United Health Foundation and Medical College of Wisconsin to Launch Coordinated Care Program for New and Expectant Mothers
February 27 2017 - 3:47PM
Business Wire
- The Periscope Project to offer local
primary-care providers access to real-time peer-to-peer psychiatric
teleconsultation
- Project is funded through a $1.2
million United Health Foundation grant
United Health Foundation and the Medical College of Wisconsin
(MCW) will create a program to improve women’s health and birth
outcomes, and reduce health disparities.
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United Health Foundation announced a $1.2
million grant partnership with the Medical College of Wisconsin to
announce The Periscope Project, a real-time, care coordination
program addressing the mental wellness of new and expectant mothers
across the Milwaukee area. The grant was announced at Medical
College of Wisconsin on Monday by Dustin Hinton, president and CEO,
UnitedHealthcare of Wisconsin, Becky Schroeder, co-founder, Moms
Mental Health Initiative, Dr. Christina Wichman, associate
professor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr. Donna Davidoff, chief
medical officer, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, State Sen.
Alberta Darling, 8th Senate District, and Dr. John Raymond,
president and CEO, Medical College of Wisconsin (Photo: John-Paul
Greco).
The Periscope (PERInatal Specialty COnsult
Psychiatry Extension) Project aims to provide
real-time care coordination, behavioral health services and support
for new and expectant mothers across southeast Wisconsin.
Primary-care providers will have access to care-coordination
services including:
- immediate, real-time, peer-to-peer
access to consultation by a perinatal psychiatrist;
- a Periscope Project coordinator to help
identify community resources, and;
- digital resources via MCW’s website
featuring a care provider toolkit composed of medical management
resources including assessment tools, treatment algorithms,
treatment information and continuing medical education (CME)
modules.
The project is funded by a $1.2 million grant by United Health
Foundation, and is part of the foundation’s city-based approach to
provide resources to organizations that connect communities to
care, support whole-person health and build healthier
communities.
“The Periscope Project addresses the lack of perinatal
psychiatric care providers by increasing the reach and efficiency
of these specialized health providers,” said Dr. Christina Wichman,
associate professor of Psychiatry, and Obstetrics and Gynecology at
MCW. “Together, we are building the capacity of primary-care
providers to effectively manage and coordinate care for their
perinatal patients with psychiatric and behavioral health
conditions.”
“We are partnering with the Medical College of Wisconsin to help
ensure that primary care providers have the tools they need to
enhance new and expectant mothers’ health and well-being,” said Dr.
Donna Davidoff, chief medical officer, UnitedHealthcare Community
Plan of Wisconsin. “The Periscope Project will help more mothers
and babies live healthier lives and improve access to coordinated,
comprehensive care.”
The Periscope Project is led by a multi-disciplinary team
including a perinatal psychiatrist and program staff from the MCW’s
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, and a researcher
and health economist from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
College of Nursing. Secondary partnerships include Milwaukee Health
Care Partnership and its member health systems, UnitedHealthcare
Community Plan of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Department of Health
Services.
“These partnerships are critical to the project’s success,” said
Jennifer Doering, associate professor and executive committee
chair, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Nursing. “This
multi-institution and multi-discipline approach is rooted with a
deep commitment to advancing and integrating cost-effective best
practices for the care and treatment of perinatal women in
Milwaukee, with a targeted approach to reaching the most vulnerable
patients.”
According to the 2016 America’s Health Rankings Health of Women
and Children Report, more than 14 percent of women ages 18 to 44 in
Wisconsin use alcohol during pregnancy, signaling a need for
increased substance-abuse consultation and access to care during
these critical months. The Periscope Project will ensure new and
expectant mothers have access to these services, in addition to
specialty perinatal psychiatric care.
The United Health Foundation grant will be awarded over three
years, with an additional $200,000 from the State of Wisconsin
through the Title V Maternal Health Block Grant.
About the Medical College of
WisconsinFounded in 1893, the Medical College of
Wisconsin is dedicated to leadership and excellence in education,
patient care, research and community engagement. More than 1,200
students are enrolled in MCW’s medical school and graduate school
programs in Milwaukee, 56 medical students enrolled at MCW-Green
Bay, and 26 students matriculated to MCW-Central Wisconsin in 2016.
MCW’s School of Pharmacy will open in 2017 or 2018 with an initial
class size of 60 students. A major national research center, MCW is
the largest research institution in the Milwaukee metro area and
second largest in Wisconsin. In FY2015, faculty received more than
$158 million in external support for research, teaching, training
and related purposes. This total includes highly competitive
research and training awards from the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). Annually, MCW faculty direct or collaborate on more than
3,200 research studies, including clinical trials. Additionally,
more than 1,500 physicians provide care in virtually every
specialty of medicine for more than 525,000 patients annually.
About United Health
FoundationThrough collaboration with community partners,
grants and outreach efforts, United Health Foundation works to
improve our health system, build a diverse and dynamic health
workforce and enhance the well-being of local communities. United
Health Foundation was established by UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH)
in 1999 as a not-for-profit, private foundation dedicated to
improving health and health care. To date, United Health Foundation
has committed nearly $315 million to programs and communities
around the world. We invite you to learn more at
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Medical College of WisconsinHolly Botsford,
414-955-8761hbotsford@mcw.eduorUnitedHealthcareTony Marusic,
312-348-3825tony_marusic@uhc.com
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