Quick Finds: Clinical Issues

Lessons Learned in Training School-Based Health Center Staff to Prevent and Address Adolescent Relationship Abuse (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource is intended to support teams interested in offering structured learning opportunities designed to strengthen the capacity of SBHC staff to prevent and respond to adolescent relationship abuse and human trafficking. More Details...

Lessons Learned in Training School-Based Health Center Staff to Prevent and Address Adolescent Relationship Abuse (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource is intended to support teams interested in offering structured learning opportunities designed to strengthen the capacity of SBHC staff to prevent and respond to adolescent relationship abuse and human trafficking. More Details...

NTTAP Webinar Series - June 8, 2023: Re-engaging Patients in Dental Care (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has created several challenges for our country’s health care infrastructure, and the community health center workforce is no exception. Join us as we describe strategies to get patients back into dental care. Along with these strategies, participants will learn how to recognize challenges in dental practices, as well as how to engage the interdisciplinary care team through role redesign and integration to increase access to comprehensive care. More Details...

User's Guide for Integration of Behavioral Health and Oral Health (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication provides guidance on how to implement a behavioral health and oral health integration program. The User's Guide includes a description of NNOHA's systems-based framework for behavioral health integration, promising practices from community health centers, and workflow examples. There is also a readiness assessment to help community health centers determine their level of preparedness to implement a behavioral health integration program. More Details...

Tackling Substance Use in Health Centers: Crystal Meth and HIV (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar examines the effects of crystal methamphetamine (crystal meth) on the physical, mental, and overall care needs of health center patients.The focus is on populations most impacted by crystal meth, as well as the health conditions, like HIV, and risk factors that are most prevalent in patients that report using this substance. More Details...

Sensitive Information and the Electronic Patient Record: HITEQ Center, June 2023 (2023). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: With nearly 100% of community health centers utilizing electronic health records (EHR) to care for patients, focus has pivoted from implementation and new workflow development to enhancement in order to drive value and reflect patient needs and population trends. EHR technology presents potential opportunities and significant constraints. Providers frequently document and share potentially sensitive information in the EHR, such as risk for intimate partner violence (IPV), consistent offers of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), or patient sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). More Details...

Pharmacy-Led Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) Guide (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Pharmacists are key team members of the Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) program and can take the lead role in patient chronic care. This NCFH guide was created to facilitate DSMES setup and maintenance led by the health center pharmacy. You will learn why your pharmacy might consider offering these services, by becoming an accredited or recognized DSMES provider. This guide also provides the steps for getting and maintaining accreditation or recognition and includes additional details for referrals and billing. More Details...

Integrated Behavioral Health Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse People: An Affirming, Harm Reduction, and Trauma Responsive Approach (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication provides a systematic team-based approach to providing patient-centered care delivered within affirming and trauma-responsive spaces. The publication is a promising solution for improving healthcare access, utilization, and outcomes for transgender people. More Details...

Improve Diabetes Prevention and Care at Your Health Center (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This NCFH resource provides information about the National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) and its many benefits for both patients and health centers. Health centers can offer and integrate this highly effective lifestyle change program into chronic care management, diabetes education and support, and other services. More Details...

Environmental Impacts on Diabetes Management and Access to Care: Diabetes Continuum of Care, June 2023 (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This web page features diabetes related resources NCFH has compiled to assists community health centers with specific needs, resources, and tools to enhance their knowledge and programs on implementing certified Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) and/or the National Diabetes Prevention Program. Visit the Hub to download resources to advance your chronic disease prevention and management efforts! More Details...

The Health of Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Patients Served at Health Centers: An Analysis of the 2021 Uniform Data System; Webinar - May 2023 (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) hosted a webinar sharing a data analysis of the 2021 Uniform Data System (UDS) and recommendations to increase access to care and improve health outcomes for AA and NH/PI patients. Presenters shared key findings from AAPCHO’s updated and annual report, “The Health of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders Served at Health Centers: An Analysis of the 2021 Uniform Data System”. More Details...

Don’t Forget the Feet When Educating Patients About Their Diabetes Management!: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Members of ethnic and racial populations living in the United States experience unique challenges in preventing or managing their diabetes, including language barriers, cultural beliefs, and traditional foods, particularly among first generation immigrants.  More Details...

Health Centers and Syringe Services Programs (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Our new resource emphasizes HRSA policy allowing health centers to participate in SSPs, outlines models of care, and provides best practices and resources for moving forward to provide health center patients access to syringes. More Details...

