Resource Search Results

Improving Patient Safety in Health Centers Using Technology-Driven PDSA Methods Learning Collaborative: Session 4: Office Hours (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: I this Learning Collaborative, speakers will provide examples of ensuring Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles have staff accountable and responsible for the PDSAs. Also, the session speakers will explain how teams can use technology to capture patient safety data for PDSAs. The participants will share their progress, challenges, and best practices during the learning collaborative sessions. More Details...

Empowering Change: Innovating and Scaling for a Healthier Tomorrow in the Face of Emerging Social Determinants of Health (SDOH): The SDOH Academy National Webinar Series (2023-2024) - Part 4 (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This session explored innovative strategies to advance population health and health equity through the power of community partnerships and transformative system delivery. Speakers highlighted unique SDOH challenges faced by special and vulnerable populations and the impact on their access to care and health disparities. Additionally, the webinar showcased strategies and best practices for building and sustaining effective community SDOH partnerships between healthcare systems and local communities. More Details...

Learning Collaborative: Improving Patient Safety in Health Centers Using Technology-Driven PDSA Methods: Session 3: Tools for Implementing the Path to Improving Patient Safety (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The purpose of this third session of the Learning Collaborative is to enhance health center staff proficiency in employing technology-driven Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles to implement patient safety improvements systematically and efficiently. More Details...

Learning Collaborative: Improving Patient Safety in Health Centers Using Technology-Driven PDSA Methods: Session 2: Technology to Monitor Improvements in Patient Safety | Patient-Centered AIM Statements and SMART Goals (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The purpose of this session is to review the importance of establishing AIM statements and the influence of the electronic health record in quality improvement. More Details...

Key Patient Safety Concepts For Health Center Performance Improvement Goals (2024). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication provides a practical overview of how organization can provide a culture of safety and how that lends to improvement of patient safety. It focuses on health center staff members\' roles and responsibilities; national organizations with patient safety definitions, guidance, and requirements; regulatory expectations to consider-including in health center patient safety programs, and success measures. More Details...

Learning Collaborative: Improving Patient Safety in Health Centers Using Technology-Driven PDSA Methods: Session 1: FOCUS on Using Data to Prioritize Patient Safety Improvements (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This is the first session of a four-part series, which will discuss improving patient safety in health centers using technology-driven Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) methods. This session will FOCUS on using data to prioritize patient safety improvements through identifying technologies that capture measures related to patient safety, prioritizing improvement efforts using FOCUS, and using a prioritization tool to select a PDSA project. More Details...

Learning Collaborative: Introduction to Improving Patient Safety: Session 4: Using Peer Review and Competency Assessments to Improve Patient Safety (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The Renaye James Healthcare Advisors’ Learning Collaborative will cover various aspects of safe patient care, including safety measure/metric identification, data collection, leadership commitment, facility requirements, regulatory requirements, external collaborations, and governance involvement. The content will reinforce how focusing on patient safety by all departments and staff positively impacts patients and the organization. Participants will identify a hypothetical patient safety event that could occur at their health center and will be asked to draft a plan for investigation and response. More Details...

Suicide Prevention Strategies for LGBTQ+ Communities White Paper (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The stunningly disproportionate rate of self-induced deaths among LGBTQ+ individuals is an ongoing emergency. LGBTQ+ Care clinicians and other health care workers serve sexual and gender minority (LGBTQ+) people every day, but adequate preparation about supporting these populations is rarely offered in professional training. This publication highlights some of the pressures that lead sexual and gender minority people to suicide, what factors elevate or lower self-harm risk, and interventions to help LGBTQ+ people build resilience in a hostile world. This publication is in partnership with the Center for LGBTQ Health Equity at Chase Brexton Health Care. More Details...

Learning Collaborative: Introduction to Patient Safety: Session 3: Supporting Patient Safety with Huddles, Reporting, and Surveillance (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The Renaye James Healthcare Advisors’ Learning Collaborative will cover various aspects of safe patient care, including safety measure/metric identification, data collection, leadership commitment, facility requirements, regulatory requirements, external collaborations, and governance involvement. Federal, state, local regulations, and accrediting organizations require the delivery of safe medical care for patients, staff, and visitors. These sessions will also illustrate how the Board of Directors promotes a culture that prioritizes safety and includes safety metrics in its strategic oversight. Participants will identify a hypothetical patient safety event that could occur at their health center and will be asked to draft a plan for investigation and response. More Details...

