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Healthy Together Action Guide (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This Action Guides provides health centers with step-by-step guidance on how to implement the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Diabetes Prevention Program curriculum, tailored to patients with diabetes and at-risk for diabetes, using patient self-care tools in a virtual setting and applying a whole-person focus More Details...

10 Tips To Start a Vaccine Ambassador Program (2023). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: Vaccine Ambassador program can dramatically improve trust and knowledge about vaccines, which often leads to vaccination compliance among priority populations. This 10 Tips Guide is tool for health centers interested in starting a Vaccine Ambassador Program. 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...

Suicide Prevention and Risk Assessment Strategies: A Learning Collaborative: Session 2: Questions, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Training Certification (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This is a series of four live, interactive learning collaborative activities focusing on suicide prevention and risk assessment. Participants will be guided through a series of care strategies and be given tools and time to engage with experts. 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...

Telehealth Advancement in Massachusetts 2020-2021: Celebrating successes and insights for sustainability. June 2022. (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Health center utilization of telehealth advanced in leaps and bounds since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. In 2019, fewer than 500,000 visits in health centers nationwide were provided via telehealth, and in 2020, over 28 million visits were conducted virtually as reported in the Uniform Data System (UDS). More Details...

Managed Care Data Checklist: Companion Document to Video Module: Payer Data: The Managed Care Data. Prepared by Starling Advisors for the HITEQ Center in July 2022. (2023). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: How to Use This Checklist: This is a supplement to our Module 2: The Managed Care Data Set, which uses the HCP-LAN APM Framework as its basis. Review both before using this checklist. There are terms used throughout that may be new to you or may benefit from detailed explanations—please visit our Value Based Payment Glossary for basic definitions for a host of key terms. More Details...

National School-Based Health Care Census (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The School-Based Health Alliance conducts a triennial national survey of school-based, school-linked, mobile health, and telehealth programs called the National Census of School-Based Health Centers. More Details...

National School-Based Health Care Census (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The School-Based Health Alliance conducts a triennial national survey of school-based, school-linked, mobile health, and telehealth programs called the National Census of School-Based Health Centers. More Details...

Eyes on Access: Children's Vision and Eye Health in Community Health Centers, Part 1 (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Join Prevent Blindness, the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved, and the School-Based Health Alliance to learn about common vision disorders among children, best practices for vision screening and assessment by primary healthcare providers (PCPs), and strategies for completing referrals for eyecare. 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...

Empowering Your Workforce: Considerations for Implementing & Responding to Staff Satisfaction Surveys Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In the ever-evolving healthcare landscape, prioritizing employee satisfaction has become a critical factor in delivering exceptional patient care and ensuring the success of healthcare organizations. Staff satisfaction surveys have emerged as powerful tools, providing invaluable data to drive positive change, optimize policies, and enhance employee retention. However, many organizations are seeking guidance on how to effectively initiate or improve their staff satisfaction survey processes. Join our interactive webinar as we explore the key considerations for implementing staff satisfaction surveys in health centers. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the essential steps involved in conducting these surveys, from thoughtful survey design and administration to skillful data analysis. We will delve into effective question strategies that elicit valuable insights from employees, helping to identify areas of strength and opportunities for improvement. 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...

HRSA Loan Guarantee Program, An Overview for Lenders (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource provides an overview of the HRSA Loan Guarantee Program for Lenders, updated from 2019. More Details...

HRSA Loan Guarantee Program, An Overview for Health Centers (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource, updated from a previous version, provides an overview of the HRSA Loan Guarantee Program for Health Centers. More Details...

HRSA Health Center Facility Loan Guarantee Program: A Handbook for Lenders (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource is an updated version of Capital Link's 2021 HRSA Health Center Facility Loan Guarantee Program: A Handbook for Lenders under the same name. 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...

A Model for State Agency Collaboration: Farmworker Outreach in Michigan (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The National Center for Farmworker Health presents this 60-minute webinar highlighting the farmworker outreach that is conducted in collaborative fashion by three different government agencies in the state of Michigan: The Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity. The panelists will explain how communication and strategic planning are conducted between different government agencies, the challenges that exist, and how other states might be able to implement a similar model. Presented in English on 09/05/2023. More Details...

A Model for State Agency Collaboration: Farmworker Outreach in Michigan (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The National Center for Farmworker Health presents this 60-minute webinar highlighting the farmworker outreach that is conducted in collaborative fashion by three different government agencies in the state of Michigan: The Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity. The panelists will explain how communication and strategic planning are conducted between different government agencies, the challenges that exist, and how other states might be able to implement a similar model. Presented in English on 09/05/2023. More Details...

Dissecting the Street Medicine Landscape Analysis with Street Medicine Leaders (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: On Aug. 31, 2023, we hosted an in-depth analysis and discussion of the recently published California Street Medicine Landscape Survey and Report. This first-of-its-kind study looks at the scope of street medicine practice across the state of California and how street medicine should be scaled to meet the growing need of people who are unsheltered. More Details...