- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
HealthPartners
2020
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
2016
This urban community clinic had poor asthma outcomes compared to the state of Minnesota. The standard care supports an annual Asthma Action Plan (AAP). However, majority patients at this not received one. quality improvement project aimed improve control, measured by control test least 20, through AAP implementation supported all team members. clinic's interdisciplinary champion group implemented workflow changes via practice facilitation and Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles. rates increased from...
A movement towards integrated behavioral health (IBH) in primary care continues to grow, among an accumulating evidence base for its effectiveness improving care. However, healthcare organizations struggle navigate where target their limited resources integration. We evaluated a cross-model framework of IBH core processes and structures. used mixed-methods approach evaluation the framework, which included (a) survey national experts stakeholders, (b) crosswalks with common measures, (c)...
The ability to aggregate clinical data across multiple diverse organizations and use it for performance measurement, quality improvement, evaluation, research is rapidly becoming a national necessity, but there are few examples of how do that. This article uses lessons from effort implement the collaborative care management model patients with both depression diabetes or heart disease 8 partner organizations, 18 medical groups, more than 170 clinics in states identify challenges provide...