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In response to the COVID-19 crisis, Healthcentric Advisors developed an online remote-monitoring solution for COVID-19 that monitors, manages, and communicates with patients under investigation or confirmed positive for the virus.
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Recently, Rhode Island primary care providers (39) began participating in a national survey conducted by the Primary Care Collaborative and The Larry Green Center. This survey solicits voluntary, confidential feedback from frontline primary care clinicians on their experiences with COVID-19.
Adult practices (Cohort 5) and PCMH Kids practices (Cohort 2 and 3) met on April 22 to discuss clinical quality and customer experience (CAHPS) outcomes, like succ
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At the April CTC-RI Board of Directors meeting, Dr. Thomas Bledsoe, MD presented the ACP's "Better is Possible: Envisioning a Better US Health Care System for All." Looking at the data, the U.S.
CTC-RI used its Nurse Care Manager/Care Coordinator meeting forum to discuss Pediatric and Adult COVID-19 Best Practices: Screening, telephone triage, telemedicine workflow, getting tested / getting results, and patient resources.
Virtual PCMH Kids Coffee Break with Pat and Beth
CTC-RI, in partnership with the RI Department of Health, is launching its Pathway to Population Health Learning Collaborative on April 30.
Congress has passed an additional stimulus package which includes $310 billion in new funding for the Payroll Protection Program, with a significant allocation to small and regional banks in hopes of getting more money to small businesses.
On April 27, Governor Raimondo signed the Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Emergency Declaration - Promoting Better Coordination of Health Care Coverage (Executive Order 20-29).
The Larry A. Green Center, in partnership with the Primary Care Collaborative (PCC), has been conducting a weekly, 3-minute clinician survey since mid-March to better understand the response and capacity of US primary care practices to COVID-19.
Based on social distancing concerns, CTC-RI has decided to change the date of the Annual Conference to May 27, 2021.
Milbank Memorial Fund shares CTC-RI Case Study, "Rhode Island's investment in primary care transformation"
Thanks to funding from the RI Department of Labor and Training, a stipend of $2,000 per person is available to send two of your clinical staff to participate in the RICPI, and to serve as preceptors for interprofessional teams of healthcare and allied health students from URI, RIC, CCRI, and/or the Warren Alpert Medical School between July 2020 and August 2021.
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More than 50 Nurse Care Managers/Care Coordinators (NCM/CC) participated in the May 19 Best Practice Sharing meeting where they shared their best practices being implemented during Rhode Island's re-opening, including topics like "Safe Care for Patients and Staff," "Staffing and
The Rhode Island Department of Health, together with CTC-RI, recently hosted a learning session "Learning from the Person; Planning for the Population" for Rhode Island stakeholders and the two selected Health Equity Challenge (HEC) Teams (representing Pawtucket and East Providen
Please register and attend the CTC-RI Quarterly Breakfast of Champions. All Clinical Practice Champions and practice site clinical and administrative leaders are expected to attend.
The Clinical Strategy Committee (CSC) meetings have moved to the first and third Fridays of the month starting in May. At the request of OHIC, Medicaid, and the Governor's COVID-19 Task Force, CTC-RI has used this group to help craft a set of recommendations to improve short- and long-term responses to the emergency.
A Brown University study examined the South County Community Health Team (CHT) using the All-Payer Claims Database information (2014-2018) against a matched comparison group using a difference in differences analysis to compare the CHT cohort and a control cohort.
The Larry A. Green Center, in partnership with the Primary Care Collaborative (PCC), has been conducting a weekly, 3-minute clinician survey since mid-March to better understand the response and capacity of primary care practices across the country to COVID-19.
The mission of CTC-RI is to support the continuing transformation of primary care in Rhode Island as the foundation of an ever-improving integrated, accessible, affordable, and equitable health care system. CTC-RI brings together critical stakeholders to implement, evaluate and spread effective multi-payer models to deliver, pay for and sustain high-quality, comprehensive, accountable primary care.