The Health Transitions of Care (HTOC) learning collaborative, funded by RIDOH and Tufts Health Plan, met in March to share successes and barriers in improving care coordination for youth that are transitioning from pediatric to adult care. All HTOC cohort 2 practices successfully have identified and transferred 5 patients from pediatric to adult care and continue to engage patients in the trans
CTC-RI launched a new Project ECHO® Program series in March: “Approaches to Dementia Care: Building Blocks for Becoming Age-Friendly”. Our 1st session, “Better Patient Care with an Age-Friendly Approach”, presented by Ana Tuya Fulton, MD, FACP, AGSF, provided the 30+ participants with strategies to help learners deliver care aligned with the age-friendly approach. Ashley Butler, RN, BSN from St
CTC-RI is excited to announce a funding and training opportunity to increase pediatric integrated behavioral health (IBH) capacity in RI for up to 8 RI-based practices. This project aims to increase the capacity of RI pediatric providers and IBH programs by training Community Health Workers (CHWs) in behavioral health care coordination and providing support to a practice’s IBH team.
CTC-RI hosts a monthly opportunity to have a casual Zoom conversation with our Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) practice facilitators, Dr. Liz Cantor and Dr. Kristin David. We have multiple participants who attend monthly, and this is a chance for IBH clinicians (Psychologists, Therapists, Social Workers, and Nurses) to connect with other IBH professionals.
The Care + Community + Equity (CCE) program hosted a Best Practice Sharing meeting in March with 31 participants attending. Albert Whitaker, American Heart Association (AHA) Community Impact Director, presented on the AHA Initiatives, discussing 2023 deadlines and updates. We also heard great presentations from each of the 7 CCE practices, who discussed their quality improvement plans.
We asked Jon Dooley, MD FAAP, a pediatrician at St. Joseph Health Center - Pediatric Clinic to share his insight after participating in CTC-RI's 12-month learning collaborative on pediatric weight management, funded by Tufts Health Plan. The project aimed to help practices become better equipped to intervene and positively impact children with weight management concerns.
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.