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Clinicians and Health Leaders Gather in Dallas to Accelerate Changes in Primary Care and to Improve Health in the Community
(Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center) - The growing
necessity to link health care delivery with the support and tools needed
to lead healthier lives is very much in evidence at the 16th
Annual International Summit on Improving Patient Care in the Office
Practice and the Community taking place in Dallas, TX this week.
Convened by the Institute
for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), a leading innovator in health and
health care improvement worldwide, and running March 15-17, more than
1,000 clinical providers and leaders are sharing the latest developments
from communities around the world. Key themes are the transformation of
primary care, engaging patients in their care, supporting communities
and populations in their efforts to achieve and maintain better health,
and new opportunities for leveraging health IT.
This morning, IHI Senior Vice President Trissa Torres, MD, opened the
Summit with a keynote address in which she encouraged the audience to
"build relationships with patients that when combined with clinical
skill have broader impact on the people and communities we serve." Dr.
Torres reminded the gathering that to work in primary care today
requires new approaches and new mindsets that, among other things, take
into account patients' own individual qualities, backgrounds, and goals
that should be leveraged as an asset toward their improved health,
rather than seen as an obstacle. This approach isn't yet the norm, nor
the way many doctors and nurses have trained, and Dr. Torres
acknowledged that transitioning to this mindset requires some
adjustment. She challenged attendees to think about the preconceptions,
practices, and mentalities that they would need to let go of to achieve
the mutual trust and respect needed to together work toward improved
patient and population health.
Mary Brainerd (News - Alert), President and Chief Executive Officer of HealthPartners,
Inc., the largest, consumer-governed, nonprofit health care organization
in the U.S., will also speak at the Summit. Brainerd will discuss the
role of health systems in building healthier communities, as well as
some of the emerging models for health systems to partner with others in
their communities. Sir Harry Burns, professor of global public health at
the University of Strathclyde and former Chief Medical Officer for
Scotland, will address the Summit on Tuesday, focusing on international
developments around health and wellness, and sharing lessons learned
from his work to address health inequalities.
SCALE Finalists Announced
At the Summit, IHI also announced the 57 finalists for funding grants to
support promising community-based work on health improvement, as part of
a brand new initiative known as SCALE (Spreading Community Accelerators
through Learning and Evaluation). Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation and led by IHI, Community Solutions, Communities Joined in
Action, and the Collaborative Health Network, SCALE aims to work with
communities to develop capability to improve health and to spread
effective community-driven approaches across the U.S.
SCALE will involve up to 30 communities from across the U.S., and will
match up to 10 "mentor communities" - those with a recent track record
of achieving better health - with 20 "pacesetter communities" that are
seeking to accelerate their pace of change. With multiple sources of
support, communities will seek to spread effective, best practices as
quickly as possible, in order to realize improvements in health.
Together, all the communities intend to stand as beacons and resources
for any community, anywhere, striving to obtain the best health
possible, especially those most vulnerable to poor health due to
poverty, violence, or lack of social supports.
This initiative marks the first community-based program of the recently
announced global initiative, 100
Million Healthier Lives, led by IHI and 115 founding project
partners. Through unprecedented collaboration, this initiative aims to
achieve an audacious goal: 100 million people living healthier lives by
2020. To date, more than 400 patients, community members, leaders,
organizations, and implementers across the domains of public health,
community health, health care, policy, academia, business, and financing
have joined the 100 Million Healthier Lives initiative, with additional
members welcome to join here.
"We are thrilled with the strong interest from communities around the
country interested in joining the SCALE initiative to accelerate their
health improvement journey - and to ultimately help build a healthier
world," stated Soma Stout, Executive External Lead, Health Improvement,
IHI. "Selected from more than 200 applicants, these finalists represent
some of the most innovative and creative approaches to improving the
health and well-being of people, populations, and their
communities-at-large."
Today's 57 grant finalists, selected from close to 200 applicants across
the country, will be narrowed to approximately 30 communities by
mid-April.
The SCALE finalists include:
Algoma, WI Live Algoma Coalition Bellin Health School
District of Algoma Precision Machine Inc.
