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For more information, contact Lassine Cherif, Information Security & IT Manager, at lcherif@dcpca.org

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.

This training will be offered on the following dates and times:

Date: Wednesday, January, 27, 2021

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. ET

Registration: Click Here

*You will need to complete the 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.

Date: Wednesday, January, 27, 2021

Time: 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. ET

Registration: Click Here

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.

Date: Thursday, January 7, 2021

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. ET

Registration: Click Here

Date: Thursday, January 28, 2021

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. ET

Registration: Click Here

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

Training Overview: This training will show clinicians how to maneuver the eHX and all the functions available in eCW.

Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Time: 12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m. ET

Registration: Click Here

*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.

Date: Thursday, January 21, 2021

Time: 2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. ET

Registration: Click Here

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

For more information on eCW trainings, please contact Valerie Berry, eCW Specialist and Trainer, at vberry@dcpca.org

Training Overview: This Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) TA and Training webinar will empower practices to better manage their patients' hypertension and provide a holistic view of a patient’s health over time to enable timely intervention before a costly care episode.

Who Should Attend: Health center staff who support patient care.

Training Overview: The Quality Improvement (QI) Boot Camp is geared towards any health center staff that support quality improvement, including both clinical and administrative staff. Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss and practice key QI principles including the Model for Improvement, PDSA process, SMART goals, Root Cause Analysis, process flow diagrams, and quality measures. We will apply the concepts learned to real-life case studies through hands-on group exercises.

Who Should Attend: Any health center staff members that support quality improvement, including both clinical and administrative staff; members of QI teams.

For more information, please contact Melissa Mayer, QI Specialist, at mmayer@dcpca.org.

Center for Care Innovations: Virtual Care Innovation Network- Grant Opportunity - Deadline Extended!*

*EXTENDED Application Deadline: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 by 3pm ET

In addition to the application deadline extension, we have also made some changes to the grant funding amounts for the applied project track. Please refer to Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.’s state specific instructions to learn more about the new grant funding amounts. Please note that all applications received to date will be eligible for these new funding amounts. 

Training Overview: DCPCA is offering a tobacco cessation training in partnership with BreatheDC and DC Health that is designed to equip health care professionals with evidence-based skills to treat and care for patients with tobacco dependence. The information included in this one-hour presentation comes from the Public Health Service Guidelines (PHS Guidelines) updated in 2008. The PHS Guidelines provides valuable information on how to address and treat tobacco use using the 5 A’s and a much shorter version of the Ask, Advise Refer models. Ask, Advise, and Refer is an evidenced-based model recommended in the Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence Clinical Practice Guidelines developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Ask Advise and Refer also offers a brief encounter to get the patient started in the quitting process and using Breathe DC and the DC Quitline to conduct the remaining steps.

Who Should Attend: Any health center staff that supports patient care.

If you are interested in DCPCA coordinating this training for your health center, please contact

Marquita Iddirisu, MPH at middirisu@dcpca.org 

Training Overview: DCPCA is offering a selection of chronic disease management trainings in partnership with Flexcare Solutions that is designed to equip health care professionals with evidence-based skills to treat and care for patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Our training facilitator, Vivian N. Ayuk, PharmD, CDCES can provide a didactic and experiential training that addresses the following topics:

Target Audience: This training is geared toward clinical staff members, including providers, Medical Assistants, Nurses and Care Coordinators

For more information, please contact DCPCA QI Team, at qidcpca@dcpca.org.

Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 & Thursday, January 14, 2021

Time: 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. ET

Register for Day 1 & Register for Day 2

Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Time: 2:30-3:30 p.m. ET

Register here

Date: Thursday, January 14

Time: Noon-1:00 p.m. ET

Date:Tuesday, January 19

Time: 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET

Date: Tuesday, January 19

Time: 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET

Date: Tuesday, January 19

Time:3:00-4:00 p.m. ET

Register here

Hosted by Futures Without Violence’s National Health Network on Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking; Futures Without Violence is a HRSA-funded NTTAP

Date: Wednesday, January 20

Time:1:00-2:00 p.m. ET

Register here

Date: Thursday, January 28

Time:3:00-3:30 p.m. ET

Register here

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Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Time: 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET

Description: This is an opportunity to ask NCQA staff questions about the PCMH Standards and Guidelines, the intent of specific criteria, and clarification of required evidence.

Date: Thursday, January 14, 2021 & Thursday, January 28, 2021

Time: 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET

Description: Please join us for an opportunity to ask NCQA staff your questions about the QPASS system. During this Zoom event, demonstrations will be performed using questions presented by participants of the session.

Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Time: 3:00-3:30 p.m. ET

Description: During this live event, NCQA staff will provide guidance on using Zoom to share evidence during your scheduled virtual check-ins. Time for Q&A is allotted.

Date: Monday, January 25, 2021

Time: 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET

Description: This live virtual session includes a presentation on the requirements and process for submitting Multi-Site practice organizations for PCMH Recognition in the QPASS system. There is also an opportunity to ask NCQA staff questions that you have about the process and Multi-Site eligibility.

