Practice facilitators (PFs) are health care professionals, who assist primary care practices in
research and quality improvement activities. Their work goes beyond data collection and …

PURPOSE The leading causes of premature death in the United States are linked to 4
behaviors: smoking, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and risky alcohol use. We report lessons …

The Ambulatory Sentinel Practice Network (ASPN) is a net work of primary health care
practices across the United States and Canada offering (1) a laboratory for the study of popula …

PURPOSE Observational studies that collect patient-level survey data at the point-of-care
are often called card studies. Card studies have been used to describe clinical problems, …

BACKGROUND: Primary care offices have been characterized as underutilized settings for
routinely addressing health behaviors that contribute to premature death and unnecessary …

Background: Community engagement has become a prominent element in medical research
and is an important component of the Clinical and Translational Science Awards program. …

OBJECTIVE—To describe decisions made by primary care providers on elevated HbA 1c
results and their reasons for not intensifying therapy. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—…

… Linda Niebauer and Paul A. Nutting, MD, MSPH … Requests for reprints should be addressed
to Linda Niebauer, ASPN, 1180 Clermont St, Denver, CO 80220. … Niebauer and Nuttini …

Objective: The Applied Strategies for Improving Patient Safety (ASIPS) collaborative
developed an ambulatory primary care patient safety reporting system through an Agency for …

Mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) health problems are prevalent globally. Despite
effective programs that can prevent MEB problems and promote mental health, there has not …