Does engagement matter? The impact of patient and community engagement on implementation of cardiovascular health materials in primary care settings.

Background: Engaging patients and community members in healthcare implementation, research and evaluation has become more popular over the past two decades. Despite the growing interest in patient engagement, there is scant evidence of its impact and importance. Boot Camp Translation (BCT) is one evidence-based method of engaging communities in research.

Practice Transformation Under the University of Colorado's Primary Care Redesign Model.

Purpose: We compared the transformation experience of 2 family medicine practices that implemented the Primary Care Redesign (PCR) team-based model to improve access, quality, and experience without increasing cost. The University of Colorado's A.F.

Photo Rounds: Painful blisters on fingertips and toes.

Our patient had visited the emergency department for painful blisters on her fingertips and toes. A follow-up visit to our clinic unearthed the cause.

A Community Engagement Method to Design Patient Engagement Materials for Cardiovascular Health.

Purpose: EvidenceNOW Southwest is a cluster-randomized trial evaluating the differential impact on cardiovascular disease (CVD) care of engaging patients and communities in practice transformation in addition to standard practice facilitation support. The trial included development of locally tailored CVD patient engagement materials through Boot Camp Translation (BCT), a community engagement process that occurred before practice recruitment but after cluster randomization.

Methods: We introduce a cluster randomization method performed before recruitment of small to medium-size primary care practices in Colorado and New Mexico, which allowed for balanced study arms while minimizing contamination.