Data to Decisions: Advancing Primary Care is a membership-wide report on performance in primary care. It helps local teams see where they stack up against their peers on a small number of measures. For teams that are just getting started on their QI journey, it can help set a focus and a goal. No matter where your team is with getting or using data for improvement, D2D is a tool that makes it easier for us all to advocate for what it takes to keep doing the kind of primary care we believe in. Over 100 teams (caring for approximately 1.7 M patients) contributed data on at least 10 core indicators for D2D 2.0.  The report was produced with help of 35+ QIDSS and is available to ALL members Follow links for more information on the rationale for D2D and the process for selecting indicators.

Supporting materials

Videos:

• Why D2D? Video from a family physician’s perspective
• Launch of D2D 2.0 Orientation Webinar 
• Detailed animated tour of D2D 2.0

Quality roll-up indicator: Frequently Asked Questions Documents embedded in D2D For each indicator, there are supporting materials with more detailed information about the

• definition of the indicator
• considerations for interpretation of the data
• suggestions for evaluating and improving data quality
• resources to help with efforts to improve care. 

The materials are intended to be used by any and all staff of member organizations to start conversations with their teams and their peers.  The ideas for actions presented in the supporting materials are just that – ideas!  AFHTO members are at different stages in their performance measurement journey.  For some, the next steps forward are conversations with Board members or clinical leaders to create forums for consideration of quality measures.  For others, the next steps might be attempts to extract EMR data and for still others, the next step might be the implementation of a new clinical program.  The goal of D2D is to support members in taking action wherever they are at with whoever they can to step towards manageable meaningful measurement.  Any step is the right step! Contact information Please contact Carol Mulder, QIDS Provincial Lead, with any questions, comments or suggestions.