Health Systems Initiative
Enhancing Health Systems with Best Practices
To address tobacco use and obesity, TSET provides grants to health systems throughout the state. With this funding, grantees can attract additional federal dollars, such as with the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, to expand the reach and impact of their efforts. Check out current grants below.
Through a grant with the Health Care Work Force Training Commission, TSET funds are used to help recruit primary care physicians to medically underserved areas by offering medical school loan repayment assistance. Doctors must see SoonerCare patients and are trained on the best practice method to talk to a patient about quitting tobacco use and referring patients to services through the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline.
Grants supporting physician training in rural and medically underserved areas in an effort to increase access to preventative care and screenings and address the critical shortage of primary care doctors in Oklahoma.
This grant works with hospitals and health systems to promote best practice strategies to engage patients in quitting tobacco use. The grant also focuses on improving health among staff and patients by promoting physical activity, offering healthy food options and creating tobacco-free environments.
OK Lung Cancer Roundtable
OKLungCancerRoundtable.org is the online hub for the Oklahoma Lung Cancer Roundtable, a statewide coalition working to reduce the burden of lung cancer through prevention, early detection, and coordinated care. The site shares resources, updates, and tools to help hospitals, clinics, community partners, and the public to expand screening access and improve lung health across Oklahoma.
This grant works with the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, Oklahoma’s Medicaid agency, to improve the health of SoonerCare members by ensuring access to tobacco cessation services, targeting vulnerable populations such as pregnant women, and identifying health risks such as obesity and tobacco use. The program also promotes opportunities to improve health with physical activity and improved nutrition.
Oklahoma has one of the highest lung cancer rates in the nation, and less than 2% of eligible Oklahomans get lung cancer screenings. TSET and the Stephenson Cancer Center are committed to changing that with the state’s first mobile lung cancer screening bus.