Sociotechnical Intervention for Improved Delivery of Preventive Cardiovascular Care to Rural Communities: Participatory Design Approach.

Background: Clinical practice guidelines recommend antiplatelet and statin therapies as well as blood pressure control and tobacco cessation for secondary prevention in patients with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (ASCVDs). However, these strategies for risk modification are underused, especially in rural communities. Moreover, resources to support the delivery of preventive care to rural patients are fewer than those for their urban counterparts.

Effect of an Integrated Clinical Pharmacist on the Drivers of Provider Burnout in the Primary Care Setting.

Purpose: As the prevalence of provider burnout continues to increase, it is critical to identify interventions that may impact provider satisfaction, such as an integrated clinical pharmacist. This study aimed to assess the perceived effect of pharmacist integration on primary care provider satisfaction and drivers of provider burnout in the primary care setting.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey with 11 questions across 4 domains was distributed to primary care providers in a large integrated health system.

Interpreters in Health Care: A Concise Review for Clinicians.

Health care providers are frequently faced with the challenge of caring for patients who have limited English proficiency. These patients experience challenges accessing health care and are at higher risk of receiving suboptimal health care than native English speakers. Health care interpreters are crucial partners to help break down communication barriers and prevent these patients from facing health care disparities.

The impact of clinic design on teamwork development in primary care.

Background: Traditional clinic design supports a high-volume, hierarchical practice model. New design models are evolving to foster a high-functioning team delivery model.

Purpose: The goal of this study was to determine whether new design models, specifically colocation, improve care team development.

Development and Implementation of a Team-Based, Primary Care Delivery Model: Challenges and Opportunities.

In this article, we describe the implementation of a team-based care model during the first 2 years (2016-2017) after Mayo Clinic designed and built a new primary care clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The clinic was configured to accommodate a team-based care model that included complete colocation of clinical staff to foster collaboration, designation of a physician team manager to support a physician to advanced practice practitioner ratio of 1:2, expanded roles for registered nurses, and integration of clinical pharmacists, behavioral health specialists, and community specialists; this model was designed to accommodate the growth of nonvisit care. We describe the implementation of this team-based care model and the key metrics that were tracked to assess performance related to the quadruple aim of improving population health, improving patient experience, reducing cost, and supporting care team's work life.

A quality improvement project aimed at adapting primary care to ensure the delivery of evidence-based psychotherapy for adult anxiety.

Primary care patients frequently present with anxiety with prevalence ratios up to 30%. Brief cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) has been shown in meta-analytic studies to have a strong effect size in the treatment of anxiety. However, in surveys of anxious primary care patients, nearly 80% indicated that they had not received CBT.