Our primary care transformation efforts often include the support and partnership of community-based organizations (CBOs) statewide. CTC-RI is spotlighting a different CBO each month to recognize and appreciate their work in our communities.
The struggle to find a primary care provider or pediatrician in Rhode Island continues to worsen as providers leave practice in record numbers. Rhode Islanders have nowhere to go to get care. CTC-RI and the Rhode Ahead Initiatives are two public/private partnerships that have been working to address the crisis in access to primary care and the lack of culturally appropriate and linguistically
At our April Board of Directors meeting, CTC-RI reviewed the recently completed project, “Healthy Happy Teams”. This was presented by Dr. Nelly Burdette, CTC-RI Senior Integrated Behavioral Health Program Leader and Boston Medical Center Director of Population Behavioral Health.
Our upcoming Clinical Strategy Committee meetings are bringing together partners from the state, clinical leadership, and community partners to discuss important updates regarding primary care spend, RI health and business trends, behavioral health updates, and updated payment policies. On Friday May 17, we will be hearing about new clinical research opportunities from Neil Sarkar, President an
At our next Breakfast of Champions meeting, on June 14, CTC-RI will be collaborating with community-based organizations, academic and clinical partners to discuss the adaptation of primary care practices to be more friendly to neurodivergent patients.
CTC-RI is thrilled to announce the successful conclusion of the Demographic Data Collection Pilot Baseline Needs Assessment and train-the-trainer webinar series, with our final planning meeting concluding in May.
Join CTC-RI for an insightful session on Best Practices in Team-Based Care, in collaboration with the RI Geriatric Education Center (RIGEC), focusing on chronic pain management for older adults.
In April, CTC-RI hosted its asthma quality improvement (QI) initiative learning collaborative meeting focusing on strengthening partnerships with pediatric practices and school nurses.
CTC-RI recently conducted a call for abstracts for its annual conference, "Investing in Primary Care & Health Equity", and the response was fantastic with 22 submissions received for 12 sessions! Submissions ranged from topics on autism, integrating community health workers into primary care settings and new technology for behavioral health.
Celebrating Progress: One Year of CHW Roadmap Journey
Since its inception a year ago, the Community Health Worker (CHW) Roadmap project has been a beacon of collaboration and progress in Rhode Island. Spearheaded by RIDOH and its partners, CTC-RI has supported this initiative that has worked to elevate the role and impact of CHWs across the state.
CTC-RI is excited to announce the new project and Call for Applications for the “Implementing Primary Care and Pharmacy Strategies to Improve Care for Patients with Diabetes” project. The goal of this two-year learning collaborative is to improve screening rates and management for patients with diabetes for earlier detection of diabetes-related eye of and kidney disease.
The Rhode Island Business Group on Health (RIBGH) hosted a "Food As Medicine" event at Plant City Providence this month, featuring nationally-renowned experts in the field of plant-based nutrition to prevent and reverse chronic disease. Neal Barnard MD FACC, President of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Sandra Musial MD, FAAP, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Plant Docs, a
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.