Integrating Chronic Care and Business Strategies in the Safety Net

A Practice Coaching Manual

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Practice coaching can be an effective way to improve health care quality. This practice coaching manual aims to help effectively and efficiently improve clinical quality in an ambulatory setting by providing an overview of practice coaching and how various settings have used it to improve care, a summary of important characteristics and skills to look for when recruiting or training a practice coach, and a description of a time-limited practice coaching intervention that includes a series of activities, companion agendas, and tools. This practice coaching manual accompanies a comprehensive Web-based toolkit, Integrating Chronic Care and Business Strategies in the Safety Net.

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AHRQ Publication No. 09-0061-EF
Current as of April 2009

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Internet Citation:

Integrating Chronic Care and Business Strategies in the Safety Net: A Practice Coaching Manual. AHRQ Publication No. 09-0061-EF, April 2009. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. http://www.ahrq.gov/populations/businessstrategies/coachmanl.htm

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