Incorporating Health IT Into Primary Care Transformation

AJMC January 16, 2024
Genna Cohen, PhD, Tim Lake, PhD, Mynti Hossain, MPP, Ann S. O’Malley, MD, MPH, Kristin Geonnotti, PhD

Longitudinal evaluation of an advanced primary care reform effort found some improvements in health information technology (IT) offerings and use as well as opportunities to improve future collaboration.

ABSTRACT

Objectives: To understand the role of health information technology (IT) vendors and health IT functionality in supporting advanced primary care.

Study Design: We synthesized multiple rounds of surveys and interviews (2017-2022) from a mixed-methods evaluation of Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+), a multipayer model developed by CMS. CPC+ was the first federal advanced primary care reform effort that formalized health IT vendors’ roles in supporting health IT implementation and specified detailed health IT requirements for practices.

Methods: We conducted content analysis to identify cross-cutting themes related to health IT for both...

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