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Systemic Barriers to Dispensing Naloxone in Community Pharmacies Across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Oregon and Washington
Poster presented at the Oregon Public Health Association Conference, October 2020.
Team Based Planning Worksheet
Worksheet for assigning responsibilities and timing of tasks as a care team forms and matures, with separate tabs for entering data and reviewing the analysis.
Team-Based Clinic Redesign of Opioid Medication Management in Primary Care: Effect on Opioid Prescribing
Article examining the effects of implementing the Six Building Blocks program on opioid-prescribing practices.
Technique Quick-Check
A resource for determining if clinicians take blood pressure measurements the right way and the same way every time.
Telemedicine and Chronic Pain Management
Approaches to using telemedicine to care for patients with chronic pain on long-term opioid therapy. Part of the Six Building Blocks program.
Test Resource
Test summary.
The Case for Change Summary
Coaching tool making the case for treating oral health as part of primary care, noting that tooth decay is a common transmissible infectious disease. Part of the Oral Health: An Essential Component of Primary Care series.
The Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program
CMS’ Hospital VBP Program rewards acute care hospitals with incentive payments for the quality of care they give to people with Medicare. Visit this CMS webpage to find out more about this program and view helpful resources and links.
The Impact of Federal Value-Based Primary Care Programs on Participating Oregon Practices: A Snapshot
Analysis of the impacts of the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative (CPC Classic) and Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) programs on quality, utilization and cost in Oregon primary care practices.
The Impact of Value-Based Programs on Primary Care Practices: Participating in Primary Care Initiatives is Associated With Positive Outcomes in Cost, Quality and Utilization
An analysis of quality, utilization and cost data from Oregon primary care practices that took part in both the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative and Comprehensive Primary Care Plus, compared with practices that joined only CPC Classic or neither program.
The More You Know: Linkage of Public Health Datasets and All Payer Claims to Further Population-Level Opioid Research
Poster presented at the National Prescription Drug and Heroin Summit, April 2020.
The PCMH from the Patient’s Perspective
Tool for eliciting a patient’s own perspective on their illness, built around question sets developed by Kleinman, Eisenberg and Good. Part of the Patient-Centered Interactions series.
The Value and Future of Health Information Exchanges
Health information exchanges currently provide benefit in important arenas: Public health, population health, patients and families, and patient care. However, they can offer even more value and to more parties.
Threshold Reference Table
Eight-page reference table from the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative listing thresholds used to gauge practice progress, with background on how the table is constructed and applied in medical home transformation work.
Time to Third Next Available
Tool on the third next available appointment measure, explaining why and how health centers track appointment delay as part of improving access to same-day care.
Timeline of Comagine Health’s History
See highlights from Comagine Health’s first 50 years — from the early days of serving a few local communities to our national presence today.
Tips for Obtaining a Best-Possible Medication History
Straightforward tips for getting the most comprehensive and accurate medication history from patients.
Tips for Success: Virtual Learning Sessions and Webinars
Three-page PCMH coaching tool on running virtual learning sessions and webinars, covering how the shift from in-person to online meetings changes facilitation and what keeps participation high.
Tips for Success: Working With Community Partners
Two-page PCMH coaching tool on partnering with community organizations, outlining the benefits of partnership such as shared workload and costs, wider expertise and shared recognition, along with practical tips.
Total Cost of Care Sample Report
Sample Oregon clinic comparison report that demonstrates clinic variation in cost and quality compared to state averages. This report displays information based on claims data for commercial patients attributed to a primary care clinic.