Funding and Evaluating Primary Care Practice Facilitation Programs Webinar

Funding and Evaluating Primary Care Practice Facilitation Programs Webinar

Funding and Evaluating Primary Care Practice Facilitation Programs Webinar

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sent this bulletin at 08/30/2012 09:50 AM EDT

Register for an AHRQ Webinar:

Funding and Evaluating Primary Care Practice Facilitation Programs

Date:                Friday, September 28^th, 12:30-2:00 pm EDT

Register:          Funding and Evaluating Primary Care Practice Facilitation Programs

  

Speakers:         Lyndee Knox, LA Net

                        Hunter Gatewood, San Francisco Health Plan

                        Bruce Baskerville, University of Waterloo

                        Michael Parchman, MacColl Center for Health Innovation

                        James Mold, Oklahoma Physicians Resource/Research Network      

Description:  In this webinar, presenters will address questions about funding a practice facilitation program, including creating a sustainable business plan. They will also discuss approaches for evaluating the outcomes of the work done by facilitators. Questions to be addressed include:

• Ø  What are potential funding sources for PF programs? What are some effective strategies for approaching funders?
• Ø  What is included in a business plan for a PF program?
• Ø  What types of line items should be included in a budget for a PF program?
• Ø  What are the various reasons for evaluating PF programs? How are evaluations carried out?

This is the final webinar in a series of 4 based on AHRQ’s Practice Facilitation manual. Slides and audio from the previous 3 webinars are available on the “PCPF Updates” page of AHRQ’s PCMH Resource Center.