Altru is one of 53 regional hospitals for equitable access in the United States! 💚 “At Altru, we strive to make a difference by supporting each patients’ individual needs,” said Kari Jensen, Director of Quality and Safety at Altru. “We are thrilled to be recognized as a health system working towards greater health equity. Each of our patients deserve access to high-quality care, regardless of their background or geographic location.” 📰 Read more in the Grand Forks Herald. https://lnkd.in/gRfx8HB6
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Specialized care facilities are advancing health equity through quality initiatives. This article covers the 3-prong strategy hospitals such as Kindred are using to provide high-quality care for all patients. https://bit.ly/4ewpRJv
Advancing Health Equity through Quality Initiatives
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#HealthEquity means making the hospital work for everyone, and that is one of the most crucial aspects to running a successful hospital system today. As such, it is important that everyone in the C-Suite continues to work with the goal of health equity in mind.
Hospital C-suites get serious about health equity
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Health care providers can only treat patients if we can reach them. At Advocate Health, we find ways to remove the barriers that patients sometimes run into when seeking care. That can mean expanding eligibility for financial assistance, connecting patients with resources that address unmet social needs, and even deploying mobile clinics that literally meet patients where they are. As our health system grows, we’re bringing more resources and expertise back home to the communities where our patients live. Find out more about how we’re bridging gaps in access to care and investing in programs that lead to more equitable and resilient communities: https://bit.ly/3LjftZg
Bringing national expertise back home to patients
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We'd like to thank Congressman Joe Morelle for calling for increased funding opportunities for community health centers, like Trillium Health, that serve underserved communities. Jason Barnecut-Kearns, President and CEO of Trillium Health, said: “Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alikes, such as Trillium Health, provide high quality healthcare and supportive services to underserved populations, regardless of their ability to pay. Look-Alikes serve over 1 million patients nationwide are they are a crucial component of the safety net; however, they experience significant gaps in funding. Although Look-Alikes are held to the same clinical, financial, and administrative requirements as other FQHCs, they are not eligible for base grant funding, supplemental funding, or other benefits. Trillium Health is deeply grateful to Congressman Joe Morelle and Senator Ron Wyden for leading the charge to support healthcare providers in underserved communities. In addition, we would like to thank all the members of Congress (including Senator Kirsten Gillibrand) who signed the letter to support a pathway for Look-Alikes to become full-FQHCs. If we can achieve equal funding, we will be able to serve more people, which will increase the health and wellbeing of the entire community." https://lnkd.in/gmkE-BDz
REPRESENTATIVE JOE MORELLE, SENATOR RON WYDEN CALL FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE CENTERS
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Tubman Health, a multifaceted healthcare system in Seattle, is revolutionizing healthcare for communities of color and other marginalized groups. Named after Harriet Tubman, who fought for the liberation of people from oppressive systems and provided clinical care as a nurse, Tubman Health is a healthcare system designed to meet the health needs of these communities. Dr. Peter Asante, Director of Health Services, emphasizes the importance of tackling health from a systemic and clinical perspective to create a comprehensive care model. He believes that health inequities experienced by Black communities are not just medical issues, but are deeply woven into the fabric of larger systemic injustices. Tubman Health is not just about providing services; it's about transforming the way care is delivered in service to the community. The organization is actively engaged in policy work at all levels of government, advocating for policies that support the health of marginalized communities, including championing the work of their community partners. The organization has reached out to 24,000 community members to understand their needs and feedback, and has implemented those needs to create a healthcare model that is holistic, integrative, and truly centered on the personhood of the community. What are your thoughts on the importance of healthcare systems like Tubman Health in addressing health inequities in marginalized communities? How can we ensure that healthcare systems are truly inclusive and equitable for all?
