The Constellation Regional Learning Collaborative (CRLC) is a 12-month, cohort-based initiative offered annually in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The CRLC brings together healthcare providers, community-based organizations, and public health leaders to drive measurable improvements in hypertension and cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes.
Goals of the CRLC
Improve Hypertension and CVD Management
Equip teams with practical, evidence-based interventions for controlling blood pressure and improving heart health.
Advance Health Equity
Help participants identify and respond to social, structural, and systemic factors that influence health, ensuring interventions meet the unique needs of the communities they serve.
Build Capacity Across the Care Team
Support workforce development through self-paced learning, coaching, and skill-building in quality improvement and clinical best practices.
Support Sustainable Community-Based Solutions
Encourage scalable programs rooted in local context and driven by patient-centered design.
Strengthen Regional Collaboration
Leverage tools like Vega, a bi-directional referral platform, to connect clinical care with social supports, improving outcomes through shared accountability.
What Makes the CRLC Unique?
- Dedicated Coaching: Every team receives dedicated support from health equity, clinical, quality improvement and health policy coaches.
- Tailored Implementation Plans
- Clinical and Technical Expertise: Tap into a network of subject matter experts, including pharmacists, nurses, data analysts, and Quality Improvement specialists.
- Practical Tools and Change Ideas: The CRLC Change Packet serves as your roadmap to implement what works.
- Customized Support: We meet teams where they are—helping participants create realistic, site-specific action plans aligned with their capacity, priorities, and quality improvement goals.
- Interactive Learning Environment: Benefit from free self-paced, e-learning modules, online peer to peer discussion boards, and a community of practice to foster connection and innovation across the region.
- Recognition & Celebration: At the end of the collaborative, teams showcase progress, share lessons learned, and are recognized for their efforts.
- Continued Education Credits*: Earn CEUs credits through the completion of CRLC e-learning modules.
The Southeastern United States has the unfortunate reputation of having the highest stroke and heart disease mortality rates in the nation. We anticipate a robust response from our Carolina providers and community in joining the Constellation Regional Collaborative to address inequalities in health care and reverse this trend.