Practice Performance Reports
PPRNet offers free, to its members, quarterly Practice Level Performance Reports to aid practices in quality improvement initiatives. Reports are created from your periodic data extracts. Depending on the size of your practice, data extracts can take several hours for an initial or several minutes for a periodic extract to run. And yes, you can run your PPRNet data extract while you are running Patient Records. Your PPRNet Performance Report is created in a .pdf file format and placed in a password protected folder on the PPRNet web page.

Provider and Patient Level Reports (PLRs)
Quarterly patient level reports (PLRs) are free to all practices participating in PPRNet. An excel spreadsheet shows one patient per row with approximately 70 columns (fields) from demographics, diagnosis, vital signs, lab tests, immunizations and medications. A Summary Quality Index (SQUID) is included as well as built in macros and “ad hoc” queries to identify patients not at clinical targets, needing procedures, etc. 

Participation in PPRNet Quality Improvement Projects
Many PPRNet practices participate in quality improvement projects led by PPRNet investigators. Current and prior projects have been focused on improving cardiovascular disease outcomes, colorectal cancer screening, medication safety, and alcohol screening in PPRNet practices. Practices participating in these projects often receive site visits to help prioritize performance, better use the electronic medical record, involve all staff, and activate patients.

Network Meetings
PPRNet holds an annual Network Meeting to further expand the knowledge of its users and to network their experiences with other PPRNet members. Network meetings offer between 12 and 15 CME credit hours to physicians in topics covering PPRNet current and past research, evidence based medicine, Quality Improvement tips from “Best Practices” and Patient Record tips for users.

Learn More About PPRNet 
A recorded version of the "Introduction to PPRNet" webinar is available at https://connect.musc.edu/p22388327/. Please feel free to share the link with anyone interested in learning more about PPRNet. If you would like to attend a live webinar, email Vanessa at congdonv@musc.edu .