Integrating Chronic Care and Business Strategies in the Safety Net: A Toolkit for Primary Care Practices and Clinics

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Appendix B. Partner Tools

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1.1

Forming the Team (guide)

Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Forming the Team [Web Page]. Available at: http://www.ihi.org/knowledge/Pages/HowtoImprove/ScienceofImprovementFormingtheTeam.aspx.

Seven Leadership Leverage Points (white paper)

Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Seven Leadership Leverage Points for Organization-Level Improvement in Health Care [Web Page]. http://www.ihi.org/knowledge/Pages/IHIWhitePapers/SevenLeadershipLeveragePointsWhitePaper.aspx.

Zen of Teams (presentation)

Zen of Teams. Buttress, S and Yee, R. Zen of Teams. [Web Page] Created for Redefin Phase 2, Learning Session 1. Event Date: March 10, 2005.

1.2

Chronic Care Model Primer (guide)

Improving Chronic Illness Care: Practice Change: Steps for Improvement [Web Page]. Available at: http://www.improvingchroniccare.org/index.php?p=Models&s=98. Accessed August 2008.

A Model for Accelerating Improvement (online)

Institute for Healthcare Improvement Quality Improvement Resources: A Model for Accelerating Improvement [Web Page]. Available at: http://www.ihi.org/knowledge/Pages/HowtoImprove/ScienceofImprovementHowtoImprove.aspx.

Going Lean in Healthcare (white paper)

Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Going Lean in Health Care [Web Page]. Available at: http://www.ihi.org/knowledge/Pages/IHIWhitePapers/GoingLeaninHealthCare.aspx.

2.1

Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care

Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care: Improving Chronic Illness Care [Web Page] Available at: http://www.improvingchroniccare.org/index.php?p=PACIC_Survey&s=36.

Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care Scoring Guide: Improving Chronic Illness Care [Web Page] Available at: http://www.improvingchroniccare.org/index.php?p=Scoring&s=226.

CAHPS® Adult Primary Care Survey

CAHPS® Clinician and Group Survey Adult Primary Care Questionnaire.

Primary Care Staff Satisfaction Survey

Clinical Microsystems [Web Page]. Available at: http://www.clinicalmicrosystem.org. Accessed March 2007.

Assessment of Chronic Illness Care

Assessment of Chronic Illness Care: Improving Chronic Illness Care [Web page]. Available at: http://www.improvingchroniccare.org/index.php?p=ACIC_Survey&s=35.

Assessment of Chronic Illness Care Scoring Guide: Improving Chronic Illness Care [Web page]. Available at: http://www.improvingchroniccare.org/index.php?p=ACIC_Survey&s=35.

Primary Care Practice Know Your Processes (survey)

Primary Care Practice Know Your Processes. Adapted from Assessing, diagnosing, and treating your outpatient primary care practice. [Web Page]. Available at: Clinical Microsystems (Dartmouth College). http://clinicalmicrosystem.org/materials/workbooks/.

Finance Collaborative Pre-Work (survey)

Finance Collaborative Prework Survey. Health Disparities Collaboratives. Finance Redesign.

Building Your Community (guide)

Understand Your Community: Building Your Community: An Asset Based Community Development Toolkit [Web Page]. Available at: http://www.communitybuilders.nsw.gov.au/index.cgi?ID=33&TYPE=num&PG=1&RES=10&SORTBY=1.

2.2

National Disease Guidelines (online)

National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Ambulatory Care—Reports—Publications—National Quality Forum [Web Page]. Available at: http://www.qualityforum.org/publications/reports/ambulatory_care.asp.

National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Ambulatory Care (measures)

Redesign and Finance Measures

St. Andre C. Redesign and finance change package. Rockville, MD: Health Disparities Collaborative; 2006.

2.3

Chronic Disease Registries: A Product Review (online)

Simon J, Powers M. Chronic Disease Registries: A Product Review. Oakland: California HealthCare Foundation; 2004 [Web Page]. Available at: http://www.chcf.org/publications/2004/05/chronic-disease-registries-a-product-review.

CDEMS Registry (online)

CDEMS User Network (Web site). Available at: The CDEMS User Network: http://www.cdems.com/.

Executive Review of Improvement Projects (white paper)

Reinertsen J, Pugh M, Nolan T. Executive Review of Improvement Projects: A Primer For CEOs and Other Senior Leaders. Rockville, MD: Health Disparities Collaborative; 2005.

