Key activities used by community based primary care practices to improve the quality of diabetes care in response to practice facilitation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A recent systematic review suggests that practice facilitation (PF) is a robust intervention for implementing evidence-based preventive care guidelines in primary care, but the ability of PF to improve chronic illness care remains unclear.

Aims

To examine the specific activities and Chronic Care model (CCM) components that primary care practices implemented and sustained in response to a 12-month PF intervention.

Methods

The ABC trial tested the effectiveness of PF to improve care for diabetes in 40 small community-based primary care practices that were randomized to "initial" or "delayed" intervention arms. A trained facilitator met with each practice over 12-months. Facilitators used interactive consensus building to help practices implement one or more o

SUBMITTER: Noel PH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4326068 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature