Diabetes is a costly disease and its prevalence is projected to increase approximately two fold for all U.S. adults (ages 18-79) by 2050 if current trends continue. Fortunately, type 2 diabetes is typically preventable with appropriate lifestyle changes.
The RI Department of Health announced earlier this month that the flu is still widespread throughout the state, leading to a requirement for unvaccinated healthcare workers in hospitals and many other healthcare facilities to wear surgical masks.
Please join us on Tuesday, March 7 for "Rhode Island's First Weight and Wellness Summit" from 8:00am to 5:00pm at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick, RI.
In January of 2016, CTC launched the Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) Pilot Program and selected twelve practices that committed to improve patient screening for depression, anxiety and substance use disorder (SUD), improve access to on-site behavioral health care and improve care coordination for patients with high emergency department usage and for patients with severe mental illness.
New nurse care managers and care coordinators have frequently indicated that it would be helpful to have a more structured, “on-boarding” process to improve their abilities to work with the practice team in meeting the needs of complex patients. Experienced care coordinators have recommended that they would also benefit from on-going evidence based learning opportunities to assist them with be
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.