Overview of Measures Used For the National Demonstration Project
| Practice Structure | Outcomes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure (Time Interval) | Change Model | Change Process | Practice Characteristics | Model Content | Patient Experience | Practice Experience | Quality of Carea |
| a Preventive care, chronic illness care, acute illness care, depression care. | |||||||
| b Facilitated practices. | |||||||
| c Self-directed practices. | |||||||
| Quantitative | |||||||
| Baseline practice survey (BPS)b,c (before 1/06) | X | – | X | X | – | X | – |
| Medical record auditb,c (baseline: 7/06; 9 months: 4/07; 26 months: 8/08) | – | – | – | – | – | – | X |
| Patient outcomes survey (POS)b,c (baseline, 9 months, 26 months) | – | – | – | X | X | – | X |
| Clinician staff questionnaire (CSQ)b,c (baseline, 9 months, 26 months) | X | – | X | – | – | X | – |
| Financial surveyb,c (4/08) | X | – | X | – | – | – | – |
| Qualitative | |||||||
| Facilitator-generated data | |||||||
| Observation field notesb (7/06-12/07) | X | X | X | – | – | X | – |
| Stakeholders interviewsb (7/06-8/06) | X | X | X | – | – | X | – |
| Practice environment checklist (PEC)b (7/06-12/07) | X | X | X | – | – | X | – |
| Evaluation team–generated data | |||||||
| Regular monthly conference callsb (7/06-5/08) | X | X | X | – | – | – | – |
| E-mail streamsb (7/06-5/08) | X | X | X | – | – | – | – |
| Learning sessions (observational field notes/interviews)b (6/06, 10/06, 9/07, 4/08c) | X | X | X | X | – | – | – |
| Evaluation team conference callsb,c (7/06-12/07) | – | X | X | – | – | – | – |
| Multiday site visits (observations/interviews)b,c (7/07-12/07; 6/08-10/08) | X | X | X | X | – | – | – |
| Artifact data | |||||||
| Web sites, practice documentsb,c | X | X | X | X | – | X | – |
| Multimethod | |||||||
| TransforMED implementation indexb,c (7/06-3/08) | – | – | – | X | – | – | – |