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). Thirteen Amga member organizations were selcted to participate. Participating organizations worked 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. Five expert advisors were selected to participate in the national advisory committee. Participating organizations attended a virtual discussion forum, kick-off in-person meeting, monthly educational webinars, regularly reported quantitative and qualitative data, hosted Amga for site visits, received regular clinical outreach and coaching from Amga.

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. Twenty 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 reports quantitative and qualitative data, participates in peer to peer engagement activities, and receives regular clinical outreach and coaching from Amga.

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 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) 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 reports quantitative and qualitative data, and receives regular clinical outreach and coaching from Amga.

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. Articipating organizations attended a kick-off in-person meeting participated in bi-monthly educational webinars, regularly reports quantitative and qualitative data, participates in peer to peer engagement activities, receives regularly clinical outreach and coaching from Amga.

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