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Primary Care Practices' Ability to Report Electronic Clinical Quality Measures in the EvidenceNOW Southwest Initiative to Improve Heart Health.

ABSTRACT: Importance:The capability and capacity of primary care practices to report electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) are questionable. Objective:To determine how quickly primary care practices can report eCQMs and the practice characteristics associated with faster reporting. Design, Setting, and Participants:This quality improvement study examined an initiative (EvidenceNOW Southwest) to enhance primary care practices' ability to adopt evidence-based cardiovascular care approaches: aspirin prescribing, blood pressure control, cholesterol management, and smoking cessation (ABCS). A total of 211 primary care practices in Colorado and New Mexico participating in EvidenceNOW Southwest between February 2015 and December 2017 were included. Interventions:Practices were instructed on eCQM specifications that could be produced by an electronic health record, a registry, or a third-party platform. Practices received 9 months of support from a practice facilitator, a clinical health information technology advisor, and the research team. Practices were instructed to report their baseline ABCS eCQMs as soon as possible. Main Outcomes and Measures:The main outcome was time to report the ABCS eCQMs. Cox proportional hazards models were used to examine practice characteristics associated with time to reporting. Results:Practices were predominantly clinician owned (48%) and in urban or suburban areas (71%). Practices required a median (interquartile range) of 8.2 (4.6-11.9) months to report any ABCS eCQM. Time to report differed by eCQM: practices reported blood pressure management the fastest (median [interquartile range], 7.8 [3.5-10.4] months) and cholesterol management the slowest (median [interquartile range], 10.5 [6.6 to >12] months) (log-rank P?

SUBMITTER: Knierim KE

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6687038 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Primary Care Practices' Ability to Report Electronic Clinical Quality Measures in the EvidenceNOW Southwest Initiative to Improve Heart Health.

Knierim Kyle E KE Hall Tristen L TL Dickinson L Miriam LM Nease Donald E DE de la Cerda Dionisia R DR Fernald Douglas D Bleecker Molly J MJ Rhyne Robert L RL Dickinson W Perry WP

JAMA network open 20190802 8

<h4>Importance</h4>The capability and capacity of primary care practices to report electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) are questionable.<h4>Objective</h4>To determine how quickly primary care practices can report eCQMs and the practice characteristics associated with faster reporting.<h4>Design, setting, and participants</h4>This quality improvement study examined an initiative (EvidenceNOW Southwest) to enhance primary care practices' ability to adopt evidence-based cardiovascular care ...[more]

PMID: 31390033

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Project description:BackgroundIdentifying characteristics of primary care practices that perform well on cardiovascular clinical quality measures (CQMs) may point to important practice improvement strategies.ObjectiveTo identify practice characteristics associated with high performance on four cardiovascular disease CQMs.DesignLongitudinal cohort study among 211 primary care practices in Colorado and New Mexico. Quarterly CQM reports were obtained from 178 (84.4%) practices. There was 100% response rate for baseline practice characteristics and implementation tracking surveys. Follow-up implementation tracking surveys were completed for 80.6% of practices.ParticipantsAdult patients, staff, and clinicians in family medicine, general internal medicine, and mixed-specialty practices.InterventionPractices received 9 months of practice facilitation and health information technology support, plus biannual collaborative learning sessions.Main measuresThis study identified practice characteristics associated with overall highest performance using area under the curve (AUC) analysis on aspirin therapy, blood pressure management, and smoking cessation CQMs.ResultsAmong 178 practices, 39 were exemplars. Exemplars were more likely to be a Federally Qualified Health Center (69.2% vs 35.3%, p = 0.0006), have an underserved designation (69.2% vs 45.3%, p = 0.0083), and have higher percentage of patients with Medicaid (p < 0.0001). Exemplars reported greater use of cardiovascular disease registries (61.5% vs 29.5%,), standing orders (38.5 vs 22.3%) or electronic health record prompts (84.6% vs 49.6%) (all p < 0.05), were more likely to have medical home recognition (74.4% vs 43.2%, p = 0.0006), and reported greater implementation of building blocks of high-performing primary care: regular quality improvement team meetings (3.0 vs 2.2), patient experience survey (3.1 vs 2.2), and resources for patients to manage their health (3.0 vs 2.3). High improvers (n = 45) showed greater improvement implementing team-based care (32.8 vs 11.7, p = 0.0004) and population management (37.4 vs 20.5, p = 0.0057).ConclusionsMultiple strategies-registries, prompts and protocols, patient self-management support, and patient-team partnership activities-were associated with delivering high-quality cardiovascular care over time, measured by CQMs.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov registration: NCT02515578.

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Primary Care Practices' Ability to Report Electronic Clinical Quality Measures in the EvidenceNOW Southwest Initiative to Improve Heart Health.

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Primary Care Practices' Ability to Report Electronic Clinical Quality Measures in the EvidenceNOW Southwest Initiative to Improve Heart Health.

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