Using learning teams for reflective adaptation (ULTRA): Insights from a team-based change management strategy in primary care

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 425-432

  Balasubramanian, Bijal A ^a   Chase, Sabrina M ^a   Nutting, Paul A ^a   Cohen, Deborah J ^a   Ohman Strickland, Pamela A ^a   Crosson, Jesse C ^a   Miller, William L ^a   Crabtree, Benjamin F ^a   DiCicco Bloom, Barbara ^b   Shaw, Eric ^b   Scott, John ^b   Hudson, Shawna ^b   Orzano, John ^b   Tallia, Alfred ^b   Ferrante, Jeanne ^b   O'Malley, Dena ^b   Falco, Terry ^b   Hahn, Karissa ^b   Piasecki, Alicja ^b   Looney, Anna ^b   Kelly, Jill ^b   Stello, Brian ^c   Gratz, Nancy ^c   Stange, Kurt ^c   McDaniel, Reuben ^c   Zyzanski, Stephen ^c   Gilchrist, Valerie ^c   Stroebel, Christine ^c   Harris Haywood, Sonja ^c   Jaén, Carlos Roberto ^c   Yawn, Barbara ^c   Solberg, Leif ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Valley Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Group meetings; Organizational change; Primary care; Qualitative research; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT TEAMS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957727784     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1159     Document Type: Article

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