Innovation Learning Laboratory for
Population Health
Overview
In April 2015, Ҵý School of Medicine (Ҵý) announced receipt of $200,000 in a planning grant, as well as an additional $400,000 grant from United Health Foundation, and a $600,000 grant totaling in $1.2 million. The grant has helped enhance the institution’s patient-centered medical home, where doctors train, support, and advocate for community health workers.
Purpose
The purpose of the Innovation Learning Laboratory for Population Health is to design and implement demonstration projects that generate innovative technology-driven healthcare models and fuel teaching and learning for population health improvement. Located within the Department of Family Medicine, this laboratory serves three purposes:
- Identify, design, develop, demonstrate and disseminate innovative models of health care improvement
- Study and foster population health through patient, community, consumer and provider engagement
- Prepare 21st century healthcare leaders/workers - including training for students, community, faculty and providers
The Innovation Learning Laboratory for Population Health is designed to enhance service, research, teaching and learning to improve abilities of the global health work force, patient care and community and population health outcomes. The laboratory specifically utilizes data/shared data for improvement of local community's (including residents, community based organizations, health systems, small practices, urban planners, government entities) capacity to plan, monitor, and evaluate for community/population health improvement.
About United Health Foundation
was established by UnitedHealth Group in 1999 as a not-for-profit, private foundation dedicated to improving health and health care. To date, United Health Foundation has committed nearly $315 million to programs and communities around the world.
Innovation Lab Projects
Meet our Team
Arletha W. Livingston, PhD, MPH, MBA
Director II, Innovation Learning Laboratory for Population Health
Associate Professor, Family Medicine
NCRN, CHW Mobilization Strategic Lead
Assistant Director, Community Partnerships, Prevention Research Center
Director, HealthTech Initiatives, Office of Translational Technologies
Chrstina Evans, MPH Assistant Director |
Amina Isom, MPH Program Manager |
Somilez Francis, MS Program Manager |
Frank Sutton Program Manager |
Matthew Calhoun, MPH Research Assistant III |
Christie George Program Coordinator |
Harrittia Harper Program Coordinator |
Highlights & Outcomes
- Patient-Centered Medical Home Neighborhood (PCMHN) metrics
- Shared healthcare savings
- Dashboard created to monitor/track patients
- Scaling care coordination with Accountable Care Organization (ACO)
News & Events
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Publications
- Williams-Livingston A, Akintobi, T, Banerjee, A (2020) Community-Based Participatory
Research in Action: The Patient-Centered Medical Home and Neighborhood Journal of Primary Care and Community Health Volume 11: 1-7 November 2020
- Williams-Livingston A, Ervin, C, McCray, G (2020) Bridges to Health Equity High School
Community Health Worker Training Program Journal of Georgia Public Health August 2020
- McCray, G, Haynes, B, Proeller, A Ervin, C, Williams-Livingston, A (2020)Making the
Case for Community Health Workers in Georgia Journal of Georgia Public Health August 2020
- Xu J., Williams-Livingston A., Rust G., Gaglioti A. (2017) A Practical Risk Stratification
Approach for Implementing a Primary Care Chronic Disease Management Program in an
Underserved Community Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved February 2018
- Dancey-Scott N., Williams-Livingston A., Dutcher, G (2017) Enhancing the Capacity
of Community Organizations to Evaluate HIV/AIDS Information Outreach: A Pilot Experiment
in Expert Consultation Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet 36(3-4): 217-230
- Zheng, J, Williams-Livingston, A, Danavall, N (2021) Online High School Community Health Worker Curriculum: Key Strategies of Transforming, Engagement, and Implementation. Frontiers in Public Health Accepted