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The COVID-19 Pandemic Resources and Information: Spanish and English (2020). Resource Type: Other. Description: We at Migrant Clinicians Network have a priority to support both clinicians and the vulnerable patients they serve. MCN continually develops strategies and resources to support health centers, health departments, community groups, and clinicians as they reach out to communities that are often overlooked and give care to patients who might otherwise have nowhere to go. We remain highly concerned for the vulnerable populations that already encounter numerous barriers to health and to care. More Details...

Identification of Military Veterans upon Implementation of a Standardized Screening Process in a Federally Qualified Health Center (2019). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The identifcation of veterans receiving care in community-based settings is important and has implications for healthcare delivery and workforce training and development. More Details...

Nurse Closer Process: Using Nonclinician Staff to Make Patient Visits More Efficient (2019). Resource Type: Other. Description: The Nurse Closer process was designed and implemented to use non clinician staff to make patient visits more efficient. The model drives quality by combining team-based care with technology and allows all team members to work at the maximum capacity of their license. The goal of the process is to achieve higher value care with out increasing clinical expenses or provider burn out. More Details...

HITEQ Highlights: Addressing Childhood Obesity in Health Centers (2019). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar focused on how to improve child weight screening, nutrition and physical activity counselling, and design appropriate and meaningful interventions according to health center peers. A number of tools that support this quality improvement around addressing child weight and potential for obesity were discussed, including Bright Futures guidance and data validation tools from HITEQ. More Details...

Addressing Food Insecurity Among Older Adults in Clinical Settings (2019). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Because food insecurity is a serious threat to the health and well-being of older adults in the U.S., this webinar sought to equip health centers’ healthcare providers to screen and intervene on this important public health issue. More Details...

Health Center Strategies for Diabetes Screening and Prevention for Children, Adults and the Elderly (2018). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar explores diabetes prevention and care strategies across the lifespan. More Details...

Health IT Staff Resume Screening Tool: A template for Human Resources and Hiring Managers (2016). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This is a list of key words and phrases that can be used to pre-screen resumes for HIT/QI jobs to help quickly identify candidates for an additional screen. 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...

Cervical Cancer Screening: The Pap Test Digital Story (2015). Resource Type: Patient Material. Description: Do you need to explain to patients what happens during a Pap test? Our new digital story La Prueba Pap / The Pap Test educates the audience about the Pap test and the benefits of having it done. It helps the viewer understand what happens during a Pap test. Narrated in Spanish with English subtitles, this health education resource can be used by outreach staff and health educators, or for viewing at health centers. More Details...

Benefits of Oral HIV Testing in the Dental Chair: Promising Practice (2012). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This promising practice describes how the Columbia College of Dental Medicine in New York developed an iniative to conduct HIV testing in the dental clinic. More Details...

Health Screenings in the Dental Office (2011). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This Powerpoint presentation describes the importance of screening in a dental clinic and includes data from the CDC National Diabetes Fact Sheet, discusses the first reports of HIV/AIDS, and reviews the CDC's basics of HIV including counseling and testing recommendations. It provides a detailed rationale for current prevention efforts. More Details...

Oral Health and Primary Care Integration: Optimizing Care Coordination to Improve Oral Health Access (44636). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Integration of oral health and primary care practice is a strategy to help increase access to care for all populations. The National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA) and the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC) hosted a webinar discussing promising practices for oral health integration that accounts for the unique needs of special populations like residents of public housing with a focus on care coordination. More Details...

Lead Screening: Innovative Strategies to Increase Screening for Children (42823). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication summarizes community-based strategies for protecting children from lead poisoning through increased screening. More Details...

Innovative Strategies to Increase Screening of Children for Lead Poisoning (42823). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar covers community-based strategies for protecting children from lead poisoning through increased screening. More Details...