Practice transformation refers to a process of change in the organization and delivery of primary care to advance quality improvement, patient-centered care, and characteristics of high performing primary care. Since 2015, the AETC Program has implemented projects to support and facilitate practice transformation in selected clinics in order to improve patient outcomes along the HIV care continuum by integrating principles of the patient-centered medical home model and integrated HIV care and behavioral health services. The practice transformation process involves goal-setting, leadership, practice facilitation, workflow changes, quality improvement and outcomes measurement, and adapting organizational tools and processes to support advances in models of team-based care.
This guide aims to improve patient care. It gives practical advice on how to encourage healthcare professionals change their practice in line with the latest guidance. It is focused on the healthcare...
Developed by the AETC Mental Health Committee for the Integrating Mental Health and Substance Use Care into HIV Primary Care Toolkit...
Recent surveys to the NEJM Catalyst Insights Council revealed that executives, clinical leaders, and clinicians – who each come at health care delivery from a distinct vantage point – are aligned on m...
Although designed for use in ambulatory surgery centers, this toolkit has several tools customizable for applications in HIV care. The toolkit is organized into three sections containing guides, tools...
IHI’s QI Essentials Toolkit includes the tools and templates you need to launch and manage a successful improvement project. Each of the ten tools in the toolkit includes a short description, instruct...
At the end of this activity, you will be able to:
The Impact of Primary Care Practice Transformation on Cost, Quality, and Utilization reviews PCMH results from 45 peer-reviewed reports and additional government and state evaluations. Implementation...
This multi-module curriculum is designed for all health-care providers and covers various topics.
This resource was developed by Providence Community Health Centers (PCHC) as part of a New England AETC practice transformation project. HRSA population health measures were added to the PCHC electron...
This PrEP protocol is adapted from the US Public Health Service, Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV Infection in the United States: 2017 Update, A Clinical Practice Guideline. Use this...
To address the importance of oral health and reduce oral health disparities for people with HIV, HRSA HAB identified challenges, best practices, and strategies implemented by RWHAP recipients to integ...
This session defines trauma and the principles of a trauma-informed approach, reviews the signs of trauma and the impact of adverse childhood events on trauma and health outcomes, and discusses how to...
Mental health and substance use disorders are highly prevalent among people with and at risk for HIV. This tool was designed to assist HIV primary care teams in a range of clinical settings to plan an...
Training slides discuss Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) as a best practice for the delivery of primary care and addressing healthcare disparities, and examine PCMH’s validation during the Syndemi...
This toolkit of linked resources was created for use by multidisciplinary healthcare team members to improve substance use disorder (SUD)-related health outcomes for people with HIV with SUD(s) in all...
From the 2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment, this session slide set provides information about evidence-based and reputable interventions for improving projects along the...
Training slides share information about the AETCs, Practice Transformation, and provide epidemiology data for two HIV outbreaks. The purpose of this resource is to increase understanding of how to uti...
The SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions promotes the development of integrated primary and behavioral health services to better address the needs of individuals with mental health and s...
This report reviews a national study on the scheduling, waiting time, and access experiences of persons trying to get health care. Recommendations are provided in the way of best practices...
This May 2011 report is from an expert panel supported by the:
The Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative Support and Alignment Network contains information on the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative and the Collaborative Care Model (CCM) which integrate...
As in previous editions, this year’s Annual Review of the Evidence provides a summary of PCMH cost and utilization results from peer-reviewed studies, state governme...
In support of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Healthy People 2020 initiative objectives to reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgend...
The infographic outlines the purpose and methodology for integrating HIV care into interprofessional education (IPE) and identifies how the AETC Program is helping to facilitate this training through...
Researchers at IHI have been working to identify and test the “active ingredients” that make for continuous improvement and continuous quality control at the front line in health care. This article de...
SDH coding is important for clinical management and outcomes reporting for payment reform and value based payment (particularly capitate p...
I remember driving to Chicago on my first day as a Midwest AETC Practice Transformation (PT) Coach. I was filled with both excitement and apprehension to participate in a intensive training titled Building Blocks of High Performing Primary Care. While the concepts of PT were familiar to me after ov...
The AIDS epidemic raged around me like a wildfire in the late '80s and early '90s while I trained in medicine in San Francisco. During that storm, I began working with people with HIV. In 1995, ready to start a primary medical practice, I landed at a community clinic in Berkeley, California, oversee...
Health care delivery often involves a one-size-fits-all approach. As clinicians, we treat a patient with a particular diagnosis similar to the last patient we saw with the same diagn...
Cross-posted from TargetHIV coverage of the 2018 National Ryan White Conference.
Regional AETCs across the United States are working to bring new clinicians into the HIV workforce through inter-professional education (IPE) programs. IPE trains learners in teams in clinical settings where trainees lea...
The Native American Community Clinic (NACC) in Minneapolis has been highly successful in integrating HIV care into their Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). Minnesota has eleven sovereign American Indian (AI) nations1, and the Phillips neighborhood of Minneapolis (where NACC is located) has th...
Imagine: Ending HIV. It’s Possible. is the name of a new, national campaign that launched this summer to encourage and energize the HIV workforce to achieve the national goal of ending the HIV epidemic.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services introduced the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S...
Click on each date/tab below to reveal the schedule of AETC Program sessions and poster presentations planned for the 2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment. The AETC National Coordinating Resource Center will also be exhibiting and promoting AETC Program training materials,...
(Cross-posted from TargetHIV)
Each year, over 50,000 HIV care providers receive tailored HIV training from HRSA to better equip them to deliver HIV care to people with HIV with low incomes, according to a report from HRSA’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP).
Trainings reached a mix of nurses, docto...
Honoring our colleagues who dedicate additional time and resources to research beyond the scope of the AETC Program, we present the updated list of HIV-related peer-reviewed studies published in 2022 by AETC-affiliated researchers and faculty.
If you're aware of other HIV-related peer-reviewed publi...