Welcome to the first issue of Transformation in Action! This quarterly newsletter will highlight some of the impressive health system transformation work happening across Oregon coordinated care organizations (CCOs). Thanks for signing up, and feel free to share it with others. – OHA Transformation Center team
Spotlight: Tobacco cessation
Tobacco cessation class helps members quit for good
Like many communities, Cascade Health Alliance uses the American Lung Association’s 7-week “Freedom from Smoking” curriculum. In 2016 their program quit rate hit an all-time high of 57%. Learn how they did it
Lane County tobacco cessation media campaign boosts Quit Line calls
In 2016, Trillium Community Health Plan and Lane County Public Health bolstered a statewide media campaign to promote tobacco cessation. The January–March initiative resulted in a 24% increase in Oregon Tobacco Quit Line callers (from 352 to 435) compared to the prior year during that period. Read the full story
E-referrals increase Tobacco Quit Line referrals in Central Oregon over 4000%
In 2017, PacificSource Community Solutions and the Central Oregon Health Council provided quality incentive measure funding to Deschutes County Health Services to make electronic referrals to the Oregon Tobacco Quit Line possible. At the nine pilot clinics, referrals to the Quit Line increased more than 4,000%. Read the full story
Spotlight: Community health workers
Integrating clinical community health workers into primary care homes
In 2014, InterCommunity Health Network CCO and Benton County Health Services placed clinically trained community health workers in four Samaritan patient-centered primary care homes. Learn how the model is working
Bridges to Health Pathways provides community care coordination
The Columbia Gorge Health Council’s Bridges to Health Pathways program helps community members connect to services including health care, housing, transportation, food and social services. The “bridges” are community health workers who work with households. The model is a cross-sector approach to providing community care coordination. Read the full story
Supporting community colleges to train community health workers
To boost local health system capacity, Advanced Health funded Southwestern Oregon Community College to complete a community health worker curriculum. Providing scholarships to fill the first classes was one way the CCO supported the successful implementation of the program. Read the full story
Transformation Center: What we do
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