The coordination center is powered by 211info and supports community engagement. Now, those existing efforts will continue to grow and thrive.įor a comprehensive list of all stakeholders, and to read more in their own words why this work is so critical right now, visit Connect Oregon’s website.Ĭommunity-based organizations who provide social services such as nutrition, housing and shelter, employment, and behavioral and mental health support can onboard to Connect Oregon at no cost and will be able to connect with each other and clinical providers, sending and receiving electronic, closed-loop referrals in Unite Us’ secure, accountable network-while following their clients’ journeys beyond the walls of their own organizations and tracking outcomes. They join InterCommunity Health Network CCO and Samaritan Health Services, Kaiser Permanente, 211info, and local health and social service organizations who were already working with Unite Us to lay the groundwork in the state. With this partnership, these organizations have made a bold commitment to invest in social health infrastructure with an emphasis on community, through one coordinated care network: Connect Oregon. New York, NY, Octo-A coalition of local health organizations in Oregon has committed to expand existing infrastructure to connect people to health and social services.Ĭentral Oregon Health Council, PacificSource, CareOregon, Columbia Pacific CCO, Jackson Care Connect, Health Share of Oregon, and the Oregon Health Leadership Council today collectively announced that they’ve chosen Unite Us as their technology partner to electronically connect health and social care providers throughout the state, ensuring that more people in Oregon can get the care they need, when they need it. Unite Us, Oregon Health Leadership Council, and Partners Announce Connect Oregon: A Collaborative Network to Address Social Health Statewide Clinical Policies & Practice Guidelines.Medicaid Behavioral Health Directed Payments.
But patients’ social drivers, such as food and housing insecurities or lack of transportation to get to medical appointments, add complexities that complicate delivering medication management services. The impressive, life-changing results have motivated Cureatr to bring this transformative program to all patients the company serves in New York, Missouri, Ohio, Arizona, and North Carolina.Īs part of its broader medication management services, Cureatr pharmacists are adept at helping patients better access medications and improve medication adherence. The estimated value of each closed loop was about $1,000 of social assistance per patient. Partners in both states are connected through Unite Us’ shared technology platform, enabling them to send and receive secure, electronic referrals, address people’s social needs, and improve community health.Īfter just one month of operation, the program successfully “closed the loop” for 83 percent of patients. Louis, and United Healthcare, and in New York, the network is built in partnership with Healthy Alliance, AHI, and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families. In Missouri, the network is built in partnership with CyncHealth, Freeman Health, Mercy, the United Way of Greater St. The Unite Us closed-loop referral system streamlines service delivery across multiple regions to effectively address social needs and improve lives.Ĭureatr initially launched its pilot health equity program with Unite Us in two state networks (Unite New York and Unite Missouri) after an introduction from a Missouri-based nonprofit attending a community information meeting. – In addition to providing services that address medication access issues, the new health equity program allows CHWs to screen patients for social determinants of health (SDoH) insecurities related to food, transportation, housing, and health literacy and connect them to community resources in their area.
The partnership with Unite Us has empowered Cureatr to more holistically care for patients and evolve the role of Cureatr’s certified community health workers (CHWs). – Cureatr and Unite Us are teaming up to launch a comprehensive health equity program to support patients experiencing transitions of care.
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