Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches

Organizes and describes dissemination and implementation (D and I) research models that help to effectively spread evidence-based interventions; also describes an inventory of models used in D and I research and provides guidance on how to best select a model to inform study design and execution.

Acknowledges challenges in engaging primary care practices in initiatives designed to enhance quality and promote safety, and identifies successful practice recruitment strategies in the EvidenceNOW initiative

Includes various tools and resources to support primary care practice implementation of PCMH; includes foundational practice facilitation resources

A journal article (referenced by Institute for Healthcare Improvement's website) that describes a framework to guide practice facilitators in building improvement capacity

Describes the benefits of practice coaching;provides guidance for health system leaders, insurers, and Federal and State policymakers on how best to tailor these programs for primary care settings

Includes tools for practice facilitators on topics such as ways to engage practices, quality improvement work, and administrative tools

Describes how to develop a practice facilitation program within primary care settings

Explains the Model for Improvement, a tool designed to help organizations accelerate improvement through two parts: 3 fundamental questions and the PDSA cycle

Describes a model of practice change using data from a successful quality improvement intervention

Model for translating research into practice using concepts from the areas of quality improvement, chronic care, diffusion of innovations, and measures of the population-based effectiveness of translation