The Academy believes that family physicians will have to make major changes in their practices to succeed in the turbulent times to come, and it is committed to helping its members make those changes.
In addition to launching TransforMED and other major initiatives, AAFP makes a variety of practice-change resources available to its members. Here are several:
Family Practice Management routinely publishes practical articles and tools that help family physicians transform their practices. For easy reference, FPM has created a collection of articles on transformation.
The Academy’s Center for Health Information Technology offers resources to help members with all aspects of EHR adoption. A couple of examples:
AAFP Resources for Practice Transformation
- The Physician Product Reviewer has more than 700 reviews of EHRs by AAFP members.
- The Find a Physician Like Me tool can help you find AAFP members in your area who are using an EHR and are willing to speak with you about their successes and failures .
METRIC is an online coaching tool and guide to practice change. It provides training in clinical performance measurement and includes interventions in the form of process improvement tools. It also qualifies practices for MC-FP Part IV credit.
The Practice Enhancement Forum (PEF) is a two-day program offered throughout the country in collaboration with chapters. It brings office teams together to participate in team development for better patient care; learn coaching techniques for practice change; and acquire and learn to use tools for making change happen in the practice.
The Quality Improvement Resources page provides links to a number of useful tools for practice redesign, and Implement a QI Project in Your Practice gives you step-by-step help with quality improvement efforts.
The Performance Measurement and Pay for Performance page offers tips and tools for preparing your office to benefit from pay-for-performance programs.
The Practice Enhancement Forum (PEF) is a two-day program offered throughout the country in collaboration with chapters. It brings office teams together to participate in team development for better patient care; learn coaching techniques for practice change; and acquire and learn to use tools for making change happen in the practice.
The Quality Improvement Resources page provides links to a number of useful tools for practice redesign, and Implement a QI Project in Your Practice gives you step-by-step help with quality improvement efforts.
The Performance Measurement and Pay for Performance page offers tips and tools for preparing your office to benefit from pay-for-performance programs.
