Grantees

The Colorado AHECs and the University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Center are working to encourage rural and underserved high school students to explore health profession careers. The AHECs are also administering a health care scholars program to graduate students in health professions education and training who opt to practice in rural or other underserved sites. Most significantly, this grant developed and supported a multidisciplinary curriculum and training program for rural track health professions students.

Supported the Colorado Health Institute in building the statewide Health Professions Database to ensure that programs and policies are data-driven and can more strategically address Colorado’s provider shortage. Also developed an inventory of health professions academic programs and workforce initiatives in Colorado; as well as conducted workforce, scopes of care, and supply and demand studies.

Managed by the Colorado Rural Health Center, the Collaborative convened policy leaders, health care providers, educational institutions, and economic development and workforce planning authorities to collectively establish a strategic public policy framework for Colorado to advance health professions workforce priorities to address the shortage of providers and strengthen the health care system.

Supported the Colorado Hospital Association in developing standards and processes to measure and disclose nurses’ contribution to the quality of patient care in licensed health care facilities, pursuant to Executive Order B 002 07.

Support to conduct a health policy seminar for Colorado state legislators to provide them detailed information on each of the policy strategies included in the report from the Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Care Reform.

Conducted local outreach in support of the Frontline film Sick Around the World, which explores how other industrialized countries deliver health care and what the United States might learn from their experience. A follow-up film, Sick Around America, focuses on the 225 million Americans under 65 not covered by Medicaid or Medicare who seek access to health care via the private insurance market. Learn more.

A multi-state, quasi-experimental evaluation of the Patient-centered Medical Home (PCMH) model in Colorado was conducted by the Harvard University School of Public Health. This evaluation identified factors associated with the implementation of the PCMH model as well as the outcomes related to patient and physician experiences, changes in quality of care measures and cost. With claims data from the participating insurance companies, the evaluation examined utilization and costs for patients in the pilot sites relative to similar patients in the comparison groups.

In honor of John R. Moran, Jr.’s long-time leadership of The Colorado Trust, a special fund of $250,000 established the John R. Moran, Jr. Grantee Leadership Award. From 2007 to 2016, one current Trust grantee was selected annually to receive $25,000 in recognition of outstanding leadership to advance the health and well-being of the people within the community the grantee serves.

Helped hospitals across the state to further strengthen their quality improvement systems, ensuring safe patient care. Learn more.

Funding to strengthen staff, planning, outreach and public education efforts to support the development and implementation of health care system improvements in Colorado. As well, through the Colorado Governor’s Building Blocks to Health Care Reform and Executive Order D 005 08, the establishment of the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) to identify and pursue strategies for quality improvement, cost containment and improved population health.