Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 4th installation in our "Advancing Team-Based Telehealth in RI" webinar series. The March 23 webinar focused on strategies for community health workers (CHW) and patient navigators to help their clients successfully utilize telehealth.
Northeast Telehealth Resource Center (NETRC) featured CTC-RI in its January Field Report: “Sample Stakeholder Challenges, Solutions and Lessons Learned.” The report highlighted our collaborative work in the 3 phases of our UnitedHealthcare and CARES Act funded Telehealth project: 1.
RIDOH in partnership with CTC-RI/PCMH Kids successfully applied for a 5-year HRSA “Healthy Tomorrows” grant whose goal is to improve communication and care coordination between the Family Visiting Program (FV) and Pediatric Primary Care Practices (PCMH Kids) with a specific focus on improving well-child care.
CTC-RI/PCMH Kids hosted its quarterly Pediatric Integrated Behavioral Health Learning Collaborative meeting, with pediatric practices reporting out on progress made with screening for behavioral health needs during COVID 19 and their performance improvement plans.
CTC-RI/PCMH Kids hosted a quarterly PCMH Kids stakeholder meeting on April 1. The discussion started with reflections on the Alternative Payment Models learning session from the night before and addressing questions. Drs. Flanagan and Lange provided an update on how PCMH Kids Cohort 3 performed in their 2nd year in the program, while managing through the demands of a pandemic.
Pediatric Alternative Payment Model Learning Session
The mission of the Care Transformation Collaborative is to lead the transformation of primary care in Rhode Island in the context of an integrated health care system; and to improve the quality of care, the patient experience of care, the affordability of care, and the health of the populations we serve.
