The Northwest Coalition for Primary Care Practice Support

An external facilitator or coach is assigned 15-20 primary care clinics and will make face-to-face site visits and monthly phone calls for 15 months to support building QI capacity in each assigned practcie

Practices randomized to this arm of the study will receive an educational outreach phone call by an academic expert on implementation strategies for use of a cardiovascular risk calculator within their daily work flow and clinic setting

"Practices randomized to this arm of the study will be given an opportunity to make a site visit to an exemplar practice to learn about innovative approaches to conducting quality improvement activities."