Associations between structural capabilities of primary care practices and performance on selected quality measures

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 456-463

  Friedberg, Mark W ^a   Coltin, Kathryn L ^b   Safran, Dana Gelb ^c   Dresser, Marguerite ^d   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^e   Schneider, Eric C ^f  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^c Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Health Quality Partners   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f RAND Boston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 70349734669     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-151-7-200910060-00006     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. McGlynn EA, Asch SM, Adams J, Keesey J, Hicks J, DeCristofaro A, et al. The quality of health care delivered to adults in the United States. N Engl J Med. 2003;348:2635-2645 [PMID: 12826639] (Pubitemid 36741592)
2. Pham HH, Schrag D, Hargraves JL, Bach PB. Delivery of preventive services to older adults by primary care physicians. JAMA. 2005;294:473-481 [PMID: 16046654] (Pubitemid 41124180)
3. Kerr EA, McGlynn EA, Adams J, Keesey J, Asch SM. Profiling the quality of care in twelve communities: results from the CQI study. Health Aff (Millwood). 2004;23:247-256 [PMID: 15160823]
4. Shortell SM, Rundall TG, Hsu J. Improving patient care by linking evidence-based medicine and evidence-based management. JAMA. 2007;298:673-676 [PMID: 17684190] (Pubitemid 47236419)
5. Institute of Medicine. Performance Measurement: Accelerating Improvement. Washington, DC: National Academies Pr; 2006.
6. Institute of Medicine. Crossing the Quality Chasm: a New Health System for the 21st Century. Washington, DC: National Academies Pr; 2001.
7. Institute of Medicine. Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. Washington, DC: National Academies Pr; 2002.
8. Murray M, Berwick DM. Advanced access: reducing waiting and delays in primary care. JAMA. 2003;289:1035-1040 [PMID: 12597760] (Pubitemid 37432939)
9. Bates DW, Ebell M, Gotlieb E, Zapp J, Mullins HC. A proposal for electronic medical records in U.S. primary care. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2003;10:1-10. [PMID: 12509352] (Pubitemid 36134057)
10. Bodenheimer T, Grumbach K. Electronic technology: a spark to revitalize primary care? JAMA. 2003;290:259-264 [PMID: 12851283]
11. National Committee for Quality Assurance. Standards and guidelines for physician practice connections-patient-centered medical home (PPC-PCMH). Washington, DC: National Committee for Quality Assurance; 2008.
12. American Medical Association/Specialty Society RVS Update Committee. Medicare medical home demonstration project recommendations. 2008. Accessed at www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/380/medicalhomerecommend.pdf on 11 August 2009.
13. Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, Pub. L. No.109-432, 120 Stat. 2922 (2006).
14. Iglehart JK. No place like home - testing a new model of care delivery. N Engl J Med. 2008;359:1200-1202 [PMID: 18799555]
15. Steinbrook R. Health care and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. N Engl J Med. 2009;360:1057-1060 [PMID: 19224738]
16. Mehrotra A, Epstein AM, Rosenthal MB. Do integrated medical groups provide higher-quality medical care than individual practice associations? Ann Intern Med. 2006;145:826-833 [PMID: 17146067]
17. Linder JA, Ma J, Bates DW, Middleton B, Stafford RS. Electronic health record use and the quality of ambulatory care in the United States. Arch Intern Med. 2007;167:1400-1405 [PMID: 17620534] (Pubitemid 47052439)
18. Casalino LP, Devers KJ, Lake TK, Reed M, Stoddard JJ. Benefits of and barriers to large medical group practice in the United States. Arch Intern Med. 2003;163:1958-1964 [PMID: 12963570] (Pubitemid 37082709)
