Health Innovation Program

The Health Experiences Research Network (UW - Department of Family Medicine and Community Health) has just launched their Health Experiences Catalyst Films: Medication for Opioid Use Disorder on ! This film and toolkit are intended to increase understanding of and empathy for those who use or have used opioids: https://hipxchange.org/toolkit/medicationforopioidusecatalyst/

The Center for Aging Research and Education, UW-Madison School of Nursing (CARE) has launched six new on ! The tools cover support for older adults as well as care for those with dementia. Check them out now: https://hipxchange.org/toolkit/

Healthy Metric has just released a second statewide report this week! The Primary Care Utilization and the Health of Adult Women of Childbearing Age in Wisconsin report focuses on the health disparities among adult women of childbearing age (18-44) in Wisconsin. It provides critical insights into primary care visits, diabetes A1c control, blood pressure control, and depression screening for this demographic. Read more: https://healthymetric.org/reports/ -Health

Healthy Metric has just launched the 2024 Evaluating Change in Health Disparities in Wisconsin: Blood Sugar, Blood Pressure, and Colorectal Cancer Screening report! It identifies gaps in blood sugar, blood pressure, and colorectal cancer screening across various demographics, including race and ethnicity and rural and urban geography. You can learn more or download the report here: https://healthymetric.org/reports/ -Measures

The Health Experiences Research Network has launched two new toolkits on : Catalyst Films about Health Experiences: Long COVID in Primary Care and Health Experiences Catalyst Films: Smoking, Cancer, and To***co Cessation.

To learn more about each , click here: https://hip.wisc.edu/news/hern-launches-two-new-toolkits-on-hipxchange/

The Dashboard for Emergency Medicine Resident Learning Metrics Toolkit now available on . The contains a with individualized resident metrics that is used by education faculty and residents to build and customize a resident performance dashboard and improve resident discussions.

View the toolkit now: https://hipxchange.org/toolkit/emresidentdashboard/

The Supporting Interhospital Transfer Decisions (SITe) Toolkit is now available on ! The was specifically designed to assist accepting providers during the third conversation of the . The SITe Toolkit contains a script and checklist as well as resources to train accepting providers and to increase awareness of use of the tools among other parties involved in interhospital transfers.

View the toolkit now: https://hipxchange.org/toolkit/sitetoolkit/

The Transfer Call Toolkit is now available on ! It offers tools to help center nurses facilitate calls about transfers and ensure that the information exchange is clear, complete, consistent, and efficient. It also provides to facilitate transfer center nurses on the tools and to communicate to providers and leadership at referring and accepting hospitals that the tools will be used.

View the toolkit now: https://hipxchange.org/toolkit/transfercalltoolkit/

The new HIPxChange website is now live! We're thrilled to announce that after months of dedicated hard work and collaboration, the new HIPxChange website is officially live! Visit us now: https://www.hipxchange.org/

We've introduced some updates to enhance your experience:
1. Consistent URL: https://www.hipxchange.org/
2. Wveryone must create a free account
3. Click "My Account" to view all your toolkit downloads

Check it out now!

DFMCH Ranked 29th Nationally in 2023 BRIMR Rankings The University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH) ranks twenty-ninth in the nation for the 2023 Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research (BRIMR) rankings of NIH funding for family medicine departments. DFMCH’s NIH awards totaled $900,566 for the federal fiscal...

The Positive Pathways to Chart Completion is now available on ! Dr. Britt Allen developed the toolkit to help people get away from a toxic relationship with closing charts. The self-help worksheet aims to lower anxiety and cause fewer chart fines. View the toolkit now: https://hipxchange.org/ChartCompletion

Please join us for our next Forum - January 10, 2024 | 12:15 – 1:15 PM (Central) - "AI in Healthcare: From EHR Challenges to Future Opportunities". http://fammed.wisc.edu/events/ University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health UW Health