Quick Finds: Clinical Issues

Resiliency Toolkit: A Comprehensive Guide for Health Centers & Their Staff (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: In the face of unprecedented turnover, burnout, compassion fatigue, and moral distress and injury, it is important to remember that there are paths forward for organizations and their leaders. While self-care remains important, it is imperative that organizations create supportive environments with trauma-informed management to help their staff be able to care for themselves in the best way possible. By focusing on resiliency and wellbeing, organizations can set goals to guide their strategic initiatives to increase these in their workforces. More Details...

Advancing MLP in Health Centers Serving Special Populations: Case Studies Covered through an MLP Peer Learning Collaborative (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: In 2021, health center MLP practitioners gathered for a four-part learning collaborative designed to help them develop and improve their partnership models to better serve the needs of special populations. This factsheet summarizes the learning goals, case studies, and some of the salient points shared throughout the four sessions. More Details...

Equitable Diabetes Prevention: Keys to Success from a Pacific Islander Community (2022). Resource Type: Podcast. Description: The National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC) and the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) invite you to listen to the second episode in NNCC’s Fall podcast series where we discuss equitable diabetes prevention services for special and vulnerable populations, specifically Pacific Islanders. NNCC's Jillian Bird speaks to Jen Lee from AAPCHO and Cecilia Sigrah from Kosrae Community Health Center in the Federated States of Micronesia about the rollout of their Pacific Islander Diabetes Prevention Program (PI-DPP) and the outcomes of providing a tailored prevention program. More Details...

Data Dashboard – COVID-19: Health Care for the Homeless Comparative Data (2022). Resource Type: Other. Description: This new COVID-19 Data Dashboard features comparative data on testing results, testing capacity, clinic closures, telehealth visits, and virus disparity by race and ethnicity from health centers, health centers with only 330(h) funding, and all health centers with 330(h) funding. More national health center data is available on HRSA's website. New health center COVID-19 data is collected weekly, and we will continue to update these figures as new data emerges. More Details...

HIV and Monkeypox (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this webinar, Dr. Kevin Ard will discuss monkeypox and HIV. In the 2022 global monkeypox outbreak, people with HIV represented approximately 40% of those with monkeypox. In this clinically-focused webinar, participants will learn up-to-date information about the epidemiology, manifestations, testing, treatment, and prevention of monkeypox, with a focus on care for those with or at risk for HIV. More Details...

Nurse-Led Health Care and Health Centers (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC) has developed a brief discussing opportunities for health centers to optimize recent increases in the nurse practitioner (NP) workforce across health centers. The brief provides a comprehensive overview of nurse-managed health centers and highlights the role of nurse-led care on improved provision of primary care. More Details...

Enhancing the Resilience of Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth and their Families (2022). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: In this module, we explore shifting our perspectives on Trans and Gender-Diverse (TGD) from a focus on disparities to a focus on resiliencies and strengths, and how health centers can build and promote this strength. More Details...

All About Nutrition: How Health Centers Can Promote Nutrition Education in Efforts to Prevent Diabetes and Chronic Disease (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar focused on promising strategies and lessons learned from nutrition education experts, who will help guide a conversation around supporting chronic disease prevention through nutrition, food access, and connections to community resources. More Details...

Affirming Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents (2022). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: In this module for pediatric and family medicine care teams, we will identify best and promising practices for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth, explore how gender affirming clinical care supports the mental health of TGD youth, and learn how providers can help guide families in accessing psychosocial and community resources to support TGD youth. More Details...

The Intersection of Tobacco and Opioid Use Disorder: A Guide for Health Center Providers (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC) and the Health Promotion Council (HPC) have developed an issue brief for health center providers on the intersection of tobacco use disorder (TUD) and opioid use disorder (OUD). The brief outlines the benefits of addressing TUD and OUD simultaneously and covers promising tools, resources and treatment options More Details...

Update on Trans-Competent Primary Care (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This talk is from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference. More Details...

Trauma Informed Care for Trans and Gender Diverse Patients (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This talk is from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference. More Details...

Transgender Legal Issues Panel (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This talk is from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference. More Details...

Trans and Gender Diverse Older Adults (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This talk is from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference. More Details...

Testosterone Therapy (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This talk is from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference. More Details...

Reproductive Care and Obstetrics for Transgender and Gender Diverse People (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This talk is from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference. More Details...

