Here are six things to know:
1. The grant funds will be used over a four year period, and help train physicians to offer care more in line with the Affordable Care Act’s mission of lower costs and better quality.
2. With ‘The Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative,’ Indiana University plans to help physicians increase efficiency by planting coaches in their medical practices.
3. These coaches, including nurses, social workers and hospital administrators, will attend training on campus before helping medical practices.
4. The coaches will address population health management and evidence-based medicine implementation, as well as help medical practices achieve reliable and safe delivery of care.
5. Indiana University will partner with Purdue University, Wayne State University and Northwestern University on the initiative, with plans to train 11,500 clinicians in Illinois, Indiana and Michigan.
6. The Department of Health and Human Services gave grants totaling $685 million to 39 schools, medical practices and healthcare organizations with the intent to improve healthcare.
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