Regional Work

Across the region, new innovations are changing the way patients experience the health care system and interact with their providers. In an age of increasing uncertainty in the medical field, one thing remains clear: innovation is needed to transform the current system into one that is more manageable, efficient, and effective.

  • In Montgomery County, Maryland, The Primary Care Coalition is partnering with the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (MCDHHS) on a Kresge Foundation Safety Net Enhancement Initiative (SNEI) planning grant of $75,000 to prepare for linking safety net clinic clients with needed MCDHHS services
  • In Northern Virginia, the NOVA Scripts pharmacy (that provides medications to clinics that serve the uninsured) is involved in a project to make prescription drug labels more patient-friendly. By organizing all relevant information onto a “Universal Medicine Schedule”, the labels are intended to make it easier to take the right medicine at the right time for the right reasons.

Also noting the importance of patient’s experiences, the Institute for Health Improvement (IHI) is involved in an ongoing collaborative with health workgroups across the country to highlight the importance of optimizing patient experience, population health, and cost—the “Triple Aim”.

  •  The Primary Care Coalition is in its third year of work with IHI and the Triple Aim project and continues to evaluate its programs’ ability to provide better health care by optimizing the Triple Aim components.
  • Other health groups in the DC Metropolitan area, such as the District of Columbia Primary Care Association (DCPCA), are also involved in the Triple Aim innovation and will be convening with other groups in September to discuss implementation of Triple Aim in their respective communities.

More information on Universal Medicine Schedule and the Triple Aim Initiative are available under their corresponding sub tabs to the right of this page.