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Reducing Medical Errors via Web-Based Handoff Tool @ Brigham & Women’s Hospital

This project at an academic medical center implemented a web-based handoff tool and training for health care personnel to reduce medical errors in the care…

Innovators

  • Stephanie K. Mueller, MD, MPH
  • Catherine S. Yoon, MS
  • Jeffrey L. Schnipper, MD, MPH

Improving Specialty Care via Electronic Referral System @ Brigham & Women’s Hospital

This project at an academic medical center utilized an electronic specialty referral system integrated into the EHR to improve physician satisfaction with the referral process,…

Innovators

  • Michael L. Barnett, MD
  • Ateev Mehrotra, MD, MPH
  • Joseph P. Frolkis, MD, PhD
  • Melissa Spinks, MBA
  • Casey Steiger, BS
  • Brandon Hehir, MBA
  • Jeffrey O. Greenberg, MD, MBA

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 Primary Care Patient Satisfaction via Medical Scribes @ University of Missouri

This program in an academic adult general medicine primary care practice utilized medical scribes in primary care visits to increase both patient satisfaction and provider…

Innovators

  • Robert Lancey, MD
  • Jay Bridgeman MD
  • Abu Mosa, PhD
  • David Moxley, MLS

Team-Based Care @ Bellin Health

The care team at Bellin Health Center holds weekly interdisciplinary meetings for discussion of high-risk patients in order to alleviate health worker burnout and to…

Innovators

  • James Jerzak, MD
  • Kathy Kerscher

Improving Transition Care via EHR Hospital Use Data @ Northwestern Medicine Group Transitional Care Clinic

The Northwestern Medicine Group Transitional Care clinic (NMG-TC) seeks to reduce preventable re-hospitalization by implementing a model of intensive case management and integrated behavioral/medical healthcare…

Innovators

  • Joe Feinglass PhD
  • Celeste A. Mallama PhD MPH
  • Angela Rogers MPH, APN-CNP
  • Caroline Teter PA
  • Courtney Hurt LCSW
  • Christine Schaeffer MD

Improving Primary Care Mental Health Services via Psychiatric eConsults @ Allina Health

Allina Health implemented an EHR-integrated psychiatric eConsult service in an effort to provide support for primary care providers (PCPs) in treating patients with mental illness.

Innovators

  • Ezra Golberstein, PhD
  • Sarah Kolvenbach MHA/MBA
  • Benjamin Druss MD MPH
  • Paul Goering MD
  • Hilary Carruthers MHA/MBA

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

Increasing Rates of School Hearing Screening via Telemedicine @ Rural Public Health System in Alaska

This project aimed to improve timely identification and treatment of childhood hearing loss by implementing a mobile health (mHealth) hearing screen followed by expedited telemedicine…

Innovators

  • Philip Hofstetter
  • Joseph J Gallo, MD, MPH
  • Alain Labrique, MHS, PhD
  • Nae-Yuh Wang, MS, PhD
  • Samantha Kleindienst Robler, AuD, PhD
  • Susan D Emmett, MD, MPH

Integrating Behavioral Health via Behavioral Health Consultant Roles @ Jefferson Health

Jefferson Health implemented a system-wide integrated behavioral health (IBH) program that introduces behavioral health consultants (BHCs) into practices across Jefferson Health in an effort to…

Innovators

  • Christine Arenson, MD
  • Amy Cunningham, PhD, MPH
  • Johnny Stoeckle, MD