19. Solberg LI, Asche SE, Pawlson LG, Scholle SH, Shih SC. Practice systems are associated with high-quality care for diabetes. Am J Manag Care. 2008;14:85-92. [PMID: 18269304]
20. Friedberg MW, Coltin KL, Pearson SD, Kleinman KP, Zheng J, Singer JA, et al. Does affiliation of physician groups with one another produce higher quality primary care? J Gen Intern Med. 2007;22:1385-1392 [PMID: 17594130]
21. Simon SR, Kaushal R, Cleary PD, Jenter CA, Volk LA, Poon EG, et al. Correlates of electronic health record adoption in office practices: a statewide survey. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007;14:110-117 [PMID: 17068351] (Pubitemid 44909489)
22. Friedberg MW, Safran DG, Coltin KL, Dresser M, Schneider EC. Readiness for the Patient-Centered Medical Home: structural capabilities of Massachusetts primary care practices. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:162-169 [PMID: 19050977]
23. Casalino L, Gillies RR, Shortell SM, Schmittdiel JA, Bodenheimer T, Robinson JC, et al. External incentives, information technology, and organized processes to improve health care quality for patients with chronic diseases. JAMA. 2003;289:434-441 [PMID: 12533122] (Pubitemid 36119963)
24. Audet AM, Doty MM, Shamasdin J, Schoenbaum SC. Measure, learn, and improve: physicians' involvement in quality improvement. Health Aff (Millwood). 2005;24:843-853 [PMID: 15886180]
25. Shortell SM, Marsteller JA, Lin M, Pearson ML, Wu SY, Mendel P, et al. The role of perceived team effectiveness in improving chronic illness care. Med Care. 2004;42:1040-1048 [PMID: 15586830] (Pubitemid 39472110)
26. Institute of Medicine. Key Capabilities of an Electronic Health Record System. Washington, DC: National Academies Pr; 2003.
27. Benjamini Y, Hochberg Y. Controlling the false discovery rate: a practical and powerful approach to multiple testing. J R Stat Soc [Ser B]. 1995;57:289-300.
28. Rosenthal MB, Landon BE, Normand SL, Frank RG, Epstein AM. Pay for performance in commercial HMOs. N Engl J Med. 2006;355:1895-1902 [PMID: 17079763]
29. Sentell T, Shumway M, Snowden L. Access to mental health treatment by English language proficiency and race/ethnicity. J Gen Intern Med. 2007;22 Suppl 2:289-293 [PMID: 17957413] (Pubitemid 47632322)
30. American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Physicians, American Osteopathic Association. Joint Principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home. 2007. Accessed at www.medicalhomeinfo.org/Joint%20Statement.pdf on 11 August 2009.
31. American Academy of Family Physicians. State Medical Home Legislation. 2009. Accessed at www.trendtrack.com/texis/app/viewrpt?event=483e340d37bon 11 August 2009.
32. American College of Physicians. The Advanced Medical Home: a Patient-Centered, Physician-Guided Model of Health Care. Philadelphia: American Coll of Physicians; 2006. Accessed at www.acponline.org/advocacy/events/state- of-healthcare/statehc06-5.pdf on 11 August 2009.
33. DesRoches CM, Campbell EG, Rao SR, Donelan K, Ferris TG, Jha A, et al. Electronic health records in ambulatory care - a national survey of physicians. N Engl J Med. 2008;359:50-60. [PMID: 18565855] (Pubitemid 351931096)
34. Epstein AM. Paying for performance in the United States and abroad [Editorial]. N Engl J Med. 2006;355:406-408 [PMID: 16870921]
35. Rosenthal MB. Beyond pay for performance - emerging models of provider-payment reform. N Engl J Med. 2008;359:1197-1200 [PMID: 18799554]
36. American College of Physicians. Patient-Centered Medical Home: State-by-State Demonstration List. 2009. Accessed at www.acponline.org/running- practice/pcmh/demonstrations/locations.htm on 11 August 2009.
37. Fisher ES. Building a medical neighborhood for the medical home. N Engl J Med. 2008;359:1202-1205 [PMID: 18799556]
38. National Committee for Quality Assurance. HEDIS 2007. Health plan employer data & information set. vol.2. Technical specifications. Washington, DC: National Committee for Quality Assurance; 2006.