IMPaCTing Meaningful Improvements in Primary Care Practices
Monday, May 5, 2014
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Darren DeWalt, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Robert Gabbay, MD, PhD Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President Joslin Diabetes Center |
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Art Kaufman, MD Vice Chancellor for Community Health; Distingushed Professor, Family and Community Medicine University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center |
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Jim Mold, MD, MPH Director, Research Division, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center |
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Chris Collins, MSW Director, Office of Rural Health and Community Care North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services |
| Marcela Myers, MD Director of Pennsylvania Center for Practice Transformation and Innovation Pennsylvania Department of Health |
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Garth Splinter, MD, MBA Medicaid Director Oklahoma Health Care Authority |
Primary care extension programs improve the quality of primary care services by educating providers on new and innovative practices in areas such as preventive medicine, health promotion, and chronic disease management. Section 5405 of the Affordable Care Act authorizes the establishment of a national primary care extension program. To pursue this goal, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) established the Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) initiative as a pilot to build on states with strong existing extension programs to serve as a potential model for a national extension program.
This webinar featured a high-level overview from each of the four lead IMPaCT states (New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania) that highlights key components of their extension models. Following the overviews, a facilitated discussion with state officials from these states will illuminate the role of, and implications for, state agencies in this work. Following the discussion, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions of the speakers.
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