Real-World Examples

Finding Answers funded the evaluation of 33 interventions around the U.S. that aimed to reduce racial and ethnic health care disparities in the areas of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and depression. We evaluated a variety of strategies in different health care settings. As explored in Roadmap Step 4, Designing the Activity, these detailed descriptions of real-life interventions can be a powerful tool for organizations designing their own disparities-focused quality improvement project. Our intervention sites were chosen during four Calls for Proposals. Grantee interventions are also available as a list organized by round of funding and geographic location.

Diabetes

#	Title	Grantee
1	Cultural Competency Training and Disparities Report Cards	Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
2	Customizing Health Messages Based On Cultural Understanding of Disease	Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority
3	Patient Financial Incentives and Culturally Tailored Diabetes Outreach	WellPoint
4	Pay-for-Performance Programs to Improve Care	Hudson Health Plan
5	Personalized Diabetes Education and Coaching	University of California-Irvine
6	Real Time Tele-Monitoring of Glucose Levels	Mobile County Health Department
7	Redesigning Care Delivery in Fee-for-Service Practices	East Carolina Health/Bertie All-County Health Services
8	Using Community Health Workers to Reduce Disparities	Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers

Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors

#	Title	Grantee
9	Communicating Risk Information Using Technology	Indiana University School of Medicine
10	Nurse-Telephone Based Cardiovascular Disease Risk Management System	Duke University Medical Center
11	Patient Care Management and Rewards Program	Aaron E. Henry Community Health Services Center
12	Point of Care Automated Medication Delivery System	University of Miami
13	Remote Video Interpreting Services	Sutter Health
14	Peer Review Office Visits	Westside Health Services

Hypertension

#	Title	Grantee
15	At-Home Blood Pressure Monitoring	Fund for Public Health in New York
16	Automatic Reminders to Intensify Therapy	Brigham and Women’s Hospital
17	Clinical Screening of Patients’ Health Literacy	Morehouse School of Medicine
18	Culturally-Adapted, Telephone-Based System to Promote Physical Activity	Boston Medical Center
19	Patient-Directed Financial Incentives	CIGNA Healthcare
20	Incentives to Improve Quality	Baylor College of Medicine
21	Peer and Health Educator Support to Improve Health	University of Pennsylvania
22	Peer-Based Storytelling	Cooper Green Mercy Hospital

Depression

#	Title	Grantee
23	Culturally Concordant Telemedicine	University of Arizona
24	Culturally Focused Depression Screening, Diagnosis and Consultation	Massachusetts General Hospital
25	Depression Screening and Treatment for Patients Seeking Care at a Public Emergency Department	University of Southern California
26	Engaging the Community to Improve Outcomes	University of California-Los Angeles
27	Identifying and Treating Maternal Depression	Yale University School of Medicine
28	Incorporating Care Managers to Improve Care	Lancaster General Health
29	Interactive Telephone System to Identify and Treat Depression	The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
30	Internet-Based Depression Education for Minority Youth	University of Illinois at Chicago
31	Over the Phone Depression Counseling	Denver Health and Hospitals Foundation
32	Redesigning Clinic Operations to Improve Depression Care	Olive View – UCLA – Charles R. Drew University
33	Telephone-Based Depression Care Management	Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island