Arizona Nexus: Improving Health Outcomes in Independent Senior Housing
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.
The Inspiration for "Amina in the Nexus"
Amina in the Nexus shares the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education’s vision for health care delivery in the United States. Through Amina’s story, individuals see the potential of the Nexus to align health care redesign and interprofessional education to achieve the Triple Aim of improving the patient experience of care, improving the health of populations and reducing the per capita cost of health care.
What Being a Patient Taught Me as a Student
"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -Confucius
Care by Design: Integrating Practice and Education in Utah
This “Story from the Nexus” was recommended by Paul Grundy, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACPM. Dr. Grundy is founding president of the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative and director, IBM Global Healthcare Transformation. Dr. Grundy is also a member of the national advisory council for National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education.
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"Progress and Promise" Series: San Francisco Veterans Affairs Center of Excellence in Primary Care
Following a Q&A format, each chapter provides a deep-dive into three of the seven programs highlighted in “Progress and Promise: Profiles in Interprofessional Health Training to Deliver Patient-Centered Primary Care,” by sharing the program's experiences, opportunities and challenges in building and maintaining an interprofessional program.
"Progress and Promise" Series: University of Oklahoma
Following a Q&A format, each chapter provides a deep-dive into three of the seven programs highlighted in “Progress and Promise: Profiles in Interprofessional Health Training to Deliver Patient-Centered Primary Care,” by sharin
"Progress and Promise" Series: New Mexico State University
Following a Q&A format, each chapter provides a deep-dive into three of the seven programs highlighted in “Progress and Promise: Profiles in Interprofessional Health Training to Deliver Patient-Centered Primary Care,” by sharing the program's experiences, opportunities and challenges in building and maintaining an interprofessional program.
"Progress and Promise" Series: Introduction
Following a Q&A format, each chapter provides a deep-dive into three of the seven programs highlighted in “Progress and Promise: Profiles in Interprofessional Health Training to Deliver Patient-Centered Primary Care,” by sharing the program's experiences, opportunities and challenges in building and maintaining an interprofessional program.
Lessons Rural Interprofessional Education Can Teach Us
This summary of the Northern Maine Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (IPCP) Summit, held April 14, 2015, was written by Doug Wood, PhD, DO, dean of the University of New England (UNE) College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dora Anne Mills, MD, MPH, vice president for Clinical Affairs, UNE, and Shelley Cohen Konrad, PhD, LCSW, director of the Center of Excellence in IPE, UNE. The authors are also the principal investigators for the UNE Josiah Macy Jr.
Living in the Nexus
The National Center is building a Nexus within health care systems, where practitioners, communities, patients, families, educators and students collaborate seamlessly to enhance care delivery, improve population health and lower costs. Simply defined, the Nexus is a way of connecting health care practice and education – creating a true partnership and shared responsibility, conversation, language and learning.