Skip to main content

Table 3 Overall Practice Characteristics of 136 HHN Practices and Summary Statistics Comparing Practices with Key Driver Implementation Scale Team Engagement Scores < 2 (n= 63) vs. ≥ 2 (n=73)

From: Practice level factors associated with enhanced engagement with practice facilitators; findings from the heart health now study

Practice Characteristics Survey items, [# missing]

N or mean (%, SD or range)a

TE < 2

N or mean (% or SE)

TE ≥ 2

N or mean (% or SE)

P-value

chi-square or t-test

 Practice Size (# of providers MD, DO, NP PA), [2]

4.9 (4.2)

4.9 (3.4)

4.8 (4.7)

0.99

 Practice Ownership Type, [0]

  Clinician-owned Solo or Group Practice

70 (51.5 %)

45 (64.3)

25 (35.7)

 

  Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) or Look-alike/Rural Health Clinic

37 (27.2%)

14 (37.8)

23 (62.2)

 

  Hospital/Health System/Academic Health Center.

29 (21.3%)

4 (13.8)

25 (86.2)

<.0001

 Payer Mix [13], %

  Medicare [13]

30.6% (5-82%)

28.2 (15.1)

32.9 (18.8)

0.13

  Medicaid [13]

15.4% (0-50%)

14.9 (10.9)

15.8 (11.1)

0.66

  Dual Medicare/Medicaid [14]

9.1% (0-70%)

11.3 (11.9)

7.1 (7.7)

0.02

  Commercial [13]

32.5% (0-79%)

35.3 (18.0)

29.8(17.0)

0.09

  No insurance [13]

11.8% (0-60%)

9.4 (10.6)

14.1 (15.5)

0.05

  Other [14]

1.5% (0-100%)

2.6 (13.4)

0.5 (1.97)

0.22

 Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition, [11]

  Yes

74 (54.4%)

36 (28.8)

38 (30.4)

 

  No

51 (37.5 %)

25 (20.0)

26 (20.8)

1.00

 Patients Seen/Day by Full Time Clinician, [12],

21.3 (10-50)

22.3 (6.4)

20.4 (6.0)

0.09

 Practice Location in a Medically Underserved Area (MUA), [0],

  Yes

54 (39.7%)

18 (33.3)

36 (66.7)

 

  No

82 (60.3%)

45 (54.9)

37 (45.1)

0.02

 Change Process Capability Questionnaire (CPCQ) SCORE (scored -28 to 28), [11]

10 (13.3)

9.3 (12.5)

10.5 (14.0)

0.63

 CPCQ-Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Priority (single item, scored 1-10), [1]

7.5 (1.7)

7.4 (1.9)

7.6 (1.6)

0.49

 Number of Disruptive Practice Changes (0-7), [0]

1 (1.0)

0.8 (0.9)

1.1 (1.1)

0.06

 Prior or Ongoing Involvement in an Accountable Care Organization (ACO), [0]

  Yes

61 (44.9%)

24 (52.0)

37 (48.0)

 

  No

75 (55.2%)

39 (39.3)

36 (60.7)

0.19

Key Driver Implementation Scale items

bKDIS Mean Team Engagement Score of Months 4-6, [0]

1.6 (0.7)

0.98 (0.04)

2.2 (0.04)

<.0001

  KDIS Practice Leadership Score (mean of months 4-6 scores, (0-3), [0]

2.0 (0.7)

1.6 (0.6)

2.4 (0.6)

<.0001

Practice Member Survey Items

  Adaptive Reserve Score (18 items, aggregate score 0-1), [0]

0.7 (0.1)

0.7 (0.1)

0.7 (0.1)

0.82

  Practice Level of Burnout (single item, 0-4), [0]

1.9 (0.6)

1.9 (0.4)

2.0 (0.7)

0.28

  Practice Readiness (readiness1) single item, [0]

4.0 (0.5)

4.0 (0.5)

4.0 (0.5)

0.65

Practice Facilitation Experience Survey Items

  Years of Experience as a Practice Facilitator, [1]

4.2 (3.7)

4.0 (3.4)

4.3 (4.0)

0.62

 Practice with Prior Experience with NCAHEC Practice Support Program, [1]

  Yes

38 (27.9%)

17 (44.7)

21 (55.3)

 

  No

97 (71.3%)

45 (46.4)

52 (53.6)

1.00

 Practice-practice Facilitator Experience Working Together Prior to HHN, [1]

  Yes

9 (6.7%)

4 (44.4)

5 (55.6)

 

  No

126 (92.7%)

58 (46.0)

68 (54.0)

1.00^

 Practice facilitator has worked with the practice since the beginning of the project [1]

  Yes

102 (75.0%)

42 (41.2)

60 (58.8)

 

  No

33 (24.3%)

20 (60.6)

13 (39.4)

0.08

  1. aData provided as absolute numbers or means and standard deviations (SD) for continuous variables and proportions with chi squared test for categorical variables as appropriate. Ranges included for payer mix and number of patients seen per day by a full-time clinician.
  2. boutcome measure
  3. ^Fisher exact test used where appropriate for small sample sizes, SE=standard error
  4. All values rounded to tenths position; p-values rounded to the hundredths unless otherwise stated