Center for Accelerating Care Transformation (ACT Center)

#actcenterorg's Spring 2024 newsletter | #caretransformation #researchtoaction https://conta.cc/44Ngr8P

"...in the political and economic context of the US #healthcare system, decision-making by healthcare leaders is often rapid and sometimes moves forward without clear #evidence....This requires researchers to adapt their #methods if they want their insights to be integrated into policy and practice change." Read up on "Rapid Group Analysis Process (Rap-GAP): A Novel Approach to Expedite Qualitative Health Research Data Analysis" authored by Clarissa Hsu, Jess Mogk, Joseph Glass, Laurel Hansell & Claire Allen. #actcenterorg #researchtoaction #caretransformation Full article here: https://lnkd.in/g3EM4zsU

Congrats #actcenterorg’s Claire Allen!

One of #actcenterorg's most visited webpages and downloaded resources is the #CareCoordination #Model. The Care Coordination Model and #toolkit provide a clear roadmap for creating lasting relationships and agreements among providers (including #community agencies) that lead to shared expectations for #communication and care. Especially helpful have been cases studies based on #patientexperiences of the harms caused by fragmented care, as well as several case studies that illustrate what high-performing #primarycare practices are doing to forge stronger electronic and personal links between community providers. The MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation (now the ACT Center) worked with The Commonwealth Fund and 15 partner organizations across the country to improve care coordination by creating a model for high-quality referrals and transitions for providers and patients. Care coordination is a set of activities that is needed to minimize the dangers of care fragmentation. Those activities include explicitly assigning accountability for coordinating care, actively supporting patients, and assuring that all providers involved in a patient’s care have clear, shared expectations about their roles. More on the Care Coordination model here: https://lnkd.in/g7CbgDxv | View/download the model here: https://lnkd.in/gGhaaswT

"Having a partnership that feels equal and authentic makes it easier for patients and researchers to work together to achieve their goals." A patient partner shares her experience working with the Integrated Pain Management program: https://bit.ly/3z0hdnf

Congratulations to Yates Coley, PhD, who received a Health Care Heroes award from the Puget Sound Business Journal! The award recognizes those going above and beyond to serve their communities and broaden access to care. https://bit.ly/3RkH7Z6

New tool in the #actcenterorg's resource library: ACT Center’s Project Lifecycle Checklist on Integrating Health Equity. The Center for Accelerating Care Transformation created this checklist in 2023 to support our team goal of advancing #equity in #healthcare #research. The checklist is customized for a health care research environment and covers the typical phases in a research project — from #scoping and #planning to #analysis and #dissemination. It provides key questions and example activities and resources to help ensure equity is integrated into all phases of a project.  Your organization is welcome to use this checklist to guide specific projects or to adopt it for standard use in your organization. You can also feel free to adapt it to fit your needs and setting.  #projectmanagement #workforce #management #communityengagement #patientengagement #relationshipmanagement #disparity #bias #privilege #mindfulness #implementation #EID #DEI #equityinclusiondiversity #caretransformation #researchtoaction | View/download the tool here: https://lnkd.in/g53P4x_7

New tool in the #actcenterorg resource library: ACT Center's Checklist for #Inclusive #Communications. The checklist is customized for a #healthcare #research environment, with emphasis on communications to health care collaborators, #patientpartners, the scientific community, and the general public. It provides guidance on language and image choices to help promote #inclusivity in organizational and project-specific communications.  #inclusivecommunications #healthcarecommunications #EID #DEI #inclusion #equity #diversity #healthequity #researchtoaction #caretransformation | Download the checklist here: https://lnkd.in/gJY3cpMe

#actcenterorg's Kelsey Stefanik-Guizlo shares promising #equity work being led nationwide by state-based grantees in the Delta Center for a Thriving Safety Net. #qualityimprovement #researchtoaction #caretransformation https://lnkd.in/dtiESier

I’d like to congratulate Rita Mangione-Smith and the team at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute as they honor the Institute’s 40th year and their role in transforming health care through research.     KPWHRI has proudly been at the forefront of defining moments in public health, and this team continues to drive research that will change the way we practice medicine in pursuit of a more equitable future. Join me in congratulating this exceptional team.