NC Medicaid Tailored Plans: We Gotta Get this Right
North Carolina is poised to implement Tailored Plans, a new managed care program, that will serve as an integrated health plan for individuals with significant behavioral health needs and intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DDs) next July. Reflecting on lessons learned from other states, DHHS has the opportunity to take action NOW to ensure provider, plan, and system readiness.
Did We Waste This Disaster?
JC Lyle, Executive Director of WARM NC, considers whether Hurricane Florence was a missed opportunity for enacting changes to improve affordable housing.
Moving from Health Literacy to Health Communication
In honor of International Literacy Day (September 8), we take the opportunity to reflect on how literacy intersects with health outcomes and introduce the importance of health literacy.
Mirror, Mirror 2021: An Opportunity For Change
Using data from the Commonwealth Fund’s Mirror, Mirror 2021 report, Peter Freeman assesses the impact a country’s investment in social services has on its health outcomes.
Atrómitos’ 5th Anniversary: What I’ve Learned So Far
Five years in business. President of Atrómitos, Michealle Gady, JD, reflects on what she’s learned so far.
#NHCW2021: Homage to Community Health Centers
This week, we celebrated National Health Center Week and helping to get the message out about the extraordinary work community health centers accomplish within the communities they serve. Here’s what you need to know.
Introducing: Insights into Interoperability
Getting to “Plays Well with Others” on the Health Records Report Card. Healthcare is a data-driven industry. Delivering the right care to the right patient at the right time and venue depends on having complete, accurate, and timely access to that patient’s health records.
The Fine Line: Exploitation vs. Sustainability
MaLisa Johnson Umstead, Founder, and Executive Director of A Safe Place, discuss the fine line between sustainability and exploitation of victims.
Establishing a Data-Driven Organizational Culture Using SMART Goals and KPIs
Whether it’s thrust upon us by external forces or internally conceived, change is a necessary part of growth and success for any organization. Here’s what you need to know.
Top Tools of 2021: Atrómitos
Our final Top Tool of 2021? You guessed it…
A Starting Place for New Beginnings: The Life-Changing Awareness of Adult Low Literacy
Alesha Westbrook, Coordinator of Communications and Development for Cape Fear Literacy Council, discusses adult literacy and CFLC’s work.
The Affordable Care Act Lives to Fight Another Day
Yesterday, the Supreme Court released its decision in California v. Texas, upholding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) against a challenge by Republican-controlled “Red States” and the Trump Administration.
Top Tools of 2021: Community
The next top tool of 2021 that we’re talking about today is community. Here’s what you should know.
A Man’s World? (Don’t Ignore the Question Mark, It’s a Real Question)
Danielle Saintard Valiente, Owner and Leader Interior Designer for Port City Design Group, discusses women in leadership.
Reflections on the Campaign for Data Interoperability
A little over a week ago, the ONC announced the early retirement of its ten-year Interoperability Roadmap. Here’s our thoughts.
Top Tools of 2021: Compromise
As our Collaboration Our Ideas article mentioned because your business is predicated on relationships, your company needs to collaborate with many people: staff, clients, vendors, and partners. A similar statement could be made about compromising.
The “Hospital-at-Home” Model: A Care Delivery Innovation with Traditional Roots
It’s National Hospital Week, so we’re taking a closer look at the “Hospital-at-Home” Model — a care delivery innovation with traditional roots. Here’s what you need to know.
Data, Analytics, and the Lived Experience: A Roadmap to a Data-Driven Cape Fear Community
Nick Pylypiw, MS, Director of Data Science for Cape Fear Collective, discusses how data, analytics, and the lived experience form a roadmap to a data-driven community.
Top Tools of 2021: Collaboration
Next up in our Top Tools of 2021 series: Collaboration. Here’s what you need to know.
Solving Loneliness: Moving Beyond Connection to Engagement and Empowerment
Cindy Jordan, Founder and CEO of Pyx Health, discusses the nation’s critical loneliness epidemic. Loneliness and social isolation are making headlines almost daily, but in this extended news cycle, we can shape new solutions for the loneliness epidemic.
Public Health is the Future
It’s National Public Health Week, so it’s time that we recognize public health for what it is (our future) and invest in it as such.
Women in Leadership: The Business Edition
As a woman-owned small business, the topic of opportunities for female leadership in business and industry is one that is personal for us.
Bridging the Healthcare Gap Between Human Service Organizations and Providers
Sarah Ridout, MBA, SPHR, Communications and Development Director for our partner organization, Community Care of the Lower Cape Fear, discusses bridging the healthcare gap between HSOs and providers.
The American Rescue Plan and Public Health Infrastructure
Last week Congress passed the much-anticipated American Rescue Plan of 2021 (the ARP). Here’s what you need to know.
NC Foster Care Plan Delayed: Complex Needs Necessitate Intentional Program Design
NC DHHS has announced that it will delay the implementation of the Foster Care Plan until July 2023. Here’s what stakeholders need to know.
Invest in this One Online Design Tool to Level Up Your Organization’s Visual Game
Audiences today demand engaging, high-quality visual content. And with messages coming at consumers from every direction, it’s more important than ever that your images stand out! Here’s how.
The New NC DHHS Foster Care Plan: What the Department, Plans, and Partners Must Do for Success
Earlier this month, NC DHHS issued its latest Medicaid Managed Care Policy Paper describing a new element of Medicaid Transformation in the state: Intent to establish a specialized managed care plan for children in foster care. Here’s what you need to know.
Top Tools of 2021: Honesty
Next up in our Top Tools of 2021 series, we’re covering the topic of honesty. Here’s what you need to know.
Work Smarter, Not Harder: How to Leverage Technology to Make your Work Life Easier
Here at Atrómitos, we decided 2021 was the year to Work Smarter Not Harder. Here’s how we’re using technology to do just that (and you can too!)
The Cost of Consolidation
Publicly owned hospitals are becoming an “increasingly endangered species,” and the recent consolidation in North Carolina has garnered both national attention as well as local controversy. Here’s what you need to know.