Michigan Academic Consortium: Nurse Managed Primary Care

Funding Source: W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Project Period: October 1, 1999 - September 30, 2003

Project Coordinator: Lynn Breer, PhD

The primary purpose of the Michigan Academic Consortium (MAC) was to evaluate the role of nurse managed health centers in meeting the combined objectives of student education, community service, and faculty practice and research across a four university nursing consortium. The evaluation combined multiple methods to assess student and faculty experiences in the centers, the role of the centers in providing high quality care to underserved populations, patient satisfaction, finances, and use of electronic health records. The evaluation also included exploring the consortium process and the collaboration effort among the four university partners: University of Michigan, Wayne State University, Michigan State University and Grand Valley State University.

MPHI-CDMTR provided technical assistance to the evaluation efforts of this project, which included technical assistance in data collection, management, and integration. MPHI-CDMTR consulted on data systems, customizations, and problems; consulted on data quality assurance protocols and procedures; served as a site for collection and integration of data; and designed and implemented reports. MPHI-CDMTR worked with the data managers at each of the universities as data was collected and entered and conducted cross-site data analysis and reporting as well as served as a convener for the Evaluation Task Force. The Evaluation Task Force assisted the sites in developing a consistent design for the project evaluation and specified a core data set to be collected at all sites. Findings were used to inform policy makers and funders at the state and national level. This work resulted in several peer-reviewed publications as well as additional funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Project Type: Evaluation, Research, Data Management