Building high functioning clinical teams through quality improvement initiatives

Thomas P. O'Toole; Richard Cabral; Jonathan M. Blumen; Dawna A. Blake

Building high functioning clinical teams through quality improvement initiatives

Thomas P. O'Toole, Richard Cabral, Jonathan M. Blumen, Dawna A. Blake

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Abstract

Background Team-based care has consistently been associated with improved clinical outcomes. However, strategies for promoting and sustaining a team-based approach in family medicine practice are more elusive. Methods We conducted a longitudinal time series cohort study of 30 primary care providers in seven practices to assess the sequential addition of three different chronic disease management feedback reports over 24 months, culminating in a teambased quality improvement intervention linked to feedback, assessing clinical performance and selfreported effectiveness. Results The proportion of patients at their low density lipoprotein target (

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	13-22
Number of pages	10
Journal	Quality in Primary Care
Volume	19
Issue number	1
State	Published - 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Chronic disease management
Clinical performance
Medical home
Primary care
Teambased care

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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