Quantitative Diabetes Monthly Report Template (worksheet)

Adapted from Learning Session One: BTS Collaborative Training & Materials: Improving Chronic Illness Care [Web Page]. Available at: http://www.improvingchroniccare.org/index.php?p=Learning_Session_One&s=119.

Narrative Monthly Report Template (worksheet)

3.1

High Functioning Clinical Teams are Extremely Efficient (presentation)

Moore, LG and Safford, B. High functioning clinical teams are extremely efficient: how to get one and achieve advanced access. Created for Institute for Healthcare Improvement 2004. Available at http://www.improvingchroniccare.org/index.php?p=Critical_Tools&s=162. Accessed September 2008.

Project Planning Form (worksheet)

Converting Guidelines to Practice (guide)

Improving Chronic Illness Care: Practice Change: Steps for Improvement [Web Page]. Available at: http://www.improvingchroniccare.org/index.php?p=Models&s=98.

Plan Do Study Act Self Management Support Example

Cross Train Staff (guide)

Optimize the Care Team: Cross-Train Staff [Web Page]. Available at: Institute for Healthcare Improvement. http://www.ihi.org/knowledge/Pages/Changes/OptimizetheCareTeam.aspx.

Team Effectiveness Exercise (survey)

Mohr, Julie. Clinical Microsystem Assessment Tool. Adapted from Assessing, Diagnosing and Treating Your Outpatient Primary Care Practice [Web Page]. Available at: Clinical Microsystems. http://dms.dartmouth.edu/cms/materials/workbooks/outpatient_primary_care.doc.

3.1 and 4.1

Primary Care Practice High Level Flowchart (worksheet)

Adapted from Assessing, Diagnosing and Treating Your Outpatient Primary Care Practice [Web Page]. Available at: Clinical Microsystems: http://dms.dartmouth.edu/cms/materials/workbooks/outpatient_primary_care.doc.

Plan Do Study Act Worksheet

Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) worksheet [Web Page]. Available at: Institute for Healthcare Improvement. http://www.ihi.org/knowledge/Pages/Tools/PlanDoStudyActWorksheet.aspx.

3.2

Panels and Panel Equity (guide)

Tantau & Associates. Understanding Panels in Primary Care [Web Page]. Available at: Institute for Healthcare Improvement. http://www.ihi.org/knowledge/Pages/Tools/UnderstandingPanelsinPrimaryCare.aspx.

Practice Supply Worksheet

Batalden P, Godfrey M, and Nelson G. Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Practice Supply Worksheet [Web Page]. Available at: http://www.ihi.org/knowledge/Pages/Tools/PracticeSupplyWorksheet.aspx. Accessed March 2007.

Daily Demand (guide)

Daily demand [Web Page]. Available at: Institute for Healthcare Improvement. http://www.ihi.org/knowledge/Pages/Measures/DailyDemand.aspx.

3.3

Health Literacy and Patient Safety: Manual for Clinicians (guide)

Weiss BD. Health Literacy and Patient Safety: Manual for Clinicians [Web Page]. Available at: American Medical Association Foundation and American Medical Association. http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/367/healthlitclinicians.pdf.

Depression Management Tool Kit (online)

Depression management toolkit (PHQ-9, Appendix I, p. 17). MacArthur Initiative on Depression & Primary Care [Web Page]. Available at: http://www.depression-primarycare.org/clinicians/toolkits/.

Spanish PHQ-9 (survey)

Patient Health Questionnaire PHQ-9 for Depression (Spanish). MacArthur Initiative on Depression & Primary Care.

3.3 and 3.4

Shared Care Plan (patient material)

Shared care plan [Web site]. Available at: Whatcom Health Information Network. https://www.sharedcareplan.org/HomePage.aspx.

3.3 and 3.5

Helping Patients Manage Their Chronic Conditions (online)

Bodenheimer T, MacGregor K, Sharifi C. Helping Patients Manage Their Chronic Conditions. Oakland: California Healthcare Foundation; 2005 [Web Page]. Available at: http://www.chcf.org/publications/2005/06/helping-patients-manage-their-chronic-conditions.

3.4

Organizing the Planned Visit (guide)

Improving Chronic Illness Care: Practice Change: Steps for Improvement [Web Page]. Available at: http://www.improvingchroniccare.org/index.php?p=Planned_Visits&s=48. (November 2011).