Atlanta, GA Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health
Improvement (ARCHI) Georgia State University Research Foundation's
Georgia Health Policy Center Atlanta Regional Commission United
Way of Greater Atlanta St. Joseph's Mercy Care Kaiser
Permanente Grady Health System
Bernalillo County, NM Bernalillo County Community Health
Council Presbyterian Healthcare Servicesbr />NM Department of
Health/Health Promotion
Albuquerque Public Schools/Student, Family
& Community Supports Division UNM/HSC/Office of Community
Health Initiatives/Pathways to a Healthy Bernalillo County First
Choice Community Healthcare
Boston, MA Vital Village Network Boston Medical Center Orchard
Gardens K-8 Pilot School Medical-Legal Partnership/Boston Child
Witness to Violence Project Boston LISC Dudley Street
Neighborhood Initiative
Cattaraugus County, NY Cattaraugus County Health Department Cattaraugus
County Department of Aging Healthy Community Alliance Southern
Tier Health Care System Salamanca Youth Center University
Primary Care
Central Connecticut, CT Central Connecticut Health District Wethersfield
Parks and Recreation Greater Hartford YMCA North Central
Regional Mental Health Board
Chelsea, MA Healthy Chelsea Coalition, MGH Chelsea
HealthCare Center City of Chelsea, Massachusetts Chelsea
Collaborative The Neighborhood Developers CAPIC Head Start Chelsea
Public Schools
Cheshire County, NH Cheshire Medical Center Monadnock
Coalition for the Promotion of Breastfeeding Monadnock Regional
Transportation Management Association Monadnock HEAL Coalition Cheshire
Coalition for Tobacco-free Communities Advocates for Healthy Youth
Chicago, IL Chicago Department of Public Health Center
for Faith and Community Health Transformation Heartland Human Care
Services Health & Medicine Policy Research Group Alliance
for Research in Chicagoland Communities Respiratory Health
Association
Chicago, IL Proviso-Leyden Council for Community Action Loyola
Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Proviso East High School Triton
College Loyola University Hospital Cook County Department of
Public Health
Chicago, IL Quad Communities Development Organization University
of Chicago Medical Adler University Near North Health Center University
of Chicago Office of Civic Engagement Bright Star Community Church
Chicago, IL West Humboldt Park Family and Community
Development Council University of Illinois at Chicago: Midwest
Latino Health Research Training and Policy Center Northwestern
Medicine Neighborhood Housing Services Salvation Army Chicago
Commons
Cincinnati, OH The Health Collaborative United Way of
Greater Cincinnati Interact for Health Health Care Access Now
Cleveland, OH MetroHealth - Center for Reducing Health
Disparities Buckeye Shaker Square Development Corporation East
End Neighborhoods House Fairhill Partners Cleveland
Metropolitan Housing Authority Buckeye Ministries in Mission
El Paso, TX Paso del Norte Health Foundation Emergence
Health Network Aliviane, Inc Sierra Providence Health Network
Granville, NC Granville-Vance District Health Department, NC Granville
Vance Public Health Granville Health Systems Northern Piedmont
Community Care NC Cooperative Extension, Granville County Granville
County Schools, Stovall-Shaw Elementary
Health Choices, Healthy Communities (KY, OH, WV) Our Lady of
Bellefonte Foundation Healthy Choices Healthy Communities King's
Daughters Medical Center Boyd County Health Department Greenup
County Health Department Ashland Independent Schools
Hennepin County, MN Hennepin Health Foundation, Hennepin
Healthcare System, Inc. d/b/a Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) Hennepin
County Human Services and Public Health Department, Public Health
Promotion Northwest Hennepin Family Services Collaborative North
Sky Health Consulting Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
Jackson, MI Health Improvement Organization Cradle to
Career Education Network Financial Stability Strand
Kern County, CA (News - Alert) Kern County Public Health Services Department Clinica
Sierra Vista Kern Family Health Care Kern County
Superintendent of Schools Kern County Environmental Health Division
Kittitas County, WA Kittitas County Public Health Department Kittitas
County Community Network & Coalition Central Washington
University
Lake County, FL Florida Department of Health, Lake County
Health Department United Way of Lake and Sumter Counties, Inc. LifeStream
Behavioral Center, Inc Gateway (News - Alert) Community Health Network, Inc. Shared
Services Network (initiative of Lake County Schools) We Care of
Lake County, Inc.
Lane County, OR United Way of Lane County PeaceHealth Trillium
Community Health Plan Lane County Public Health
Laramie County, WY Laramie County Community Partnership, Inc. HealthWorks Cheyenne
Regional Medical Center United Way of Laramie County Laramie
County Community College
Los Angeles, CA Downtown Women's Center United Homeless
Healthcare Partners JWCH Institute University of Southern
California, School of Social Work Los Angeles Central Providers
Collaborative L.A. Care Health Plan
Loudoun County, VA Loudoun County Health Department HealthWorks
for Northern Virginia Loudoun Interfaith Relief Loudoun Valley
Homegrown Markets Cooperative Loudoun Pediatric Obesity Coalition
Lucas County, OH Toledo-Lucas County Health Department Live
Well Greater Toledo Mercy Health North LLC ProMedica
Manatee County, FL Manatee County Government Realize
Bradenton Manatee Chamber of Commerce Florida Department of
Health in Manatee County
Maricopa County, AZ Maricopa County Department of Public
Health Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) Banner
Health Esperanca City of Phoenix- FitPHX
Miami Gardens, FL City of Miami Gardens - Live Healthy Miami
Gardens North Dade Youth and Family Coalition Trinity Church
Peacemakers Institute for Child & Family Miami Gardens
Drug-Free Coalition Jessie Trice Community Health Centers
