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Clinical Leadership Core Competencies: Domains, Skills, Tasks (2024). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Defining health center clinical leadership core competencies for the purpose of professional self-development along a clinical leader’s journey has been a work in progress within NACHC since 2014. Health center clinical leaders and advisors have developed and kept up-to-date this comprehensive set of core competencies that includes tasks and skills, behavioral examples, and proficiently levels aligned and integrated with NACHC’s Value Transformation Framework (VTF). More Details...

Resources for Dental Care Workforce in Health Centers (2024). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: In this guide, you will find a description of state policies and strategies that can support the growth of programs to train, secure, and maximize opportunities for the dental workforce in health centers, including practical recommendations for health centers to “take action.” More Details...

Using Geriatric Principles to Care for Aging Patients Living with HIV (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: As the United States population ages and the survival rate of individuals living with HIV increases, there is a need to incorporate geriatric principles and assessments into the health center workflow when providing care for aging patients living with HIV. This webinar will provide recommendations on the optimal environment of care as well as how to assess a patient’s function and quality of life. More Details...

Crisis Intervention and De-escalation in Primary Care Learning Collaborative: Session 3: Developing Crisis Prevention Policies and Procedures (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This Learning Collaborative will provide four learning sessions to help healthcare workers identify, de-escalate, and intervene in crisis behaviors in the healthcare setting. These four sessions will use evidence-based practice interventions that promote safety for patients and staff by emphasizing preventive measures and least-restrictive/non-physical interventions to reduce the risk of unsafe crisis behaviors. Each session of the Learning Collaborative will provide an opportunity for the participants to plan de-escalation and crisis interventions that promote patient and staff safety in their health centers. This Learning Collaborative aligns with the Health Center Performance Improvement domain of Quality, Patient Care, and Safety as it addresses approaches to reduce behaviors that may harm patients. More Details...

Weaving the PCMH Model of Care into Your Operations Learning Collaborative: Session 4: Tools to Organize Your PCMH Operations (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model of care is a way to organize healthcare delivery, coordinate care for patients, ensure the patient's needs are identified, and optimize healthcare outcomes. Despite the various certifications, many feel that a true PCMH is not attainable. This learning collaborative provides a first step in assisting health centers with organizing their approach to communication of the model with their healthcare teams and incorporating the standards into everyday operations. This Learning Collaborative aligns with the Health Center Performance Improvement domain of Quality, Patient Care, and Safety as it reviews how to improve operations to positively impact healthcare outcomes. Each session is 90 minutes. More Details...

Integrating Behavioral Health into Pediatric Care, Part 1 (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar series (Part 1 and Part 2) will explore the critical integration of behavioral health into pediatric care, addressing the increasing prevalence of mental health issues among children and adolescents. Recent statistics reveal that up to 20 percent of children experience mental health disorders, emphasizing the urgent need for a holistic approach to pediatric health care. With the shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists and therapists, addressing behavioral health in primary care is critical. More Details...

Pediatric Dental Care: Building a Successful Program (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar provides health center information on access to dental care by pediatric patients, the importance of integrating dental care into primary care practices, and the visualization of data to measure success of a pediatric oral health program. This training was in conjunction with National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA). More Details...

Pediatric Dental Care: Building a Successful Program (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar provides health center information on access to dental care by pediatric patients, the importance of integrating dental care into primary care practices, and the visualization of data to measure success of a pediatric oral health program. More Details...

Babies Born With Congenital Syphilis: What Happens Next? (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Congenital syphilis cases are on the rise. The transmission of spirochete Treponema pallidum from a pregnant individual to a fetus is the main method of infection. Evaluation for congenital syphilis is warranted in all infants born to mothers who have reactive nontreponemal and treponemal tests for syphilis during pregnancy More Details...

Crisis Intervention and De-escalation in Primary Care Learning Collaborative: Session 2: Implementing Evidence-Based De-escalation and Crisis Intervention Techniques in Health Care Settings (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This Learning Collaborative will provide four learning sessions to help healthcare workers identify, de-escalate, and intervene in crisis behaviors in the healthcare setting. These four sessions will use evidence-based practice interventions that promote safety for patients and staff by emphasizing preventive measures and least-restrictive/non-physical interventions to reduce the risk of unsafe crisis behaviors. Each session of the Learning Collaborative will provide an opportunity for the participants to plan de-escalation and crisis interventions that promote patient and staff safety in their health centers. This Learning Collaborative aligns with the Health Center Performance Improvement domain of Quality, Patient Care, and Safety as it addresses approaches to reduce behaviors that may harm patients. More Details...

