Amga Foundation

The ascvd best practices learning collaborative is a 33-month program to improve the management and treatment for patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ascvd). Participating organizations will work to develop and implement strategies to improve secondary ascvd risk assessment, diagnosis and evidence-based treatment among the population of at risk adult patients with elevated ldl cholesterol under the care of physicians within multi-specialty groups and integrated delivery systems in both primary care and cardiology specialty clinical settings. Sixteen Amga member organizations applied to participate. Five expert advisors were selected to participate in the national advisory committee. Participating organizations will attend a virtual discussion forum, kick-off in-person meeting, will participate in monthly educational webinars, regularly report quantitative and qualitative data, host Amga for site visits, receive regularly clinical outreach and coaching from Amga, and attend an in-person final meeting.

The osteoporosis best practices learning collaborative is a 24-month program for the prevention, management and medical treatment of patients with osteoporosis. Nineteen Amga member multi-specialty medical groups and integrated health systems were selected to participate in the learning collaborative. Eight expert advisors assisted with the outline of the quality measures, development of the curriculum, and criteria for selection of the participants in the collaborative. The goal of the collaborative is to develop and implement clinical practice guideline-informed strategies and interventions to improve patient-centered assessment, evaluation, education, testing, diagnosis, and treatment. Participating organizations attended a kick-off virtual meeting and will participate in monthly educational webinars, regularly report quantitative and qualitative data, host Amga for site visits, receive regularly clinical outreach and coaching from Amga, and attend an in-person final meeting.

The rise to immunize campaign launched in october 2021 and challenges participating medical groups and health systems to collectively administer 25 million vaccines by 2025. To achieve this aim, the campaign currently leverages the coordinated delivery systems of over 80 Amga member organizations nationwide and the resources of national partners and sponsors. Campaign programming facilitates collaboration among participants and adoption of evidence-based care processes. Participating organizations report quarterly data on vaccination rates to the campaign, enabling rise to immunize to measure improvement over the course of the four-year initiative.

The rize pneumococcal vaccination best practices learning collaborative (pneumococcal vaccination collaborative) is designed to provide a platform for participating organizations to improve both clinical and economic outcomes for this patient population through the development and implementation of quality improvement projects, best practice sharing, and peer learning. This 12-month initiative focuses on helping medical groups develop and implement strategies to vaccinate high-risk adults 19-64 with underlying medical conditions based on the 2022 acip pneumococcal vaccine guidelines in primary care and specialty clinical settings.

The colorectal cancer (crc) screening best practices learning collaborative provides a platform for participating organizations to improve both clinical and economic outcomes for this patient population through the development and implementation of quality improvement projects, best practice sharing, and peer learning. Participating organizations work 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. The collaborative will create a community of knowledge that can help participants accelerate systematic change and develop care processes that are sustainable. The collaborative began in may 2023 and will conclude in february 2025.

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