Milwaukee, WI Southside EAT Coalition/ CORE El Centro Sixteenth
Street Community Health Center Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center Center
for Urban Population Health UW-Extension
New Britain, CT Coalition for New Britain's Youth Consolidated
School District of New Britain Community Health Center YWCA of
New Britain City of New Britain Health Department Wheeler
Clinic
New York, NY Coalition for Asian American Children and
Families Sustainable Queens (SustyQ) Chinese-American Planning
Council Mekong University Settlement - Houston Street Center
North Colorado North Colorado Health Alliance Weld
County Department of Public Health and Environment Sunrise
Community Health (FQHC) United Way of Weld County High Plains
Library District
Northwest Colorado Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse
Association Grand County Rural Health Network Mind Springs
Health Yampa Valley Medical Center The Memorial Hospital Routt
County Department of Human Services
Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma City County Health Department City
of Oklahoma City INTEGRIS Health System Oklahoma City Public
Schools Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma Wellness Now
Osceola County, FL Health Council of East Central Florida Community
Vision Osceola Council on Aging Florida Dept. of Health in
Osceola County
Portland, ME Maine Access Immigrant Network (MAIN) Greater
Portland Refugee and Immigrant Health Collaborative University of
New England CarePartners City of Portland Public Health
Minority Health Program Community Financial Literacy
Pueblo, CO Pueblo Triple Aim Corporation Pueblo City
County Health Department Catholic Charities of Pueblo Pueblo
Community Health Center Integrated Community Health Partners
Raleigh, NC YMCA of the Triangle Wake County Human
Services DHIC Affordable Housing WakeMed Health and Hospitals Wake
County Public School System Fertile Ground Food Coop
Richmond County, NC FirstHealth of the Carolinas Richmond
County Health Department Richmond County Cooperative Extension Rockingham
Housing Authority City of Rockingham Richmond County Schools
Richmond, VA Seventh District Health & Wellness Initiative Richmond
City Health District Virginia Commonwealth University
Roanoke Valley, VA Healthy Roanoke Valley City of
Roanoke Carilion Clinic Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional
Commission Roanoke City Health Department Roanoke City Public
Schools
Salt Lake City, UT Ethnic Community-based Organization for
Refugees Musungu HIV/AIDS Support Organization Burundi Drummers The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Community Outreach Division)
San Francisco, CA Saint Francis Foundation Saint
Francis Memorial Hospital San Francisco Department of Public Health San
Francisco Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development University
of California San Francisco Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco
San Gabriel Valley, CA City of Hope Neighbors Acting
Together Helping All (NATHA) City of Duarte Duarte Unified
School District (DUSD)
Schenectady, NY Ellis Medicine Schenectady Community
Action Program Schenectady County Public Health Services Central
State Street Neighborhood Association Chamber of Schenectady County The
Schenectady Foundation
Sitka, AK Sitka Health Summit Southeast Alaska Regional
Hospital Consortium Sitka Community Hospital Braveheart
Volunteers
Southern Kenai Peninsula, AK South Peninsula Hospital South
Peninsula Haven House South Peninsula Behavioral Health Services Kenai
Peninsula College Kachemak Bay Campus City of Homer R.E.C.
Room of the Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic
Southwest Indiana Welborn Baptist Foundation St. Mary's
Health System Vanderburgh County Health Department YMCA of
Southwestern Indiana Vectren Corporation Southwest Indiana
Chamber
Summit County, OH Summit County Public Health City of
Akron Northeast Ohio Medical University Kent State University University
of Akron Akron Children's Hospital
Tioga County, PA Tioga County Partnership for Community
Health Susquehanna Health System Tioga County Department of
Human Services Mansfield University
Torrance County, NM Partnership for Healthy Torrance
Community Torrance County United Way Rural Committee Sanctuary
Zone, Inc. Tri-County Juvenile Justice Board Central Region
Educational Cooperative Rt. 66 Counseling Services
Waterville, ME Healthy Northern Kennebec Kennebec
Behavioral Health Kennebec Valley Community Action Program Waterville
Main Street Family Violence Project City of Waterville
Western New York State Lake Plains Community Care Network,
Inc. Genesee County Department of Health United Memorial
Medical Center
Williamson, WV Williamson Health and Wellness Center, Inc. Strong
Through Our Plan Coalition Mingo County Schools Williamson
Redevelopment Authority West Virginia University Extension Service Williamson
Farmers Market, My Mobile Market
Winona, MN Winona Health Project FINE Winona Hy-Vee Winona
Volunteer Services Winona Area Public Schools Winona Family
YMCA
About The Institute for Healthcare Improvement
IHI is a leading innovator in health and health care improvement
worldwide. For more than 25 years, we have partnered with visionaries,
leaders, and front-line practitioners around the globe to spark bold,
inventive ways to improve the health of individuals and populations.
Recognized as an innovator, convener, trustworthy partner, and driver of
results, we are the first place to turn for expertise, help, and
encouragement for anyone, anywhere who wants to change health and health
care profoundly for the better. To advance our mission, IHI's work is
focused in five key areas: Improvement Capability; Person- and
Family-Centered Care; Patient Safety; Quality, Cost, and Value; and
Triple Aim for Populations. Learn more at ihi.org.
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