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Reducing health disparities for rural and urban communities via tools of implementation science and an innovative academic partnership focused on inter-professional education
Indiana University (IUHealth), an 18 facility comprehensive state-wide health system serving urban, rural, and suburban populations is demonstrating a commitment to innovative population health management approaches through academic partnerships and inter-professional education (IPE) with IU School of Medicine (IUSM) and the IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health. The Population Health Management Delivery Model (PHMDM) from IUSM’s Center for Health Innovation and Implementation Science (CHIIS) aims to lessen the burden of geographic disparity of primary care providers in health professions shortage areas (HPSA) by engaging in care across the continuum. IU Health, as well as a competing health system, have adopted the PHMDM.
Objective
To integrate the PHMDM with an academic health system through IPE and workforce development.
Methods
An 8-hour training course was developed based on the principles of IPE, and was delivered to physician executives, nursing managers, and social workers (20 individuals) outlining key concepts of the PHMDM including methodology for defining and continuously stratifying a population, and identifying strategies and resources to manage the population. Participants completing the training course were asked to complete an evaluation assessing attitudes and perceptions towards transformative change.
Results
Evaluation is ongoing; initial results show that 75% of course participants are ‘significantly in favor’ of changing their actions/attitudes about traditional case management and engaging in transformative changes within the health system and community.
Conclusions
IPE can strengthen academic health systems with their goal of improving public health infrastructure and reducing health disparities.
Learning Areas:
Chronic disease management and preventionClinical medicine applied in public health
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines
Public health or related research
Learning Objectives:
Demonstrate how IPE (inter-professional education) can improve academic public health partnerships.
Discuss in greater detail the methods used for accomplishing successful PHMDM (Population Health Management Delivery Model).
Differentiate the role of primary care providers between traditional case management and PHMDM.
Keyword(s): Accountability, Case Management
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have worked closely under the Executive Director for the Center for Health Innovation and Implementation Science (CHIIS) and will be obtaining my Bachelor's degree in Health Services Management in May 2014. My experiences in public health stem from smoking cessation app development to community-based HIV testing/counseling and I have worked deeply in the realm of Population Health Management implementation since the commencement of my current role at CHIIS.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.