NC Foundation for Advanced Health Programs

At NCFAHP, the programs are designed to fit together and complement one another for the purpose of filling gaps to create relationships, services, training, and data compilation that do not "fit" in other places. Workforce data to power the decisions in local communities to actively participate in the recruitment and, most importantly, retention of... health-care providers is essential to the ACC. Jackie Fannell's work with Practice Sights provides some insight to this work. Since October 2014, the Foundation's Bernstein Fellows program has emphasized the Fellows' leadership role in creating accountable care communities. Communities are overwhelmed by the intricacies of the Accountable Care Organization model and see the opportunity and need for their participation in this complex structure. The Fellows are engaged and interested in creating a "place at the table" in their own communities and across North Carolina. Part of the NCFAHP vision is to engage in innovation to: - Create strategies that significantly affect existing systems - Build on emerging elements within existing systems - Create new systems or strategies by creating partnerships resulting in unique opportunities to combine/refine services and resources - Improve on existing strategies or systems The Fellows Program faculty includes individuals and organizations interested in promoting the ACC model across North Carolina. True to the model, NCFAHP is not interested in duplicating the work of our colleagues, but instead leveraging the work to heighten awareness and create momentum. We would like to thank the following individuals for providing inspiration and information to the Fellows: Patrick Woodie, President, NC Rural Center, Misty Herget, Director of Leadership and Chilton Rogers, Director of Community Engagement Ruth Petersen, MD, MPH, NC Division of Public Health, Section Chief for the Chronic Disease and Injury Section. Greg Randolph, MD, MPH, Director of the Center for Public Health Quality and Professor of Pediatrics and Adjunct Professor ...Read More