Creating a Culture of Wellness - UCSF
In: Workplace WellnessOrganizations create cultures of wellness by combining health education with onsite efforts to promote healthy behaviors and an institutional emphasis on health as a central value. For employees in such organizations, health is part of the culture, and to be healthy is to be part of the community These organizations create environments that ease and …
Category: Innovator
Sponsor Type: Academic Institution
Attributes: Culture of Wellness, Environmental Change, Nutrition & Healthy Eating
Durham Diabetes Coalition
In: Healthcare Teams of the FutureThe Durham Diabetes Coalition (DDC) combines data analytics and mapping tools with neighborhood-level health interventions to identify people and neighborhoods with high diabetes risk. A data-driven approach allows for neighborhood-specific public health interventions. People identified as having type 2 diabetes are connected with local health resources, and home visits from a multidisciplinary care team are …
Category: Gold Standard
Sponsor Type: Academic Institution
Attributes: Community Outreach/Engagement, Interprofessional/Interdisciplinary Teams, Personalized Care/Precision Medicine, Population Health, Quality Improvement, Targeted Population
MSWEIGHT
In: Healthcare Teams of the FutureMSWEIGHT seeks to address the muffled discussion about obesity in US health education and healthcare. Through a 5-year intensive study (3,311 participants at 9 of the most selective US medical schools), the program is testing a new model for teaching weight management counseling, called MS Weight. The results of the study are determined through the …
Category: Innovator
Sponsor Type: Academic Institution
Attributes: Medical Education, Nutrition & Healthy Eating, Obesity
Peers for Progress
In: Healthcare Teams of the FuturePeers for Progress researches and advocates for peer support as a complement to clinical care for patients with chronic diseases. Peer supporters are trained to provide assistance in daily self-management while providing emotional support and patient advocacy. They serve an important role as bridges between patients and conventional healthcare providers. Peers for Progress developed a …
Category: Gold Standard
Sponsor Type: Academic Institution
Attributes: Peer Support
Primary Care-Population Medicine Program
In: Healthcare Teams of the FutureThe Primary Care – Population Medicine Program (PCPM) is a dual-degree program allowing select students at Brown University’s Alpert Medical School to graduate with both an MD and a Master of Science Population Medicine. The Masters in Population Medicine curriculum focuses on helping students develop knowledge and skills in healthcare quality, safety, leadership, health disparities, …
Category: Gold Standard
Sponsor Type: Academic Institution
Attributes: Medical Education, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health
Smart Choice and Healthy Beverage Programs
In: PreventionAs joint programs, Smart Choice and Healthy Beverage aim to make healthier food and drink options available on the various medical campuses of the University of California, San Francisco. Smart Choice created a standardized system for communicating nutritional information, including printing nutrition facts on receipts and labeling healthy choices with a recognizable logo. The Smart …
Category: Innovator
Sponsor Type: Academic Institution
Attributes: Culture of Wellness, Environmental Change, Nutrition & Healthy Eating, Social Determinants of Health
Stanford Health improvement Program (HIP), BeWell, & Coordinated Care
In: Workplace WellnessStanford HIP promotes the health of its employees by offering healthy living and fitness classes to university and hospital employees. Employees can also enroll in Stanford BeWell, which awards up to $580 financial incentives for participating in Wellness Profiling, the Healthy Work Environment program, and/or “Berries.” Employees can also get credit for participating in HIP …
Category: Prime Performer
Sponsor Type: Academic Institution
Attributes: Culture of Wellness, Environmental Change, Nutrition & Healthy Eating, Physical Activity Promotion, School-Based
USC Lifestyle Redesign
In: Healthcare Teams of the FutureThe Lifestyle Redesign program uses an occupational therapy model of lifestyle intervention to support people with a wide variety of chronic conditions. The occupational model places an emphasis on understanding the everyday needs and challenges one faces and establishing habits and self-management skills to address them. Studies of the Lifestyle Redesign model among older adults …
Category: Prime Performer
Sponsor Type: Academic Institution
Attributes: Behavior Change, DPP Translation, Interprofessional/Interdisciplinary Teams, Personalized Care/Precision Medicine