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Please join Q Corp staff for a monthly orientation to the resources available to primary care practices and other stakeholders through the Patient-Centered Primary Care Institute. This 30 minute orientation is limited to up to 20 participants each session, and is an ideal welcome for people who are new to their positions within primary care transformation.
Please join Q Corp staff for a monthly orientation to the resources available to primary care practices and other stakeholders through the Patient-Centered Primary Care Institute. This 30 minute orientation is limited to up to 20 participants each session, and is an ideal welcome for people who are new to their positions within primary care transformation.
Individuals with mental illnesses may not access primary care services for varied and complex reasons. Watch this recorded webinar to hear what research tells us about best practices in increasing access to primary care, and gain practical tips on how to influence a variety of internal and external factors to increase engagement in health and wellness activities.
Since 2001, AHRQ has been investing in major projects that examine the effects of working conditions on health care professionals’ ability to keep patients safe while providing high-quality care. This research is part of the Agency’s ongoing efforts to develop evidence-based information aimed at improving the quality of the U.S. health care system by making care safer for patients and improving working conditions for clinicians.
Being a physician can be stressful. The days are long. The work flow may feel disorganized. The administrative tasks and demands for documentation seem greater every day. No wonder even the most dedicated professionals can burn out. And that’s a problem. Read this July 24, 2017 blog post from the AHRQ Views site that addresses this issue.
Take this quick 1-2 minute questionnaire to determine your workplace stress levels.
The Oregon Medical Association (OMA) shares information about the Clinician Academy in their most recent issue of Medicine in Oregon. The article, "Uncovering the Spark: Oregon’s Clinician Academy Combats Provider Burnout," covers the Clinician Academy and its work to improve care and reduce provider burnout.
CCO Oregon’s Spring Conference on June 6 brought together health care, CCO, and social service leaders from across Oregon to discuss the importance of addressing the social determinants of health when striving to impact the health of Oregonians.
This is a tool kit to help clinicians address the interoperability of EHRs, to improve their workflows, and to close more referrals. The tool kit provides practical guidance on measures, how to create an improvement plan, sample care compacts, satisfaction surveys, and more.
Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on "tool kit" then enter your information to download the document.
Stanford University’s Clinical Excellence Research Center (CERC), with support from the Peterson Center on Healthcare, set out to identify common attributes found among high-performing primary care organizations. CERC reviewed national quality and cost data, and has identified 11 primary care organizations that are delivering exceptional value to their patients. Most importantly, they have key features in common, which can serve as a blueprint for others to achieve high performance.
Throughout the month of June, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) Transformation Center is offering a 5-part webinar series focused on clinic-level strategies to increase effective contraceptive use.
The group medical care model (or group visit) is an important inter-disciplinary care delivery innovation to complement the individual medical visit. This guide reviews the current state of group visits in a variety of practice types including primary and specialty groups using generalizable best practices.
The governing boards of Oregon Health Care Quality Corporation (Q Corp) and HealthInsight Management Corporation have approved a merger of the organizations and their operations in Oregon.
This toolkit is a collection of resources to help the state, CCOs, and oral health and primary care providers and practice transformation leaders as they continue down the path of oral health integration. The topics and tools contained within this tool kit can serve as a framework for learning collaboratives or any other opportunities for learning and sharing best and emerging practices facilitated by the OHA Transformation Center.
Oral health is a key component of Oregon's coordinated care model (CCM), and it is looked to as a national model for integration. Health Management Associates (HMA) was contracted to undertake an environmental scan of both local and national efforts towards oral health integration and conduct extensive interviews with state officials and their key state partners for transformation efforts.
Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) combines approved medication with recovery support, lifestyle changes, and professional treatment. SAMHSA’s new online tool helps people with opioid use disorder learn about using MAT treatment options to strengthen their recovery. This tool features content on the stages of medication-assisted recovery, how to build a recovery support team, and recovery resources.
The John A. Hartford Foundation Change AGEnts initiative has released a new and much-needed resource: Patient-Centered Medical Homes and the Care of Older Adults: How Comprehensive Care Coordination, Community Connections, and Person-Directed Care Can Make a Difference. The paper, developed by the project’s PCMH Network, provides a roadmap to guide primary care practices in how to enhance care for older, complex patients and their families.
Antibiotic resistance causes serious harm around the world and in our own communities – much of it due to inappropriate use of antibiotics. HealthInsight’s Get Smart: Preserving the Power of Antibiotics quality improvement initiative and educational campaign is your chance to take a stand for eliminating this harm. Join us for this short call to learn more about how to get recognition as an antibiotic steward in your community by participating in HealthInsight’s Get Smart initiative!
What does a successful quality improvement project look like? Hint: starting with goal setting is key. Join us for this brief webinar to learn about the first steps in developing an effective quality improvement project and practice setting goals in real time.
The Center for Excellence in Primary Care (CEPC) is pleased to announce an open enrollment Practice Coaching for Primary Care Transformation (PCPCT) training on September 12-15, 2017, in San Francisco, California.
The Wallace Medical Concern provides low cost medical and dental services in Southeast Portland and Gresham, Oregon. Around 47% of their patient population needs interpretation services, with Spanish being the language in which services are most often needed.
Sixty-four Oregon practices completed all four years of the Comprehensive Primary Care initiative at the close of 2016 after achieving significant improvements in quality and reducing utilization of care. In response, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched an advanced model of this initiative, Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+), in January 2017 with 156 enrolled Oregon practices supported by 15 local payers.
When patients and families are partners in planning and making decisions about their care, health outcomes are better, patient experience and satisfaction improves, and often, costs are lower. The PCPCC Support & Alignment Network (SAN) has designed this toolkit for healthcare practices participating in the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (TCPI). However, it is equally valuable to any practice seeking strategies to improve person and family engagement.
This event will provide a forum for various stakeholders, including primary care providers, specialists, independent practices, health systems, health care payers and policymakers, to hear the latest Quality Payment Program information from national experts and local health care leaders, and better understand what these changes mean for their organization.
This event will provide a forum for various stakeholders, including primary care providers, specialists, independent practices, health systems, health care payers and policymakers, to hear the latest Quality Payment Program information from national experts and local health care leaders, and better understand what these changes mean for their organization.