Weaving the PCMH Model of Care Into Your Operations Learning Collaborative: Session 3: Care Management, Care Coordination, and Care Transitions (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model of care is a way to organize healthcare delivery, coordinate care for patients, ensure the patient's needs are identified, and optimize healthcare outcomes. Despite the various certifications, many feel that a true PCMH is not attainable. This learning collaborative provides a first step in assisting health centers with organizing their approach to communication of the model with their healthcare teams and incorporating the standards into everyday operations. More Details...

Crisis Intervention and De-escalation in Primary Care Learning Collaborative: Session 1: How to Identify and Prevent Crisis Behaviors in Health Care Settings (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This Learning Collaborative will provide four learning sessions to help healthcare workers identify, de-escalate, and intervene in crisis behaviors in the healthcare setting. These four sessions will use evidence-based practice interventions that promote safety for patients and staff by emphasizing preventive measures and least-restrictive/non-physical interventions to reduce the risk of unsafe crisis behaviors. Each session of the Learning Collaborative will provide an opportunity for the participants to plan de-escalation and crisis interventions that promote patient and staff safety in their health centers. More Details...

Weaving the PCMH Model of Care into Your Operations Learning Collaborative: Session 2: Team-Based Care and Practice Organization (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model of care is a way to organize healthcare delivery, coordinate care for patients, ensure the patient's needs are identified, and optimize healthcare outcomes. Despite the various certifications, many feel that a true PCMH is not attainable. This learning collaborative provides a first step in assisting health centers with organizing their approach to communication of the model with their healthcare teams and incorporating the standards into everyday operations. More Details...

Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United States, First Steps for Health Centers Webinar (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The National HIV/AIDS Strategy provides an update to the HIV National Strategic Plan (2021) and intends for the HIV epidemic to end by 2030. In addition, the strategy sets forth expectations to ensure patients living with HIV are treated, HIV health outcomes are improved, and health disparities are reduced. To aid in this effort, health centers have an opportunity to use their multidisciplinary teams and community partners to provide adequate support for individuals living with HIV and newly diagnosed with HIV. This webinar will provide an opportunity for health center staff to learn approaches to coordinating care for those newly diagnosed with HIV and identify how to measure success with their HIV program(s). This training will be in conjunction with the National LGBTQIA+ Education Center, The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health. More Details...

Weaving the PCMH Model of Care into Your Operations: Session 1: The Benefits of a Patient-Centered Medical Home (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model of care is a way to organize healthcare delivery, coordinate care for patients, ensure the patient's needs are identified, and optimize healthcare outcomes. Despite the various certifications, many feel that a true PCMH is not attainable. This learning collaborative provides a first step in assisting health centers with organizing their approach to communication of the model with their healthcare teams and incorporating the standards into everyday operations. More Details...

Creating Community Connections: Introducing the Dinámicas E-Book Blog Series (2024). Resource Type: Publication. Description: MHP Salud’s “Creating Community Connections” e-book is a free resource designed to help health centers, community organizations, and Community Health Workers (CHWs) build meaningful relationships with underserved and marginalized populations. It offers interactive techniques, cultural sensitivity guidance, and practical tools to enhance community engagement and support. Accessible via MHP Salud’s website, the e-book aims to improve outreach effectiveness and foster trust within diverse communities. More Details...

MHP Salud Dinamicas e-book (2024). Resource Type: Publication. Description: MHP Salud promotes the Dinámica e-book as a tool for fostering trust and engagement. It features interactive activities designed to \"break the ice,\" encourage reflection, and connect participants. This resource aids in building meaningful community connections through dinámicas, suitable for both individual and group activities in various settings. More Details...

Team-Based Primary Care in Health Centers Book (2024). Resource Type: Publication. Description: There are many paths to improving health and health care—to making healthcare a universal right, not a privilege. Sharing our knowledge and expertise is one way, and we hope this concise and practical book, Team-Based Primary Care in Health Centers, gives you strategies, tools, and encouragement to do just that! More Details...

Health Center Dashboard Design Guide (2024). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The purpose of this resource is to provide a comprehensive guide to user-centered dashboard design for health center staff. The accompanying workbook provides a guided series of prompts and questions for health center dashboard developers. More Details...

Supporting Survivors of Violence and Abuse in Oral Health Care Settings: A Patient Brochure and Guide for Staff (2024). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Oral health care staff and providers have an opportunity to work on both systems and practice change to help community members access care and have comfortable visits, including for survivors of violence and abuse. Staff can routinely share information with their patients on violence and abuse, and connect patients to supportive community programs, national hotlines, and onsite advocacy. Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation, in collaboration with the National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA), developed two trauma-informed resources: An oral health team member fact sheet on providing inclusive and sensitive care to patients. A brochure for patients, focusing on those who have experienced or are experiencing violence to help them have better visits and access to safety support. More Details...