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FOCUS GROUPINTRODUCTION and GROUND RULES: Thank you for participating, we are very glad you are here.The focus group will last approximately 80 minutes and will be tape recorded. You can choose when to participate and your responses will remain anonymous. We would like to hear everyone’s perspective and any viewpoint is welcomed because every person’s experiences and opinions are important. To that end, we ask that folks speak one at a time and that all viewpoints and opinions are respected and listened to even if they aren’t your own. FOCUS GROUP GUIDE: Part 1: QI/Research Assessment (45 minutes) 1. What are the most important health and health care delivery issues that face providers, health systems, community members, and local organizations in your service area? 2. What efforts/projects are underway currently to work on improving outcomes in these areas? 3. What types of projects or efforts do you wish were underway in your community? What types of projects are priorities for the future for your PCA or center? 4. How might SERCN best help with the implementation, dissemination, or funding of projects underway in your state? 5. How are patient values and community values currently incorporated in to designing ways to look at and solve issues around health and health care delivery in your community/practice site/organization? 6. Are there important stakeholders in your service areas who do not currently have a voice in efforts to improve health or health care delivery? How could this be different or more inclusive? 7. What is the biggest barrier you face to participating in quality improvement or patient centered research? What might be done to break down these barriers? Part 2: Educational/Reciprocal Needs 1. What are some key educational/ CME needs of your organization or members that SERCN might meet? 2. What would be the best venue to meet those needs? 3. What other services could SERCN offer that would help build a reciprocal relationship between our organizations? (inclusion on projects, CME, conferences, technical support) What would that look like?

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