New AAFP Online Videos Put Physicians on Practice Redesign Path

Practice redesign takes a lot of time and energy, but the rewards -- enhanced productivity, healthier patients and a better bottom line -- are worth the effort.

That's the take-away message from a new series of online videos created by the Academy and available as a free patient-centered medical home resource for family physicians.

Jane Krieger, R.N., J.D., assistant director of the AAFP's Practice Support Division, headed up the video project, which grew out of a brainstorming session with the division's quality improvement staff members.

"The purpose of the three videos is to share real family physician success stories and to motivate other AAFP members to make the same types of changes," said Krieger.

The three videos cover the following topics:

Krieger is encouraging members to evaluate the videos after viewing them and provide the AAFP's quality improvement team with their feedback, as well as their e-mail addresses.

"We'd like to be able to measure the impact of the videos by going back to viewers in a few months and asking them what practice changes they've begun to make," said Krieger.

The videos run less than 15 minutes each and were supported in part by a grant from Pfizer Inc.