GAFP is pleased to announce “Using a Team Approach to Improve Hypertension Care – Satisfying your MOC Part IV,” a live Learning and Action Network event coordinated by the Georgia Clinical Transformation Team (GCT2). This workshop will be held in conjuction with the GAFP Summer Family Medicine Weekend on Friday, June 10th from 1:30 to 3:30pm. The workshop will focus on quality improvement in your practice.
You may register for this workshop and the complete GAFP Summer Family Medicine Weekend by visiting the GAFP website and clicking the registration link. If you have already registered for the Summer Meeting and you would like to add this workshop, please email Ciera Mitchell at office@gafp.org. There is no additional fee to participate in the workshop.
By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:
• Understand a practical approach to a practice based rapid cycle quality improvement project
• Begin the ABFM’s Part IV requirements for maintaining board certification
• Employ a team approach to improving hypertension care
Faculty for this workshop are:
Adrienne Mims, MD, MPH Donna Cohen, RN, BSN Brittany Taylor, MPH
Vice President, Chief Medical Officer Task Lead, Population Health Cardiovascular Health Program Manager
Medicare Quality Improvement Alliant Quality Georgia Department of Public Health
Alliant Quality
This is an interactive, hands-on workshop. To insure your Part IV workshop experience is beneficial and you’re able to apply the principles learned, we ask that you please bring the following items with you to Hilton Head.
Required Homework/Data Points (Clinical Team):
**From your patient population, please bring in the number of adults (aged 18+) with a diagnosis of Hypertension.
**Bring in data on BP control. From your EHR, this can be run as PQRS measurement 238 as a percentage (%). If you need to do a chart review – pick 25 charts from your listing of hypertensive patients (aged 18+) and note how many of them on their last clinic visit had a blood pressure below 140/90 for both numbers