AMGA FOUNDATION INC

The colorectal cancer (crc) screening best practices learning collaborative is a 34-month learning collaborative to increase the proportion of adults who receive screening for colorectal cancer based on the most recent guidelines. Eighteen participating organizations are working to develop and implement strategies to increase colorectal cancer screening rates among all average risk patients age 45-75 in multi-specialty groups and integrated delivery systems. Amga identified a panel of 5 expert advisors to outline the quality measures, intervention areas of focus and develop the criteria for selection of amga member organizations to participate in the collaborative. Participating organizations attended a kick-off in-person meeting, monthly educational webinars, regularly reported quantitative and qualitative data, participated in peer-to-peer engagement activities, and received regular clinical outreach and coaching from amga and attended a final in-person meeting. An infographic was developed and disseminated to the broader amga membership. Additionally, a peer-reviewed manuscript was developed and submitted to a publisher for review.

The rize pneumococcal vaccination best practices learning collaborative (pneumococcal vaccination collaborative) to improve pneumococcal vaccination rates among the age 19-64 population with underlying medical conditions based on the 2022 acip pneumococcal vaccine guidelines. In this 25-month collaborative, participating organizations developed and implemented strategies to improve pneumococcal vaccination rates within multi-specialty groups and integrated delivery systems in both primary care and specialty clinical settings. Three expert advisors were selected to outline the quality measure(s) and intervention areas of focus and develop the criteria for selection of amga member organizations to participate in the collaborative. Eight amga member organizations from amga foundation's rise to immunize national campaign were selected to implement identified interventions and strategies, with facilitation and support from the amga teams. Participating organizations attended a virtual kick off meeting, monthly educational webinars, regularly reported quantitative and qualitative data and received regular clinical outreach and coaching from amga, and attended a final virtual meeting. A white paper and infographic were developed and disseminated to the broader amga membership.

The osteoporosis best practices learning collaborative 2.0 is a 27-month program to extend the learnings of the original osteoporosis best practices learning collaborative (1.0) . Eight amga member multi-specialty medical groups and integrated health systems were selected to participate in the learning collaborative. Three expert advisors collaborated with amga in program planning, and ongoing research in support of the established measures, successful interventions and program goal and objectives. The goal of the collaborative is to develop, implement, and sustain clinical practice guideline-informed strategies and interventions to improve patient-centered identification, diagnosis, long-term management, and education. Participating organizations attended a kick-off in-person meeting, participated in bi-monthly educational webinars, regularly reported quantitative and qualitative data, participated in peer-to-peer engagement activities, received regular clinical outreach and coaching from amga, and attended a final in-person meeting. A white paper and infographic were developed and disseminated to the broader amga membership.