Table 3.
Practice Activity Data Table
| Answer by practice | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practice | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | Proportion, % |
| I. Access and continuity | ||||||||||||
| Did you expand access? | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | 82 |
| Did you improve continuity? | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 100 |
| Did you increase training for practice staff? | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 100 |
| Did you change responsibilities of practice staff for more team-based care? | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 100 |
| Did you add cultural/linguistic services? | Y | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | 18 |
| II. Identify and manage patient populations | ||||||||||||
| Did you expand or improve health data collected on patients? | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | 91 |
| Do you use health data for new population management activities? | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 91 |
| III. Plan and manage care | ||||||||||||
| Did you create new ways of getting evidence/guidelines to the point of care? | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | 82 |
| Did you change the process for identifying or managing high-risk patients? | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 82 |
| Did you make changes to the process of medication management? | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | 82 |
| IV. Provide self-care support | ||||||||||||
| Did you increase patient engagement? Add/expand self-care support? | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 91 |
| Any new approaches to involving patient/family in shared decision making? | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | 64 |
| V. Track and coordinate care | ||||||||||||
| Did you add tracking/follow-up of any tests or referrals? | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 91 |
| Did you increase coordination of patient care with other providers or community resources/specialists? | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | 82 |
| VI. Measure and improve performance | ||||||||||||
| Any change in the way practice performance data is measured or used? | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 91 |
| Have you expanded/changed the way you assess patient/family experience? | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | 45 |
| Are the patients/families involved in providing feedback to the practice? | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 64 |
| Did you add/expand quality or safety aspects of practice? | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | 91 |
| VII. Practice culture | ||||||||||||
| The way the practice is managed? | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 100 |
| The culture of your practice? | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | 91 |
| VIII. Continuation in chronic care initiative | ||||||||||||
| Are you also participating in the CMS demo which continued from SEPA? | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | 82 |
| If not, why not? Data didn't show enough improvement__ Other___ | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Not invited | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
CMS, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; N, no; N/A, not applicable; SEPA, southeastern Pennsylvania; Y, yes.