Penn State’s Center for Health Organization Transformation (CHOT) Penn State CHOT Request for Proposals works it How chot.psu.edu

Penn State CHOT received the NSF CHOT award in January 2010 Penn State CHOT received the NSF CHOT award in January 2010. This five-year project has planned research expenditures of $1.2 million which includes co-funding by NSF, industry members, and university cost sharing. The mission of CHOT is to advance, with its partners, transformation in health systems through applied cooperative research. chot.psu.edu

NSF I/UCR Model and CHOT’s Value Proposition Industry Advisory Board Pooled Members $ Investment of Indirect $ NSF Funds $ RESEARCH PROJECTS Penn State Core & Supplemental Funds Innovations in Healthcare Delivery

Annual Research Cycle Fall CHOT IAB Meeting Research project Presentation IAB members share research ideas and questions Following the Fall meeting Research proposals developed with IAB input CHOT sites facilitate collaborative research project Spring CHOT IAB Meeting Present Research Proposals IAB provides feedback & ranks research proposals Following the Spring Meeting CHOT sites conduct research projects

Penn State Involvement How can my college or department get involved? CHOT Call for Proposals Penn State Departments submit their top Proposals Penn State IAB Members Rank Proposals Top Proposals submitted for National IAB consideration Approved Proposals Funded! Investment of Indirect $ NSF Funds $ Innovations in Healthcare Delivery

Analytics and Innovative Technology CHOT Research RESEARCH THEMES Access to Care Population Health Analytics and Innovative Technology Care Coordination Patient Experience Investment of Indirect $ NSF Funds $ Innovations in Healthcare Delivery

CHOT Research Population Health Overarching Research Question: Are population health successes ready to be scaled or generalized? What are the best practices? Research Aims: Focus on specific conditions and address social determinants Identify sustainable partnerships Population Health Investment of Indirect $ NSF Funds $ Example Projects: Integration of Population Health Data and Digital Assistants to Reduce Readmission Risks Gamification and its Impact on the Population Health Management of Chronic Conditions Improving Employee and Patient Health through Population Data Mining Innovations in Healthcare Delivery

CHOT Research Access to Care Overarching Research Question: What are the best practices for increasing access to care and removing barriers to care? Research Aims: Identify by disease, geography, and socio-demographics How to use technology to improve access and remove barriers Investment of Indirect $ NSF Funds $ Example Projects: Patient Engagement and Hospital Readmissions: The Role of Health Literacy Impact of Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine on Downstream Health Care Utilization and Costs Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring Systems to Improve Access and Promote Active Patient Engagement in Rural Communities Development of a Middleware Framework for Medical Device Integration for Telemedicine Innovations in Healthcare Delivery

CHOT Research Care Coordination Overarching Research Question: How can resources be used most efficiently to better integrate care within the community? Research Aims: Finding current coordination practices and why they are not working How to decide which groups to enroll in different programs Care Coordination Investment of Indirect $ NSF Funds $ Example Projects: Using Care Coordination to Address Cost, Quality, and Access to Care Across Systems and Populations Effects of Care Coordination on the Improvement of Quality of Care Effects of Care Coordination on Care Transitions A Mobile Based Care Coordination System for Critical Care Innovations in Healthcare Delivery

Analytics and Innovative Technology CHOT Research Analytics and Innovative Technology Overarching Research Question: How can resources be used most efficiently to better integrate care within the community? Research Aims: Finding current coordination practices and why they are not working How to decide which groups to enroll in different programs Investment of Indirect $ NSF Funds $ Example Projects: Data-Driven Predictive Analytics to Improve Diagnosis, Treatment, Care Coordination, and Resource Utilization Machine Learning for Evidence-Based Practice, Resource Allocation, and Risk Prediction Innovations in Healthcare Delivery

CHOT Research Patient Experience Overarching Research Question: How can patient experience be measured across the healthcare continuum? Research Aims: Identify factors that impact patient experience How patient perspective of communication affect actual outcomes Patient Experience Investment of Indirect $ New CHOT Theme in 2018! Innovations in Healthcare Delivery

Penn State Involvement How can my college or department get involved? Typical Project Budget: $50,000 Requirements: Project must relate to one or more CHOT research themes Submitted by Penn State faculty / researcher Budget must include support for one graduate MS or PhD student. Cost for student will be split between CHOT and participating Penn State Department Deliverables: Research must result in student deliverables such as: Publications Software Patents Conference Papers Poster presentations CHOT Call for Proposals Investment of Indirect $ NSF Funds $ Innovations in Healthcare Delivery

Penn State Involvement How can my college or department get involved? CHOT Call for Proposals Proposal templates can be download at chot.psu.edu/RFP Submit: Submit abstract to chot@psu.edu Investment of Indirect $ NSF Funds $ Innovations in Healthcare Delivery