CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & DALLAS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center) – The growing necessity to link health care delivery with the support and tools needed to lead healthier lives is very much in evidence at the 16th Annual International Summit on Improving Patient Care in the Office Practice and the Community taking place in Dallas, TX this week. Convened by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), a leading innovator in health and health care improvement worldwide, and running March 15-17, more than 1,000 clinical providers and leaders are sharing the latest developments from communities around the world. Key themes are the transformation of primary care, engaging patients in their care, supporting communities and populations in their efforts to achieve and maintain better health, and new opportunities for leveraging health IT.
This morning, IHI Senior Vice President Trissa Torres, MD, opened the Summit with a keynote address in which she encouraged the audience to “build relationships with patients that when combined with clinical skill have broader impact on the people and communities we serve.” Dr. Torres reminded the gathering that to work in primary care today requires new approaches and new mindsets that, among other things, take into account patients’ own individual qualities, backgrounds, and goals that should be leveraged as an asset toward their improved health, rather than seen as an obstacle. This approach isn’t yet the norm, nor the way many doctors and nurses have trained, and Dr. Torres acknowledged that transitioning to this mindset requires some adjustment. She challenged attendees to think about the preconceptions, practices, and mentalities that they would need to let go of to achieve the mutual trust and respect needed to together work toward improved patient and population health.
Mary Brainerd, President and Chief Executive Officer of HealthPartners, Inc., the largest, consumer-governed, nonprofit health care organization in the U.S., will also speak at the Summit. Brainerd will discuss the role of health systems in building healthier communities, as well as some of the emerging models for health systems to partner with others in their communities. Sir Harry Burns, professor of global public health at the University of Strathclyde and former Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, will address the Summit on Tuesday, focusing on international developments around health and wellness, and sharing lessons learned from his work to address health inequalities.
SCALE Finalists Announced
At the Summit, IHI also announced the 57 finalists for funding grants to support promising community-based work on health improvement, as part of a brand new initiative known as SCALE (Spreading Community Accelerators through Learning and Evaluation). Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and led by IHI, Community Solutions, Communities Joined in Action, and the Collaborative Health Network, SCALE aims to work with communities to develop capability to improve health and to spread effective community-driven approaches across the U.S.
SCALE will involve up to 30 communities from across the U.S., and will match up to 10 “mentor communities” – those with a recent track record of achieving better health – with 20 “pacesetter communities” that are seeking to accelerate their pace of change. With multiple sources of support, communities will seek to spread effective, best practices as quickly as possible, in order to realize improvements in health. Together, all the communities intend to stand as beacons and resources for any community, anywhere, striving to obtain the best health possible, especially those most vulnerable to poor health due to poverty, violence, or lack of social supports.
This initiative marks the first community-based program of the recently announced global initiative, 100 Million Healthier Lives, led by IHI and 115 founding project partners. Through unprecedented collaboration, this initiative aims to achieve an audacious goal: 100 million people living healthier lives by 2020. To date, more than 400 patients, community members, leaders, organizations, and implementers across the domains of public health, community health, health care, policy, academia, business, and financing have joined the 100 Million Healthier Lives initiative, with additional members welcome to join here.
“We are thrilled with the strong interest from communities around the country interested in joining the SCALE initiative to accelerate their health improvement journey – and to ultimately help build a healthier world,” stated Soma Stout, Executive External Lead, Health Improvement, IHI. “Selected from more than 200 applicants, these finalists represent some of the most innovative and creative approaches to improving the health and well-being of people, populations, and their communities-at-large.”
Today’s 57 grant finalists, selected from close to 200 applicants across the country, will be narrowed to approximately 30 communities by mid-April.
The SCALE finalists include:
Algoma, WI
Live Algoma Coalition
Bellin Health
School
District of Algoma
Precision Machine Inc.
