b'DR. PATRICK WRIGHT, MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR CONE HEALTH COMMUNITY CONGREGATIONAL NURSE PROGRAM AND FORMER MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR MOBILE MEDICINE, ON STAYING AHEAD OF THE CURVEWhen CEO Mary Jo Cagle, MD, assembled a team ofTop six benefits Risant Health brings tophysicians to discuss becoming part of Risant Health,Cone Health, according to Dr. Patrick WrightDr. Patrick Wright was an obvious choice. On an evenly balanced team representing various specialties, Wright ONE:DATA Xbrought 30 years as a Cone Health physician and leader,What were getting, first of all, is an amazing database along with critical community health expertise.system that captures social determinants of health at a Wright has served as vice president of safety and quality,higher level than weve ever seen. Our data is currently medical director for Mobile Medicine, and currently leadsmanaged in siloed applications through our vendors on the Congregational Nurse Program, bringing care tomultiple systems that often dont interface. This is one those who have the worst health outcomes: low-incomeseamless system of data, and its embedded in Epic. community members.As we begin to work together, we will combine and co-build our data with them as our work continues.So much has to do with the barriers and injustices they face, he says. Addressing this through community TWO:A HISTORY OF HEALTH EQUITY WORKXclinics and mobile medicine has been my calling,Kaiser Permanente works with people experiencing providing medication bridging, urgent care, foot care,homelessness and with folks who suffer from significant diabetes management and blood pressure stabilizationsocial determinants of health barriers, particularly in the to community members who would otherwise be in theLos Angeles area, but also in Seattle, Tacoma, Western emergency department or forgo care altogether. Colorado and Maryland. They have a long history of lifting these patients up. Inspired by her sons mission, Wrights mother, Ruth, created the Ruth Helen OBryan Wright Endowment to THREE:CLINICAL EFFICIENCY TOOLSX develop patient assistance funds and expand community clinics. Wright says community clinics in Greensboro areThey have technologies that bring clinical efficiencies, growing, with four now spanning East Greensboro. Thesuch as ambient AI, which allows us to capture all same goes for the Mobile Medicine fleet. the critical information from the patient visit as its happening. When you finish the day, you only need to Were going to many more places across the Piedmontreview and edit those notes. I cant tell you how much Triad to reach people with preventive care, he says.time that saves. Many of us do patient notes during We have recurring events at YMCAs, YWCAs, churches,PJ time early in the morning or late at night, dictating community centers and rehab centers, and its significantlycharts. This takes a full 30 minutes off each chart.expanded.With this community-minded perspective, Wright joined FOUR:EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE PATHWAYSXSTANDARDS OF CARE BASED ON DATA ANDX the physician team in meetings to discuss the idea of TAILORED TO EACH PATIENTCone Health becoming a part of a new organization like Risant Health. Cone Health has pathways in service lines like oncology, pulmonology and critical care medicine that guide us We went out to Kaiser Permanente and were absolutelyin delivering a high standard of care, but the pathways blown away, he recalls. We met with physicians fromKaiser Permanente has developed and how they deliver the Washington state, Colorado, California and Marylandthem to the provider practice are at a whole new level. markets and found their culture very similar to ours.Kaiser Permanente eliminates the bureaucracy. Thats Theyve been working on health equity since Kaisera game changer, because when everyone in the office Permanente was founded. Now theyre looking forworks from the latest data and standards of care, medium-sized regional health systems that have alreadyphysicians can focus more on patient care. demonstrated an exceptional health-focused outcomes and access care model.FIVE:IMPROVED PATIENT SATISFACTION AND ACCESSWright lights up at all that Cone Health and ourKaiser Permanentes technology improves access, community stand to gain as being part of Risant Health. enabling patients to make appointments and refill prescriptions easily. For patients who lack the technical We can impact health disparities like never before, heability and have less advanced phones (like the says, and put Cone Healths value-based care on theunderinsured or uninsured in impoverished areas), national stage. Kaiser Permanente has a way to reach them for 12Cone Health Philanthropy'