A former CPP client, 15 year-old Caylee Blosenski, recently starred in the Disney+ remake of “Cheaper by the Dozen” with Zack Braff and Gabrielle Union. A familiar favorite, this movie features a blended family in …
Sheray Wallace Wins International Trailblazers Award
Sheray Wallace, a Community Resource Educator at the Center for Patient Partnerships and founder of the Meadowood Health Partnership, recently received the International Trailblazers Award. This award recognizes “Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things”. Sheray is …
Seamless COVID Response Through Collaboration With the Meadowood Health Partnership
During COVID we formalized a strong partnership with Meadowood Health Partnership, a small but mighty community health initiative, developing creative ways to tackle the barriers that COVID placed on our clients. Through this partnership, Our …
Client Story: Championing Values & Saving $16,000
‘Anthony,’ our client’s father, was visiting from outside the US and obtained travel insurance as a precaution. After 3 days of dizziness and no appetite, they went to the ER and were promptly admitted to …
Check out selected student papers: Public Health 785, Medical Care & Public Health Systems
Public Health 785: Selected Student Papers, 2020
Clinical: What We’re Learning
This summer, for the first time, seven law students, two pharmacy students, and one medical student took on the daunting task of learning patient advocacy from entirely remote settings. Through the summer Clinical, interdisciplinary students …
Public Health 785 teaches MPH students to “think in systems”
In a new course designed by CPP co-director Sarah Davis and CPP health systems instructor Mary Michaud, students in MPH and health professional programs learn how to “think in systems.” Medical Care and Public Health …
LIFT Dane Corner: Fees and Fines, What They Mean for Health
Imagine you barely have enough money to pay rent and buy food and you receive a parking ticket because you forgot to move your car to the alternative side of the street. Do you pay …
Resource Navigators learn valuable lessons about factors that influence health
When Wisconsin HealthCorps Volunteer Hannah Fleischman was placed as a coordinator with CPP’s Community Resource Navigator Program, she didn’t know what to expect. Now, after a year with the program, Fleischman says the lessons will …
Rachel Grob leads action research to ensure policy reflects patients’ experiences
Through her career-long focus on listening to, documenting, and understanding patients’ experiences in health care, Rachel Grob, leads research on gaps that others in health care often miss. Grob leads one team of researchers contributing …