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Employing Community Health Workers (CHWs) to Improve Population Health via the IMPaCT Model @ Penn Center for Community Health Workers

The IMPaCT (Individualized Management of Patient-Centered Targets) model is a standardized, scalable, evidence-based Community Health Worker (CHW) intervention proven to improve chronic disease control, quality…

Innovators

  • Shreya Kangovi, MD, MS
  • Scott Tornek, MBA
  • Olenga Anabui, MBA, MPH
  • Jill Feldstein, MPA
  • Tamala Carter

Expanding Nursing Role via RN “Co-Visit” Model @ Clinica Family Health

A multi-site community health center implemented a care model expanding nurses’ roles in intake, documentation, and care plan communication, working alongside providers in “co-visits.”

Innovators

  • Karen Funk, MD, MPP
  • Malia Davis MSN, RN, ANP-C, NP

Nurse Billable Visits @ Mary’s Center FQHC

Establishing a protocol and workflow to capture value for the Federally Qualified Health Center by billing for nurse-led education visits

Innovators

  • Dara Koppelman, MS, BSN

Opioid Management via Group Visits @ Boston Medical Center

Group visits combining behavioral health therapy and pharmacologic support for patients with substance/opioid use disorder with an emphasis on community support and accountability.

Innovators

  • Shari Zakim-Yacouby LICSW
  • Tu-Mai Tran MD
  • Marielle Baldwin MD MPH
  • Huong Tran MD
  • Beth Marx MSW, LICSW
  • Krystyna Roszczenko, Team Coordinator

Nurse Billable Visits in Primary Care @ Unity Health Care

Unity Health Care incorporated nurse billable visits into its community health center practice in order to increase nurses’ roles in patient care and improve patient…

Innovators

  • Janine Resilard, MSN-Ed, RN

Opioid Prescribing Optimization @ Tufts

A program to improve opioid prescribing and management via practice guidelines, EMR modules, and a team-based management approach.

Innovators

  • Julie Tishler, MD
  • Kristin Huang MD

Screening, Brief Intervention, & Referral to Treatment for Social Determinants of Health @ Intermountain Health Care

Intermountain Healthcare created a Social Determinants of Health Committee in order to devise a strategic plan with which to address social determinants of health for…

Innovators

  • Elizabeth Joy, MD MPH FACSM

Opioid Management via Multidisciplinary Committee @ UCSF

A multidisciplinary committee for improving controlled substances prescribing

Innovators

  • Irina (Era) Kryzhanovskaya, MD
  • Scott Steiger, MD

Hepatitis C Management via Patient Financial Incentives @ Boston Medical Center

A financial incentive program to improve appointment attendance at a safety-net hospital-based primary care HCV treatment program.

Innovators

  • Kristen Lee MD

Chronic Disease Management via Health Coaches, Wearables, and SMS Integration @ UCLA Health

This intervention trained pre-medical students to serve as health coaches in an integrated SMS-based and wearable-tracker-based 16-week-long chronic disease prevention program in a primary care…

Innovators

  • Daniel Croymans, MD MBA MS
  • Paul Bixenstine, MD