News and Events
What we're reading: October 2015
More evidence that medical assistants in an enhanced role as health coaches can significantly impact patients' satisfaction with their care.
New blog: Implementing Innovations into Practice
We are pleased to offer the Implementing Innovations Into Practice Blog, a resource for northwest-based primary care practices. The region encompasses Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, Montana and Alaska.
This blog features posts that showcase proven strategies practitioners can use to improve care and financial performance in primary care. It also includes opportunities to engage with other primary care professionals and to work with researchers on obtaining funding for improvement efforts.
Bodenheimer Symposium and Gala: Honoring excellence
On September 25-26, 2015, the UCSF Center for Excellence in Primary Care (CEPC) hosted the Tom Bodenheimer Symposium and Gala in San Francisco. This event celebrated Dr. Thomas Bodenheimer's transformational work and numerous contributions to primary care.
Certified peer support demonstrated depression recovery in long-term study
People with chronic or recurrent depression can be hard to reach. But they benefited significantly on various outcome measures from a self-management support program that included regular outreach care management and a self-care group with a combined behavioral and recovery-oriented approach—and the addition of certified peer counsellors to the service.
Apply online to join Healthy Hearts Northwest
Healthy Hearts Northwest is a three-year project for primary care practices in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho that aims to help improve the cardiovascular health of patients by expanding existing quality improvement capacity. Practices are participating nationwide as part of the AHRQ EvidenceNOW initiative.
Welcome Nicole Van Borkulo
We're pleased to announce that Nicole Van Borkulo has joined the MacColl Center as a research associate.
Healthy Hearts Northwest project will help small and mid-sized practices
The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has funded the MacColl Center for three years to lead one of seven regional partnerships throughout the nation both to improve heart health among patients in primary care practices and to increase the capability of these practices to improve the quality of care they deliver. It builds on the goal of the U.S.
LEAP Team Guide showcased in London
The belief that the healthcare workforce needs to be planned and delivered as close to the patient as possible is one shared by many around the world. Achieving this is no small task. It means having the right people with the right skills, attitudes and behaviors in the right place at the right time in the right numbers across an entire country as personnel become increasingly mobile.
From Volume to Value: Engaging Providers
More than twenty years ago, our team embarked on the mission of transforming the health care system. Our earliest work was the dissemination of the Chronic Care Model, a framework for shifting the health system from reactive care to a planned, proactive approach. In the current climate, shifting industry focus from volume to value has become a central challenge. Our founding mission remains strong as we now seek to provide a clear signal to the health care industry that providers and leaders must be woven into the transformation process.
Techniques for engaging patients in their own care
The best primary care practices engage patients in active self-management of their own health. When done well, patients are more confident, satisfied and healthier. To help practice teams, our Improving Primary Care Team Guide has an entire module dedicated to promoting self-management.