Bridging the Medical Technology Gap: The Impact of New Technology on Diabetes Management: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: High tech devices such as insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors (CGM) can be effective tools to help diabetes patients manage their blood glucose, but access to these technologies, as well as the education and support necessary to successfully use them, remains a challenge for patients served by health center programs. Being familiar and up to date with diabetes technology is essential to successfully improve diabetes management among underserved populations, More Details...

Mpox: A Guide for Front-line Clinicians (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Human mpox (monkeypox) is an infection characterized by rash and fever. Mpox has historically been reported in Central and Western Africa, and in early 2022, additional cases were identified in Europe and North America. By late November 2022, more than 80,000 cases had been identified in 110 countries, most of which had never previously reported the infection. More Details...

What's Next in PrEP?: New Strategies for Prevention (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Just over 10 years ago, the first agent for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis was approved in the United States. Since then, the landscape of PrEP has shifted, with approval of additional PrEP medications and growth of low-threshold PrEP delivery strategies, such as same-day PrEP. In this interactive webinar, participants will learn about new medications in the pipeline for PrEP and emerging PrEP delivery models. More Details...

What's Next in PrEP?: New Strategies for Prevention (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Just over 10 years ago, the first agent for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis was approved in the United States. Since then, the landscape of PrEP has shifted, with approval of additional PrEP medications and growth of low-threshold PrEP delivery strategies, such as same-day PrEP. In this interactive webinar, participants will learn about new medications in the pipeline for PrEP and emerging PrEP delivery models. More Details...

Long COVID and LGBTQIA+ Mental Health (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar will focus on the mental health impacts for LGBTQIA+ people who are coping with Long COVID (Post-acute COVID-19 Syndrome, or PACS). More Details...

Conquering Diabetes Therapeutic Inertia: Patient Engagement Strategies: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Early blood sugar (blood glucose) management leads to better health outcomes for people with type 2 diabetes. But therapeutic inertia—or delays in advancing treatment—can keep people from reaching their A1C goals. Having the right conversations during health center visits can help patients overcome this inertia and get patients’ A1C where it needs to be. More Details...

NTTAP Webinar Series - May 18, 2023: The Changing Landscape of Behavioral Health Care: What is the “new normal” going to look like? (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant shifts in the mode of care from face-to-face to virtual interactions. Join us as we discuss the challenges currently facing behavioral health care and at least one strategy for each. Along with these strategies, panelists will go over what integrated behavioral health care was and is before and following COVID-19, as well as what actions should be taken going forward to increase access to comprehensive care. More Details...

Optimize Your Care Team to Improve Chronic Hypertensive Disease Management (2023). Resource Type: Online Self-Paced Learning Modules. Description: This webinar focuses on advancing the mgmt of hypertension & improving patient outcomes through optimization of care teams. We explore how care team optimization, grounded in evidence-based practices, enhances health outcomes & provides vital support for our workforce. During this session, you hear from Ingrid Andersson from Mary’s Center on using RNs to enhance chronic care management, with a special emphasis on patients dealing with hypertension. Through comprehensive discussions & case studies, you explore the latest promising practices that focus on the pivotal role of collaborative teams in achieving superior patient outcomes. More Details...

Eyes on Access: Billing for Vision Services (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This is a continuation of the 2022 vision services webinar series. With a deep dive into billing for vision services, this webinar series addresses how health centers can align their billing procedures for vision services with their existing service lines. More Details...

Updated Analysis: A Data-Driven Approach to Understanding Factors Contributing to Health Inequities (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource, an updated version of A Data Driven Approach to Understanding Factors Contributing to Health Inequities, released in 2022, was developed with support from Cedars-Sinai and HealthLandscape. In this analysis, we review more than 100 factors for the 57 FQHC members of the Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County (CCALAC) for 2017-2021, with the goal to utilize the findings to make informed recommendations for how to best address and improve patient equity and inclusion efforts across health centers in Los Angeles County and the Nation overall. More Details...

Issue Brief: Policies and Strategies to Address Food Insecurity in Agricultural Worker Communities (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This issue brief examines the policies that impact food security in agricultural worker communities. It provides an overview of federal and state programs as well as strategies to address food insecurity. More Details...

Healing Hands: Intersections of Homelessness and Human Trafficking in the United States (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The latest issue of Healing Hands, the publication curated by and for our HCH Clinicians’ Network, is designed to deepen clinicians’ and other health care providers’ understanding of the intersections between homelessness and human trafficking in the U.S. More Details...

