Patient- and family-centered care (PFCC) literature is growing, but few reports present patient, caregiver, and practitioner perspectives about care coordination in a team-based model. "Function of the Medical Team Quarterback: Patient, Family, and Physician Perspectives on Team Care Coordination in Patient- and Family-Centered Primary Care", published in the December 2019 issue of The Permanente Journal, investigates the function of the medical team quarter
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Pragmatic measures for implementation research: development of the Psychometric and Pragmatic Evidence Rating Scale (PAPERS)
Published in December 2019, the Pragmatic measures for implementation research: development of the Psychometric and Pragmatic Evidence Rating Scale (PAPERS) offers a way for survey creators to assess both the pragmatic and psychometric qualities of their instruments. Co-authored by Cara C. Lewis, PhD, Caitlin Dorsey, BAH, and Kayne Mettert, BAH.
Psychometric and Pragmatic Properties of Social Risk Screening Tools: A Systematic Review
Psychometric and Pragmatic Properties of Social Risk Screening Tools: A Systematic Review, published in the December 2019 American Journal of Preventive Medicine, is the first review of psychometric and pragmatic properties of social risk screening tools used in adult and pediatric settings. It should serve as a benchmark as the field evolves.
Measuring attributes of team functioning in primary care settings: development of the TEAMS tool
"Measuring attributes of team functioning in primary care settings: development of the TEAMS tool", co-authored by Michael Parchman, Brian Austin, and Ed Wagner, describes the development of a new survey that gauges staff perceptions of team culture. The TEAMS tool is part of our RWJF Learning from Effective Ambulatory Practices (LEAP) project.
Staff and Clinician Work-Life Perceptions after Implementing Systems-Based Improvements to Opioid Management
"Staff and Clinician Work-Life Perceptions after Implementing Systems-Based Improvements to Opioid Management", published in the September 2019 Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, is an analysis assesses the impact of implementing the Six Building Blocks program to improve primary care's management of non-cancer patients on long-term opioid therapy. Co-authored by Michael Parchman, its focus is on the perceptions of primary care providers and staff on how this program impacted their
Organizing Care for Patients With Chronic Illness Revisited
In "Organizing Care for Patients With Chronic Illness Revisited", an August 2019 Early View commentary from the Milbank Quarterly, Ed Wagner reflects on the 23 years since the publication of our seminal Milbank article that introduced the concepts of the Chronic Care Model.
Regional Eye Care Systems Assessment Tool (RESCAT)
The Regional Eye Care Systems Assessment Tool (RECSAT) was developed in 2012 by the Brien Holden Vision Institute in Sydney, Australia as part of the Vision CRC (Cooperative Research Centre,) Based on an adaptation of our Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (ACIC v3.5) and administered in 2013 and 2015, the RECSAT facilitated regional discussions in Australia regarding systems perf
A Randomized Trial of External Practice Support to Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Primary Care
A Randomized Trial of External Practice Support to Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Primary Care, authored by Michael Parchman, et al, describes the main outcomes of our Heatlhy Hearts Northwest project.
Using implementation science to close the gap between the optimal and typical practice of quantitative methods in clinical science
This August 2019 article, co-authored by Cara C. Lewis, describes how the lessons of clinical implementation science may be applied to improve research in clinical psychology. Read "Using implementation science to close the gap between the optimal and typical practice of quantitative methods in clinical science".
Assessing quality improvement capacity in primary care practices
Our Healthy Hearts Northwest study brought practice facilitators to over 200 small- and mid-size primary care clinics throughout the Pacific Northwest that sought to improve cardiovascular care to their patients. To help survey the landscape in each clinic, we developed the QICA (Quality Improvement Capacity Assessment).