Understanding Factors Influencing Quality Improvement Capacity Among Ambulatory Care Practices Across the MidSouth Region: An Exploratory Qualitative Study.

Background And Objective: Success in choosing and implementing quality metrics, necessary in a value-based care model, depends on quality improvement (QI) capacity-the shared knowledge, understanding, and commitment to continuous improvement. We set out to explore factors influencing QI capacity among ambulatory care practices in the MidSouth Practice Transformation Network.

Methods: As part of network participation, 82 practices submitted a plan for implementing self-selected quality metrics.