Recruitment Approaches by Cooperative
| Characteristic | Northwest: Healthy Hearts Northwest | Midwest: Healthy Hearts in the Heartland |
|---|---|---|
| Participating states | Washington, Idaho, Oregon | Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin |
| Recruitment organizations | Washington: Qualis Health | Illinois: Northern Illinois University, Northwestern University, Telligen |
| Idaho: Qualis Health | ||
| Oregon: ORPRN | Indiana: Purdue | |
| Wisconsin: MetaStar | ||
| All: American Medical Association, Alliance | ||
| Recruitment period | 14 mo (May 1, 2015–June 30, 2016) | 14 mo (Aug 27, 2015–Oct 14, 2016) |
| Recruiters | 4 Physicians (0.5 FTE) | 3 Physicians (0.3 FTE) |
| 4 Investigators (nonphysicians) (0.4 FTE) | 16 Practice facilitators (5.6 FTE) | |
| 19 Practice facilitators (8.5 FTE) | 6 Managers (1.8 FTE) | |
| 5 Managers (1.9 FTE) | 3 Research staff (0.7 FTE) | |
| 3 Communications specialists (0.7 FTE) | ||
| Primary communication methods | In-person, e-mail, e-mail blasts, conferences | In-person, e-mail, telephone |
| Targeted number of practices | 250 | 250 |
| 30, Washington | 50, Illinois | |
| 20, Idaho | 60, Indiana | |
| 100, Oregon | 40, Wisconsin | |
| Prior relationships | 139, Washington | 360, Illinois |
| Qualis Health | Northern Illinois University: Illinois health information technology regional extension center; Telligen; | |
| Northwestern University: Chicago health information technology regional extension center | ||
| 22, Idaho | 147, Indiana | |
| Qualis Health | Purdue Healthcare Advisors: health information technology regional extension center | |
| 80, Oregon | 132, Wisconsin | |
| ORPRN (members) | MetaStar: Wisconsin health information technology regional extension center | |
| Priority stakeholders | Primary care associations | Primary care associations |
| State family medicine organizations | State family medicine organizations | |
| Hospital systems leadership | Hospital systems leadership | |
| Independent physician associations | Independent physician associations | |
| State Medicaid service delivery organizations | State government health authority | |
| State government health authorities | State government health authorities | |
| State rural health associations | State rural health associations |
FTE = full-time-equivalent; ORPRN = Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network.