Ally
Taubenheim,
RN, PHN, BSN, DNP '22
RN, DNP Student
Community University Health Care Center (CUHCC)
Ally Taubenheim, RN, PHN, BSN, DNP '22 is a Registered Nurse at Community University Health Care Center. She received her RN training at the University of Minnesota, School of Nursing and is currently pursuing her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at the University of Minnesota. Ally Taubenheim is an interprofessional education author and researcher. She is a co-creator of the inaugural Interprofessional Education Health Care Escape Rooms, developed at the University of Minnesota. She is a pioneering leader to improve team-based care in community health. Her special interests in education include improving health equity and bridging primary care and mental health care.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
There is an untapped capacity in community health centers for achieving high-functioning team-based care. Furthermore, there is a need to provide rapid assessment of how well teams operate in a busy health care environment. To this call of action, a leadership team at Community University Health Care Center (CUHCC) located in South Minneapolis sought to implement the Assessment of Collaborative Environments (ACE-15), a validated survey tool developed by Tilden (2016) to provide rapid assessment of team functioning.
CUHCC strives to lead in team-based care and recently launched five…