Healthcare Innovation Summit 2016: Students present their experience as part of the selected group participating in a student hotspotting experience, a collaborative effort between various universities and NEEDS Foundation to educate medicine students and attend the marginalized populations.
2. Background
Primary Care Progress, the Camden Coalition of Health Care
Providers and AAMC awarded twenty medical schools around the
nations to participate in the Student Hot Spotting Initiative.
3. Participating Schools
➢ Cleveland Clinic/Case
Western
➢ John Hopkins University
➢ SUNY Buffalo
➢ University Of Washington
➢ LSU/Tulane/Xavier
➢ PSU
➢ Ponce Health Sciences
University
➢ Thomas Jefferson
➢ University of California-San
Diego
➢ UMass
➢ UNC – Chapel Hill
➢ UNC- Charlotte
➢ University Of Chicago
➢ University of Minnesota
➢ University Of Rochester
➢ Vanderbilt
➢ VCU
4. To establish relationship among healthcare professionals to provide
better services for patients, and promote Primary Care within the
student community.
Mission
6. Catalina Frau Kimberly Feliberti Edsaida Ortiz Elisadel Figueroa, MD Janette Ortiz
Medicine Medicine Psychology Public Health Nursing
Malynie Blanco, MD
Faculty Advisor Social Worker Nurse
Andres Lebrón, MSW Luz Suarez, RN BSN
Mentors:
11. Super-utilizer Enrollment Criteria
➢ 2 or more admission in the past 6 months
➢ 2 or more chronic conditions
➢ Patient taking 5 or more medications
➢ Difficulty assessing healthcare services
➢ Lack of social support at home or in the community
12. Our Patient’s Story
➢ 30 y/o Hispanic male
➢ Past medical history:
• Paraplegia
• Uncontrolled DM type II
• Recurrent complicated UTI’s
• Pressure ulcers
• Major depression
➢ Hospital admission: 2 hospitalizations
the past 6 months
➢ Medications: 6 medications
13. ➢Social History:
• Lives with parents
• High school education level
• Limited income.
➢Health Insurance: Plan de
Salud del Gobierno de PR
➢L e g a l S t a t u s : H o u s e
confinement
Our Patient’s Story
15. Intervention Strategies
➢ Weekly Phone Calls
➢ Frequent home visits
➢ Patient Education
➢ Homework assignments
➢ Interaction with family members and caretakers
16. Enrollment
• Bedside
triage
• Qualification
Home Visit 1
• Initial Interview
• Assessment of:
• Medical needs
• Psychological
state
• Living condition
Home Visit 2
• Diabetes
education
• Motivational
talk
• Medication
reconciliation
Home Visit 3
• Delivered
urinary
catheter
• Review insulin
regimen
• Prepare for
PCP visit
Intervention Summary
17. Home Visit 4
• PCP Visit
Summary
• Issues
addressed:
• Legal status
• Compliance
• Foley status
• Patient agreed
to psychologic
intervention
Interventions by
Social Media
• Helped patient
established
rapport with
PCP
• Explored
insurance
coverage for
Nutritionist and
Psych Evaluation
Home Visit 5
• Delivered
glucometer
strips
• Reviewed lab
results
Home Visit 6
Intervention Summary
19. Lessons Learned
➢ Back-up plan
➢ Scheduling and communication
➢ Importance of transition of care process
➢ Patient rapport takes time
➢ Social determinants affect access to proper healthcare
➢ High utilizations costs can occur despite having care
➢ Patient Education
➢ Teach back method to ensure understanding