From 2015 through 2017, Health Quality Innovators (HQI) participated in the Heart of Virginia Healthcare Collaborative, one of seven cooperatives funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality‘s EvidenceNOW Model.

HQI’s practice facilitators helped small- to medium-sized primary care practices build capacity for quality improvement through three months of active onsite and virtual coaching followed by nine months of maintenance coaching. This led to better clinical processes, communication and teamwork to help patients adopt the ABCS of cardiovascular disease prevention: Aspirin in high-risk individuals, Blood pressure control, Cholesterol management and Smoking cessation.

Read more about this important initiative.