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Needs Assessment in Action Profiles (2016). Resource Type: Publication. Description: A community health needs assessment is a major undertaking for any health center. The Needs Assessment in Action Profiles: Innovative Approaches to Identifying the Needs of Underserved Communities is a resource for health centers to learn about effective strategies utilized by their peers. This resource offers examples of three innovative approaches that have been successfully implemented by health centers across the country. Each profile includes information on the population assessed, data collection methods, how findings were shared and applied, and lessons learned. Health centers can use this resource to apply proven strategies to the planning and implementation of their own needs assessment. More Details...

Civil Legal Aid 101 for Health Care (2016). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This new tool provides an overview of the composition, role, limitations, and impact of civil legal aid for health care partners. There is also an accompanying messaging guide to help HRSA-funded health centers understand medical-legal partnership. More Details...

SCOPE of Pain: An Evaluation of an Opioid Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy Continuing Education Program (2016). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Objective. Due to the high prevalence of prescription opioid misuse, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) requiring manufacturers of extended-release/long-acting (ER/LA) opioid analgesics to fund continuing education based on a FDA Blueprint. This article describes the Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain) program, an ER/LA opioid analgesic REMS program, and its impact on clinician knowledge, confidence, attitudes, and self-reported clinical practice. Method. Participants of the 3-h SCOPE of Pain training completed pre-, immediate post- and 2-month post-assessments. Subjects. The primary target group (n 5 2,850), and a subset (n 5 476) who completed a 2-month postassessment, consisted of clinicians licensed to prescribe ER/LA opioid analgesics, who care for patients with chronic pain and who completed the 3-h training between February 28, 2013 and June 13, 2014. Results. Immediately post-program, there was a significant increase in correct responses to knowledge questions (60% to 84%, P ꢀ 0.02) and 87% of participants planned to make practice changes. At 2-months post-program, there continued to be a significant increase in correct responses to knowledge questions (60% to 69%, P ꢀ 0.03) and 67% reported increased confidence in applying safe opioid prescribing care and 86% reported implementing practice changes. There was also an improvement in alignment of desired attitudes toward safe opioid prescribing. Conclusions. The SCOPE of Pain program improved knowledge, attitudes, confidence, and self-reported clinical practice in safe opioid prescribing. This national REMS program holds potential to improve the safe use of opioids for the treatment of chronic pain. More Details...

Quality Improvement Theory Burst: Process Mapping (2016). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Quality Improvement Training on how to use process mapping in your organization. More Details...

Patient Centered Health Home: New Things are Happening in Health Care! (2016). Resource Type: Publication. Description: In an effort to help health centers educate their patients on the Patient Centered Health Home service delivery model, NCFH has created a tool for patients to learn what they might experience in a health home before, during, and after a visit. In an easy-to-read format, and through the story of Mr. Mendoza, readers learn about the unique features of a patient centered health home. More Details...

Patient Centered Health Home: Digital Story (2016). Resource Type: Video. Description: This digital story is a great resource for use by outreach staff to inform the community about the unique features of a Patient Centered Health Home. Through this video, and through the story of Mr. Mendoza, patients learn what they might experience in a health home before, during, and after a visit.  More Details...

Patient Centered Health Home - Digital Story (2016). Resource Type: Video. Description: This digital story is a great resource for use by outreach staff to inform the community about the unique features of a Patient Centered Health Home. Through this video, and through the story of Mr. Mendoza, patients learn what they might experience in a health home before, during, and after a visit. More Details...

Outreach Business Value Webinar: Clinical Efficiency & Triple Aim (2016). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar addresses the role outreach plays in 1) improving clinical efficiency and 2) earning payments for payments for triple aim outcomes. HOP presents how these topics are tied to financial benefits, and which outreach activities can contribute to seeing these benefits at your own organization. The webinar also includes an overview of HOP’s OBV Toolkit, including the return on investment calculators and the OBV frameworks: Dimensions of Outreach Program Integration and Strategic Framework. More Details...

Implementing the Enhanced CLAS Standards in Health Centers (2016). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) standards were developed to provide guidance on how to improve service delivery to clients who may not have sufficient access to care based on race, ethnicity, linguistic capacity or cultural background. This webinar will provide an overview of each Standard with specific examples of strategies in meeting the standard for organizational system improvement. More Details...

Health and Housing Partnership Profiles - Houston TX: Case Study on Frequent User Intiatives in Houston TX, (2016). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This Profile focuses on Houston TX and Healthcare for Homeless - Houston as part of a series of real Health Center Case Studies engaged in effective Frequent User Initiatives in communities around the country. More Details...

