Design, Test & Scale: 7 Steps to Impact
How We Work
CaroNova’s approach to pioneering lasting real-world health solutions is systematic, research-driven, collaborative, and community-minded. We purposely identify opportunities where partners can work together to cultivate, co-design, and catalyze health improvements in the Carolinas through our process.
Cultivate
We work systematically to understand and identify communities’ needs, best practices, and untapped ideas.
Identify needs within a sustained focus area
Prioritize potential interventions and opportunities for system improvement. Establish a theory of change.
Engage those most impacted to inform and refine our opportunity for reform.
Projects Currently At This Stage
Universal Youth Mental Wellness Supports (North Carolina)
CaroNova and cross-sector partners from both states are co-designing supports to establish universal standards for youth mental wellness tailored to the Carolinas’ diverse communities. Leveraging existing work to collaboratively develop a sustainable, inclusive implementation framework and involving state and local policymakers early and consistently, CaroNova will align policy with practice, address systemic barriers, and create conditions for long-term sustainability and scalability.
Co-Design
We engage with payors, providers, patients and community members on the front end of the process, connecting and leveraging resources to create and refine health innovations.
Establish core metrics and potential outcome targets. Design model of care and prepare for sprint testing.
Projects Currently At This Stage
Designing the Innovation in Behavioral Health Model
CaroNova is partnering with the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) as a neutral third-party convener to support implementation of the CMS Innovation in Behavioral Health (IBH) Model, a multi-year federal initiative designed to strengthen how care is delivered and paid for to support people with behavioral health needs, including substance use disorders.
Optimizing South Carolina’s Behavioral Healthcare Delivery Infrastructure
CaroNova is working with the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) and state partners to realize a behavioral health system that meets the basic and comprehensive needs of South Carolinians.
Identify sprint sites to test proof of concept. Apply learnings from the sprints to further refine the model. Develop an implementation assistance plan
Projects Currently At This Stage
Comprehensive Palliative Care for Serious Illness Pilots
CaroNova is supporting implementation of a comprehensive care model and payment infrastructure to support people who are seriously ill, including those facing the end of their lives, and their families. Through pilots in the Carolinas, learnings will inform core elements for the CPCSI model, expected patient outcomes, sustainable payment models, and a framework for collaboration between providers and payors.
Universal Youth Mental Wellness Supports (South Carolina)
CaroNova and cross-sector partners from both states are co-designing supports to establish universal standards for youth mental wellness tailored to the Carolinas’ diverse communities. Leveraging existing work to collaboratively develop a sustainable, inclusive implementation framework and involving state and local policymakers early and consistently, CaroNova will align policy with practice, address systemic barriers, and create conditions for long-term sustainability and scalability.
Replicate proven interventions and establish a business case that benefits those most impacted.
Catalyze
We use evidence to drive care, as well as payment and policy reforms that sustain effective approaches. Then we share and replicate what works.
Communicate evidence from demonstrations. Scale and sustain payment and policy reforms.
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