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Starfield Summit III

Meaningful Measures for Primary Care

Washington, D.C. - October 4-6, 2017

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Summit Overview

Purpose

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  • Define criteria for measure development

  • Refine frameworks for primary care outcomes

  • Advance a set of essential measures

Approach

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  • 2-day working conference with 70+ leaders

  • 10 working groups focused on specific quality areas

  • Digital documentation of all group discussions

Why It Matters

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  • Aligns vision across care settings & stakeholders

  • Identifies what truly needs to be measured

  • Supports better policy, practice, and patient outcomes

Conference Briefs

Suggested Reading

Steering Committee

  • Larry A. Green, MD

    Chair

  • Rebecca S. Etz, PhD

    Principle Investigator

  • Andrew Bazemore, MD

  • Ted Ganiats, MD

  • Rita Mangione-Smith

  • CJ Peek, PhD

  • Bob Phillips, MD, MSPH

  • Eileen Reynolds, MD

  • Eric Bass, MD

  • Kurt Stange, MD, PhD

Acknowledgments

The Starfield Summit III resulted from the generous collaboration of a wide range of partners and team members. Every organization and person listed here was critical to our success.

A heartfelt thank you to them all and to the Starfield III participants.

Funders

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Organizational Partners

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