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Patient-Aligned Care Teams (PACT)

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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Citations

(5 of more than 117 PACT focused publications)


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Publication Briefs

(5 of more than 133 PACT focused publication briefs)

  • Project Identifies and Validates Recommendations to Stop or Scale Back Unnecessary Routine Services in Primary Care
    Investigators in this study conducted a focused review of existing guidelines and recommendations – concentrating primarily on those published between 2011 and 2016 – to identify potential deintensification recommendations related to routine primary care. Investigators reconfigured about 50 high-priority recommendations by explicitly defining and specifying the deintensification action and appropr...
    Date: September 14, 2020
  • Primary Care Intensive Management Teams Impact Medication Management for Diabetes and Hyperlipidemia
    This study examined the impact of primary care intensive management (PIM) on adherence to medications and medication adjustments including changes in number of drugs filled, switches between drug classes, added or discontinued prescriptions, and dose changes. Findings showed that PIM teams appear to have contributed to medication management for diabetes and hyperlipidemia. Medication adherence imp...
    Date: August 7, 2020
  • Contextualized Care Planning Results in Improved Veteran Outcomes and Significant Cost Savings
    Contextualizing care is the process of adapting research evidence to patient context. For example, recognizing that a patient is not managing their diabetes because they cannot afford the medication and switching them to a less costly alternative is a contextualized care plan. This study evaluated the effectiveness of a quality improvement program in which providers receive ongoing feedback on the...
    Date: July 31, 2020
  • VA Patients Have Fewer Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations Post-Chemotherapy than Medicare Patients
    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new quality measure to reduce potentially avoidable hospital admissions among patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy. In this study, investigators used this CMS measure to compare the quality of care received by chemotherapy patients treated through traditional Fee-for-Service Medicare versus VA, using a cohort of dually-enrolled ...
    Date: July 15, 2020
  • Both PTSD Symptoms and Moral Injury are Associated with Adverse Perinatal Outcomes among Women Veterans
    This longitudinal study is the first to examine the impact of PTSD symptoms and moral injury on adverse perinatal outcomes among women who became pregnant in the first three years after separating from military service. Findings showed that after adjusting for age, racial/ethnic minority status, socioeconomic status, and lifetime trauma, both PTSD symptoms and moral injury were associated with adv...
    Date: June 1, 2020

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Studies

( 5 of more than 80 PACT focused projects )

Project No.  Title  PI  Funding Start   
IIR 14-073 An Effectiveness Trial of the Triage Algorithm for PACT Pharmacy Services Lund, Brian 2016-01-01
IIR 14-074 Engaging Veterans and Family Supporters in PACT to Improve Diabetes Management Rosland, Ann-Marie 2015-06-01
IIR 12-383 Linking Clinician Interaction and Coordination to Clinical Performance in VA PACT Hysong, Sylvia 2014-04-01
IIR 12-407 Using Peer Mentors to Support PACT Team Efforts to Improve Diabetes Control Long, Judith 2014-04-01
IIR 12-385 Integrating HIV Care in VA: Extending PACT Principles to Specialty Care Bokhour, Barbara 2014-02-01

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HSR&D Briefs, Reports, Newsletters

5 sample "PACT" publications displayed.

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Topic Spotlight

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Cyberseminars

The most recent "PACT" seminars are displayed.

Date Title Presenter(s)
1/20/2021 Preventing Fracture(d Care): Lessons Learned from the Implementation of a Bone Health Care Teleheath PACT Solimeo, Samantha  
Seaman, Aaron  
Steffen, Melissa  
Miller, Karla  
11/18/2020 Impact of Virtual Integrated Multisite PACT (V-IMPACT) for Teleprimary Care on Patients’ Utilization and Costs Yoon, Jean  
Oh, Anna  
10/21/2020 Defining the Role of the RN Care Manager in PACT Wakefield, Bonnie  
9/16/2020 Integrated Mental Health Services and Care Quality among VA Primary Care Patients Leung, Lucinda  
7/15/2020 “Best Kept Secret” and “Red Tape” – Resident and Physician Perspectives on Working for the VA Moldestad, Megan  

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Videos

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Podcasts

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Other Resources

  • 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 https://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.
  • Visit the HSR&D Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation and Policy and learn more about their research into supporting the PACT model of care delivery.

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