Enhancing Patient-Centered Care in Office Practice
Award Amount:
$300,716
Approval Date:
April 12, 2005
Start Date:
July 1, 2005
End Date:
December 31, 2006
National Committee for Quality Assurance
2000 L Street, NW
Washington, Dist. of Columbia 20036
Principal Investigator:
Sarah H. Scholle, Dr.P.H., M.P.H.
While several small-scale studies have shown that patient-centered care interventions can improve clinical outcomes, so far there has been only limited implementation of patient-centered care concepts in physician practices. This project will develop and test measures and tools to define and evaluate the quality of patient-centered care in office practices. These activities will lay the groundwork for integrating these metrics into one or more programs that could identify and reward physicians who provide high-quality, patient-centered care. This project is the Fund's first in its planned Patient-Centered Primary Care Initiative.