The EvidenceNOW Key Driver Diagram | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

The EvidenceNOW Key Driver Diagram | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

The EvidenceNOW Key Driver Diagram

The EvidenceNOW Key Driver Diagram shows six key drivers – big changes – that primary care practices make to build their capacity to implement the best evidence. For each key driver there are several change strategies – specific actions that support achievement of that key driver. Select any of the key drivers or change strategies to learn more about them. There are tools and resources that correspond to each key driver. These can be accessed by selecting the “Tools & Resources” button associated with a specific key driver and its change strategies. Select the top “Tools & Resources” button to access the entire searchable collection of over 100 EvidenceNOW Tools for Change.

Learn more about the EvidenceNOW Key Driver Diagram and how it was developed here.

Access a complete descriptions of the key drivers and change strategies here.

• AIM
• Key Drivers
• Change Strategies
• Tools & Resources

• Aim:Improve health care quality by increasing the capacity of primary care practices to implement the best clinical evidence
• Key Driver 1: Seek and Implement Evidence
• Change Strategy:Develop a process to search for new evidence and other changes related to Key Driver 1
• Tools & Resourcesrelated to Key Driver 1

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• Key Driver 2:Implement Quality Improvement (QI)
• Change Strategy:Develop an inter-professional QI team and other changes related to Key Driver 2
• Tools & Resourcesrelated to Key Driver 2

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• Key Driver 3: Optimize Health Information Systems
• Change Strategy:Identify and train a Data Coordinator and other changes related to Key Driver 3
• Tools & Resourcesrelated to Key Driver 3

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• Key Driver 4: Create Care Teams
• Change Strategy:Establish care teams and delineate roles and other changes related to Key Driver 4
• Tools & Resourcesrelated to Key Driver 4

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• Key Driver 5: Engage with Patients and Families
• Change Strategy:Identify patients effected by evidence and other changes related to Key Driver 5
• Tools & Resourcesrelated to Key Driver 5

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• Key Driver 6: Nurture leadership
• Change Strategy:Forge a vision of adapting to new evidence and other changes related to Key Driver 6
• Tools & Resourcesrelated to Key Driver 6

Page last reviewed November 2018
Page originally created November 2018

Internet Citation: The EvidenceNOW Key Driver Diagram. Content last reviewed November 2018. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/keydrivers/index.html