MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation
Named for a Group Health founder and pioneering physician, W.A. MacColl, MD, the MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation at Group Health Research Institute (GHRI) was established in 1992 by Ed Wagner, MD, MPH. Dr. Wagner is a senior investigator and founding director of GHRI.
"We develop tools and expertise to advance Group Health's commitment to 'population-based' or 'planned' care," said Wagner. "This helps the system deliver services that can meet predictable health care needs among groups of patients with common chronic illnesses, using interventions strongly grounded in clinical evidence."
In the mid-1990s the Center developed the Chronic Care Model, a widely endorsed and adopted approach to improving ambulatory care that has guided clinical quality initiatives in the United States and internationally.
The Center is the home of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Improving Chronic Illness Care (ICIC). Since 1998, ICIC has been involved in further developing, testing, and disseminating Chronic Care Model-based clinical improvement efforts.
GHRI provides core funding for the Center. Learn more about the ICIC program.