HealthTeamWorks

HealthTeamWorks, formerly CCGC, is a nonprofit, multi-stakeholder collaborative working to redesign the healthcare delivery system and promote integrated communities of care, using evidence-based medicine and innovative systems. Our goals are to optimize health, improve quality and safety, reduce costs and improve the care experience for patients and their healthcare teams.

Colorado Primary Care Practices:
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practice-improvement coaching — and do it soon!

Informational webinar

Prepare your practice for new compensation plans through HealthTeamWorks’ Patient-Centered Medical Home Foundations Program, generously funded by The Colorado Health Foundation. Learn best practices from in-office coaches who’ve worked with hundreds of your peers. But you must move quickly if you want your practice to benefit from transformation guidance at no cost. Our grant funding runs out in 2013.

Apply online, call 303-446-7200 or e-mail info@healthteamworks.org.

Coach University:
Learn to be a quality improvement coach. Hold your place in an upcoming session.

Tools and Resources:
Access HealthTeamWorks documents, slide shows, webinars and videos.

Online Training Modules

Accurate Home Blood-Pressure Monitoring Training Module

SBIRT and Tobacco Training Module - Designed for use by the whole practice team

Follow Our Blog:

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Safe sunning always good advice

Monday, May 07, 2012

Wasteful spending in primary care

Monday, April 30, 2012

Fashioning the facilitator

Monday, April 23, 2012

Falls are no laughing matter, especially for the elderly

Monday, April 02, 2012

White rice in large quantities may not be so nice

News and Events

HealthTeamWorks CEO interviewed on Colorado Public Radio
On April 27, Colorado Public Radio’s health reporter Eric Whitney interviewed HealthTeamWorks CEO Marjie Harbrecht, MD, for a story called “Home Sweet Medical Home.” Her co-interviewee was Julie Schilz, a former HealthTeamWorker now with Anthem-Wellpoint Health Insurance in Denver. Listen to the interview.

Colorado one of seven states selected for CPCI
We are excited to announce that Colorado has been selected for the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative (CPCI). The CPCI, sponsored by the CMS Innovation Center, aims to help primary care practices deliver better coordinated, higher-quality and more patient-centered care. Read more >>

Antidepressant citalopram (Celexa) may pose risk of abnormal heart rhythms
On March 28, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration issued a drug safety communication for the antidepressant citalopram (marketed as Celexa). The communication addresses maximum doses for selected patient subgroups and recommends against use in some patients.

Homestretch of the Colorado PCMH Pilot: Supported by an independent educational grant from Abbott