The health systems receiving the grants are Jefferson Health, Temple Health, Penn Medicine, and Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic, according to a July 8 news release from the payer.
Penn Medicine received three of the grants. One focuses on a model that provides care during early pregnancy, placing special focus on equitable follow-up care for women who miscarry and who seek care at emergency departments.
Another Penn Medicine grant aims to decrease barriers to paid access to buprenorphine — a medication that soothes cravings for opioids — for majority Black, Indigenous and people of color communities in Philadelphia.
The third Penn Medicine project is focused on a system that uses an artificial intelligence-guided chatbot to provide 24/7 assistance to new mothers with questions about their babies or their own needs.
Jefferson Health received a grant for a project that uses telehealth and web-based advanced care planning models to reduce barriers to palliative care for older people with dementia who live in urban areas.
Temple Health received a grant for a project that integrates behavioral and medical care using a behavioral health screening tool. The goal is to measure the success of the screening tool, identify links between behavioral and social factors and chronic disease, and evaluate the impact of socio-behavioral health integration on diabetes management.
Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic received a grant for a project to assess patient and caregiver needs and interventions while also addressing downward health trajectory with serious illness conversations in the home setting.
Recipients will receive an average of $200,000 per grant, the insurer said.
