Improving Asthma Care in Primary Care Learning Collaborative

Project Overview and Registration

Thank you for your interest in this project, led by Utah Pediatric Partnership to Improve Healthcare Quality (UPIQ) and Utah Department of Health (UDOH) Asthma Program.

Before you complete the registration below, please read the following outline of the project and expectations of participants.

Project Goal
To improve asthma care processes in primary care practices.

Project Duration
The project will begin in April and end in December. A final chart review will be conducted in June 2018 to assess how well you've sustained your improvements.

Goals for Participating Practices
You will use quality improvement tools and methods to improve your ability to:

Design and implement office policies, processes, and systems that improve asthma care delivery
Enhance communication and collaboration with specialists
Utilize resources of the UDOH Asthma Program and the Medical Home Portal to improve asthma care
Develop knowledge and skills to support ongoing practice improvement

Project Expectations

Identify your practice’s Improvement Team (clinician leader, office manager, a nurse or medical assistant, more members are welcome)
Schedule and actively participate in regular meetings (team huddles) with your improvement team (weekly or bi-weekly)
Participate in site visits with the UPIQ Coach and in monthly virtual team lead calls and educational webinars (4 core webinars and at least one supplementary webinar)
Complete Pre- and Post-Collaborative Participant Questionnaires
Complete baseline and project-end (30) and monthly interim (10) chart reviews to guide plan-do-study-act (PDSA) cycles and assess how well your changes are driving improvement
Use QI TeamSpace (a web-based data collection and QI platform) to record data from monthly chart reviews and track your team's progress
Develop a plan for sustaining, implementing and spreading your improvements by December

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1. I have read and agree to the above project expectations and terms.

Yes

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2. Your name and email address:

Name:

Email:

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3. Please provide the following information about your practice.

Name of Practice:

Address 1:

Address 2:

City/Town:

ZIP:

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4. Practice Specialty:

Pediatrics

Family Medicine

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5. Primary Contact Person at Practice (e.g., Office Manager or Scheduler):

Name and Office Role:

Email:

Phone:

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6. Please choose team members who are enthusiastic, committed, and will dedicate the time needed for the project:

Nurse/Medical Assistant:

Administrative Staff:

Other:

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7. We will meet with your team at your office in March/ April. Please list available days/dates and times. We will call your primary contact person to finalize.

1st choice

2nd choice

3rd choice

4th choice

5th choice

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8. There is no cost for participation in the project. For Maintenance of Certification (MOC) credit, a fee of $250 ($205 for members of the Utah Chapter of the AAP) will be charged prior to the project start.

Are you interested in receiving MOC credit?

Yes

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1. I have read and agree to the above project expectations and terms.

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2. Your name and email address:

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3. Please provide the following information about your practice.

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4. Practice Specialty:

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5. Primary Contact Person at Practice (e.g., Office Manager or Scheduler):

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6. Please choose team members who are enthusiastic, committed, and will dedicate the time needed for the project:

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7. We will meet with your team at your office in March/ April. Please list available days/dates and times. We will call your primary contact person to finalize.

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8. There is no cost for participation in the project. For Maintenance of Certification (MOC) credit, a fee of $250 ($205 for members of the Utah Chapter of the AAP) will be charged prior to the project start. Are you interested in receiving MOC credit?

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9. Contact Kim Bloom, UPIQ Practice Coach, for questions: kim.bloom@hsc.utah.edu or (801) 587-3023.

8. There is no cost for participation in the project. For Maintenance of Certification (MOC) credit, a fee of $250 ($205 for members of the Utah Chapter of the AAP) will be charged prior to the project start.

Are you interested in receiving MOC credit?