System Changes and Interventions: Planned Care (presentation)

Improving Chronic Illness Care: System Changes and Interventions: Planned Care [Web Page]. Available at: http://www.improvingchroniccare.org/index.php?p=Presentations&s=230.

Diabetes Standing Orders (worksheet)

Standing orders: diabetes mellitus type II. Olympia, WA: Providence St. Peter Family Medicine Residency Program at Providence St. Peter Family Medicine [Web Page]. Available at: http://www.diabetesinitiative.org/resources/topics/TopicGenAdmin.summary19-PROV.html.

Open Access—Open Office (patient material)

Open Access—Open Office. Sample Open Access Mailer. St. Peter Family Medicine. Olympia, WA. Available at: http://www.improvingchroniccare.org/index.php?p=Critical_Tools&s=162. Accessed September 2008.

Front Desk Collections Flow Chart (guide)

Front Desk Collections Flow Chart.

Huddle Sheet (worksheet)

Batalden P, Godfrey M, and Nelson G. Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Huddle Sheet [Web Page]. Available at: http://www.ihi.org/knowledge/Pages/Tools/Huddles.aspx. Accessed September 2008.

Getting Paid: Maximizing Collections (presentation)

Getting Paid: Maximizing Collections. RedeFin II; 2005 April 13.

Group Visit Starter Kit (guide)

Group Visit Starter Kit. Seattle: Group Health Cooperative; 2001 [Web Page]. Available at: Improving Chronic Illness Care. http://www.improvingchroniccare.org/index.php?p=Toolkits_&_Manuals&s=162.

Group Visit Financials (worksheet)

Group Visit Financials. Created by Providence Health System. Washington. Available at: http://www.improvingchroniccare.org/index.php?p=Critical_Tools&s=162. Accessed September 2008.

3.5

Understanding Goal Setting & Action Planning (guide)

Adapted from Lorig K, Sobel D, Gonzalez V, et al. Living a Healthy Life With Chronic Conditions: Self-Management of Heart Disease, Arthritis, Diabetes, Asthma, Bronchitis, Emphysema, and Others. Third Edition. Boulder, CO: Bull Publishing Company, 2006. Available at: http://www.improvingchroniccare.org/index.php?p=Critical_Tools&s=162. Accessed September 2008.

Agenda Setting Tool: Bubble Diagram (patient material)

Agenda Setting Tool: Bubble Diagram. Author unknown. Available at: http://www.improvingchroniccare.org/index.php?p=Critical_Tools&s=162. Accessed September 2008.

World Education (online)

Health & Literacy Special Collection. Available at: http://healthliteracy.worlded.org.

Diabetes Initiative (online)

Diabetes Initiative [Web site]. Available at: http://www.diabetesinitiative.org.

"5 A's" Behavior Change Model

5 A's Behavior Change Model Adapted for Self-Management Support Improvement [Web Page]. Available at Institute for Healthcare Improvement: http://www.ihi.org/knowledge/Pages/Publications/5AsBibliography.aspx.

4.1

Change Flow Chart (guide)

Wagner, EH. Change Flow Chart. Improving Chronic Illness Care 2007. Available at: http://www.improvingchroniccare.org/index.php?p=Critical_Tools&s=162. Accessed September 2008.

How Hot Are Your Improvement Action Plans PDSAs (worksheet)

How Hot Are Your Improvement Action Plans: Critical Tools [Web Page]. Available at Improving Chronic Illness Care: http://www.improvingchroniccare.org/index.php?p=Critical_Tools&s=162.

4.2

Pay For Performance

Dudley RA, Rosenthal MB. Pay for Performance: A Decision Guide for Purchasers. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2006. AHRQ Pub. No. 06-0047 [Web Page]. Available at: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/p4pguide.htm.

Advanced Topics

The CAHPS® Improvement Guide

The CAHPS® Improvement Guide: Practical Strategies for Improving the Patient Care Experience [Web Page]. Available at: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. https://cahps.ahrq.gov

Redesign and Finance Change Package (guide)

St. Andre C. Redesign and Finance Change Package. Rockville, MD: Health Disparities Collaborative; 2005.

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AHRQ Publication No. 08-0104-EF
Current as of August 2008

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Integrating Chronic Care and Business Strategies in the Safety Net: A Toolkit for Primary Care Practices and Clinics. AHRQ Publication No. 08-0104-EF, August 2008. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. http://www.ahrq.gov/populations/businessstrategies/