Assessing fidelity to evidence-based quality improvement as an implementation strategy for patient-centered medical home transformation in the Veterans Health Administration

Table 3 EBQI-PCMH fidelity for across-site, topic-focused workgroups

	WG 1	WG 2	WG 3	WG 4	WG 5	WG 6	WG 7
Leadership and frontlines (e.g., top-down, bottom-up) priority-setting process for focusing QI efforts
Sum number QI projects proposed + approved	Med	Low	Med	Med	Low	Low	Low
Ongoing technical expertise and coaching/mentoring in QI methods by health services researchers, delivered through a QI collaborative
Bi-weekly QI collaborative calls with representation	None	None	None	None	None	None	None
Number of representatives attending learning sessions	Med	Low	High	Med	Med	Med	Low
Use of data and evidence to inform QI efforts
Reported using evidence/data to ID problem and track progress**	High	NA	High	Low	NA	NA	NA
EBQI-PCMH change mechanism: implementation and spread of locally developed and initiated QI projects
Number of final reports + toolkits completed	Low	None	Med	Med	None	None	None

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