A Randomized Trial of External Practice Support to Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Primary Care.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We conducted a randomized controlled trial to compare the effectiveness of adding various forms of enhanced external support to practice facilitation on primary care practices' clinical quality measure (CQM) performance.

Methods

Primary care practices across Washington, Oregon, and Idaho were eligible if they had fewer than 10 full-time clinicians. Practices were randomized to practice facilitation only, practice facilitation and shared learning, practice facilitation and educational outreach visits, or practice facilitation and both shared learning and educational outreach visits. All practices received up to 15 months of support. The primary outcome was the CQM for blood pressure control. Secondary outcomes were CQMs for appropriate aspirin therapy and smoking scre

SUBMITTER: Parchman ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6827661 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature