Improving Performance in Practice
A basic hallmark of the IPIP initiative is for a designated Quality Improvement Consultant (QIC) to work onsite with the practice leadership team to develop a practice-specific redesign plan utilizing the resources of collaborating experts. The effort is to improve outcomes and quality in the following areas:
- Disease registries
- Work Flow analysis
- Chronic Care Model
- Team building and communication
- Implementation of systems change
- Quality Improvement Principles
- Advanced access scheduling
- Population-based care management
Goals of the Program
- Learn and apply quality improvement and data collection methods to improve care for any condition
- Apply population based strategies for patient care management
- Prepare for NCQA Recognition status
- Improvement of the systems that help you to provide care to your patients
- Up to 20 hours of Category 1 ™ CME credit will be awarded to physicians who have had meaningful involvement in performance improvement activities within his/her practice.
Key Collaborators
- Community Care of North Carolina
- North Carolina Area Health Education Centers
- North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians
- North Carolina DHHS, Division of Public Health
- The Carolina Centers for Medical Excellence
- North Carolina Pediatric Society
- North Carolina Medical Society
- North Carolina Chapter of the American College of Physicians
For questions or additional information, please contact Ann Lefebvre, Project Director email: alefebvre@ncafp.com or phone: 919-833-2110 ext. 101

