We’re thrilled to announce that after months of dedicated hard work and collaboration, the new HIPxChange website is officially live! Visit us now: https://www.hipxchange.org/ While at first glance the website might seem familiar, we’ve introduced some updates to enhance your experience. Here’s what you need to know to navigate the new HIPxChange with ease: Consistent URL: Accessing our… Read more »
Dr. Britt Allen developed the Positive Pathways to Chart Completion toolkit to help people get away from a toxic relationship with closing charts. This self-help worksheet aims to lower anxiety and cause fewer chart fines. The toolkit contains a worksheet based on motivational interviewing techniques that individuals or supervisors can use to identify small, achievable… Read more »
On December 8, 2023 at 12pm, HIP Investigator, Dr. Yao Liu will present at the D&I Launchpad’s Dissemination Research and Implementation Science Seminar (DRISS). Her presentation titled, “Implementation of Teleophthalmology in Rural Health Systems (I-TRUST) Study: A Hybrid Type 2 Effectiveness and Implementation Multicenter Clinical Trial,” will provide an overview of the I-TRUST Study’s methods… Read more »
Healthy Metric, a dynamic statewide partnership dedicated to advancing health equity throughout Wisconsin, has released a report titled “Disparities in Diabetes by Geography: A Healthy Metric 2023 Brief Report for Wisconsin.” This report shows the differences in diabetes management between patients with diabetes alone and those with diabetes and cardiovascular disease, taking into account their… Read more »
Implementing Universal Medication Schedule Directions For Use When E-Prescribing: A Toolkit for Health Systems is now available on HIPxChange. Developed by the Wisconsin Health Literacy program, this toolkit provides practical information and strategies to implement Universal Medication Schedule directions when e-prescribing so that patients receive clearer medication directions on their prescription medication labels.
Healthy Metric, a dynamic statewide partnership dedicated to advancing health equity throughout Wisconsin, has released a report shedding light on mental health disparities across the state. Titled “Disparities in Mental Health Care and Outcomes: A Healthy Metric 2023 Report for Wisconsin,” this comprehensive report identifies gaps in mental health screening, diagnoses, and telehealth utilization across… Read more »
The Neighborhood Health Partnerships Program recently developed new resources for our “Placing the Social Determinants of Health in Context” series. These tools provide some examples of evidence-informed linkages between diabetes and heart disease and the measures available in the NHP Sociodemographic Profile Reports (e.g., affordable housing, health insurance coverage). NHP is also in the process… Read more »
Nationally and within Wisconsin, disparities in healthcare exist across multiple determinants of health including race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, health insurance coverage, and geography (rural and urban). Public reporting on disparities in the quality of care is an important step to achieving accountability for reducing disparities over time and has been associated with improvements in… Read more »
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)—an independent nonprofit that funds comparative clinical effectiveness research—has tapped UW Health and 41 other major health systems nationwide to participate in its new multi-year, $50 million Health Systems Implementation Initiative (HSII). UW Health will be working with the Health Innovation program and the Primary Care Academics Transforming Healthcare (PATH)… Read more »
The Health Innovation Program (HIP) has launched a new website! You can now search for content on the website by “themes” (such as disparities, chronic conditions, diabetes, etc.) on the Search All Content by Theme page. This is a great way for visitors to easily find information of interest from across the website. The new… Read more »