Clinician's Perspective

"As a family physician I have not one but two jobs these days: take great care of my patients and continually improve my practice. I look forward to working with the practice improvement facilitators in the Great Lakes Practice Transformation Network to help me do both of these jobs better. An extra pair of skilled hands will be a welcome addition to our improvement team."
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Altarum Institute to Lead Clinical Practice Transformation Effort in Michigan
Friday, October 2, 2015
Altarum Institute is excited to announce that it will lead the Michigan arm of a ...
Transformational Change Package
The Great Lakes Practice Transformation network will utilize national CMS and local resources to support you and your team in doing what you do best – providing excellent patient care. Our tools and resources can help you stay ahead of healthcare transformation.
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At no cost to you, the GLPTN will provide a Transformational Change Package including:
- Local Quality Improvement (QI) Advisors trained in evidence-based practices and management to support your quality improvement activities;
- Implementation Science
- Developing tools processes, and strategies for rapid, efficient, and sustainable implementation of evidence-based programs and practices in the local “real world”
- Lean and Six Sigma
- High reliability practices focusing on efficiency and reduction and prevention of error
- Population Health Management
- Patient-centric personalized care
- Data Driven Care – Alignment with regulatory compliance programs
- Meaningful Use
- Physician Quality Reporting System
- Value Based Payment Modifier
- Merit-based Incentive Payment System
- Implementation Science
- National CMS resources and experts; and
- National support and alignment networks such as the American Medical Association and/or the American Board of Family Medicine to provide CMEs, certification maintenance, data registries, and more.