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Grants

An Antenatal Centering Model to Improve Outcomes for Karen Frantz Tiffany Kenny
Pregnant Women with Substance Use Disorders, Frantz, K Cynthia Struck Kathy Blake
& Kenny, T (Women’s Health) AEIX $12,000 Award June
2016.

HRSA-funded Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program
(GWEP). Summa Health was the only site in Ohio to
be selected by HRSA and one of 44 nationwide. $2.04
million over 3 years. This cooperative agreement is a
collaboration between Summa and Direction Home Akron
Canton Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities, NEOMED,
The University of Akron, and Cleveland State University
and focuses on interprofessional geriatric education.
Monies will be used to train students, healthcare providers
as well as patients and their families in the needs and care
of older adults. Dr. S. Radwany is the Project Director
and Hazelett S (Senior Services) is the Project Manager.
7/1/2015 to 6/30/2018.

Interprofessional Collaborative Practice in a Falls Risk
Reduction Clinic, Hazelett S (Senior Services) Project
Director (PD). Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and
Retention Program-Interprofessional Collaborative
Practice cooperative agreement. Funded by the Health
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). 7/1/2015
to 6/30/2018 ($1.46 million). One of 26 programs funded
nationally.

Medicare Choices, Struk C (Summa Health at Home)
Project Lead, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Only program in the region and one of eight hospices in
Ohio. July 2015 – December 31, 2020.

Practice Change Fellowship, a New Model of Primary
Care for the Frailest Chronically Ill Elderly Patients
Blake K (Senior Services) Practice Change Leader, Funded
by Atlantic Philanthropies & Hartford Foundations.
January 2015 to March 2016, $45,000.

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