Earlier this spring, Duke’s Collaborative to Advance Health Equity (CACHE) Initiative awarded 1-year grants for three proposals to improve care in the Duke Health system. Focused on addressing areas where current approaches to care and support could be improved, the three projects include identification and treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD), transitions of care for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD), and improving screening for lung cancer, all of which pose substantial challenges among patients served by Duke Health. “We wanted to focus on work that brings together elements of care that have been shown to be effective but haven’t yet been widely integrated into clinical workflows or scaled,” notes CACHE Director Michael Pignone, MD, MPH.