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health
Improvement (ARCHI)
Georgia State University Research Foundation’s
Georgia Health Policy Center
Atlanta Regional Commission
United
Way of Greater Atlanta
St. Joseph’s Mercy Care
Kaiser
Permanente
Grady Health System
Bernalillo County, NM
Bernalillo County Community Health
Council
Presbyterian Healthcare Services
NM Department of
Health/Health Promotion
Albuquerque Public Schools/Student, Family
& Community Supports Division
UNM/HSC/Office of Community
Health Initiatives/Pathways to a Healthy Bernalillo County
First
Choice Community Healthcare
Boston, MA
Vital Village Network Boston Medical Center
Orchard
Gardens K-8 Pilot School
Medical-Legal Partnership/Boston
Child
Witness to Violence Project
Boston LISC
Dudley Street
Neighborhood Initiative
Cattaraugus County, NY
Cattaraugus County Health Department
Cattaraugus
County Department of Aging
Healthy Community Alliance
Southern
Tier Health Care System
Salamanca Youth Center
University
Primary Care
Central Connecticut, CT
Central Connecticut Health District
Wethersfield
Parks and Recreation
Greater Hartford YMCA
North Central
Regional Mental Health Board
Chelsea, MA
Healthy Chelsea Coalition, MGH Chelsea
HealthCare Center
City of Chelsea, Massachusetts
Chelsea
Collaborative
The Neighborhood Developers
CAPIC Head Start
Chelsea
Public Schools
Cheshire County, NH
Cheshire Medical Center
Monadnock
Coalition for the Promotion of Breastfeeding
Monadnock Regional
Transportation Management Association
Monadnock HEAL Coalition
Cheshire
Coalition for Tobacco-free Communities
Advocates for Healthy Youth
Chicago, IL
Chicago Department of Public Health
Center
for Faith and Community Health Transformation
Heartland Human Care
Services
Health & Medicine Policy Research Group
Alliance
for Research in Chicagoland Communities
Respiratory Health
Association
Chicago, IL
Proviso-Leyden Council for Community Action
Loyola
Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Proviso East High School
Triton
College
Loyola University Hospital
Cook County Department of
Public Health
Chicago, IL
Quad Communities Development Organization
University
of Chicago Medical
Adler University
Near North Health Center
University
of Chicago Office of Civic Engagement
Bright Star Community Church
Chicago, IL
West Humboldt Park Family and Community
Development Council
University of Illinois at Chicago: Midwest
Latino Health Research Training and Policy Center
Northwestern
Medicine
Neighborhood Housing Services
Salvation Army
Chicago
Commons
Cincinnati, OH
The Health Collaborative
United Way of
Greater Cincinnati
Interact for Health
Health Care Access Now
Cleveland, OH
MetroHealth - Center for Reducing Health
Disparities
Buckeye Shaker Square Development Corporation
East
End Neighborhoods House
Fairhill Partners
Cleveland
Metropolitan Housing Authority
Buckeye Ministries in Mission
El Paso, TX
Paso del Norte Health Foundation
Emergence
Health Network
Aliviane, Inc
Sierra Providence Health Network
Granville, NC
Granville-Vance District Health Department, NC
Granville
Vance Public Health
Granville Health Systems
Northern Piedmont
Community Care
NC Cooperative Extension, Granville County
Granville
County Schools, Stovall-Shaw Elementary
Health Choices, Healthy Communities (KY, OH, WV)
Our Lady of
Bellefonte Foundation
Healthy Choices Healthy Communities
King's
Daughters Medical Center
Boyd County Health Department
Greenup
County Health Department
Ashland Independent Schools
Hennepin County, MN
Hennepin Health Foundation, Hennepin
Healthcare System, Inc. d/b/a Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC)
Hennepin
County Human Services and Public Health Department, Public Health
Promotion
Northwest Hennepin Family Services Collaborative
North
Sky Health Consulting
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
Jackson, MI
Health Improvement Organization
Cradle to
Career Education Network
Financial Stability Strand
Kern County, CA
Kern County Public Health Services Department
Clinica
Sierra Vista
Kern Family Health Care
Kern County
Superintendent of Schools
Kern County Environmental Health Division
Kittitas County, WA
Kittitas County Public Health Department
Kittitas
County Community Network & Coalition
Central Washington
University
Lake County, FL
Florida Department of Health, Lake County
Health Department
United Way of Lake and Sumter Counties, Inc.
LifeStream
Behavioral Center, Inc
Gateway Community Health Network, Inc.
Shared
Services Network (initiative of Lake County Schools)
We Care of
Lake County, Inc.
Lane County, OR
United Way of Lane County
PeaceHealth
Trillium
Community Health Plan
Lane County Public Health
Laramie County, WY
Laramie County Community Partnership, Inc.
HealthWorks
Cheyenne
Regional Medical Center
United Way of Laramie County
Laramie
County Community College
Los Angeles, CA
Downtown Women's Center
United Homeless
Healthcare Partners
JWCH Institute
University of Southern
California, School of Social Work
Los Angeles Central Providers
Collaborative
L.A. Care Health Plan
Loudoun County, VA
Loudoun County Health Department
HealthWorks
for Northern Virginia
Loudoun Interfaith Relief
Loudoun Valley
Homegrown Markets Cooperative
Loudoun Pediatric Obesity Coalition
Lucas County, OH
Toledo-Lucas County Health Department
Live
Well Greater Toledo
Mercy Health North LLC
ProMedica
Manatee County, FL
Manatee County Government
Realize
Bradenton
Manatee Chamber of Commerce
Florida Department of
Health in Manatee County
Maricopa County, AZ
Maricopa County Department of Public
Health
Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD)
Banner
Health
Esperanca
City of Phoenix- FitPHX
Miami Gardens, FL
City of Miami Gardens - Live Healthy Miami
Gardens
North Dade Youth and Family Coalition
Trinity Church
Peacemakers
Institute for Child & Family
Miami Gardens
Drug-Free Coalition
Jessie Trice Community Health Centers
