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221. Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum Module 4: An Introduction to Practice Organization and Management (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-4-practice-management.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - Special staffing issues in small practices. … Private or independent practices (IPs) are practices owned and operated by one or more physicians and … IPs vary in size from very small solo clinician practices to larger group and multispecialty practices … Nonprofit practices vary in size from the small solo practices to larger organizations with ten or more … External Resources for Primary Care Practices Practices may also participate in and receive support

222. Module 4: PowerPoint Presentation
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/observation/observation.pptx
     May 01, 2017 - Module 4: PowerPoint Presentation Management Practices for Sustainability Module 4: Observation and … Module 4: Observation and Integration | ‹#› AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery Management Practices … Module 4: Observation and Integration | ‹#› AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery Management Practices … Module 4: Observation and Integration | ‹#› AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery Management Practices … Module 4: Observation and Integration | ‹#› AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery Management Practices

223. Building Investigative Practices for Better Health Outcomes Research Network | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/communities/pbrn/registry/building-investigative-practices-better-health-outcomes-research-network.html
     January 01, 2012 - Funding Opportunities About the National Center Building Investigative Practices … January 1, 2005 Network Mission Statement: To transform a network of undifferentiated private practices … in to a community of reflective, investigative practices and their patients; thereby, enhancing the … assessment Approximate Number of PBRN Member Licensed Clinicians: 79 Approximate Number of Practices

224. Using-Health-It-To-Support-Qi (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/using-health-it-to-support-qi.pdf
     March 01, 2015 - with these practices to develop and expand the use of health IT for QI. … IT] is wiping out practices that are on their own. … to which practices can aspire. … Although significant obstacles prevent many primary care practices from using health IT for QI, practices … “Quality Improvement in Primary Care: External Supports for Practices.”

225. CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program Evaluation Highlight No. 5 (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight05.pdf
     September 08, 2015 - States will likely need to support practices in various ways, such as providing technical assistance … In PDSA cycles, the practices define a quality improvement aim related to a Child Core Set measure, … Midway through the demonstration, a QI specialist was hired to advise practices on how to implement … Some practices contribute fully to collaborative sessions and blog postings. … Table 2 lists some of the QI strategies practices implemented.

226. National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Program: Evaluation Highlight No.1 (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight01.pdf
     September 30, 2015 - actionable, and appropriate for busy practices … and timely information about child-serving practices’ performance on selected measures. … Involving practices in data collection. All of the States are relying on data from practices. … How involved the practices are in data collection depends on the measure. … • Provide support to practices actively participating in data collection.

227. AHRQ Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants: A Synthesis Report (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/final-impact-synthesis-report.pdf
     July 22, 2015 - and a chance for practices to share their experiences with QI. … Oklahoma engaged practices via the newly certified CHIOs. … HEROs link practices to needed resources by visiting practices, administering needs assessments, and … Nine practices participated in the Care Transitions Collaborative. 111 physicians and 39 practices … PCMH recognition was not the focus of participating practices.

228. Factors Contributing to Sustainment Outcomes in Four States (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/factors-contributing-sustainment.pdf
     August 31, 2015 - In addition, practice facilitators have assisted additional practices. … The three demonstration practices used grant-funded payments, which ranged from $110,000 to $250,000 … data about the experiences of the 18 participating practices. … ’ EMRs), and (2) access for participating practices to an EMR with a message log for practices to use … Practices that have used this website have found it quite valuable for supporting QI efforts.

229. Creating a Learning Health Care System: The Role of Practice Facilitators in Primary Care (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/evidence-now-webinar-learning-health-care-systems.pdf
     August 02, 2017 - implement evidence to improve health care quality • Focus on heart health (ABCS)  Help practices … Practice facilitators are specially trained individuals who work with primary care practices “to make … to improve care PFs are helping practices integrate new knowledge into practice PFs … are helping practices integrate new knowledge into practice PFs are helping practices ensure … appropriately PFs are helping practices find and understand data which can generate knowledge

230. Workshop A4 & B4: Building a Multi-Organizational QI Support System
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/pa-spread-impact.pptx
     September 01, 2014 - Practice Demographics 21 diverse practices were recruited; 16 practices completed the year long collaborative … (n=6) 56% of practices were located in a rural county 2 practices sites were in Primary Care Health … Educated practices about Patient Centered Medical Home Chronic Care Model Learning Collaborative … These reports guided practice facilitators’ work with the practices. … Benchmarking Reports Enabled practices to see how they measured up to their peers.

