As Rhode Island continues to face a mounting primary care workforce shortage, the state’s Care Transformation Collaborative of RI (CTC-RI) is working to pilot and advance programs that respond to the growing needs of the practicing primary care workforce.
CTC-RI has enjoyed hosting student interns from Providence College (PC) for many years. The interns come from PC's Department of Health Sciences' Health Policy and Management (HPM) Bachelor of Science major. CTC-RI has provided learning opportunities to two students per year--one ea
The primary care provider shortage has been receiving much attention nationally and locally recently. The crisis is not looming--it’s here. Wait times to establish care with a primary care provider are months long. The CTC-RI Primary Care Workforce Task Force has taken steps to address the provider workforce shortage head on. Task Force members include the heads of the physician, nurse practiti
CTC-RI hosted its quarterly Breakfast of Champions Meeting this month focused on the crucial topic of gender-affirming care with distinguished speakers Dr. Jason Rafferty and Dr. Amy Nunn, with over sixty attendees.
The Clinical Strategy Committee meeting in November, attended by over 50 attendees, focused on lessons from Rhode to Equity and Community Health Worker (CHW) billing. We heard from RIDOH and EOHHS on the Rhode to Equity initiative, focusing on the project framework and how teams worked together to bridge clinical and community gaps.
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.