University of Minnesota: Achieving Healthy Children with Collaborative Care
CUHCC, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), serves a linguistically diverse patient population with a majority of families living below the federal poverty level. This intervention observes the impact of TeamSTEPPS training and equity and diversity training for its staff on outcomes associated with diabetes and other chronic diseases, immunizations, well-child check-ups, weight screening, preventive dental visits, mental health functioning, patient satisfaction and cost of care.
Oregon Health & Science University: Community-Based Interprofessional Care Access Network
The Interprofessional Care Access Network (I-CAN) creates synergy between academic programs, community services and health care delivery by facilitating interprofessional experiences for students, faculty and practitioners through Neighborhood Collaboratives for Academic-Practice Partnerships (NCAPPs).
Kansas University Medical Center: Faculty Preceptors for IPE
In an effort to enhance primary care delivery, this intervention develops an interprofessional practice and education (IPE) curriculum for preceptors who are jointly affiliated with both health care education and clinical practice.
Grand Valley State University: IPE to Improve Diabetes Health Outcomes
A student team of medical, physician assistant and pharmacy students are working with health care providers at Cherry Street Health Center, a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), to provide collaborative care during clinical appointments and through daily huddles, case conferences, patient call backs and patient education classes about diabetes.
Arizona Nexus: Student Health Outreach for Wellness
This project provides health professions students an opportunity to develop interprofessional competencies in a “real world” clinical practice setting.
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.
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.
The beginning
"Progress and Promise" Series: Reflections
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 an
"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