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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jul 25.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med Qual. 2024 Jul 8;39(4):188–196. doi: 10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000197

Table 4:

Organizational Processes Targeted for Improvement By Main Goal of Innovation

Main Goal of Innovation
Organizational
Processes Targeted
for Improvement
Clinical
(N=75)
Mixed
(N=165)
Patient
Satisfaction/
Experience
(N=108)
Total
(N=348)
Access to care 46.7% (35) 54.5% (90) 55.6% (60) 53.2% (185)
Follow-up care, referrals, and discharge process 64% (48) 54.5% (90) 38.9% (42) 51.7% (180)
Technology 36% (27) 40.6% (67) 33.3% (36) 37.4% (130)
Chronic care management 21.3% (16) 29.1% (48) 20.4% (22) 24.7% (86)
Patient health education 45.3% (34) 36.4% (60) 28.7% (31) 35.9% (125)
Organizational changes (staffing, culture, etc.) 89.3% (67) 75.2% (124) 72.2% (78) 77.3% (269)
Physician and non-physician training 22.7% (17) 26.7% (44) 31.5% (34) 27.3% (95)
Intake/admission 50.7% (38) 38.8% (64) 38% (41) 41.1% (143)
Physical environment modifications 8% (6) 9.7% (16) 8.3% (9) 8.9% (31)
Quality measurement and pay-for-performance 18.7% (14) 24.8% (41) 18.5% (20) 21.6% (75)
Patient safety 5.3% (4) 4.8% (8) 0.9% (1) 3.7% (13)
Other process 1.3% (1) 1.2% (2) 0.9% (1) 1.1% (4)