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

Practice

SUBMITTER: Knierim KE 

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

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature