Timeliness of care after patients arrive at the primary care office has received little focus. In this article, the UW PATH collaborative describes an intervention at 2 community family medicine clinics that allowed patients to direct themselves into exam rooms. After the intervention, 95% of patients said they preferred rooming themselves and patient satisfaction remained… Read more »
HIP Category: Primary Care Academics Transforming Healthcare (PATH)
Approaches and challenges to optimising primary care teams’ electronic health record usage
The UW PATH collaborative examined the approaches used and challenges perceived by analysts supporting the optimization of primary care teams’ EHR use at a large U.S. academic health system. Analysts and their supervisor were interviewed and data were analyzed for themes. Dedicated optimization analysts can add value to health systems through playing a mediating role… Read more »
UW PATH collaborative formed to disseminate improvement activities locally and nationally
The UW Primary care Academics Transforming Healthcare (PATH) collaborative was recently formed to bridge primary care clinical transformation and rigorous scientific study in order to improve the UW Health system for the benefit of patients and communities. The collaborative is a multidisciplinary coalition of physicians and change leaders, and members are experienced in clinical delivery… Read more »

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