ICSI 2015 Annual Report | HEALTH CARE TRANSFORMATION | 3
Reinertsen Lecturer,
omas A. LaVeist, PhD
Health Care Transformation
New Patient Advisory Council members (top, left to right) Marguerita Scott,
Amanda Matchett, Cassandra Voss and Yer Kong. At right, Gladys Chuy.
Emerging Health Care Path for
Community Collaboration
Population Health
Going Beyond Clinical Walls
Going Beyond Clinical Walls is a series of
communications and resources to help clinicians,
clinical staff and administrators connect with
community partners and resources for effective
problem solving in health care. Funded by a grant
from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the series
is designed to support conversations that identify
problems and opportunities, develop a shared vision
for connections with community partners, and build
practical next steps.
Health Care Value
ICSI was asked, as a neutral convener, to bring together key stakeholders to address
concerns about the prior authorization process for medication ordering. is
work group analyzed key issues around medication utilization management/prior
authorization in Minnesota and outlined opportunities for improvement. Because
prior authorization is only one of the components, the work group also included step
therapy, quantity limits, and medical necessity as they designed an improved process.
In the first phase of this work, ICSI completed a set of recommendations available on our website. In 2016, community
stakeholders are working on the second phase, refinement and implementation.
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Patient Engagement
Health Disparities
omas A. LaVeist, PhD, captivated a full house of more than 200 people at the November 5,
2015, Reinertsen Lecture. He said that contrary to popular belief, improving access to health care
will not in and of itself take care of the health disparities problem, insisting that what we have is a
quality problem for all populations.
We also hosted two webinars focusing on the benefits and use of data released by Minnesota
Community Measurement (MNCM) on race, Hispanic ethnicity, and language, with
approximately 50 attendees participating per session.
Patient Advisory Council
In 2015, ICSI successfully recruited five new
members for our Patient Advisory Council (PAC).
e PAC is a group of volunteer patients with
varying backgrounds from across Minnesota
that offers recommendations on our clinical
guidelines, health initiatives, and materials
designed for patients.
