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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...

Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Effectiveness: Bringing Out the Best (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Discover how enhancing your emotional intelligence can foster trust, engagement, and productivity, transforming your leadership effectiveness with CCL's 4 key components of emotional intelligence. This CCL article links to others related to empathy in the workplace, leading through conflict, psychological safety at work, and improving employee engagement to name just a few. More Details...

Medicaid Unwinding Listening Session - February 24, 2023 (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: On February 24th, 2023, NACHC and Georgetown University hosted a second listening session for health centers, Primary Care Associations (PCAs), and other Community-Based Organizations (CBOs), on the Medicaid Unwinding provisions and state plans on Medicaid Redeterminations. This listening session featured presentations from NACHC, Georgetown\'s Center for Children and Families, Honor Community Health, and CentroMed. More Details...

BPHCurates: Child and Adolescent Health and Social Resources: Targeted Resources on Food Insecurity, Behavioral Health, Oral Health, Staffing Shortages, and Telehealth to Support Child and Adolescent Health (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource packet provides health centers with resources to develop processes for improving service delivery and outcomes for children and adolescents, specifically related to telehealth, food insecurity, mental and behavioral health, oral health, and staffing shortages and retention. In addition, links to general child and adolescent health center technical resources are provided. 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...

Dental Therapy Employment Manual for Michigan Community Health Centers (2023). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: A comprehensive guide to help CHCs prepare for and incorporate dental therapists into their dental teams. Although this resource is built around Michigan-specific rules and regulations, CHCs in other dental therapy states may use it as a template to improve readiness. More Details...

Regional Stream Forum Impact Report 2023: Regional Migrant Stream Forums 2023 Impact Report (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The 2023 Regional Stream Forum Impact Report offers summaries of the three annual Regional Stream Forum training events including the conference programs, participant demographics, conference sponsors, planning committee members and conference highlights. More Details...

Cybersecurity: Ask Me Anything: HITEQ Highlights Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This session sought to motivate and educate Health Center staff and leadership on current critical cybersecurity threats, concepts, and methods for the defense of health data. A panel of cybersecurity experts addressed questions on how to best protect the health center from both internal and external network leaks, through malware such as ransomware, and through physical means on-site. More Details...

FAQ: How can health centers comply with both 42 CFR Part 2 and the Information Blocking Rule?: July 2023 (2023). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: What are the HIPAA guidelines related to PHI and PII? What is 42 CFR Part 2? What is the Information Blocking Rule? How can my health center comply with both 42 CFR Part 2 and the Information Blocking Rule? How can my health center safeguard EHI on the patient portal following 42 CFR Part 2? How can I find out if 42 CFR Part 2 applies to my health center? Where can I find sample Information Blocking policies, procedures, and templates? More Details...

Interoperability Readiness Scorecard: HITEQ Center, July 2023 (2023). Resource Type: Template. Description: Many health centers struggle to reap the benefits of technological advancement and investments in health information technology (health IT), while others embrace them and reap rewards. Interoperability is one such example; requiring health centers assess systems, relationships, and implementation. There are keys to successful interoperability implementation for which health centers must develop processes, stand up infrastructure (within the system, internally and externally, and organization), and then take action. Process refers to structured processes, policies, and procedures within the health center. Infrastructure refers to structural capacity and ability within the health center’s technology and staffing structure. Action refers to full implementation to the point of active and ongoing use and engagement. This scorecard encourages health centers to consider their processes, infrastructure, and action in a number of key areas. Each area key to interoperability are to be self-graded on a scale of 1 through 5, where 1 is poorly or not yet developed and 5 is well developed. Health centers can also use this to guide discussions and monitor progress over time. evaluate once steps have been completed. More Details...

Strategies for Emergency Management of Chronic Conditions Among Agricultural Workers (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: People living with chronic conditions, and especially Migratory and Seasonal Agricultural Workers (MSAWs), can encounter particular threats to their health during an emergency event. NCFH has developed a resource to assist health center staff, clinical coordinators, and emergency managers with tools to assist MSAW chronic care patients, so that the worst outcomes of these events can be avoided. This checklist includes risk factors for chronic care patients during an emergency, action items to help patients prepare, and disease-specific recommendations for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and chronic kidney disease. This resource also includes some additional outreach and communication strategies to reach MSAWs with chronic conditions during emergencies. More Details...

Stratifying Quality Measures by Housing Status and Location (2023). Resource Type: Online Self-Paced Learning Modules. Description: In this training, we learned how to impact communities meaningfully by utilizing data to improve screening, care quality, and health outcomes. NNCC and the Primary Care Development Corporation partnered to conduct a webinar that guided health centers serving public housing residents and other special groups on using UDS data for QI, care coordination, and care model design. More Details...

The Role of Medical-Legal Partnerships to Support Ill or Injured H-2A Workers (English version) (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The National Center for Farmworker Health in collaboration with Farmworker Justice presents this 90-minute webinar in which presenters will discuss the role of medical-legal partnerships to support injured or ill H-2A workers and share challenges and practical strategies to initiate or strengthen medical-legal partnerships. Also featured will be Mary Jo Ybarra-Vega from Quincy Community Health Center in Washington state who will present on her partnership with Northwest Justice Project, a legal services organization; she will share the history of their partnership and their joint efforts to conduct outreach, advocacy, and support to H-2A workers in their communities. Presented on 7/11/2023. More Details...

The Role of Medical-Legal Partnerships to Support Ill or Injured H-2A Workers (English version) (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The National Center for Farmworker Health in collaboration with Farmworker Justice presents this 90-minute webinar in which presenters will discuss the role of medical-legal partnerships to support injured or ill H-2A workers and share challenges and practical strategies to initiate or strengthen medical-legal partnerships. Also featured will be Mary Jo Ybarra-Vega from Quincy Community Health Center in Washington state who will present on her partnership with Northwest Justice Project, a legal services organization; she will share the history of their partnership and their joint efforts to conduct outreach, advocacy, and support to H-2A workers in their communities. Presented on 7/11/2023. More Details...

Behavioral Health and Community Health Centers (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This factsheet summarizes health centers’ behavioral health services. It highlights data from UDS that shows growth in patients and staff over the last decade, as well as the variety of behavioral health professionals and services offered at health centers. Finally, policy suggestions to support behavioral health services at health centers are presented. More Details...

The HITEQ Center Podcast: Sharing Virtual Care Success Stories and Lessons Learned in 2022 and 2023 (2023). Resource Type: Podcast. Description: HITEQ is highlighting stories of leveraging the EHR, health IT, digital health tools, and other virtual care supports for health center recovery and stabilization during the COVID-19 pandemic and thereafter in this series of podcasts. We are lifting up stories that demonstrate the promise of digital and health IT tools to address the timely needs of health centers and their patients, emphasizing those that support high value, equitable care for all health center patients and that reduce provider burden. More Details...

Promoting Cybersecurity Awareness for Patients: Protecting yourself when using patient portals, health apps, and online medical devices, June 2023. (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This training guide provides patients with knowledge and awareness about cybersecurity threats to protect their personal health data and to minimize risks from computer viruses and malware. 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...