Fostering a Healthcare Workforce for Today's Social Health Challenges: The SDOH Academy National Webinar Series (Part 2) (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In an era of rapidly evolving healthcare landscapes, the role of the healthcare workforce has never been more critical. As we grapple with a multitude of social health challenges, from addressing health disparities and mental health issues to responding to global pandemics and the ever-increasing demands on healthcare services, it's essential to foster a workforce that is not only capable but also adaptable. The session focused on the key strategies and best practices for developing and nurturing a healthcare workforce that can effectively meet the demands of today's social health challenges. More Details...

Increasing Access to Comprehensive Care: The Crucial Role of the Community Health Worker (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Join us as we explore the crucial role of Community Health Workers (CHWs) and peer navigators within the clinical care team, exploring their impact on increasing access to comprehensive care. Explore case studies, reimbursement models, and the vital contributions of CHWs in improving patient outcomes from addressing social determinants of health and basic needs to fostering patient engagement. Participants will leave with knowledge on enhancing patient care strategies through CHWs and contributing to a skilled, inclusive healthcare workforce. More Details...

Obtaining FEMA Funding for Damaged or Destroyed Facilities (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource, developed with support from HRSA, serves as a guide for health centers in navigating the process of obtaining Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster aid for repairing or replacing buildings and equipment. (Updated in 2023) More Details...

Navigating Compliance Challenges with the Information Blocking Rule: A Collection of Case Studies: HITEQ Center and Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP, September 2023 (2023). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking Rule (Info Blocking Rule) prohibits covered actors – including health care providers, health IT developers of certified health IT, and health information exchanges/health information networks– from engaging in practices likely to interfere with, prevent, or materially discourage access, exchange, or use of electronic health information (EHI). The Info Blocking Rule includes eight exceptions that provide actors with certainty that, when their practice interferes with the access, exchange, or use of EHI and meets the conditions of one or more exception, such practice will not be considered information blocking.1 More Details...

PrEP Process Map Example: HITEQ Center, September 2023 (2023). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This resource is an example of a Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Process Map. A process map is a picture of how a health center workflow moves from the start point to the end point. As you review the process map, make note of the design elements, such as use of colors, shapes, and icons, and the level of detail included in the map. You can download the process map in the Documents to Download section below. More Details...

Culture of Safety: The Value of Managing Adverse Incidents Using a Blame Free and Just Culture Philosophy (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This training activity will provide the health care community with guidance on implementing a blame-free, just culture that encourages reporting of adverse events and near misses that are free from reprisals. Learn how patient and staff safety are dependent on fair and equitable consequences while eliminating disciplinary actions. See more here: https://youtu.be/3y8_G-ZB2kI More Details...

Health Center Guidelines for Implementing FHIR and the Information Blocking Rule: HITEQ Center, September 2023 (2023). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: The 21st Century Cures Act and the ONC Health IT Certification Program include rules for technical configuration and use of Health Level 7® (HL7) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources® (FHIR) for health data exchange and accessibility. Health centers are directed to enable and publish their healthcare data locations, known as FHIR endpoints,* to and from their electronic health record (EHR). Part of the Cures Act, known as the Information Blocking Rule, mandates that patients have “easy” access to their digital medical information, costs and claims associated with their health record, and whom the data can be shared with. More Details...

COO Competencies and Professional Development Tool (2023). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This tool is appropriate for use by a wide variety of stakeholders, including health center Chief Executive Officers (CEO), COOs and other Leaders; Board of Directors; Human Resources; Search Firms; Primary Care Associations; Training Organizations; and more. It is our hope that this tool will provide the structure and common language to help define, develop, and sustain excellence in operations leadership of health centers across the United States. More Details...

LGBTQIA+ Care Organizational Change Videos (2023). Resource Type: Micro-Learning. Description: Our new 3-5 minute video series discusses best practices for organizational change at health centers to provide LGBTQIA+ affirming care. Topics include Health Needs Assessment, Engagement and Collaboration with Community Partners, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Data Collection, Information Technology Considerations, Investment and Engagement from Key Stakeholders, and Recruitment and Retention of LGBTQIA+ workers. More Details...

Engaging Health Centers in the Human Rights Campaign's Healthcare Equality Index to Advance LGBTQIA+ Equity (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Health centers strive to create an environment where all patients, visitors, and employees feel safe, affirmed, and respected. How do you know if your health center is truly meeting those needs? One way is to participate in the upcoming Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) survey from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). This biennial survey evaluates and scores healthcare facilities on detailed criteria under four central pillars: Foundational Policies and Training in LGBTQIA+ Patient-Centered Care; LGBTQIA+ Patient Services and Support; Employee Benefits and Policies; and, Patient and Community Engagement. 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...