Leveraging Interactive Care Coordination Training to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations

Categories: Client Spotlight, Technical Assistance
Organizations implementing care coordination and care management programming need staff to build strong relationships with their patients, engage them in their care, and navigate across a multitude of needed services. In 2023, the District of Columbia Primary Care Association (DCPCA) partnered with Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC) to strengthen coordination and care management services among …

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Improving Early Detection Screening in New Jersey

Categories: Client Spotlight, Technical Assistance
Primary care is the foundation of our health care system and essential to better health outcomes and lower costs. This is evident in a recent training and technical assistance project Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC) recently completed with the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH). The New Jersey Cancer Education and Early Detection (NJCEED) Program …

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Meeting Providers’ Care Coordination Needs Post-Covid-19

Categories: Client Spotlight, Technical Assistance
High-quality, coordinated primary care improves outcomes for everyone: patients, providers, and payers. This level of care requires excellent communication – providers are expected to build strong relationships with patients, keep patients engaged in care delivery, and coordinate patient needs. Training staff in these growing tasks has been difficult, as COVID-19 disrupted all aspects of in-person …

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A Creative Twist in Team-Based Care Training

Categories: Technical Assistance
PCDC’s team-based care training can take an unexpected turn, as internal medicine residents recently discovered at BronxCare Health System. To instill principles of team-based care and collaboration, participants were given an assortment of common household items — and instructed to build the tallest tower possible in 10 minutes. Participants completing a team-based care exercise designed by …

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