News and Events
Families, Systems, & Health releases special issue on teamwork in healthcare
Primary care practices across the country are shifting to a team-based model of care, prompting the peer-reviewed journal Families, Systems, & Health to devote a full issue to exploring what works when transitioning from a physician-driven culture of patient care to team-based care.
Safe, effective opioid therapy: Neither patients nor providers have to go it alone
Read Dr. Rachel Solotaroff's first-hand account of how Portland's Old Town Clinic approached opioid use disorder. Old Town is a LEAP site, and its work is featured in the Improving Primary Care Team Guide.
What we're reading: November 2015
This article on "sacred cows" describes one organization's experience with the de-implementation of unneccessary care. We like its innovative approach.
From research to reality: Spreading innovation in primary care
The MacColl Center does "science on science" — studying ways to promote the integration of scientific discoveries into everyday health care and health-related policies. In the last several years, this type of research has been gaining momentum, but if busy primary care practices don't know about these findings or how to adapt them for real-world use, what good are we doing? How do we, as researchers, overcome the many challenges that keep innovations out of the hands of the people who need them most? Read
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.
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.