Ideal Medical Practices Project A licensed family practitioner, Moore spent time at Berwick's Institute for Healthcare Improvement, working on projects for process improvement in hospital systems. He quickly saw a hole: None of the models developed at IHI were applicable to small practices -- where most primary care doctors wish to work. Also a mentee of  Wasson, Dr. Moore took the tools at HowsYourHealth.org, added appropriately-sized process tips, plus an online curriculum, and created a starter-kid for doctors who also want to leap forward, but can't afford $40,000 in IT or a days-long seminar just to learn how to use it. Dr. Moore's kit is a means to an end. The goal is to foster patient-centered care at the "mirco level." So far, 120 practices have been through his pilot. He believes Ideal Medical Practices can position solo doctors to serve employers, which is one way patient-centered care could become economically viable for them. The IMP kit is free and grant-supported. Dr. Moore also consults to Hello Health. 

"We are bootstrapping the primary care practice of the future. Independent, small practices can step up to the plate -- they can do it. We just need to give them the tools."