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Quality/Health IT – Ambulatory Care

Clinical Improvement

Chronic Disease Management

Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Advanced/Open-Access/Same-Day Scheduling

Improved Primary Care Access

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Open Access (Same Day Appointment) Scheduling

American Academy of Family Physicians

Quality Improvement: Advanced Access Scheduling

American Academy of Pediatrics

Clinical Practice Guidelines/Protocols

ACP Clinical Practice Guidelines

American College of Physicians

American Academy of Family Physicians Clinical Recommendations

American Academy of Family Physicians

National Committee for Quality Assurance

Disease Registries

Building a Computerized Disease Registry for Chronic Illness Management of Diabetes

American Diabetes Association

Using a Simple Patient Registry to Improve Your Chronic Disease Care

American Family Physician

Using Computerized Disease Registries in Chronic Disease Care

California Healthcare Foundation

Flowsheets/Templates for Planned Care

FPM Toolbox: Flow Sheets

American Academy of Family Physicians

Improving Care for Patients With Diabetes at a Rural Primary Care Clinic by Empowering Licensed Nursing Assistants With a Flow Sheet Tool

American Diabetes Association

Health Literacy

Ask Me 3

National Patient Safety Foundation

Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit

Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

Literacy and Numeracy Toolkit for Diabetes: Providers� Manual

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy

Office of Disease Prevention & Health Promotion

Quick Guide to Health Literacy

Office of Disease Prevention & Health Promotion

Teaching Patients with Low Literacy Skills

School of Public Health

Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH)

JCAHO Medical Home Recognition

Joint Commission, The

Medical Home On-site Certification

Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care

NCQA Programs

National Committee for Quality Assurance

Patient Centered Medical Home

National Committee for Quality Assurance

Patient Centered Medical Home

American College of Physicians

PCMH Central: Resources for Practices Seeking PCMH Recognition

Community Care of North Carolina

Standards and Guidelines for NCQA's Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) 2011

National Committee for Quality Assurance

Physician Quality Reporting System

Physician Quality Measure Reporting

American Medical Association

Physician Quality Reporting System (formerly Physician Quality reporting Initiative) � Overview

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Physicians Quality Reporting System (PQRS)

American College of Physicians

Quality Measures/Metrics

National Quality Measures Clearinghouse

Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

Science of Improvement: Establishing Measures

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Tutorial on Quality Measures

Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

Shared Medical Appointments/Group Medical Visits

Group Visit Starter Kit

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Tools for Improvement

Chronic Care Model

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

FPM Toolbox

American Academy of Family Physicians

Health Care Quality and Safety-Guide from UNC Health Sciences Library

Health Sciences Library

How to Improve (Model for Improvement)

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

IHI Quality Improvement Resources: A Model for Accelerating Improvement

Improving Chronic Illness Care

ISMP�s Guidelines for Standard Order Sets

Institute for Safe Medication Practices

Using Change Concepts for Improvement

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Workforce Development

Improving Performance in Practice Series: A. Change Package Overview

AHEConnect

Improving Performance in Practice Series: B. Measures and Statistics

AHEConnect

Medical Home and Quality Training

AHEConnect

Performance Coaching for Healthcare Professionals

AHEConnect

All Advanced/Open-Access/Same-Day Scheduling Clinical Practice Guidelines/Protocols Disease Registries Flowsheets/Templates for Planned Care Health Literacy Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH)Physician Quality Reporting System Quality Measures/Metrics Shared Medical Appointments/Group Medical Visits Tools for Improvement Workforce Development

Self-Management Support

Make Action Plans

NC Program on Health Literacy

My Action Plan

UCSF School of Medicine

Planned Care Visit: The Self Management Interview

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Asthma

Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology Practice Parameters: Practice Parameters by Topic

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

Improving Asthma Care for Children Toolkit: Best Practices in Medicaid Managed Care

Center for Healthcare Strategies

Improving the Quality of Asthma Care: New Tools for States

Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

National Asthma Control Program

National Center for Environmental Health

Chronic Heart Failure

Good Heart Failure Care Follows Patients Home

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Heart Failure

Improving Chronic Illness Care

Management of Chronic Heart Failure. A National Clinical Guideline

National Guideline Clearinghouse

Summary of Guideline: Heart Failure Care

British Columbia Ministry of Health

Diabetes

Clinical Guideline For Adults With Diabetes

Joslin Diabetes Center

Diabetes Care Quality Improvement

Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

Practice Transformation for Physicians and Health Care Teams

National Diabetes Education Program

Health Literacy

Ask Me 3

National Patient Safety Foundation

Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit

Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

Literacy and Numeracy Toolkit for Diabetes: Providers� Manual

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy

Office of Disease Prevention & Health Promotion

Quick Guide to Health Literacy

Office of Disease Prevention & Health Promotion

Teaching Patients with Low Literacy Skills

School of Public Health

Hypertension

Focus on Cardiovascular Disease: Improving Hypertension Control

National Committee for Quality Assurance

Hypertension: Clinical Management of Hypertension in Adults

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

Improving Patient Care: A Tool for Evaluating Hypertension

American Family Physician

Reference Card from the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7)

National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Improving Chronic Illness Care

Chronic Care Model

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Integrating Chronic Care and Business Strategies in the Safety Net A Toolkit for Primary Care Practices and Clinics

Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

All Self-Management Support Asthma Chronic Heart Failure Diabetes Health Literacy Hypertension Improving Chronic Illness Care

Alphabet Soup (ACOs, IPAs, QIOs and RHIOs)

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Fostering Health Information Technology in Small Physician Practices: Lessons from Independent Practice Associations (IPAs)

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs)

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

What is a Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO)

Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

EHR Adoption

Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence

Health Information Technology: Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology; Final Rule VerDate

Office of the Federal Register

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society

Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society

MGMA EHR Podcast Series

Medical Group Management Association

Quality Source

NC AHEC Program

Regional Extension Center

NC AHEC Program

Selected EHR Updates

Health Sciences Library

ePrescribing

Best Practices for Physicians and Pharmacists

SureScripts

Center for Improving Medication Management

Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program Overview

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Health Information Exchange

Advancing Privacy and Security in Health Information Exchange

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Consumer Guide for the PHR

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

North Carolina Health Information Exchange Strategic Plan

NC Health & Wellness Trust Fund

Personal Health Record (PHR) Model�Privacy Notice�

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

ICD-10

ICD-10 Code Set to Replace ICD-9

American Medical Association

ICD-10 Implementation

American Health Information Management Association

Overview ICD-10

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Meaningful Use (MU)

NC Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Program

Division of Medical Assistance

Podcast: FAQs about Meaningful Use and EHRs

Medical Group Management Association

Workforce Development

Health IT Workforce Development Program

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Overview of Meaningful Use

AHEConnect

Program of Assistance for University-Based Training

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

All Alphabet Soup (ACOs, IPAs, QIOs and RHIOs)EHR Adoption ePrescribing Health Information Exchange Health Information Technology (HIT)ICD-10 Meaningful Use (MU)Workforce Development

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