Rhode to Equity Hosts CommonSpirit Health Speaker
In August, Rhode to Equity invited Pablo Bravo, System Vice President, Community Health at CommonSpirit Health for its subject matter expert session.
September 2022
CTC-RI to Launch Asthma Essentials ECHO
CTC-RI is excited to launch Asthma Essentials ECHO and will kick off this series on October 12.
Breakfast of Champions September Meeting Addresses Unconscious Bias in Healthcare
CTC-RI proudly hosted expert Robert T. Jones to talk about unconscious bias in healthcare at the September Breakfast of Champions. Mr. Jones is the Chief Empowerment Officer of T. Lee Associates, an international education consulting company. Mr. Jones was formerly the Program Director for the National Conference for Community and Justice in the RI and SE NE Region.
August Clinical Strategy Meeting Focuses on Community Health Workers
In an informative August Clinical Strategy Meeting, system of care leaders, practice leaders, provider and health plan representatives focused on the topic intitled “Community Health Workers: How Are Practices and Systems of Care Approaching Effective and Sustainable Deployment of CHW’s in the Expanded Primary Care Team?”
Panelists included:
DULCE Learning Collaborative Kickoff
In September, CTC-RI welcomed CNEMG Family Care Center and Coastal Toll Gate Pediatrics to the 15-month Developmental Understanding and Legal Collaboration for Everyone (DULCE) learning collaborative with an orientation and kickoff meeting.
CTC-RI/PCMH Kids Launches 5th Year of NCM Training Program
This week, CTC-RI is excited to launch the 5th year of the GLearn Nurse Care Manager (NCM) Core Curriculum Training Program. 22 NCMs and care coordinators from 13 different practices across the state will be participating in the program this year. As intended in the course design, the learners bring a wide range of experience levels to the program.
Pharmacy Quality Improvement Initiative
Improving Population Health/Reducing Low-Value Care in Primary Care through Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) or Professional Use of Continuous Glucose Monitoring (proCGM)
Mark your calendar! New September virtual series on pediatrician burnout and resiliency with Dr. Nelly Burdette
Made possible by CTC-RI and in partnership with the RI Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr.
Best Practices in Team-Based Care
Older Adults at Risk for Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression.
CTC-RI Welcomes 7 Practices to the Pediatric Weight Management ECHO® and Quality Improvement Initiative
CTC-RI is excited to kick off our first ECHO® learning series on Pediatric Weight Management. Seven practices will be participating in a 12-month learning and action series to improve their approach to managing pediatric weight management challenges using a behavioral health approach. After a methodical selection process, the following practices were selected to participate in this initiative:
Spotlight: Bradford Pease, PharmD CDOE, Medical Associates of Rhode Island on team-based pharmacy initiative
CTC-RI just launched its third Pharmacy Quality Improvement Initiative following the success of its last, which worked to reduce preventable hospitalizations and emergency department usage. Medical Associates of Rhode Island was among the practices that participated in 2021 to reduce preventable hospitalizations and ED usage through team-based care.
Our Mission
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.