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Use of Quality Improvement Strategies Among Small to Medium-Size US Primary Care Practices

Bijal A. Balasubramanian, Miguel Marino, Deborah J. Cohen, Rikki L. Ward, Alex Preston, Rachel J. Springer, Stephan R. Lindner, Samuel Edwards, K. John McConnell, Benjamin F. Crabtree, William L. Miller, Kurt C. Stange and Leif I. Solberg
The Annals of Family Medicine April 2018, 16 (Suppl 1) S35-S43; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2172
Bijal A. Balasubramanian
Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, UTHealth School of Public Health in Dallas, Dallas, Texas (Balasubramanian, Ward, Preston); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Marino, Cohen, Springer, Edwards); School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University – Portland State University, Portland, Oregon (Marino); Center for Health Systems Effectiveness, and Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Lindner, McConnell); Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey (Crabtree); Department of Family Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania (Miller); Center for Community Health Integration, Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health, Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, and Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (Stange); HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Solberg); Section of General Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon (Edwards)
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Miguel Marino
Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, UTHealth School of Public Health in Dallas, Dallas, Texas (Balasubramanian, Ward, Preston); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Marino, Cohen, Springer, Edwards); School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University – Portland State University, Portland, Oregon (Marino); Center for Health Systems Effectiveness, and Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Lindner, McConnell); Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey (Crabtree); Department of Family Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania (Miller); Center for Community Health Integration, Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health, Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, and Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (Stange); HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Solberg); Section of General Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon (Edwards)
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Deborah J. Cohen
Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, UTHealth School of Public Health in Dallas, Dallas, Texas (Balasubramanian, Ward, Preston); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Marino, Cohen, Springer, Edwards); School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University – Portland State University, Portland, Oregon (Marino); Center for Health Systems Effectiveness, and Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Lindner, McConnell); Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey (Crabtree); Department of Family Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania (Miller); Center for Community Health Integration, Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health, Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, and Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (Stange); HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Solberg); Section of General Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon (Edwards)
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Rikki L. Ward
Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, UTHealth School of Public Health in Dallas, Dallas, Texas (Balasubramanian, Ward, Preston); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Marino, Cohen, Springer, Edwards); School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University – Portland State University, Portland, Oregon (Marino); Center for Health Systems Effectiveness, and Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Lindner, McConnell); Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey (Crabtree); Department of Family Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania (Miller); Center for Community Health Integration, Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health, Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, and Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (Stange); HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Solberg); Section of General Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon (Edwards)
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Alex Preston
Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, UTHealth School of Public Health in Dallas, Dallas, Texas (Balasubramanian, Ward, Preston); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Marino, Cohen, Springer, Edwards); School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University – Portland State University, Portland, Oregon (Marino); Center for Health Systems Effectiveness, and Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Lindner, McConnell); Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey (Crabtree); Department of Family Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania (Miller); Center for Community Health Integration, Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health, Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, and Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (Stange); HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Solberg); Section of General Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon (Edwards)
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Rachel J. Springer
Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, UTHealth School of Public Health in Dallas, Dallas, Texas (Balasubramanian, Ward, Preston); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Marino, Cohen, Springer, Edwards); School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University – Portland State University, Portland, Oregon (Marino); Center for Health Systems Effectiveness, and Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Lindner, McConnell); Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey (Crabtree); Department of Family Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania (Miller); Center for Community Health Integration, Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health, Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, and Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (Stange); HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Solberg); Section of General Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon (Edwards)
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Stephan R. Lindner
Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, UTHealth School of Public Health in Dallas, Dallas, Texas (Balasubramanian, Ward, Preston); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Marino, Cohen, Springer, Edwards); School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University – Portland State University, Portland, Oregon (Marino); Center for Health Systems Effectiveness, and Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Lindner, McConnell); Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey (Crabtree); Department of Family Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania (Miller); Center for Community Health Integration, Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health, Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, and Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (Stange); HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Solberg); Section of General Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon (Edwards)
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Samuel Edwards
Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, UTHealth School of Public Health in Dallas, Dallas, Texas (Balasubramanian, Ward, Preston); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Marino, Cohen, Springer, Edwards); School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University – Portland State University, Portland, Oregon (Marino); Center for Health Systems Effectiveness, and Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Lindner, McConnell); Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey (Crabtree); Department of Family Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania (Miller); Center for Community Health Integration, Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health, Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, and Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (Stange); HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Solberg); Section of General Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon (Edwards)
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K. John McConnell
Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, UTHealth School of Public Health in Dallas, Dallas, Texas (Balasubramanian, Ward, Preston); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Marino, Cohen, Springer, Edwards); School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University – Portland State University, Portland, Oregon (Marino); Center for Health Systems Effectiveness, and Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Lindner, McConnell); Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey (Crabtree); Department of Family Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania (Miller); Center for Community Health Integration, Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health, Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, and Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (Stange); HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Solberg); Section of General Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon (Edwards)
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Benjamin F. Crabtree
Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, UTHealth School of Public Health in Dallas, Dallas, Texas (Balasubramanian, Ward, Preston); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Marino, Cohen, Springer, Edwards); School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University – Portland State University, Portland, Oregon (Marino); Center for Health Systems Effectiveness, and Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Lindner, McConnell); Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey (Crabtree); Department of Family Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania (Miller); Center for Community Health Integration, Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health, Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, and Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (Stange); HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Solberg); Section of General Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon (Edwards)
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William L. Miller
Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, UTHealth School of Public Health in Dallas, Dallas, Texas (Balasubramanian, Ward, Preston); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Marino, Cohen, Springer, Edwards); School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University – Portland State University, Portland, Oregon (Marino); Center for Health Systems Effectiveness, and Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Lindner, McConnell); Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey (Crabtree); Department of Family Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania (Miller); Center for Community Health Integration, Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health, Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, and Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (Stange); HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Solberg); Section of General Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon (Edwards)
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Kurt C. Stange
Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, UTHealth School of Public Health in Dallas, Dallas, Texas (Balasubramanian, Ward, Preston); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Marino, Cohen, Springer, Edwards); School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University – Portland State University, Portland, Oregon (Marino); Center for Health Systems Effectiveness, and Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Lindner, McConnell); Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey (Crabtree); Department of Family Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania (Miller); Center for Community Health Integration, Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health, Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, and Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (Stange); HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Solberg); Section of General Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon (Edwards)
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Leif I. Solberg
Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, UTHealth School of Public Health in Dallas, Dallas, Texas (Balasubramanian, Ward, Preston); Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Marino, Cohen, Springer, Edwards); School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University – Portland State University, Portland, Oregon (Marino); Center for Health Systems Effectiveness, and Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (Lindner, McConnell); Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey (Crabtree); Department of Family Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania (Miller); Center for Community Health Integration, Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health, Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, and Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (Stange); HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Solberg); Section of General Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon (Edwards)
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