A Framework for Medical Respite Care (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Medical respite care is defined as acute and post-acute care for people experiencing homelessness who are too ill or frail to recover from a physical illness or injury on the streets or in shelter, but who are not ill enough to be in a hospital. While programs vary in size and structure, they all share the same fundamental elements: short-term residential care that allows people experiencing homelessness the opportunity to rest, recover, and heal in a safe environment while accessing medical care and other supportive services. Medical respite care (also referred to as recuperative care) has grown substantially since its inception in the 1980’s, as more communities are recognizing the need for programs that address gaps in affordable housing and health care. As the field grows, so does the need for resources for programs and providers to ensure the clients* who access medical respite services are receiving safe and quality care. More Details...

Impacto del COVID-19 En Los Trabajadores Agrícolas (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: NCFH has updated the COVID-19 Impact on Agricultural Workers fact sheet. It has new data and statistics surrounding cases and vaccine implementation among the group. More Details...

Traditional Food, Culture, and Diabetes in the United States: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Members of ethnic and racial populations living in the United States experience unique challenges in preventing or managing their diabetes, including language barriers, cultural beliefs, and traditional foods, particularly among first generation immigrants.  More Details...

HITEQ Highlights: The Federal Telehealth Policy Landscape After the PHE: What's Staying (For Now) and What's Going: HITEQ Highlights Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Worried about what the end of the Public Health Emergency Act will mean for your telehealth services? This session covered what the status of the various temporary federal telehealth policies will be once the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ended on May 11, 2023. As health services have increasingly been provided through virtual care, one important policy discussed was the proposed rules that impact the prescribing of controlled substances using telehealth. More Details...

Exploring Promising Practices on Diabetes Management and Prevention: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In 2021, health centers reported over 2.8 million patients that were diagnosed with diabetes and over 91,000 among Public Housing Primary Care grantees (HRSA, 2022). This data signifies the need to explore what strategies health centers are implementing to improve the overall diabetes health outcomes for their patients. More Details...

Study Shows Involuntary Displacement of People Experiencing Homelessness May Cause Significant Spikes in Mortality, Overdoses and Hospitalizations (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published a study that shows encampment sweeps, bans, move-along orders and cleanups that forcibly relocate individuals away from essential services will lead to substantial increases in overdose deaths, hospitalizations and life-threatening infections as well as hinder access to medications for opioid use disorder (along with other detrimental impacts). More Details...

Hepatitis C Virtual Symposium: Primary Care-Based Treatment for People Experiencing Homelessness (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The Symposium featured speakers from primary care and health care for the homeless settings, national experts on hepatitis C, and a panel of people with lived expertise discussing their own treatment experiences. The symposium provided immediately applicable clinical information on conducting pre-treatment assessments, common barriers to treatment, addressing complex clinical scenarios, models of care delivery, and lessons learned from provider and patient experiences. Breakout sessions addressed getting started with hepatitis treatment, strategies for successful treatment completion, treating hepatitis C in people with advanced liver disease, and addressing common insurance and policy barriers. Along with the Symposium, the National Health Care for the Homeless Council and Swope Health will be releasing a Hepatitis C Treatment Guide to support primary care teams. The symposium was intended for all team members involved in the provision of primary care services to people experiencing homelessness and people who use drugs, including respite, outreach, and mobile health teams. More Details...

Hepatitis C Virtual Symposium: Primary Care-Based Treatment for People Experiencing Homelessness (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The Symposium featured speakers from primary care and health care for the homeless settings, national experts on hepatitis C, and a panel of people with lived expertise discussing their own treatment experiences. The symposium provided immediately applicable clinical information on conducting pre-treatment assessments, common barriers to treatment, addressing complex clinical scenarios, models of care delivery, and lessons learned from provider and patient experiences. More Details...

Health Centers Serving Veterans: Learn about the New PACT Health Benefits (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar . Description: This national audience webinar will provide health center administrators and provider teams with the most recent information regarding new health and service benefits passed by Congress in 2022, to be implemented by the US Dept. of Veterans Affairs. Specifically, the PACT webinar will explain the toxic exposure criterion and how health centers can screen and/or refer Military Veterans for the new benefits they've earned and deserve. More Details...

Health Access and SDOH: Mobile Outreach for the Unsheltered Homeless (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and exacerbated the long-running housing crisis in the United States. The rise in unsheltered homeless encampments in many communities require new partnerships and expanded services in non-traditional settings to reach vulnerable populations in need of both primary care, chronic disease management and connection to housing resources. More Details...

Community Health Center Chartbook: 2023 (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The annual Community Health Center Chartbook highlights data on Federally Qualified Health Centers, including Health Center Program Grantees and Look-alike organizations. The chartbook includes summary data on health center patients, services, staffing, quality outcomes, and impact on access to care and health equity. More Details...