231. Putting Quality Measures to Work: Lessons from the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/qde-mmd-webinar-slides.html
     January 01, 2016 - in reviewing quality measures and planning changes Fostering a healthy rivalry within and between practices … and Stakeholders Pediatric Practices 18 practices selected Each practice identified a QI team … lead: practitioner, nurse and office manager 4 year commitment Plan-Do-Study-Act Cycles Practices … Have the opportunity to work with the same 18 practices for 4 years Grassroots control, they don't … need for outpatient QI Focusing on multiple QI indicators at one time is stressful for our practices

232. South Carolina State at a Glance (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/scstateataglance.pdf
     March 01, 2012 - Activities under each category will occur in 18 pilot practices. … The practices include 12 pediatric practices, three academic practices, and three Federally qualified … health centers (FQHCs), representing small, medium, and large practices located in rural and urban … The practices intend to implement electronic health records (EHR) or subscribe to the CHIPRA data registry … By the grant’s completion, most of the practices should have the ability to obtain medical home certification

233. Training Program Summary: HealthTeamWorks’ Coach University | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/case-studies/health-team-works.html
     August 01, 2014 - Various organizations, including health plans, health care delivery systems, and practices send staff … This stage includes classroom learning as well as visits to practices engaged in quality improvement … Some trainees have coached practices for several years, though many are new to practice facilitation … Some are managers or regional directors within HealthTeamWorks but continue to work with practices to … size for a HealthTeamWorks coach is 10 to 25 practices).

234. EvidenceNow Executive Summary - Midwest Cooperative (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/cooperatives/evidencenow-executive-summary-midwest.pdf
     November 01, 2017 - transform health care delivery by building a critical infrastructure to help smaller primary care practices … The goal of this initiative is to ensure that primary care practices have the evidence they need to … Evaluate the ability of small practices in the region to a) implement point- of-care and population … http://healthyheartsintheheartland.org Midwest Cooperative Reach: Number of Participating Practices … • 160 practices have been connected to the popHealth integrated population health reporting tool

235. How are CHIPRA quality demonstration States designing and implementing caregiver peer support programs? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight07.html
     February 01, 2014 - The two States help pediatric practices recruit and train parent partners, who receive a small stipend … Some pediatric practices noted that technology-driven methods for providing peer support, such as Web … the parent partner job description or found that supporting other caregivers and advising practices … an opportunity to learn about peer support from other practices using this approach. … The State also sponsored lectures on best practices in peer support.

236. TransforMN Study | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/solberg.html
     April 01, 2015 - of Transformation Efforts In 2010 the Minnesota Department of Health began certifying primary care practices … for practices that were already certified to help support their ongoing transformation efforts. … Each practice, or group of practices, determined how to best implement changes to meet the standards … In general, transformation efforts cost far more than the practices received back in additional payments … Some practices decided that the payment system was more trouble than it was worth, and stopped submitting

237. Key Lessons from the National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/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

238. Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum Module 25: The Patient-Centered Medical Home: Principles and Recognition Processes (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-25-pcmh-principles.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - How can a practice facilitator help practices determine which recognition program is most suitable? … Several major programs offer PCMH recognition or accreditation for medical practices. … Practices use evidence-based medicine and decision support tools to guide shared decisionmaking and … Practices use data-driven QI methodologies to continuously monitor performance in a variety of care … Other models • Administrative support to help practices transform.

239. Transforming Primary Care: Evaluating the Spread of Group Health’s Medical Home | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/reid.html
     October 01, 2015 - PhD Institution: Group Health Cooperative AHRQ Grant Number: R18 HS019129 Number and Type of Practices … This project included 26 practices in an integrated (nonprofit, consumer-governed) health system with … To facilitate spread across the practices, the redesign was segmented into four practice change and four … , and standardized management practices to be used by clinic leaders (including root cause analysis, … Utilization Compared with what would be expected with no PCMH implementation, practices undergoing

240. White Paper - Redefining Primary Care for the 21st Century (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/workforce-financing/white_paper.pdf
     January 01, 2020 - Recent qualitative studies of high-performing primary care practices suggest that these practices produce … These practice supports are also features of high-performing practices as described below. … The Feasibility of Collecting Data on Physicians and Their Practices. 2014. … http://www.ncqa.org/Programs/Recognition/Practices/PatientCenteredMedicalHomePCMH.a spx. … Unlocking the black box: supporting practices to become patient-centered medical homes.