PACT is a team-based model of care in which a team of health professionals, led by a provider, works collaboratively with the patient to provide for all of the patient's healthcare needs—or appropriately coordinates care with other qualified professionals. Issues being studied include methods of improving care coordination, how to automate point-of-care delivery, and point-of-care health literacy dissemination.
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Reddy A, Wong E, Canamucio A, Nelson K, Fihn SD, Yoon J, Werner RM. Association between Continuity and Team-Based Care and Health Care Utilization: An Observational Study of Medicare-Eligible Veterans in VA Patient Aligned Care Team. Health services research. 2018 Dec 1; 53 Suppl 3:5201-5218.
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VA Geriatric Patient Aligned Care Teams Need Additional Mental Health Integration for Older Veterans Geriatric Patient Aligned Care Teams (GeriPACT) provide healthcare for a subset of older Veterans with chronic disease, functional dependency, cognitive decline, and psychosocial challenges. This study examines mental healthcare integration within GeriPACT by describing the role of psychiatrists/psychologists to help inform geriatric mental health policy. Findings showed that mental health integra...
Date: September 13, 2018
LGBT Women Veterans Report Missing Needed Health Care Due to Concerns about Interacting with Other Veterans This study sought to examine LGBT women Veterans’ experiences within the VA healthcare system, and whether their experiences impact use of VA care. Findings showed that the majority of women Veterans reported feeling welcome at their VA. However, fewer LGBT women reported feeling welcome and safe at VA compared with non-LGBT women Veterans. After controlling for demographics, health status, and p...
Date: July 1, 2018
Homeless Veterans Report More Positive Experiences in Facilities with Homeless-Tailored Primary Care Teams In 2012, VA implemented homeless-tailored primary care teams (HPACTs) that could improve the primary care experience for homeless patients. This study compared the primary care experiences of homeless and non-homeless Veterans from 25 VA facilities that had HPACTs available in 2012 and 485 facilities lacking HPACTs. Findings showed that in facilities lacking HPACT programs, homeless Veterans repor...
Date: July 1, 2018
Systematic Review: Pay-for-Performance and VA Healthcare Investigators sought to identify studies that examined the effects of pay-for-performance (P4P) on the quality of care and health of Veterans, including potential unintended consequences, as well as program design features and implementation factors important to P4P both within VA and in the community. Findings showed that overall, evidence is insufficient to determine whether P4P results in durab...
Date: July 1, 2018
High-Risk Veterans with Access to Primary Care Intensive Management Receive Increased Outpatient Care without Increased Cost Intensive Management (IM) models aim to proactively reduce complex patients’ deteriorations in health and resultant high-cost hospitalizations through interdisciplinary teams, care coordination, and support for care transitions. This study evaluated the impact of outpatient primary care IM programs on health care utilization and cost at five VA medical centers. Findings showed that Veterans receiv...
FORUM, August 2014: Care coordination and PACT
...FORUM, August 2014: Care coordination and PACT HSR&D Home August 2014 Download PDF version (318 KB) In This Issue Director's Letter Director's...
FORUM, August 2014: Care coordination and PACT
...FORUM, August 2014: Care coordination and PACT HSR&D Home August 2014 » Back to Table of Contents Research Highlight Facilitating Care Transitions...
FORUM, August 2014: Care coordination and PACT
...FORUM, August 2014: Care coordination and PACT HSR&D Home August 2014 » Back to Table of Contents Research Highlight Improving Care Coordination...
FORUM, August 2014: Care coordination and PACT
...FORUM, August 2014: Care coordination and PACT HSR&D Home August 2014 » Back to Table of Contents Research Highlight Opportunities for Improved...
VISN 4's Center for Evaluation of PACT (CEPACT) is one of four Demonstration Labs funded by VA and HSR&D to evaluate the implementation of the Patient-Aligned Care Team (PACT) model. Read about research and leadership highlights from FY2010 through FY2014 in these CEPACT Fact Sheets. For more information, visit the CEPACT website at http://www.visn4.va.gov/VISN4/CEPACT/index.asp.
Learn more about the research being conducted within HSR&D's PACT CREATE (Collaborative Research to Enhance and Advance Transformation and Excellence) initiative.
To find tools, resources, and more information about various aspects of the PACT model, visit the VA's Office of Patient Care Services PACT website.
