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Electronic Medical Record–Based Referrals for Food-Insecure Patients @ Hennepin County Medical Center

From January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2017, Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) integrated a referral system into its electronic medical record to connect food…

Innovators

  • Kurt Hager, MS

Improving Hypertension Management in Immigrant Communities via EHR-Based Intervention @ New York City Primary Care Practices

Project IMPACT (Implementing Million Hearts for Provider and Community Transformation) examines the effect of a multilevel EHR intervention on hypertension control among patients of New…

Innovators

  • Priscilla M. Lopez, MPH
  • Anna Divney, DrPH
  • Keith Goldfeld, DrPH
  • Jennifer Zanowiak, MA
  • Radhika Gore, PhD
  • Rashi Kumar, MUP
  • Phoebe Laughlin, MS
  • Ronald Sanchez, MPH
  • Susan Beane, MD
  • Chau Trinh-Shevrin, PhD
  • Lorna Thorpe, PhD, MPH
  • Nadia Islam, PhD

Improving Smoking Cessation via Decision Aid

This program at an urban safety net primary care clinic utilized motivational interviewing and a visual, easy-to-understand decision-making aid to promote smoking cessation.

Innovators

  • Sumit D. Agarwal, MD
  • Matthew Kerwin, MD
  • Jacob Meindertsma, MD
  • Andrew Wolf, MD

Improving Chronic Opioid Management Safety via Care Pathways @ Valley Medical Center

This program at an urban community hospital utilized implementation of evidence-based opioid therapy best practices including EHR prompts and prescription drug monitoring database integration to…

Innovators

  • Sahana Ingale, MBBS, MHPA
  • Kim Herner, MD
  • Travis Dalton, ARNP
  • Jean Borth, RN, CPHQ
  • Sunny Chacko

Improving Diabetes Care via Medical Assistants and Community Health Workers @ Northern California Community Health Centers

This project at a group of community health centers implemented a new medical assistant and community health worker-led diabetes care management program to study differential…

Innovators

  • Hector P. Rodriguez, MD, MPH
  • Mark W. Friedberg, MD
  • Arturo Vargas-Bustamante, PhD, MA, MPP
  • Xiao Chen, PhD
  • Ana E. Martinez, MPH
  • Dylan H. Roby, PhD

Improving Dermatology Appointment Access via Telemedicine @ Massachusetts Community Health Centers

A collaborative of seven Massachusetts community health centers (CHCs) implemented a remote dermatology consult system in order to triage in-person referrals more effectively, improve in-person…

Innovators

  • Ranjani K. Paradise, PhD
  • Toni McGuire, RN, MPH
  • Carla Bettano

Individualized Care Delivery in Primary Care via Integrated Practice Units (IPUs) @ Cambridge Health Alliance Union Square Family Health Center

This intervention sought to adopt integrated practice units (IPUs) into a primary care practice using ‘pod’-based patient care with a multidisciplinary team, disease-oriented patient registries,…

Innovators

  • Nina Jain, MD, MBA, MSc
  • Toyin Okanlawon, MD, MPH
  • Kirsten Meisinger, MD, MHCDS
  • Thomas Feeley, MD

Improving Multicultural Depression Screening and Follow-up via Multilingual and Standardized Tools @ Harrisonburg Community Health Center

This quality improvement project aimed to improve depression management by offering both universal screening in several languages and additional tools for treatment decision-making and follow-up…

Innovators

  • Diana Jolles, PhD, CNM
  • Ann M. Schaeffer, DNP, CNM

eConsults via RubiconMD to support Medicaid Primary Care Providers @ the Community Health Center Network (CHCN)

CHCN engaged RubiconMD to implement their eConsult platform and eConsult specialist network for their primary care providers in an effort to enable more efficient and…

Alleviating Food Insecurity via “Feed1st” Food Pantries @ The University of Chicago

Feed1st is a research and service program designed to alleviate food insecurity among patients

Innovators

  • Stacy Tessler Lindau, MD, MAPP
  • Megan DePumpo, AM