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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-28-using-the-ahrq-care-model.pdf
September 01, 2015 - Use the toolkit to support improvement work with practices. … • Share parts of the toolkit with practices when working on those key changes. … • Train the practices to use the toolkit as a resource. … Test the links in the
toolkit before you ask practices to use them. … Suggestions for Using the Care Model Toolkit With Practices
Reference
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight13.html
June 01, 2015 - Facilitators in all nine States visited practices, were available by telephone, and provided practices … practices compared with 5.44 for comparison practices).
… and March 2012 for the comparison practices; Time 2 (T2) is November 2012 for the participating practices … and comparison practices. … with Medical Home Index-Revised Short Form scores for comparison practices (8 practices at T1, 9 practices
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/highlight01.html
March 01, 2019 - , 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.
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/evaluation/evidence-now-snapshot-practices.pdf
August 01, 2017 - AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW: A Snapshot of Participating Primary Care Practices … Demographic data show the range of
diversity among the practices across a variety of
characteristics … Across these practices, 99% use electronic health records. … Across these practices, 99% use electronic health records. … Patient characteristics represent averages across practices.
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/research/national.html
March 01, 2021 - The goal of this initiative is to ensure that primary care practices have the evidence they need to help … What were practices' experiences with the support they received? … What changes did practices make? … Why were practices able to make changes in their quality and capacity, or why not? … Visiting so many practices located across the US presents both a challenge for the national evaluation
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/opioids/implementing-what-works/compendium-intro.html
January 01, 2024 - The participating practices were a mix of academic medical centers focusing on geriatrics, mid-sized … Based on the experience of participating practices, we refined and finalized the Compendium. … Innovative resources and tools developed by the practices that participated in the learning collaboratives … Practices can select any HLC that reflects their priority and any, or all, strategies and activities … We strongly encourage practices and systems to engage patients in the quality improvement process using
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/transform-qi/deliver-facilitation/modules/index.html
April 01, 2022 - AHRQ Practice Facilitation Training Modules
Practice facilitators help primary care practices … Helping Practices Scale Improvements .
Joy in Work .
… listen actively; ask powerful questions; become a “professional pesterer;” and curate resources for practices … Helping Practices Scale up Improvements – Learn how to support change throughout a practice by designing … Access additional resources and a table of contents for Helping Practices Scale up Improvements.
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/vt-spotlight.html
July 01, 2015 - enhanced payments based on the practices’ PCMH recognition scores. … Helped practices obtain PCMH recognition. … Community health teams working with pediatric practices and care coordinators within the practices told … Helped practices use electronic data to improve care. … The electronic registry was most useful for practices without EHRs.
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/evaluation/evidence-now-improving-capacity.pdf
January 01, 2018 - AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW: Helping Small Primary Care Practices Build Capacity for Quality Improvement … AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW: Helping Small Primary Care Practices
Build Capacity for Quality Improvement
One … of the main goals of EvidenceNOW is increasing the capacity of primary care practices to implement evidence … For example, practices with capacity for quality improvement are eager to learn from mistakes, create … but had
room for growth.
69%
Over two thirds of
practices already use
teams to focus on
quality
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/gabbay.html
October 01, 2015 - This project included 25 adult primary care practices, including private practices, Federally Qualified … Health Centers, and practices belonging to health systems. … Approaches to PCMH transformation varied across the 25 practices. … least-improved practices. … practices.
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/cost-guide/characteristics.html
February 01, 2017 - Out of 76 practices participating in the program, 25 (33%) achieved 2008 NCQA PCMH recognition; 22 practices … PCMH practices. … centers
Practices participated in a 3-year demonstration project, which engaged primary care practices … The extent of PCMH transformation varied across practices. … care practices
The six participating practices were already providing or considering whether to offer
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/transform-qi/deliver-facilitation/modules/resources.html
July 01, 2022 - Practices can have their own personalities. … care practices’ capacity to make changes needed to implement heart health evidence. … Tables, Graphs, Dashboards, & Reports: Data Visualization Best Practices (PDF, 711 KB) offers best practices … Practices Excel spreadsheet to create run charts to track their progress in QI. … skills taught in the module Helping Practices Scale Improvements.
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/state/index.html
September 01, 2023 - However, many primary care practices continue to struggle to find and incorporate the best evidence from … The availability and types of QI support differ significantly across States, which leaves many practices … Having QI support systems in place may be particularly beneficial for practices in States with higher … Build a network of primary care practices and related stakeholders across the State that can use the … comprehensive, evidence-based approach for a heart health improvement project involving 50 or more practices
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-12-intro-to-assessing-practices.pdf
September 01, 2015 - An Introduction to Assessing Practices: Issues to Consider
Primary Care
Practice Facilitation … Identify some common tools for assessing practices.
4. … Complete the CPCQ for one of your practices (or the TheOnlyOneforMiles case example). … Complete the ACIC for one of your practices (or for TheOnlyOneforMiles case example). … How might you use these tools with practices you are working with?
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/profile/fetters.html
October 01, 2015 - This project involved 2,432 primary care practices of varying structure and size. … Practices included adult and pediatric populations, and 60% were solo practices. … Approximately 70% of Michigan's primary care practices, 36 physician organizations, 7,618 physicians, … Practices enrolled in the program worked to implement a PCMH model defined by BCBSM that encompassed … Practices that were already struggling to address competing demands and small practices that were not
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/sc.html
March 01, 2019 - 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 settings … The practices intend to implement electronic health records (EHR). … By the end of 2013, the grant had four practices who were PCMH recognized and 10 others working on the
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/index.html
April 01, 2022 - The second goal of EvidenceNOW is to improve primary care practices' capacity for implementing evidence … Access snapshot of EvidenceNOW practices (PDF, 838 KB). … Access practice capacity for EvidenceNOW practices (PDF, 782 KB). … Whether practices expand their capacity for quality improvement and implementation of new evidence into … How external support is organized to help practices change and improve.
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/synthesis-report/themes.html
October 01, 2015 - In four grants, some of the practices were recognized as a PCMH while others were not. … In one study, none of the practices sought recognition, and another study did not report information … about recognition status of involved practices. … Appendix A provides details about the PCMH recognition status of practices across TPC grants. … . 1
The capabilities of existing EHR systems also varied widely across practices.
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/index.html
January 01, 2023 - & Resources
EvidenceNOW Tools for Change
A Curated Collection for Practices … EvidenceNOW Tools for Change can help primary care practices, as well as practice facilitators and others … who support practices, make changes to build their capacity to engage in quality improvement and implement … EvidenceNOW Key Driver Diagram
AHRQ uses a key driver diagram to show what practices need to do to … The key driver diagram consists of six key drivers—big changes that practices make to keep pace with
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www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/grants-transform/key-themes.html
March 01, 2017 - In four grants, some of the practices were recognized as a PCMH while others were not. … In one study, none of the practices sought recognition, and another study did not report information … about recognition status of involved practices. … Appendix A provides details about the PCMH recognition status of practices across TPC grants. … . 1
The capabilities of existing EHR systems also varied widely across practices.