- R W Watkins: Community Care of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, USA; High Country Community Health, Boone, NC, USA. cwatkins@n3cn.org.
With provider payments being adjusted for performance and emphasis being placed on value-based care, large health care systems are already developing the resources necessary to pursue quality improvement (QI) in their practices. This article explains why smaller and/or rural practices also need to learn about and implement QI.