Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice services for cardiovascular risk reduction
Member since: March 2016
Intervention: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice services for cardiovascular risk reduction
Partners:
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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Schools of Nursing and Pharmacy
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Larry Combest Community Health and Wellness Center
Occupations represented: Students and professionals including behavioral health specialists, clinical support staff, community health workers, dietitians, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, psychologists, and social workers.
Overview: The specific objectives of this Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Project are to reduce cardiovascular risk through Chronic Disease Management (CDM) provided by interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP) team; provide services to enhance the quality of care to the most vulnerable and high risk populations through IPCP; provide opportunities for interprofessional teaching and learning experiences for health professions students; and improve access to quality care for vulnerable individuals in Lubbock and surrounding counties.
Located at the Larry Combest Community Health and Wellness Center, this project aims to provide timely, effective, efficient and equitable health care services to its target population. The focus is facilitation of chronic disease self-management among the participants through team based care and supported by enabling services that concentrate on social determinants of health. This project uses the Transformation for Health Conceptual Framework and Bale/Doneen Methods in its implementation and evaluation.
Patient outcomes measured for this project include HgA1C, blood pressure, body mass index, inflammatory bio-markers, emergency room visits, hospital stays and length of stay, and medication adherence. Additional behavioral variables include self-efficacy, presence and use of social support, and health literacy.
Intervention study question:
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What are the outcomes of the TeamSTEPPS training conducted among the IPCP team?
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What are the clinical and behavioral outcomes of the Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Intervention in Chronic Disease Management among vulnerable populations evaluated by pre- and post- intervention measures?