Improving Cultural Competence and Humility in Diabetes Care: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The U.S. Census Bureau predicts that, by 2050, non-White populations will account for over 50% of the population for the first time in American history. With an increasingly diverse patient population, it has become more important than ever for PCPs to be able to connect with patients of different racial and ethnic backgrounds to provide effective, high-quality care to all patients. More Details...

Culturally and Trauma-Responsive Integrated Behavioral Health Care for LGBTQIA+ Communities (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this webinar we will discuss best practices and lessons learned from the field in response to challenges delivering affirming care for LGBTQIA+ people. We will discuss the impact of these efforts on health and care for LGBTQIA+ communities, and how to work towards culturally responsive and trauma-informed integrative behavioral health care across care teams to promote health and well-being. More Details...

Clinical Data Elements for UDS eCQMs and their Lookback Timeframes: Useful for EHR transition planning; developed in 2023. (2023). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: Each electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) is composed of data elements in the EHR or health IT system that are evaluated according to the measure specifications. It is important to identify what data elements need to be transitioned to any new EHR for clinical quality measure continuity and accuracy. This resource identifies clinical data elements in eCQMs that should be considered when transitioning EHRs. These data elements are used in reporting or calculating eCQMs, so their availability or lack thereof in any new EHR system will impact reporting accuracy. More Details...

Improving Cervical Cancer Prevention, Screening, and Management: A Toolkit to Build Provider Capacity (2023). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This toolkit is a guide to help providers improve cervical cancer prevention, screening, and management through feasible, evidence-based practices that are responsive to the unique challenges faced in safety-net settings. The information in this toolkit can also be helpful to other settings of care seeking to improve cervical cancer care uptake and delivery. More Details...

Addressing diabetes risk factors in school-aged children: Bright Bodies + at Yale School of Medicine (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Join the School-Based Health Alliance to discuss the importance of school, community, and family partnerships to increase your health center's reach to support reducing diabetes risk among school-aged children. We will cover ways to practically treat obesity and prevent Type 2 Diabetes in children. Participants will learn about Yale's evidence-based Pediatric Obesity Bright Bodies healthy lifestyle programs and explore potential resources and takeaways to support school-aged children's obesity prevention and treatment. More Details...

Preparing the Health Center Workforce for the Post COVID-19 Era: NCHPH Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The first priority during the COVID-19 pandemic was crisis response and emphasizing health, safety, and essential services. Now is the time for health centers to turn their attention toward concerns over staffing shortages in primary care, which is a public health crisis. More Details...

Navigating Ethics & Equity in a COVID-Aware World (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Over the last three years, there has been an increasing awareness of the inequities baked into our systems. Ethical dilemmas with a lack of resources have exacerbated the moral injury Health Care for the Homeless providers face daily. The intersectionality of the COVID pandemic increased the impact on marginalized communities and the provider(s) who care for them. In a “Post COVID-19” world, how do we navigate the path ahead? Join us for a discussion with others as we learn to navigate ethics, equity, and moral injury together. More Details...

Implementation of Timely and Effective Transitional Care Management Processes (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Join us to discuss best practices for integrating daily follow-ups for patients recently hospitalized for health emergencies. Effectively following up with patients is a critical responsibility for integrated care teams. More Details...

Key Strategies for Effective Change Management in Health Centers (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: NCFH created this visual resource to illustrate key strategies for effective change management in community and migrant health centers. More Details...

Effective and Affirming Communication (AESGM 2023) (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this presentation from the March 2023 Advancing Excellence in Sexual and Gender Minority Health Education conference, Dr. Jennifer Potter discusses best practices for communicating with patients about sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex development, as well as best practices for teaching these skills to other healthcare professionals and developing a list of resources and teaching techniques for SGM health trainings. More Details...

Concepts and Terminology Overview (AESGM 2023) (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this presentation from the March 2023 Advancing Excellence in Sexual and Gender Minority Health Education conference, Dr. Brittany Charlton discusses core SGM health terminology and concepts, as well as affirming patient interaction and theories underling SGM health and health disparities. More Details...

Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data (AESGM 2023) (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this presentation from the March 2023 Advancing Excellence in Sexual and Gender Minority Health Education conference, Chris Grasso and Juwan Campbell discuss why and how to collect Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) data, as well as how to implement SOGI data collection at your health center. More Details...

Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Enrollment Unwinding: A Communications Toolkit (2023). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This toolkit has important information to help inform people with Medicaid or CHIP about steps they need to take to renew their coverage. More Details...

Young Invincibles Medicaid Unwinding Toolkit (2023). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: The toolkit is a one stop shop for all things unwinding - what’s happening, who is impacted, key messaging, and of course, sample social media and shareable graphics for organizations to plug and play on social media platforms. More Details...