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A national evaluation of a dissemination and implementation initiative to enhance primary care practice capacity and improve cardiovascular disease... - PubMed - NCBI

A national evaluation of a dissemination and implementation initiative to enhance primary care practice capacity and improve cardiovascular disease... - PubMed - NCBI
 2016 Jun 29;11(1):86. doi: 10.1186/s13012-016-0449-8.

national evaluation of a dissemination and implementation initiative to enhance primary care practicecapacity and improve cardiovascular disease care: the ESCALATES study protocol.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) launched the EvidenceNOW Initiative to rapidly disseminate and implement evidence-based cardiovascular disease (CVD) preventive care in smaller primary care practices. AHRQ funded eight grantees (seven regional Cooperatives and one independent national evaluation) to participate in EvidenceNOW. The nationalevaluation examines quality improvement efforts and outcomes for more than 1500 small primary care practices (restricted to those with fewer than ten physicians per clinic). Examples of external support include practice facilitation, expert consultation, performance feedback, and educational materials and activities. This paper describes the study protocol for the EvidenceNOW national evaluation, which is called Evaluating System Change to Advance Learning and Take Evidence to Scale (ESCALATES).

METHODS:

This prospective observational study will examine the portfolio of EvidenceNOW Cooperatives using both qualitative and quantitative data. Qualitative data include: online implementation diaries, observation and interviews at Cooperatives and practices, and systematic assessment of context from the perspective of Cooperative team members. Quantitative data include: practice-level performance on clinical quality measures (aspirin prescribing, blood pressure and cholesterol control, and smoking cessation; ABCS) collected by Cooperatives from electronic health records (EHRs); practice and practice member surveys to assess practice capacityand other organizational and structural characteristics; and systematic tracking of intervention delivery. Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods analyses will be conducted to examine how Cooperatives organize to provide external support to practices, to compare effectiveness of the dissemination and implementation approaches they implement, and to examine how regional variations and other organization and contextual factors influence implementation and effectiveness.

DISCUSSION:

ESCALATES is a national evaluation of an ambitious large-scale dissemination and implementation effort focused on transforming smaller primary care practices. Insights will help to inform the design of national health care practice extension systems aimed at supporting practice transformation efforts in the USA.

CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION:

NCT02560428 (09/21/15).

KEYWORDS:

Cardiovascular disease prevention; Dissemination and implementation research; Multi-site evaluationPractice capacityPractice facilitation; Primary care practicePrimary care practice extension; Quality improvement; Regional learning collaboratives
PMID:
 
27358078
 
PMCID:
 
PMC4928346
 
DOI:
 
10.1186/s13012-016-0449-8
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