Reproductive Care and Obstetrics for Transgender and Gender Diverse People (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This talk is from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference. More Details...

PrEP and Transgender Communities: Evidence Informed Practices (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This talk is from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference. More Details...

Non-Medical Gender Affirmation (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This talk is from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference. More Details...

Mental Health Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Communities (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This talk is from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference. More Details...

How Compassion and Relationships Reduce Chronic Stress (2022). Resource Type: Podcast. Description: The National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC) invites you to listen to the first episode of their Fall podcast series. Join them in reflecting on how compassion and relationships can mitigate the negative health impacts of chronic stressors. More Details...

HIV Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse People (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This talk is from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference. More Details...

Healthcare Experiences of Transgender and Gender Diverse Adults Panel (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This talk is from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference. More Details...

Healthcare Experiences of TGD People of Color (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This talk is from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference. More Details...

Gender-Affirmative Health Care: Terminology, Demographics, and Epidemiology (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This talk is from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference. More Details...

Fitness and Movement 4 All Bodies; Using A Social Justice Framework (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This talk is from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference. More Details...

Estrogen and Anti-Androgen Hormone Therapy (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This talk is from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference. More Details...

Eating Disorders and Body Image in Gender Diverse Clients (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This talk is from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference. More Details...

Creating an Inclusive and Affirming Health Care Environment for Transgender and Gender Diverse Patients (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This talk is from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference. More Details...

Collecting Gender Identity Data in EHR and Addressing Quality of Care (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This talk is from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference. More Details...

Evidence-Based Behavioral Health Care for TGD Youth (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This talk is from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference. More Details...

Combating Implicit and Unconscious Bias Toward Transgender and Gender Diverse People (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This talk is from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference. More Details...

Assessment and Care for TGD Clients in the Setting of Serious Mental Illness or Trauma (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This talk is from the 2022 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Care Conference. More Details...

Promising Practices: Providing Behavioral Health Care in a Medical Respite Setting (Archived Webinar) (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In support of programs’ efforts to meet the behavioral health needs of their consumers, the National Institute for Medical Respite Care (NIMRC) produced a new resource highlighting promising practices in behavioral health care that are currently being implemented in MRC programs across the country. The report outlines strategies and approaches that can be replicated and adapted to other programs’ unique contexts, equipping them to deliver high-quality care that is consistent with the Standards for Medical Respite Care and is responsive to the needs of PEH in their communities. This webinar will expand upon the information provided in the report and will feature expert panelists from two MRC programs who will share real-world strategies, successes, and lessons-learned. More Details...

Eyes on Access: We’ve Decided to Offer Vision Services in Our Health Center, Now What? (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar hosted by the National Association of Community Health Centers, Prevent Blindness, and the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved, takes a deeper dive into the feasibility of opening an optometry department within a community health center. More Details...

MATRC Vendor Selection Toolkit (2022). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: In this toolkit MATRC has compiled the insights of experienced telehealth experts to help you identify the steps you should undertake to select the most suitable technologies for your telehealth services. More Details...

Elements of a Care Plan in Medical Respite Settings (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: MRC programs’ size, structure, personnel, and services vary greatly based on their local needs and available resources. Accordingly, this guide is not intended to represent a prescriptive, all encompassing approach to service delivery in MRC settings. Rather, it aims to: 1. Provide a reference-point to assist MRC programs in developing their own care planning tools that are appropriate to their unique contexts and the needs of PEH in their communities. 2. Help partners and stakeholders interested in learning more about MRC to understand the scope and complexity of the services provided within MRC programs. Our team at the National Institute for Medical Respite Care (NIMRC) hopes that this resource will be useful in supporting programs and communities as they strive to offer high-quality care for PEH. More Details...

Weight Stigma in Gender-Affirming Care (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This training will cover what weight stigma is and the role of weight stigma in gender-affirming medicine. Participants will hear about the most innovative and culturally responsive practices and how to be a more ethical provider within those communities. Topics discussed will include weight and gender, gatekeeping gender-affirming care through weight, body image, and how to deliver compassionate care when discussing weight with patients. More Details...

Vaccine Ambassador Project Infographic (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This infographic provides an overview of a CDC-Funded Vaccine Ambassador Project led by the National Health Care for the Homeless Council and the National Association of Community Health Centers. The project began in 2021 and extended through 2023. More Details...

