The Accountable Care Unit (ACU) model encompasses unit-based clinical triads that consist of the RN, MD, and care manager, who use team-based care; relational coordination with shared goals, shared knowledge and mutual respect; unit-based leadership and management; patient centered workflow that incorporates daily clinical triad “huddles” on individual patient concerns, RN/MD collaborative rounding, and safe handoffs; and data-driven unit-based decision making. 

The Bloomington Nexus project creates a translational model for improving transitional care for patients who have been discharged from acute care. 

This project focuses on changes among graduate students regarding attitudes and skills that impact their capabilities for addressing population health. Surveys and other assessment tools will be used to measure changes over time. Using a transdisciplinary team of experts in childhood obesity, students will be introduced to the interrelationship of topics presented in the Social Ecological Model (SEM) for Nutrition and Physical Activity Decisions.

The Interprofessional Center for Health and Social Services at the Westward Ho is a student-run, faculty-supervised training unit that provides onsite supportive services to 300 residents of a low-income senior housing community in downtown Phoenix.

This project provides health professions students an opportunity to develop interprofessional competencies in a “real world” clinical practice setting.