participating practices to other clinicians through the
HIE.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-oregon-state-snapshot.pdf
January 01, 2018 - Oregon helped child-serving practices to
enhance medical home features
Oregon hired facilitators to … The facilitators worked individually
with practices to guide QI activities. … Through a learning
collaborative, the State also educated practices on the
PCMH model and provided … Several practices reported that the
staff responsible for care coordination had large caseloads. … • Practices hoped to maintain new care coordination and
caregiver engagement strategies.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/state-reports/index.html
March 01, 2019 - 2014 to provide information on how statewide quality improvement has changed in Maine’s child-serving practices … and nearly two-thirds of all pediatric practices in Maine about how they use data, clinical guidelines … Within a Pediatric Medical Home
The Massachusetts CHIPRA team produced this guide that will help practices … It outlines standards, resources, documentation requirements, and examples to help practices navigate … Baseline Results
This report presents baseline results for Illinois CHIPRA quality demonstration practices
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/best-practices/uti-assess.html
June 01, 2021 - Home
Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits
Long-Term Care Toolkit
Learn Best Practices … Moments
Develop/Improve Stewardship Program
Create a Culture of Safety
Learn Best Practices … https://www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/best-practices/uti-assess.html
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/best-practices/respiratory-assess.html
June 01, 2021 - Home
Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits
Long-Term Care Toolkit
Learn Best Practices … Moments
Develop/Improve Stewardship Program
Create a Culture of Safety
Learn Best Practices … https://www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/best-practices/respiratory-assess.html
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/research/index.html
March 01, 2021 - 2) study if and how external quality improvement support helps small- and medium-sized primary care practices … EvidenceNOW also aimed to 3) determine what works best in developing practices’ capacity for continuous … Meyers et al., 2018 ]
To achieve these goals, each cooperative was required to recruit at least 250 practices … , determine the PCOR findings to be disseminated to practices, propose an evidence-based approach to … QI support to practices, and design a rigorous evaluation to measure the effect of their external support
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/about/origin.html
March 01, 2021 - Practices also need to know how to collect and analyze their own data to make sure they’re delivering … those changes while also caring for patients is challenging, especially for small- and medium-sized practices … where 88 percent of office visits take place. 1
Large practices and those affiliated with large health … Small- and medium-sized practices have fewer resources to keep up with these changes, but with support … as well as an opportunity to identify effective methods for increasing the capacity of primary care practices
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/case-studies/ncahec.html
August 01, 2014 - To recruit the start-up practices, the director reached out to practices and stakeholder groups, like … Once practices had been identified, the director began active facilitation work in these practices. … who is already working with the practices. … as a method of sharing best practices. … Trains coaches in assisting practices applying for recognition.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-north-carolina-state-snapshot.pdf
January 01, 2018 - QI specialists helped
practices develop QI teams, identify QI activities,
and improve targeted care … Participating practices developed
QI teams charged with improving the practices’ quality
of care. … The State—
• Helped more than 25 practices use their EHRs more
effectively. … The EHR coaches surveyed practices and
vendors to understand how practices’ existing EHR
functionality … Coaches and
vendors then helped practices use existing features that
met Format requirements.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chsp/compendium/2018-chsp-tin-linkage-file-tech-doc.pdf
January 01, 2018 - Decision rules for linking group practices to systems
Note: “Yes” indicates that the group practices … Linking group practices through the CCN approach
We accepted all linkages made between group practices … Linking group practices with two or more approaches
Next, we accepted group practices linked by two … PAC IDs
have an almost one-to-one relationship with group practices; 0.1 percent of group practices … and
practices that do not bill Medicare Part B (for example, many pediatric practices).
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/finalsummary.pdf
February 21, 2016 - Seventeen of the 21 practices hired
new care coordinators to accomplish these
tasks. … Practices highly valued the new care
coordination staff and functions. … a high value
on learning from other practices. … • Adapting EHR systems to better meet the needs of child-serving
practices. … In
response, State-funded practice facilitators
helped practices pull reports directly from
practices
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/nc.html
March 01, 2019 - The State will report on the measures to networks, practices, and key stakeholders and pilot the extraction … of data by providers and practices from existing or newly deployed EHRs to comply with meaningful use … communication, collaboration, and co-management among the primary care medical home, subspecialist practices … The model will be expanded to a second cohort of practices in the 3rd and 4th years of the grant. … vendors in the process of implementing and testing the model EHR format among pediatric and family practices
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/ut.html
March 01, 2019 - transform into medical homes, and (3) foster collaboration among child-serving practices engaged in … Assessing a Provider-Based Model of Care
Utah is working with nine pediatric primary care practices … and three subspecialty practices to support them in becoming effective medical home teams and in providing … Participating practices each have a medical home coordinator, employed by the practice and partially … The practices participate in annual learning collaboratives focused on medical home topics including
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/tpc-profile-cooley.pdf
April 01, 2015 - Number and Type of Practices
There were 12 pediatric primary
care practices in this project,
including … The practices varied in size, serving
between 528 and 27,597 patients
each. … All six practices scored above the mean on national benchmarks. … Number and Type of Practices
There were 12 pediatric primary care practices in this project, including … The practices varied in size, serving between 528 and 27,597 patients each.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/me.html
March 01, 2019 - enhancing access to child-specific learning collaboratives for selected pediatric and child-serving practices … It involves 22 adult and four pediatric practices, all of which are participating in a learning collaborative … demonstration provides additional pediatric-specific learning sessions for the pediatric PCMH pilot practices … and additional family medicine practices that serve a high-volume of children covered by Maine’s Medicaid … and nearly two-thirds of all pediatric practices in Maine about how they use data, clinical guidelines
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/final-report/section2.html
October 01, 2015 - , and appropriate for busy practices. … Transforming child-serving practices into PCMHs. … About 140 child-serving practices participated in these efforts to some extent (excluding practices that … States and practices found that practice facilitators need to limit the number of practices they work … extent to which the practices were adopting these features.