Creating a Process that Works for You: Infrastructure for a Successful Student Training Program (2016). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this webinar, we discussed how to evaluate your FQHC infrastructure for successfully hosting health professions students. More Details...

Colorectal Cancer Screening Digital Story (2016). Resource Type: Video. Description: This digital story, narrated in Spanish with English subtitles, educates the viewers about Colorectal Cancer Screening, the types of tests, the guidelines and the importance of getting the screening done according to guidelines to prevent/ early detect colorectal cancer. The story follows Maria, a 52-year-old woman who is advised by her doctor to take a Colorectal Cancer Screening test during a routine health visit. ​ As one of the Clinical Performance Measures, Health Centers must document and track the percentage of patients aged 50-75 who have completed the appropriate screening for colorectal cancer. This is a useful tool for any outreach and clinical staff at Community/Migrant Health Centers. More Details...

Apoyando a Mi Mama Con Su Diabetes - Supporting My Mother with Her Diabetes: A Digital Story about Diabetes (2016). Resource Type: Video. Description: A young woman shares her story and educates us on how she helps her mother manage diabetes. This digital story is narrated in Spanish with English subtitles. More Details...

Accessing Care in a CHC (2016). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This easy-to-read, 4-page brochure, explains to patients the steps they should follow to access services at the health center and have a good experience during their visit. It guides the reader on making and get ready for an appointment, what to expect during the visit, and how to pay for services. More Details...

Strategic Guidance for Health and Housing Partnerships: Step by Step Strategies for Health and Housing Partnerships (2015). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This indepth resource guide explores the importance and value of partnering with supportive housing providers, partner perspectives and goals, how to assess your organization's and your partner organization's readiness, and how to make partnerships last. More Details...

Coffee Break Webinar: Clinical Performance Improvement (2015). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Health Outreach Partners presents “Leveraging Outreach to Support Clinical Performance Improvement”. In this webinar, we first review what constitutes clinical performance improvement for health centers. Then, we provide several examples of how outreach and health center staff can collaborate to improve the delivery of clinical care to patients.Health Outreach Partners presents “Leveraging Outreach to Support Clinical Performance Improvement”. In this webinar, we first review what constitutes clinical performance improvement for health centers. Then, we provide several examples of how outreach and health center staff can collaborate to improve the delivery of clinical care to patients. More Details...

Who Are Frequent Users in Health and Housing Systems?: A Closer Look at Definitions Used by Communities to Identify the People Cycling Through the Crisis Care Systems (2015). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Are frequent users costing your crisis care systems and not producing positive houtcomes? Is your community looking at how to identify the frequent users across multiple crisis care systems in an effort to deliver more effective services and save resources? This webinar highlights how various communities develop the criteria to define 'frequent user' across the systems of care and how to match data to identify those individuals. More Details...

Spotlight: The Health of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders Served at Federally Qualified Health Centers (2015). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This report examines patient demographics, utilization, and highlights the differences between AA&NHPI serving health centers when compared to national health center averages. Data analysis from this report highlight the multiple needs and barriers experienced by AA&NHPIs seen in AA&NHPI-serving health centers. AA&NHPI-serving health centers serve a statistically significant higher proportion of low-income, Medicaid, limited English proficient, prenatal, and AA&NHPI patients. These patients are also more likely to have TB, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, asthma, and abnormal breast and cervical findings. To address these social and medical needs, AA&NHPI-serving health centers are providing comprehensive primary medical and culturally and linguistically appropriate enabling services (ES) to improve quality and patient health outcomes More Details...

Health and Housing Partnership Profiles - Los Angeles CA: Case Study on Frequent User Intiatives in Los Angeles CA (2015). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This Profile focuses on Los Angeles CA and a multi-sector partnership to identify, house and provide services to the most vulnerable in the community as part of a series of real Health Center Case Studies engaged in effective Frequent User Initiatives in communities around the country. More Details...

Coffee Break Webinar: Outreach Business Value Toolkit (2015). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Health Outreach Partners presents “Introduction to the Outreach Business Value Toolkit.” HOP’s Outreach Business Value (OBV) Toolkit is a unique way to demonstrate the financial benefits of a well integrated health outreach program. Join us for this Coffee Break Webinar to get a brief overview of the OBV project, including the two key frameworks that make up part of the OBV toolkit. More Details...