Million Hearts Practice Change Package: Your Tool for Population Management Kate Mahler, CAE Deputy Executive Vice President, Ohio Academy of Family Physicians and Gail Gresko Quality Improvement Project Specialist Prevention, KEPRO
Practice Change Package QI Plan Cover Sheet Provides an overview of your practice s, aim statement, baseline measurement and targeted goal. Suggested practice interventions are listed for consideration.
Practice Change Package Protocol and Action Steps This tab houses your practice s protocol and action plan. Its contents will be developed as part of today s activities.
Practice Change Package Data Collection Panel This will be your most utilized tab in the Practice Change Package as it will serve as your practice s data collection sheet for the duration of the project. Each practice is asked to record patient data on six key measures on a monthly basis and report your findings to OAFP staff by the 5th of each month via fax or email.
Practice Change Package References Comprehensive list of online patient engagement or clinical resources
Practice Change Package Narrative Captures your answers about the goals and objectives of the program and should be completed in early July after the conclusion of the project. The answers captured in the narrative match the questions required for ABFM Mc FP Part IV credit through the Self Directed QI Effort process.
Drafting Your Practice Protocol Million Hearts encourages widespread adoption and use of standardized treatment protocols for improving blood pressure control. Simple, evidence based protocols can have a powerful impact in improving practice improvement and patient health outcomes. Protocol Aim: Increase follow up appointment rates with your adult patients diagnosed with hypertension. Don t forget that Summit County Health Department can play a role in your protocol s success.
Patient Incentives The American College of Physicians (ACP) believes that programs that support the patient s role in promoting positive health outcomes should be evidence based and should focus on increasing access to strategies for prevention and treatment of disease; respect for autonomy; consideration of variables influencing comprehension and learning; and understanding of cultural, religious and socioeconomic factors. ACP supports the use of positive incentives to motivate behavior change as part of a comprehensive strategy to improve patient care and offers recommendations for their development and implementation. Before you leave today, each practice will receive a $400 check to use for patient incentives. How will you use your funds? Ethical Considerations for the Use of Patient Incentives to Promote Personal Responsibility for Health: West Virginia Medicaid and Beyond Position Paper of the American College of Physicians by Sheryl Mitnick, MPH, RN, Lois Snyder, JD, and Virginia L. Hood, MBBS, MPH, FACP, was developed by the American College of Physicians (ACP) Ethics, Professionalism and Human Rights Committee. http://www.acponline.org/running_practice/ethics/issues/policy/personal_incentives.pdf
Provider Certification Credits CME Accreditation for Team Training Day was provided through the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) for up to 4.5 Prescribed credits. Completion of the overall project qualifies for quality improvement credit through the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Maintenance of Certification Part IV.
Questions? Speaker Contact Information kmahler@ohioafp.org Gail.gresko@hcqis.org Change Package and Additional Resources Available From: http://www.ohioafp.org/quality improvement cme/oafpprograms/mh qi project/