Milwaukee, WI
Southside EAT Coalition/ CORE El Centro
Sixteenth
Street Community Health Center
Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center
Center
for Urban Population Health
UW-Extension
New Britain, CT
Coalition for New Britain's Youth
Consolidated
School District of New Britain
Community Health Center
YWCA of
New Britain
City of New Britain Health Department
Wheeler
Clinic
New York, NY
Coalition for Asian American Children and
Families
Sustainable Queens (SustyQ)
Chinese-American Planning
Council
Mekong
University Settlement - Houston Street Center
North Colorado
North Colorado Health Alliance
Weld
County Department of Public Health and Environment
Sunrise
Community Health (FQHC)
United Way of Weld County
High Plains
Library District
Northwest Colorado
Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse
Association
Grand County Rural Health Network
Mind Springs
Health
Yampa Valley Medical Center
The Memorial Hospital
Routt
County Department of Human Services
Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City County Health Department
City
of Oklahoma City
INTEGRIS Health System
Oklahoma City Public
Schools
Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma
Wellness Now
Osceola County, FL
Health Council of East Central Florida
Community
Vision
Osceola Council on Aging
Florida Dept. of Health in
Osceola County
Portland, ME
Maine Access Immigrant Network (MAIN)
Greater
Portland Refugee and Immigrant Health Collaborative
University of
New England
CarePartners
City of Portland Public Health
Minority Health Program
Community Financial Literacy
Pueblo, CO
Pueblo Triple Aim Corporation
Pueblo City
County Health Department
Catholic Charities of Pueblo
Pueblo
Community Health Center
Integrated Community Health Partners
Raleigh, NC
YMCA of the Triangle
Wake County Human
Services
DHIC Affordable Housing
WakeMed Health and Hospitals
Wake
County Public School System
Fertile Ground Food Coop
Richmond County, NC
FirstHealth of the Carolinas
Richmond
County Health Department
Richmond County Cooperative Extension
Rockingham
Housing Authority
City of Rockingham
Richmond County Schools
Richmond, VA
Seventh District Health & Wellness Initiative
Richmond
City Health District
Virginia Commonwealth University
Roanoke Valley, VA
Healthy Roanoke Valley
City of
Roanoke
Carilion Clinic
Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional
Commission
Roanoke City Health Department
Roanoke City Public
Schools
Salt Lake City, UT
Ethnic Community-based Organization for
Refugees
Musungu HIV/AIDS Support Organization
Burundi Drummers
The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Community Outreach Division)
San Francisco, CA
Saint Francis Foundation
Saint
Francis Memorial Hospital
San Francisco Department of Public Health
San
Francisco Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development
University
of California San Francisco
Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco
San Gabriel Valley, CA
City of Hope
Neighbors Acting
Together Helping All (NATHA)
City of Duarte
Duarte Unified
School District (DUSD)
Schenectady, NY
Ellis Medicine
Schenectady Community
Action Program
Schenectady County Public Health Services
Central
State Street Neighborhood Association
Chamber of Schenectady County
The
Schenectady Foundation
Sitka, AK
Sitka Health Summit
Southeast Alaska Regional
Hospital Consortium
Sitka Community Hospital
Braveheart
Volunteers
Southern Kenai Peninsula, AK
South Peninsula Hospital
South
Peninsula Haven House
South Peninsula Behavioral Health Services
Kenai
Peninsula College Kachemak Bay Campus
City of Homer
R.E.C.
Room of the Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic
Southwest Indiana
Welborn Baptist Foundation
St. Mary's
Health System
Vanderburgh County Health Department
YMCA of
Southwestern Indiana
Vectren Corporation
Southwest Indiana
Chamber
Summit County, OH
Summit County Public Health
City of
Akron
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Kent State University
University
of Akron
Akron Children's Hospital
Tioga County, PA
Tioga County Partnership for Community
Health
Susquehanna Health System
Tioga County Department of
Human Services
Mansfield University
Torrance County, NM
Partnership for Healthy Torrance
Community
Torrance County United Way Rural Committee
Sanctuary
Zone, Inc.
Tri-County Juvenile Justice Board
Central Region
Educational Cooperative
Rt. 66 Counseling Services
Waterville, ME
Healthy Northern Kennebec
Kennebec
Behavioral Health
Kennebec Valley Community Action Program
Waterville
Main Street
Family Violence Project
City of Waterville
Western New York State
Lake Plains Community Care Network,
Inc.
Genesee County Department of Health
United Memorial
Medical Center
Williamson, WV
Williamson Health and Wellness Center, Inc.
Strong
Through Our Plan Coalition
Mingo County Schools
Williamson
Redevelopment Authority
West Virginia University Extension Service
Williamson
Farmers Market, My Mobile Market
Winona, MN
Winona Health Project FINE
Winona Hy-Vee
Winona
Volunteer Services
Winona Area Public Schools
Winona Family
YMCA
About The Institute for Healthcare Improvement
IHI is a leading innovator in health and health care improvement worldwide. For more than 25 years, we have partnered with visionaries, leaders, and front-line practitioners around the globe to spark bold, inventive ways to improve the health of individuals and populations. Recognized as an innovator, convener, trustworthy partner, and driver of results, we are the first place to turn for expertise, help, and encouragement for anyone, anywhere who wants to change health and health care profoundly for the better. To advance our mission, IHI’s work is focused in five key areas: Improvement Capability; Person- and Family-Centered Care; Patient Safety; Quality, Cost, and Value; and Triple Aim for Populations. Learn more at ihi.org.
