CTC-RI and RIDOH's Diabetes, Heart Disease and Stroke Program (DHDS) kicked off the final year of the Care + Community + Equity (CCE) program. At this Best Practice Sharing meeting, enrolled practices reviewed their quality improvement plans for the upcoming year.
On September 22, CTC-RI kicked off its first ECHO® training series on the topic of Pediatric Weight Management. Staff from 7 selected pediatric practices participated in this meeting. The meeting began with an overview of the ECHO program and review of expectations. It was then followed with a didactic presentation from Vania Kasper, MD on the Epidemiology of Obesity (AAP guidelines).
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.
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:
Older Adults at Risk for Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression.
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.