Table 1.

EvidenceNOW Facilitator and Practice Characteristics, 2015–2017

Facilitator Characteristics Qualitative data, collected via interviews and site visits
Number of practices per Facilitator	Range: 1–35; most Facilitators worked with 10–20 practices across a 9- to 15-month intervention time frame
Number of in-person Facilitator visits to practice	Range: 12–28 intended visits across a 9- to 15-month intervention time frame
Facilitator time spent at visit	Range: 30 min-4 hours Mode=1 hour
Practice Characteristics Practice Survey data, collected at intervention baseline
Size	93% had fewer than 10 clinicians
Ownership	40% were clinician-owned; this is the largest of all ownership types
Location	68% were located in urban areas 35% served medically underserved communities
Practice Health Information Technology Characteristics Practice Survey data, collected at intervention baseline
EHR	90% were using an electronic health record; 83% were certified by The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Reporting capability	62% were participating in Meaningful Use Stages 1 & 2 26% had an in-house clinician or staff member write/configure clinical quality reports 38% had an outside service/consultant write/configure clinical quality reports 17% had no ability to write/configure clinical quality reports
Data fluency	36% reported that they routinely discussed their clinical quality data “often.”