Intimate Partner Violence, Homelessness, and Behavioral Health: A Toolkit for Health Centers (2022). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: Developed in collaboration with the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, the following toolkit is intended to assist health centers and community-based programs in addressing the intersection of IPV and homelessness in four domains: Foundations of intersectional practice Provider self- and team-care Guidance on clinical conversations Community partnerships More Details...

Addressing Cognition in Medical Respite (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Addressing cognitive impairment within medical respite care programs can be challenging. Within the respite setting, identification and accommodating cognitive impairment can be difficult while still focusing on a person’s recovery. This challenge increases when considering and adapting for the different types of cognitive impairment, such as traumatic brain injury or dementia, which require different approaches for care. To help programs address cognitive impairment, the National Institute for Medical Respite Care will be hosting a two-part webinar series on cognition. The first webinar (Overview of Cognition) will provide a general overview of cognition and cognitive impairment related to people experiencing homelessness, and the second webinar (Addressing Dementia) will focus specifically on the identification of and strategies to address dementia within the medical respite setting. More Details...

Current Recommended Practices in Mental Healthcare for Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This session will contextualize mental health inequities across diagnostic categories within a gender minority stress framework, propose culturally responsive tailoring of evidence-based clinical practices, and offer strategies for building inclusive, affirming, and trauma-informed environments within health centers in order to optimize behavioral health outcomes for youth. More Details...

Telehealth Office Hours: Telehealth Reimbursement (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: NACHC Telehealth Office Hours targets health center, PCA, and HCCN staff who have questions or want to share information about telehealth related policy and operational activities. In addition to updates and Q&A, each session will focus on a specific topic of concern. More Details...

The Covid-19 Impact on Agricultural Workers fact sheet (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The Covid-19 Impact on Agricultural Workers fact sheet has been updated with new information surrounding Mental Health and Access to Care as well. Covid-19 vaccination and case data has been updated as well. More Details...

Health Center & Justice System Collaboration to Improve Mental Health (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Recognizing the potential link between HCs and the justice system, Shannon Mace and James Teufel worked with a host of key informants to write the 2022 issue brief Connecting Community Health Centers & Courts to Improve Behavioral Health of People & Communities, which explores the further integration of and partnership between health centers, certified community behavioral health clinics, and courts to improve the continuum of care. Attendees heard from the authors and Patti Tobias (National Center for State Courts) on October 11, 2022 as they discussed their findings and the ways in which Health Centers and Justice Systems can collaborate to improve the mental health of patients and justice-involved individuals. More Details...

Work as a Social Driver of Health: How La Casa Family Health Center Identifies Farmworkers (2022). Resource Type: Podcast. Description: What happens when health center care teams know more about a patient’s occupation? This data can be especially important if the patient is an essential worker, as the Health Choice Network, a health center-controlled network based in Miami, and their partners at La Casa Family Health Center in New Mexico, learned during the COVID pandemic when treating a high-risk group of dairy farmworkers. This episode of NACHC’s podcast, Health Centers on the Front Lines, takes us behind the scenes at a health center and its partner network as they change the culture around disclosure of occupation among patients. More Details...

Telehealth Sustainability Worksheet (2022). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: This worksheet is provided as a basic tool to assist in basic business model development for FQHC/RHC/IHS and is based on the model of purchasing blocks of time by the hour with a specialty care or primary care provide. This tool is to help guide decisions related to contracting with a provider and how selecting a service provider will likely affect sustainability. More Details...

Telehealth Classroom - Online Training Course (2022). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: This Telehealth Classroom training portal has been developed by the federally funded Northeast Telehealth Resource Center (NETRC), to assist regional stakeholders, including health systems, health centers, providers, and health professions students to successfully implement telehealth. More Details...

Teledentistry Readiness Assessment (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This document outlines key areas for the successful implementation of teledentistry. It also includes a readiness assessment for community health centers to determine the level of readiness in their organization for teledentistry. More Details...

State Telehealth Laws and Medicaid Program Policies, Fall 2022 (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The Center for Connected Health Policy’s (CCHP) Fall 2022 Summary Report of the state telehealth laws and Medicaid program policies provides a summary of the current status of telehealth policy in the states as of October 2022. CCHP provides these bi-annual summary reports in the Spring and Fall each year to provide a snapshot of the progress made in the past six months. CCHP is committed to providing timely policy information that is easy for users to navigate and understand through our Policy Finder. The information for this summary report covers updates in state telehealth policy made between July and early September 2022. More Details...