A regional collaborative in Western New York has been shown to improve community healthcare by building a sophisticated network of resources to help local physicians and nurses deliver better care to patients.
A team of researchers from Pennsylvania State University, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota and Northwestern University examined the P2 Collaborative of Western New York's impact on population health.
The study highlights critical steps undertaken by P2 to establish a community-wide quality improvement infrastructure. Significant among them is P2's decision to hire individuals known as "practice enhancement associates" to work directly with local primary care physicians and their staff members to improve the care they deliver to patients.
The study's authors found that prior to P2's efforts, healthcare providers had no "go-to" resource to find information about training opportunities and new quality improvement tools and processes. The authors also found that P2 was able to get far more resources for the community as a whole than if individual healthcare providers and organizations had attempted to do it on their own.
A team of researchers from Pennsylvania State University, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota and Northwestern University examined the P2 Collaborative of Western New York's impact on population health.
The study highlights critical steps undertaken by P2 to establish a community-wide quality improvement infrastructure. Significant among them is P2's decision to hire individuals known as "practice enhancement associates" to work directly with local primary care physicians and their staff members to improve the care they deliver to patients.
The study's authors found that prior to P2's efforts, healthcare providers had no "go-to" resource to find information about training opportunities and new quality improvement tools and processes. The authors also found that P2 was able to get far more resources for the community as a whole than if individual healthcare providers and organizations had attempted to do it on their own.
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