Survey of Providers

This survey from The Kaiser Family Foundation and The Commonwealth Fund asked primary care providers—physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants—about their views of and experiences with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and other changes in health care delivery and payment, as well as their thoughts on the future of primary care.

This survey found that few doctors have incorporated quality improvement methods into their practices. Only one-third of doctors have been involved in any redesign efforts aimed at improving performance, and just a third have access to any data about the quality of their own clinical performance.

Physicians' use of quality improvement tools, their plans to initiate quality improvement activities, and their views of potential solutions, are explored in this survey report.