The IBH Committee meeting is on September 12 at Rhode Island Quality Institute (50 Holden Street, Providence) from 7:30-9:00am, and will focus on behavioral health telemedicine. CODAC and Thundermist Health Center will provide information on their pilot telemedicine medication-assisted treatment program and health plans will report on their behavioral health telemedicine policies.
The Commonweath Fund has released its 2019 Scorecard on State Health System Performance, ranking Rhode Island 7th in the nation overall.
A University of Rhode Island professor has been awarded a $3.75 million federal grant to improve health services for older adults. With the grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration, College of Health Sciences Professor Phillip Clark is leading a team of health care professionals in a statewide initiative to develop an age- and dementia-friendly workforce to integrate
A new Milbank Memorial Fund-supported study from the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative and the Robert Graham Center estimates 5.6% of health care expenses in the US goes to primary care. This is dwarfed by shares absorbed by hospitals, other physicians, and pharmaceuticals-and by the roughly 14% of total health care spending OECD countries devote to primary care.
The SUD MH Nurse Care Manager is the primary leader and manager of the medication assisted treatment activities at Tri-County CAA Health Center, working with patients diagnosed with an Opioid Use Disorder on their treatment and care plans.
Trainings will take place at Rhode Island College beginning September 20. Attendance at all sessions is mandatory. On full days, there will be a 1 hour lunchbreak (bring your own lunch).
The mission of the Care Transformation Collaborative of Rhode Island is to lead the transformation of primary care in Rhode Island in the context of an integrated health care system; and to improve the quality of care, the patient experience of care, the affordability of care, and the health of the populations we serve.
