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April Institute Resource Orientation

Event  - 
April 25, 2017 - 8:30am

Please join Q Corp staff for one of our monthly orientations to the resources available to primary care practices and other stakeholders through the Patient-Centered Primary Care Institute. This 30 minute orientation is limited to up to 10 participants each session, and is an ideal welcome for people who are new to their positions within primary care transformation.

Orientations are held the last Tuesday of every month. To register yourself or someone else within your organization email info@pcpci.org with the following information: 

March Institute Resource Orientation

Event  - 
March 28, 2017 - 8:30am

Please join Q Corp staff for one of our monthly orientations to the resources available to primary care practices and other stakeholders through the Patient-Centered Primary Care Institute. This 30 minute orientation is limited to up to 10 participants each session, and is an ideal welcome for people who are new to their positions within primary care transformation.

Preparing Providers for MIPS: Focus on Improvement Activities

Webinar  - 
Thursday, March 23, 2017 - 11:00am

*This webinar is hosted by the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI)*

SAN: Navigating Payment Reform Module 2: Preparing Providers for MIPS: Focus on Improvement Activities

Passed in April 2015, MACRA is one of the most significant pieces of healthcare-related federal legislation that we’ve seen in at least a decade. It holds enormous transformative potential for payment reform efforts, but it’s also complex to understand and put into practice.

Institute Resource Orientation

February 28, 2017

Please join Q Corp staff for one of our monthly orientations to the resources available to primary care practices and other stakeholders through the Patient-Centered Primary Care Institute. This 30 minute orientation is limited to up to 10 participants each session, and is an ideal welcome for people who are new to their positions within primary care transformation.

Practice Coaching for Primary Care Transformation (PCPCT) Training

February 24, 2017

Practice Coaching for Primary Care Transformation (PCPCT) Training is a multi-faceted training program designed for leaders at all levels who have a formal or informal coaching role in primary care transformation efforts. This workshop is designed for practice coaches who work with primary care practices to assist with transformation efforts towards high performing Patient Centered Medical Homes.

Nutrition Interventions for your Primary Care Setting

Webinar  - 
Tuesday, March 21, 2017 - 11:30am to 12:30pm

Let’s celebrate National Nutrition Month by learning about blood pressure management using a nutrition care model.  Optimal nutrition for patients will benefit from strong communication and teamwork in the primary care setting.  The presenter, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist working in the health care quality field, will present on how to implement the model, including specific interventions with strong clinical recommendations.  

Establishing a Lean Culture that Sustains Improvement

Blog - February 16, 2017
Akira Templeton

Toyota has developed a practical application of a human-centric production system that is deeply rooted in management philosophies and workplace culture. This philosophy, which they’ve dubbed the Toyota Production System (TPS), is built off of Lean concepts and elimination of waste. Sound familiar? In recent years, the “buzzwords” and strategies of Lean have trickled their way into the healthcare system as a way to improve delivery of care. Although different industries, we can learn a lot from Toyota about how Lean can help the healthcare system move toward ideal patient care.

PCPCH 2017 Q&A with the PCPCH Program Staff

Webinar  - 
Tuesday, February 14, 2017 - 7:30am to 8:30am

The new standards for attestation have been in effect for one month now and many of you have begun working on your application. Join us on February 14th (Oregon's Birthday) with your questions and hear from other practices! 

Organizations Map

January 27, 2017

Click on the circle of the organization to see its description, website, the regions it does work in, and its experience in different areas addressed in the survey. The organization's logos will display in full once you've clicked on the organizations.

Partnerships Map

January 27, 2017

View the connections between the organizations through past and current partnerships. To view the specific partnerships for an organization, hover your mouse on the circle of that organization. You can hover your mouse on any of the lines to pull out the connection it denotes.

Projects Map

January 27, 2017

Click on the circles on the map below to view a description, start, and end date for the surveyed organization's projects, both past and current. Click the 'x' in the upper right corner or anywhere else on the map to close the resulting information window. You can use the '+' and '-' in the upper corner of the map to zoom in and out as needed. Click and hold the map to move it around within its window.  

Active Project Map

January 27, 2017

This map shows the projects that are still active as of 2/1/2017. As with the project map, click on the circles on the map below to view a description, start, and end date for the surveyed organization's active projects. Click the 'x' in the upper right corner or anywhere else on the map to close the resulting information window. You can use the '+' and '-' in the upper corner of the map to zoom in and out as needed. Click and hold the map to move it around within its window.  

Beyond Developmental Screening: Children Identified At-Risk

Webinar  - 
Thursday, March 23, 2017 - 8:00am to 9:00am

The webinar is useful for patient-centered primary care homes, staff with CCO’s who are focused on the developmental screening metric, and Early Learning Hub staff focused on enhanced collaboration with primary care practices who are conducting developmental screening to ensure follow-up.

Medicare Payment for Behavioral Health Integration External Link

Articles & Reports - January 19, 2017
The New England Journal of Medicine -

While integrating behavioral health care with primary care is now widely considered an effective strategy for improving outcomes for the many millions of Americans with mental or behavioral health conditions, uptake of behavioral health integration has remained limited, largely because it has not been paid for separately. On January 1, 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will begin paying clinicians separately for the BHI services they provide to Medicare beneficiaries.

Motivational Interviewing & Cardiac Health: Practical Applications

Webinar  - 
Tuesday, January 17, 2017 - 11:30am to 12:30pm

During this webinar attendees will learn about the practical applications of this form of communication, hear from providers who have successfully integrated motivational interviewing into their daily patient interactions, and examine possible barriers to implementation and practical ways of overcoming them.

CMS Recognizes Oregon PCPCH Program as Part of "Improvement Activity" Required in the MIPS Program

Blog - January 7, 2017
David Smith, MBA

If you are a Medicare provider, you may be aware of the new MACRA program, as it was called when legislated, and now known as the Quality Payment Program (QPP). The QPP repeals the Sustainable Growth Rate formula and in its place establishes two tracks for providers to choose from: the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) or the Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs).

Clinician Academy Works on Valuable Projects

Announcements - January 3, 2017

The Institute is proud to announce the first round of the Clinician Academy. The Clinician Academy is a networking and training program for clinicians interested in advancing their role as a community advocate and leader.

Oregon Primary Care Association's Data Transparency Project: Data and Quality Improvement Webinar Recordings External Link

Tools & Guides - December 30, 2016
Oregon Primary Care Association -

As part of the Data Transparency Project, OPCA hosts quarterly calls focused on improving the metrics selected as a focus for the group. The topic of focus for each month rotate quarterly: Quarterly Data Review, Quarterly Learning and Sharing Session, and Quarterly Measurement and Improvement Call. View the recorded calls and slides and get more information here. 

Safety and Quality in Healthcare

Blog - December 29, 2016
Susan B Stillwell DNP, RN, CNE, FAAN, ANEF

Eliminating preventable patient harm continues to be the siren song in the health care industry.  Finding ways to reduce harm across the industry has been met with varying degrees of success. To achieve robust improvement in preventable harm, Marshall, Pronovost and Dixon-Woods (2013) describe the need for an integrative improvement science program of learning. Beginning the Fall 2017, the University of Portland Graduate School is offering such a program of study.