This project will build a sustainable model for improving healthcare access for seniors in rural Northwest Michigan by training medical students to implement community-driven telehealth initiatives tailored to each senior’s specific needs. The partners will work...
This project will improve medication management among older adults with diabetes and hypertension by virtually embedding pharmacists into patient care teams and enhancing patient-pharmacist-physician communication. As telehealth visits increase, this program will...
Valley Area Agency on Aging will launch a 24-hour virtual assistance program that includes telehealth services and increased care coordination and follow up as patients transition home. Valley Area Agency on Aging will remotely monitor patients using medical...
This initiative will address the physical and mental health effects of social isolation among vulnerable isolated older adults in the community, which has been exacerbated by COVID-19. Home delivered meals volunteers will teach older adults to use technology to...
Beaumont Health’s Medically Tailored Meals Program will provide older diabetic patients with meals at home specially designed to support their recovery after being hospitalized. In addition, patients and their designated caregivers will receive virtual support...
This initiative will establish a reimbursement model and telehealth strategy to sustain the HOP-UP-PT (Home-based Older Persons-Upstreaming Prevention-Physical Therapy) program, which connects older adults to physical therapists who can provide strategies to...
This project will improve access to behavioral health services in the Upper Peninsula by increasing the number of applied behavioral analytic professional and paraprofessional service providers. Northern Michigan University will develop and deploy an online behavior...
This project will increase access to a safe and private network of behavioral health resources and virtual therapy supports for individuals in Detroit and Wayne County experiencing emotional distress or trauma related to COVID-19. Residents will be offered an array of...
This grant was awarded as part of the Rapid Response: Safety Net Telehealth Initiative, a collaborative funding opportunity sponsored by the Health Fund, the Ethel and James Flinn Foundation, the Metro Health Foundation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, and the...