Tubman Center For Health And Freedom Redefines Care For Marginalized Communities
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For large-scale change to succeed in Canadian primary care systems, it must be grounded in the real needs of real stakeholders. That means putting humans — from the front-line physicians to everyday patients — at the heart of a strategy. Learn more. https://ow.ly/AfGU30sGbgk #EYCanada #HumansAtCentre
Primary care: moving from strategy to sustainable action
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MSc Healthcare Leadership Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Chief Operating Officer St Roccos Hospice Passionate about Palliative and End of Life Care & System Leadership
Through the development of a palliative virtual ward we have seen the positive difference for patients, and those important to them, living with a palliative diagnosis. A system approach to the success of virtual wards as an alternative and integrated part of a patients journey is key. #integratedcare #systemworking #virtualward #personalisedpatientcare
My Health Foundation ex-colleague Melissa Co has written this measured and insightful piece on the virtual ward roll-out in England. Well worth a read if you're interested in the flagship NHS England virtual ward programme and / or the challenges faced by those of us evaluating complex healthcare initiatives: https://lnkd.in/eUf-yv3M
Virtual wards: no place like home?
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A very useful addition to the thinking on evaluation of impact of virtual wards by Melissa Co at The Health Foundation which concludes - “The question of whether virtual wards ‘work’ 'is complex but also part of a bigger picture. An ageing population in England with higher rates of multiple chronic diseases and the shift towards net zero care in the face of climate change mean the NHS needs to radically shift towards more proactive, community-based care. Virtual wards are likely to be a part of this future. Instead of simply asking whether virtual wards work, we may need to ask what needs to happen to ensure they do.” Thanks Paul Chappell for sharing. #VirtualWards #HospitalAtHome #RemoteMonitoring Digital Care
My Health Foundation ex-colleague Melissa Co has written this measured and insightful piece on the virtual ward roll-out in England. Well worth a read if you're interested in the flagship NHS England virtual ward programme and / or the challenges faced by those of us evaluating complex healthcare initiatives: https://lnkd.in/eUf-yv3M
Virtual wards: no place like home?
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Associate Medical Director, Primary Care Health Equity, Mass General Brigham | Primary Care Physician, MGH
Feeling invigorated by my fellow panelists and conference members at the Reimagining Primary Care Forum yesterday! I feel like one of the hardest parts of primary care is the sudden feeling sometimes that you are so alone - that the full weight of a person’s life rests entirely on you, and that if not you, who will? (Who else will advocate for your patient to get their neurology appointment sooner than 15 months out, or wrangle with insurance to get their blood thinner approved, or push for urgent respite housing for your cancer patient about to be evicted?) Yesterday was a deeply encouraging reminder that we are not alone in primary care - that there are so many thoughtful, insightful, and committed primary care clinicians and advocates actively working across the country to make primary care better for all - and also that the process of making primary care better for all needs to create truly integrated teams and communities Themes that resonated with me from the day: - how do we create true primary care teams that do not simply revolve around and depend on the PCP but horizontally empower other team members like pharmacists to maximize their potential? - how do we balance the desire of PCPs to maintain relationships with patients (including via more straightforward visits) while triaging visits/encounters to other team members (eg APPs) to comanage and lessen the work burden? Themes that resonated with me from our panel: - there is much more opportunity for value-based care to improve payment and structuring for primary care - but VBC alone is not sufficient to fix the deep seated ills of primary care (or our health system). (And I would argue VBC will never work to advance equity without an honest conversation about what we truly value in health care and define as health care - including addressing SDOH) - The role of policy makers is key - and as we go into an election year, it’s an opportunity to ask our leaders and politicians how they will concretely support our country’s primary care needs - primary care transformation needs to happen in the context of communities and health ecosystems. The struggles that patients bring to us in primary care are symptoms of societal ills and inequities - and we can’t solve it all in the health care sector alone (Shoutout to fellow panelists David B. Duong, MD, MPH Aaron Hoffman, DO, MPH Erika Pabo, MD, MBA Gary Price and facilitator Joel Brill!) #reimaginingprimarycare #primarycare #valuebasedcare #sdoh #healthequity
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A high-functioning primary care system can lead to improved outcomes, lower costs, and more equitable health care. Sufficient access to primary care can also reduce unnecessary reliance on hospital emergency departments for non-emergent care. In January of 2023, CHIA collaborated with Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP) to create a primary care dashboard of financial, capacity, performance and equity metrics in order to create a factual foundation to support future policy initiatives for the Commonwealth. The article below, authored by MHQP, gives an overview of the efforts and experiences with both national- and state-level primary care dashboards over the past 10 years. https://lnkd.in/ebENFaKQ
Measuring The Health Of Primary Care: Lessons From US And Global Scorecards | Health Affairs Forefront
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