PCMH Kids October Stakeholder meeting provided another opportunity to hear from Quatia "Q" Osorio, BSBA CCHW, CLC, MCHS CPE MCHW, Doula, Founder of Our Journ3i, and past member of the Women’s Health Council Planning Committee.
Practices participating in the UnitedHealthcare-funded year-long learning collaborative are focusing on improving tele-IBH (integrated behavorial health) services and preparing to apply for or renew NCQA Behavioral Health (BH) Distinction.
CTC-RI was pleased to have 3 team members present at the Northeast Telehealth Resource Center (NETRC) Regional Conference, “Telehealth Launchpad: Refueling for Sustainability”. The conference brought together attendees from 8 NE states to share information about telehealth best practices, new technologies, and telehealth policy.
This month, CTC-RI interviewed Wendy A. Chicoine, MSN, RN, PHNA, Associate Vice President of Clinical Operations and Clinical Education at Providence Community Health Centers. Wendy was recently honored by RI Monthly as the state's 2021 Community/Public Health Nurse of the Year for their "Excellence in Nursing" awards.
CTC-RI has assembled a resource guide for RI practices implementing telehealth as part of our CTC-RI/PCMH Kids Telehealth Initiative launched last year through funding from UnitedHealthcare and the CARES Act.
RIDOH, with funding from CDC, developed a network of community health teams (CHTs) which function as an extension of primary care with a focus on serving patients who are at high risk based on their chronic conditions management.
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.