To find see all seminars, webinars, and on-demand training offered by NCQA and its partners, please click here!

Target: BP Webinar: Acting Rapidly with Pharmacotherapy– Step Two in Hypertension Control

Date: Thursday, January 14, 2021

Time: 12 p.m. EST / 11 a.m. CST

Training Overview: Improving blood pressure (BP) control begins with accurate measurement across your care team. Learn about the latest evidence-based resources and protocols to ensure accurate BP measurements for patients every time in this timely webinar.

Date: Beginning Friday, January 15, 2021, 

Time: 12:00 pm ET/ 9:00 am PT

Training Overview: Weitzman ECHO Childhood Trauma in the COVID-19 Era will work on what we know about trauma and its impact on youth, families, schools, and providers and assist participants with putting plans into motion using today’s resources. This 10-session program will meet on the 1st and 3rd Friday of the month from12-1pm ET/9-10am PT to connect primary care medical, behavioral health, and school-based health providers to a community of peers and subject-matter experts. Each one-hour session will consist of a brief didactic presentation on key issues followed by real patient cases with actionable recommendations. CME, CNE, and CEU credits are available for physicians, nurses, physicians’ assistants, psychologists, and clinical social workers by Community Health Center, Inc., an accredited provider through Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education.

Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Time: 2:00 p.m. EST

Training Overview: New guidelines from SAMHSA released in July 2020 are designed to improve coordination of care for patients in treatment for substance disorder, while protecting confidentiality against unauthorized disclosure and use of patient information. Join this webinar on changes to SAMHSA’s 42 CFR Part 2 rule (Part 2) which protects individuals receiving substance use disorder treatment by defining privacy and security requirements for written, electronic and verbal information. This webinar will feature expert presenters from the University of New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice and the Center of Excellence for Protected Health Information to present on the new final Part 2 rule and future changes in the CARES Act, including what has changed, what has not changed, what this means for health centers in regard to consents and disclosures and the implications for care coordination. This presentation will also address privacy considerations for tele-behavioral health and exceptions during the state of emergency waiver. 

Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Location: Online

Quality Talks is a series of stirring, succinct talks by emerging and established leaders who share ideas on how to improve health care. In addition to these dynamic talks, the event features interactive dialogues and networking opportunities for speakers and attendees.

Mark your calendars for Quality Talks 2021 on Wednesday, April 21. Registration opens soon. Save the date and join us online! In the meantime, watch recordings of the 2020 Quality Talks. 

Technical Assistance Overview: HRSA is offering one day (6-8 hours) virtual technical assistance (TA) to assist health centers in developing and/or maximizing diabetes resources, systems, and capacity in order to improve diabetes prevention, monitoring, and treatment. Please note, no diabetes action plan will result from this visit; however, the health center will receive a report documenting recommendations.

Target Audience: Primary care providers and all members of the primary care team in all practice settings who provide front-line care for high-risk individuals with diabetes.

Health centers that are interested in receiving this one-on-one TA, please contact DCPCA QI Team at qidcpca@dcpca.org.

UpSkillMA provides practicing Medical Assistants with next level training and expertise to excel in high-performing Primary Care teams. Participants learn at their own pace through an online platform that is user friendly, secure and HIPAA Compliant. Participants can be enrolled in scheduled cohorts with an instructor (click here for 2021 dates) or the course can be taken on-demand for more flexibility. 

Training Overview: Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a collaborative model of medical education and care management that empowers clinicians everywhere to provide better care to more people, right where they live. The ECHO model does not actually “provide” care to patients. Instead, it dramatically increases access to specialty treatment in underserved areas by providing front-line clinicians with the knowledge and support they need to manage patients with complex conditions. This forum is a community of learning for complex diabetes management to have brief lectures (15-30 minutes), and case-based discussions about your complex diabetes patients. These sessions will be guided by specialists from the University of Washington and local NCA experts.

Target Audience: Primary care providers and all members of the primary care team in all practice settings who provide front-line care for high-risk individuals with diabetes. Project ECHO® programs result in improved patient retention, better patient outcomes, and enhanced joy in work among providers. This CE/CME activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ by Continuing Professional Education, MedStar Health.

For more information, please contact DCPCA QI Team, at qidcpca@dcpca.org

eClinicalWorks offers free, live, online webinar training sessions for various eClinicalWorks product topics. These complimentary webinars are administered via GoToMeeting. To register, select a topic of your choice and click the GoToMeeting registration link. An Internet connection and a telephone or microphone and speakers (VOIP) are required to attend the sessions. For more information about our webinars, refer to the FAQ.

Most webinar topics have also been recorded, so you can watch them at your convenience. For a list of the webinar recordings, click here.

Check out our library of informative and engaging content in the Public Health On Demand training section. These distance accessible training opportunities are available to you anytime, anywhere, and from any device.