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PORTLAND, Maine

Implementing team-based health care: UNE team presents at Quality Counts health conference

Dora Anne Mills presents at Maine Quality Counts

The Clinical Interprofessional team at the University of New England Center for Health Innovation presented a breakout session at Quality Counts, Maine’s largest health conference, held at the Augusta Civic Center on April 5, 2017.

The group joined nearly 1,000 others from across Maine for the day to learn strategies to improve health quality. Don Berwick, M.D., was the keynote speaker.
“Partnering to Improve Provider and Patient Experience Through Interprofessional Practice and Education” was jointly presented by the UNE team and partners at Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC), including Felix Hernandez, M.D., Frank Bailey, and Andy Pritchard, M.P.H.

This participatory buzz session featured EMMC and UNE team members presenting lessons learned through their three-year partnership to develop and implement interprofessional practice and education at EMMC, with a focus on how this approach has enhanced the patient experience as well as improved the relationship between provider and patients. The session featured interprofessional student home visits with pharmacy and osteopathic medical students to recently discharged complex patients. The session was presented through in-person sharing, dialogue with the audience, and video.
Participants were then asked to discuss several questions at their table, followed by a whole group discussion. A lively and engaging discussion wrapped up the session.

The UNE team included: Dora Anne Mills, M.D., M.P.H.; Ruth Dufresne, SM; Ruby Spicer, RN, M.P.H.; Toho Soma, M.P.H.; Melanie Caldwell, M.S.; Ian Imbert, M.P.H. They were joined at the session by Dean of the College of Pharmacy, Gayle Brazeau, Ph.D.

Watch a video about the partnership.

To learn more about the Center for Excellence in Health Innovation, visit: http://www.une.edu/academics/centers-institutes/center-excellence-health-innovation

To apply, visit www.une.edu/admissions

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.