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Assessing the Care Team Tech Experience: A Digital Health Tool Toolkit: HITEQ Center, created through Aliados Health (2024). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This toolkit helps health center electronic health record (EHR) and Information Technology (IT) departments to deliver effective EHR training for staff, whether for new hires, rolling out new EHR modules, or providing ongoing training support. More Details...

Digital Health Strategy Resources: Companion to Digital Health Strategy Learning Collaborative (2024). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This resource is a companion to the Digital Health Strategy Learning Collaborative. It provides helpful resources by offering the knowledge necessary to develop and implement a digital health strategy in which all health IT operates. 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...

Data Visualization for Value-based care: HITEQ Resource (2024). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource details how data visualization can be employed to support value-based care and includes suggestions on how to depict measures and trends using data dashboards. More Details...

CHWs Supporting MSAWs' Health Across Life's Seasons (2024). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Community Health Workers (CHWs) are essential frontline public health workers with deep cultural understanding and adaptable skills. They play a crucial role in supporting Migrant Seasonal Agricultural Workers (MSAWs), who face unique challenges due to their transient work and diverse backgrounds. CHWs provide vital services such as healthcare access, language interpretation, legal guidance, and culturally appropriate support, ensuring MSAWs receive comprehensive care across different locations and life stages. This integrated approach supports positive health outcomes and addresses systemic barriers through community-driven initiatives. More Details...

Environmental Preparedness for Health Centers: HITEQ On the Horizon (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Climate change-induced weather events such as heat waves, poor air quality, and flooding are increasing in frequency and intensity. Health centers are challenged to maintain their own health IT and operations, ensuring continuity of care for their patients, particularly individuals who are more likely to be impacted by climate change-related disasters. More Details...

Digital Health Strategy to Enable Comprehensive Care: Introduction to Digital Health Strategy in Health Centers: Virtual Learning Collaborative (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This session got participants acquainted with digital health strategy in providing comprehensive primary care. Attendees learned about utilizing digital tools in health centers and improving patient care. More Details...

Clinical Quality Measures for Eligible Professionals: 2024 Update: A crosswalk of Clinical Quality Measures for UDS and other reporting from The HITEQ Center (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This spreadsheet developed by the HITEQ Center provides a crosswalk of Clinical Quality Measures and their electronic specifications as defined in the 2024 update for Eligible Professionals (Clinicians). More Details...

Digital Health Strategy to Enable Comprehensive Care: The Importance of Digital Health in Health Centers: Virtual Learning Collaborative (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this session, participants learned why digital health strategy is essential for health centers to remain competitive, meet consumer and patient demands and make care more accessible for all patients. Attendees learned how digital health strategy improves patient care and engagement and improves health outcomes for all. More Details...

Digital Health Strategy to Enable Comprehensive Care: Navigating Regulatory Waters- Compliance and Considerations: Virtual Learning Collaborative (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This session took a critical look at the regulatory environment surrounding digital health, including understanding HIPAA, data privacy laws, telehealth regulations, and navigating the evolving regulatory landscape. More Details...

Advancing Interoperability & Health Information Exchange for Health Centers - An Overview and Discussion on Enhancing Health Outcomes with the Oklahoma MyHealth Access Network: HITEQ Highlights Webinar (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this session participants learned what standards-based exchange is, why it is important, what it makes possible, and what they need to do. Dr. David Kendrick led the session to provide insight into how MyHealth Access Network provides advanced health information exchange, community-wide care coordination tools, and a robust decision support platform designed to support providers and patients in improving health outcomes. More Details...

Engaging Partners and Technology to Support Care of Justice-Involved Patients: Virtual Webinar (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this session, participants learned from Harris Health (Texas) and Community Medical Centers Inc. (California) to hear about their expanded services for behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment for justice-involved community members. Attendees learned from these two healthcare providers that have made a commitment to offering care to justice -involved patients, and their journeys to build positive partnerships improving access to service. More Details...

HITEQ On the Horizon: What is the future of AI in Health Centers? Collection: Roundtable series (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The HITEQ Center is planning a series of discussions about what is on the horizon -- this includes the people, processes, and technologies related to UDS+, environmental impacts and environmental determinants of health (EDoH), and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Each session will be interactive and engaging and include time for health center sharing. This series is open to community health centers throughout the nation. More Details...

HITEQ On the Horizon: Demystifying Current and Future Clinical Quality Measure Reporting: UDS+ and the Adult Weight Screening and Follow-up Measure Roundtable: Roundtable Series (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This session explored the current and future UDS clinical quality measure reporting, through one of the more complicated and expansive measures: Adult Weight Screening and Follow-up Clinical Quality Measure that is included in Table 6B and, in the future, UDS+ reporting. Attendees gained an understanding of the measure specifications, including defining the denominator and compliance. Common challenges as well as health center successes will be discussed. More Details...

Clinical Quality Measures 101: Assessing Data Alignment: Virtual Learning Collaborative (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this session, we discussed how data alignment can help your progress on clinical quality measures. We focused on tying the CQM requirements and specifications to clinical practice through quality improvement efforts. More Details...

Clinical Quality Measures 101-- Readiness for Value Based Care and Patient-Level Data Reporting: Virtual Learning Collaborative Series (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: As health centers engage with more quality programs through payers, funders, and others there is a pressing need for health center staff to have a foundational understanding of clinical quality measures, quality programs, and how these fit together and fit into the patient care provided in health centers. This learning collaborative is appropriate for health center personnel looking for a simple, foundational understanding of the quality measures and related programs. More Details...

Closing the PrEP Care Gap with TelePrEP: Training for Health Centers (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This training session was delivered by the HITEQ Center in collaboration with Housing Works, a health center based in New York City. Staff from Housing Works provided an overview of the TelePrEP model, considerations for implementation, and successes and barriers their TelePrEP program has faced. All health center staff were welcome to attend, and the content will be useful for all seeking to expand PrEP access for HIV prevention in their health center and community. More Details...

Health Center Resilience in the Face of Cyber Adversity: A Case Study of the Family Health Center of Worcester's Ransomware Incident, February 2024 (2024). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The use of ransomware -- malicious software that restricts access to computer systems with financial demands -- has escalated, targeting health centers and putting countless lives at risk. This dire reality came to the forefront during the alarming ransomware attack on the Family Health Center of Worcester, Inc. (FHCW), where the personal health information and care continuity for thousands of patients were compromised. This resource uses FHCW's experience as a case study to demonstrate the imperative of preparedness and the strength of a community-centered response in ensuring the continuity of healthcare services amidst the ever-growing tide of cyber vulnerabilities. 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...

Advancing the use of SDOH Data to Support Value Based Care: National Training for Health Centers (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Is your health center interested in learning about how collection of social needs data can support your performance in providing value based care? This one-hour webinar, presented by Washington Association for Community Health, CHAS Health, and the HITEQ Center taught about best practices in SDOH screening and how health centers have used SDOH data for patient care, population health, and value based care. Participants had the opportunity to ask questions and share the specific challenges they face regarding SDOH screening and use of data. All health center staff, particularly those involved in screening clients for social needs, connecting them to resources and using data to inform care, were welcome to attend. More Details...