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Improving Women’s Health with Virtual Consultation via Specialty Care Access Network-Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (SCAN-ECHO) @ VHA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

The VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System adapted SCAN-ECHO to provide primary care providers (PCPs) with Women’s Health (WH) education and virtual consultations in an…

Innovators

  • Donna L. Washington MD, MPH
  • Mark Canning, BA
  • Herschel Knapp PhD, MSSW
  • Lisa Altman MD
  • Joann O. Saavedra MSN, RN, NP-C
  • Laure Veet MD
  • Jessica L. Zuchowski PhD, MPH
  • Kristina M. Cordasco MD, MPH, MSHS
  • Alison B. Hamilton PhD, MPH
  • Susan Kirsh MD, MPH

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

Treating Opioid & Alcohol Use Disorders (OAUD) via Collaborative Care @ Venice Family Clinic FQHC

A randomized control trial examined the impact of a collaborative care intervention in primary care patients with opioid and alcohol use disorders (OAUD) vs. primary…

Innovators

  • Katherine E. Watkins, MD, MSHS
  • Harold Alan Pincus, MD
  • Praise O. Iyiewuare, MPH
  • Keith Heinzerling, MD
  • Kirsten Becker, MS
  • Colleen M. McCullough, MPA
  • Sarah B. Hunter, PhD
  • Karen Chan Osilla, PhD
  • Claude Setodji, PhD
  • Mimi Lind, LCSW
  • Karen Lamp, MD
  • Allison J. Ober, PhD

Intensive Primary Care via Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT) Intensive Management @ the Veteran’s Health Administration

The VA currently offers primary care through patient-centered medical homes, or Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT) for all enrolled Veterans. Selected demonstration sites augmented the…

Innovators

  • Evelyn Chang, MD, MSHS
  • Lisa Rubenstein, MD, MSPH

Improving Advance Care Planning via the Life-Sustaining Treatment Decisions Initiative (LSTDI) @ US Department of Veteran Affairs

The VHA aims to improve care for patients with advanced illness and at heightened risk of a life-threatening event by promoting high-quality Goals of Care…

Innovators

  • Ellen Fox, MD
  • Paul Tompkins
  • Mary Beth Foglia, RN, PhD, MA
  • Jill Lowery, PsyD
  • Virginia Ashby Sharpe, PhD

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

Adoption of Social Determinants of Health EHR Tools by Community Health Centers in the Pacific Northwest

This pilot study assessed the feasibility of implementing EHR tools for collecting, reviewing, and acting on patient-reported social determinants of health in three community health…

Direct Scheduling in Primary Care @ Massachusetts General Hospital

Direct scheduling in primary care is a tool that allows patients to book their own appointments online.

Innovators

  • Craig Cochran
  • Sandra Santos

Scribes @ Hennepin County Medical Center

Creating a medical scribe program at an academic public hospital with dedicated scribes for each specialty area.

Innovators

  • Marc Martel MD

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