WV Project ECHO would like to invite Community Health Centers to participate in the newest WV Project ECHO on Endocrine. This new ECHO is an expansion of the WV Project ECHO program which will utilize multi-point video conferencing to bring specialized Endocrine education to providers all across West Virginia.

 

Sessions will be held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays from 12-1pm starting on October 10th. Like the other ECHO projects, these sessions will include two case presentations and 15-20 minutes of didactics focusing on a variety of Endocrine topics. WV Project ECHO Endocrine will have a diabetes focus to start but will then branch out to other related Endocrine topics. Primary care teams and clinics can participate in this program at no cost and receive CME credit for participating.

 

For more information on participating, please do not hesitate to contact Jay Mason or Kayetlyn Edinger.

 

Please click 

here 

for the Participation Agreement and additional information. 

The primary goal of this comprehensive training is to improve active shooter/hostile event preparation, survival, and recovery capabilities through progressive training, awareness, preparedness, and readiness. As part of the training, participants will include a tabletop exercise to simulate a health center that is directly impacted by an active shooter crisis. The training will be conducted by Active Shooter 360 (AS360™), LLC.

 

This training will count toward CMS requirements for emergency preparedness.

 

For further information and registration, please click here.

 

Please note - our registration process has changed and is now exclusively online. If you experience any difficulty with the registration process, please contact the WVPCA at 304.346.0032.

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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will be hosting two regional one-day Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC) on September 29 & 30, 2018. The conferences will be held at the Charleston Marriot Town Center, 200 Lee St. E., Charleston, West Virginia 25301.

 

The diversion of pharmaceutical controlled substances throughout the United States is a growing problem. This diversion stems from various sources. In addition to pharmacy robberies and thefts, pharmaceutical controlled substances are often diverted by way of forged prescriptions, doctor shoppers, or illegitimate prescriptions from rogue practitioners. The PDAC is designed to assist doctors, veterinarians, dentists, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners in identifying and preventing diversion activity.

 

There is no registration fee for these conferences. However, attendees will be responsible for their own transportation, lodging, and meal expenses. Information about nearby restaurants will be provided at the conference. Also, the hotel will be offering lunch items to purchase each day.

NOTE : You must be a DEA registered doctor, veterinarian, dentist, physician assistant, and/or nurse practitioner in the state of West Virginia in order to attend this conference.

Group rates are available and breakfast and lunch will be served at the Marriott. This conference offers 5 hours of continuing education credit for physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and social workers.

For more information, click here. To register, click here. 

AHEC is hosting a 1-hour webinar titled Evidence-Based Communication Strategies for Improving Child and Adolescent Vaccine Uptake  on September 19 at 2:00 (ET) as part of the National AHEC Organization HPV Immunization Project. Amanda F. Dempsey, MD, PhD, MPH, University of Colorado, is the webinar's presenter. 

For more information, click here.  To register, click here. 

For those centers who will be applying for NEW 2017 PCMH Recognition, please know that HITEQ has developed this 2017 Patient Centered Medical Home self-assessment that is intended to help health centers gauge their readiness for meeting the

NCQA 2017 PCMH Requirements.

If you are just beginning or ready to begin, please plan for 3 to 12 months to implement transformation processes. 

Please contact Shannon Parker at [email protected] with any questions!

Here are a few quick tips to prepare for  reporting:

Below is additional information for reporting in 2018:

 

MODIFIED STAGE 2

CEHRT

Reporting Period

Program Requirements

STAGE 3

CEHRT

Reporting Period

Program Requirements

The deadline to submit has been extended to March 31, 2019.  Please contact Shannon Parker at [email protected] with questions.