Our Methods

CaroNova works with providers, payors, and community health advocates to develop and test promising practices and frameworks to deliver beneficial, sustainable healthcare services. Our purpose is to advance the sharing of research and innovations to accelerate the development and adoption of health innovations that improve care delivery and health outcomes in the Carolinas.

Design, Test, & Scale

Solving Real-World Health Challenges

We collaborate with partners to develop and pilot innovative care models that address real-world challenges. Through testing and evaluation, we identify what works, refine promising practices, and create sustainable frameworks that deliver measurable improvements in health outcomes across the Carolinas. We identify barriers to implementation, regulatory challenges, and specific associated payment and policy changes needed for success.

Active Projects:

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.

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Optimizing South Carolina’s Behavioral Healthcare Delivery Infrastructure

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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.

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Universal Youth Mental Wellness Supports South Carolina and North Carolina

Using the Mental Wellness Through Schools (MWTS) Framework, CaroNova and its partners are simplifying, strengthening, and standardizing the foundational elements needed to support youth mental wellness through collaborations with South Carolina and North Carolina. 

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Accelerate learnings

Sharing Results & Best Practices

We generate rapid learning, test promising practices, and build relationships with front-line partners to create a foundation of trust, data, and practical insights, positioning CaroNova to take on more complex structural challenges.

We work with partners to ensure that the solutions developed by our Accelerator projects are maintained and monitored following deployment.

Active Projects:

Health System Workforce Experience Accelerator

CaroNova is supporting a bi-state collaborative to transform the workforce experience, examining the root causes of burnout and lack of professional fulfillment, and working with health systems to codesign and launch an online resource suite of existing best practices and innovative strategies.

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Completed Projects:

Opioid Stewardship Accelerator

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Home Hospital Accelerator

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Seven Steps to Innovation

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.

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CaroNova brings together healthcare leaders, policymakers, community organizations, and investors to tackle the Carolinas’ most pressing health challenges.

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