DC NEXT! (Network for Expectant and Parenting Teens) Network Partner Meeting

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For more information, contact Oumou Ly at oly@dcpca.org

Registration is open for our semi-annual Qual IT Care Alliance conference, presented virtually September 13th and 14th. The Qual IT Care Alliance is a partnership between HealthEfficient, DCPCA, and MACHC. Registration is free for staff of Qual IT member health centers.

Our conference agenda will provide access to expert keynote speakers as well as breakout sessions focused on clinical, operations, and HIT-related topics. Topics of focus include health equity; trauma-informed care; and transitioning to hybrid models of care (virtual and in-person) in the wake of Covid-19. The conference features several interactive, small-group sessions on data analytics, behavioral health, and substance use disorder care integration.

Training Overview: Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based communication style which aims to help providers engage patients in conversations about behavior change.  Motivational Interviewing challenges the practitioner to suspend his/her drive to direct, advise, and confront. This workshop is ideal for anyone who performs direct patient care, and who frequently engage in conversations with patients about changing their behavior (managing diabetes, quitting smoking, reducing alcohol use, adhering to medication as prescribed, etc.). Decades of research have demonstrated the effectiveness of MI as an evidence-based intervention to compassionately guide the behavior-change process.

Training Details: This virtual training will have two parts:

DCPCA eClinicalWorks (eCW) Trainings

Training Overview: This training is designed for new staff members to get an overview of eClinicalWorks. It will be a two hour Webinar and will show you how to navigate the system. There will be an opportunity to ask questions.

*You will need to complete the eCW New Staff Overview and Navigation Training before registering for the Front Office or Clinical Progress Notes Training.*

Training Overview: This training session course is intended for individuals who work in the front office registering patients. Participants will learn to create/import new patients, eHX Demographics update, the various components of scheduling appointments, and web-enabling patients.

Training Overview: To register for this training, you must have already taken the eCW Staff Overview. This training will cover the flow of SOAP notes in eCW. This will include the Office Visit Screen, the Resource Schedule, the Right Chart Panel, eHX/CRISP; Orders, Prescriptions, Labs, X-rays Procedures, Referrals; Billing Information and Locking progress note/Addendum.

*To register for this training, you must have already taken the eCW New Staff Overview and Navigation Training.*

Training Overview: This training session is intended for Medical Assistants. Participants will learn additional tools in the progress note that help document the note more efficiently in-browser version of eCW. After this training, you will have a better understanding of the Office Visit Screen and how to document in different sections of the progress note. This includes how to document the note by using templates, order sets, Right Chart Panel, and eHX/CRISP. Participants will learn the basics of the patient portal, referral, orders, alerts, telephone encounters, actions, and the various components of scheduling appointments and web-enabling patients.

*To register for this training, you must have already taken the eCW New Staff Overview and Navigation Training.*

CPC-HIE eCW eHX Training

Training Overview: The purpose of this training is to show users how to access and view data in the CPC-HIE for patients who have, or are receiving care at another CPC-HIE participating organization. This training will discuss the specific type of data that is available in the CPC-HIE along with the types of data that is blocked from sharing. This training will also demonstrate how clinical data can be imported from another participating CPC-HIE organization into a progress note. Participants will learn how to navigate the various windows in CPC-HIE to view clinical data as well as using the eHX/CRISP single sign-on interface to navigate and view hospital data for your patients. Additionally, users will be instructed how to publish documents to CPC-HIE.

For more information on eCW trainings, please contact Marlene Fuentes, eCW Project Manager, at mfuentes@dcpca.org

Million Hearts ® Self-Measured Blood Pressure (SMBP) Training

This webinar is the third in a series focusing on some of the social determinants of health and their impact on cancer care and patient outcomes. The webinar series is intended to inform an upcoming National Cancer Policy Forum workshop, Promoting Health Equity in Cancer Care, to be held on October 25-26, 2021. 

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NACHC offers monthly Telehealth Office Hours for health center, PCA, and HCCN staff who have questions or want to share information about telehealth related policy and operational activities. Join us as we hear from the Telehealth Resource Centers as we discuss new trends in telehealth optimization, funding & reimbursement. We will review the current federal landscape as it relates to Telehealth in addition to highlighting recent trends in telehealth to include hybrid care models.

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Suicide is the second leading cause of death in youths aged 10-24. Primary care providers at school-based and other health centers have a crucial opportunity to intervene.

Learning objectives:

1. Explain the crisis of pediatric suicide and why primary care providers, including those at school-based health centers, can play an important role in prevention.

2. Discuss common risk factors and warning signs.

3. Describe screening tools, clinical pathways, and evidence-based interventions for pediatric suicide prevention

ACU's 2021 Conference, "Mission: Health Equity" will feature 24 exciting sessions exploring strategies to improve health equity for underserved minority and intersectional populations. A few selected sessions will include: