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Primary Care Access
Deanna Willis, MD, MBA
Medical Director of Quality and Medical Management
IU Medical Group-Primary Care
IU Medical Group-Primary Care >20 clinical venues in
Indianapolis area Around 400,000 patient visits
per year Around 120 Physicians Affiliated with 2 hospital
systems: Wishard, Clarian Host continuity clinics of over
100 resident physicians Since 2000 have hosted over
60 research studies recruiting over 15,000 patients
The chronic illness Symptoms:
Phones not being answered in timely manner
High utilization of urgent care venues
Patient complaints of “unable to get appointment”
Diagnosis: Mismatch of supply and
demand
Treatment Options Leave unmet demand Increase capacity
Previously accomplished through adding providers
Workforce shortage of primary care physicians across country is worsening
Clinic size constraints Limited offsetting revenues because of payor mix
Desire to achieve system optimization
Desired Therapeutic Benefits Minimize “symptoms” Avoid side effects
Maintain “continuity” Patient centered Medical Home
Improve outcomes Increase the reliability of care delivery
Chronic illness care
Assessing Therapeutic Intervention What has been your experience in working
with engineering/statistics research teams and implementing research findings? Systematic evaluation and data driven solutions
Evaluating multiple aspects of complex environment
Clear identification of solution(s) that are based on data
Assessing Therapeutic Intervention What has been your experience in working
with engineering/statistics research teams and implementing research findings? Minimizing perception that some problems don’t
have solutions Identifying solutions to complex and complicated
problems has been liberating
Assessing Therapeutic Intervention What has been your experience in working
with engineering/statistics research teams and implementing research findings? Rapidity of changing environment
Problems today are addressed, ignored, or replaced tomorrow—adapting to avoid obsolescence
Premises that are central to a research study change
Assessing Therapeutic Intervention What has been your experience in working
with engineering/statistics research teams and implementing research findings? Suboptimal Organizational Behaviors are
Amplified Decision making with incomplete or lack of data Changing for the sake of change Inadequate implementation planning Inadequate prioritization of competing demands
Assessing Therapeutic Intervention What has been your experience in working
with engineering/statistics research teams and implementing research findings? Buy-in challenges
Front line managers don’t understand/believe the results
Resource allocation to implementation is suboptimal
Used to have research in sites, but not used to having to implement/adapt to results
Assessing Therapeutic Intervention What can researchers and practitioners
learn from your experiences?
Success factors Strong communication between research
team and site personnel Learning how to adapt Minimize data collection for office staff
Assessing Therapeutic Intervention What can researchers do to better support
practitioners in their quest to improve healthcare?
Implementation is difficult in a constantly changing environment with limited resources—helping sites develop clear, action oriented implementation plans and timelines