Practice Facilitation Handbook

Module 4 Appendix

Table of Contents

Practice Facilitation Handbook

Module 1 Trainer’s Guide: Practice Facilitation as a Resource for Practice Improvement

Module 1. Practice Facilitation as a Resource for Practice Improvement

Module 10 Trainer’s Guide: Academic Detailing as a Quality Improvement Tool

Module 10. Academic Detailing as a Quality Improvement Tool

Module 11 Trainer’s Guide: Introducing a Practice to Facilitation

Module 11. Introducing a Practice to Facilitation

Module 12 Trainer’s Guide: Assessing Practice Readiness for Chang

Module 12. Assessing Practice Readiness for Change

Module 13 Trainer’s Guide: Conducting a Kickoff Meeting

Module 13. Conducting a Kickoff Meeting

Module 14 Trainer’s Guide: Creating Quality Improvement Teams and QI Plans

Module 14. Creating Quality Improvement Teams and QI Plans

Module 15 Trainer’s Guide: Documenting Your Work With Practices

Module 15. Documenting Your Work With Practices

Module 16 Trainer’s Guide: Introduction to the Care Model

Module 16. Introduction to the Care Model

Module 17 Trainer’s Guide: Electronic Health Records and Meaningful Use

Module 17. Electronic Health Records and Meaningful Use

Module 18 Trainer’s Guide: Using the AHRQ Care Model Toolkit With Practices

Module 18. Using the AHRQ Care Model Toolkit With Practices

Module 19 Trainer’s Guide: Implementing Care Teams

Module 19. Implementing Care Teams

Module 2 Trainer’s Guide: Working With Safety Net Practices

Module 2. Working With Safety Net Practices

Module 20 Trainer’s Guide: Facilitating Panel Management

Module 20. Facilitating Panel Management

Module 21 Trainer’s Guide: Improving Self-Management Support

Module 21. Improving Self-Management Support

Module 3 Trainer’s Guide: An Overview of the Facilitation Process

Module 3. An Overview of the Facilitation Process

Module 4 Trainer’s Guide: Approaches to Quality Improvement

Module 4. Approaches to Quality Improvement

Module 5 Trainer’s Guide: Mapping and Redesigning Workflow

Module 5. Mapping and Redesigning Workflow

Module 6 Trainer’s Guide: Assessing Practice Systems

Module 6. Assessing Practice Systems

Module 7 Trainer’s Guide: Measuring and Benchmarking Clinical Performance

Module 7. Measuring and Benchmarking Clinical Performance

Module 8 Trainer’s Guide: Collecting Data With Chart Audits

Module 8. Collecting Data With Chart Audits

Module 9 Trainer’s Guide: Preparing and Presenting Performance Data

Module 9. Preparing and Presenting Performance Data

Aim: (overall goal you wish to achieve)

Every goal will require multiple smaller tests of change

Describe your first (or next) test of change:	Person responsible	When to be done	Where to be done

Plan

List the tasks needed to set up this test of change	Person responsible	When to be done	Where to be done
		.

Predict what will happen when the test is carried out	Measures to determine if prediction succeeds

Do Describe what actually happened when you ran the test

Study Describe the measured results and how they compared to the predictions

Act Describe what modifications to the plan will be made for the next cycle from what you learned

Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Adapted with permission.

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Page last reviewed May 2013
Page originally created June 2013

Internet Citation: Module 4 Appendix. Content last reviewed May 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/system/pfhandbook/mod4appendix.html