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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...

Safe Practices in Dental Care (2024). Resource Type: Archived In-Person Training. Description: This conference seminar addresses building an infection prevention and control (IPC) program in a health center dental department that addresses personal protective equipment, hand hygiene, injections, sharps, and sterilization and disinfection procedures. The seminar will review assigning roles and responsibilities to everyone on the team using project management tools. Measuring and reporting success with the IPC program will also be highlighted. Information shared references the Center for Disease Control and Prevention expectations for safe care for dental practices. 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...

Improving Patient Safety in Health Centers Using Technology-Driven PDSA Methods Learning Collaborative: Session 4: Office Hours (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: I this Learning Collaborative, speakers will provide examples of ensuring Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles have staff accountable and responsible for the PDSAs. Also, the session speakers will explain how teams can use technology to capture patient safety data for PDSAs. The participants will share their progress, challenges, and best practices during the learning collaborative sessions. More Details...

Learning Collaborative: Improving Patient Safety in Health Centers Using Technology-Driven PDSA Methods: Session 2: Technology to Monitor Improvements in Patient Safety | Patient-Centered AIM Statements and SMART Goals (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The purpose of this session is to review the importance of establishing AIM statements and the influence of the electronic health record in quality improvement. More Details...

Key Patient Safety Concepts For Health Center Performance Improvement Goals (2024). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication provides a practical overview of how organization can provide a culture of safety and how that lends to improvement of patient safety. It focuses on health center staff members\' roles and responsibilities; national organizations with patient safety definitions, guidance, and requirements; regulatory expectations to consider-including in health center patient safety programs, and success measures. 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...

Suicide Risk Assessment: How to Incorporate Into the Workflow Asynchronous Learning Module (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This asynchronous learning module will provide training on how to develop organizational policies and procedures to incorporate suicide risk assessment screenings into practice, standardizing the approach of screening in the health center environment. Participants will learn to develop, implement, and follow policies and procedures emphasizing a team-based approach to suicide risk screening and response. More Details...

Learning Collaborative: Introduction to Improving Patient Safety: Session 4: Using Peer Review and Competency Assessments to Improve Patient Safety (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The Renaye James Healthcare Advisors’ Learning Collaborative will cover various aspects of safe patient care, including safety measure/metric identification, data collection, leadership commitment, facility requirements, regulatory requirements, external collaborations, and governance involvement. The content will reinforce how focusing on patient safety by all departments and staff positively impacts patients and the organization. Participants will identify a hypothetical patient safety event that could occur at their health center and will be asked to draft a plan for investigation and response. More Details...

Using PCMH to Improve Asthma Outcomes Webinar (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The training reviews the practice of using a team approach to manage pediatric patients with asthma, engaging pediatric patients with care management, and exploring appropriate treatment options for asthma. More Details...

Suicide Prevention Strategies for LGBTQ+ Communities White Paper (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The stunningly disproportionate rate of self-induced deaths among LGBTQ+ individuals is an ongoing emergency. LGBTQ+ Care clinicians and other health care workers serve sexual and gender minority (LGBTQ+) people every day, but adequate preparation about supporting these populations is rarely offered in professional training. This publication highlights some of the pressures that lead sexual and gender minority people to suicide, what factors elevate or lower self-harm risk, and interventions to help LGBTQ+ people build resilience in a hostile world. This publication is in partnership with the Center for LGBTQ Health Equity at Chase Brexton Health Care. More Details...

Partnerships Between Health Centers and Domestic and Sexual Violence Advocacy Programs (Bi-directional Infographic) (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: As health center staff are more likely to initiate conversations on IPV/HT/E with their patients after learning about domestic violence advocates and the range of services offered by their DV programs, these HC/DVP partnerships are critical to promote safety and health outcomes for patients, as well as staff, through bi-directional warm referrals. This infographic illustrates the benefits resulting from these partnerships and referrals and offers links to the sample MOU and other supportive resources to promote new and expand on current collaborative efforts. More Details...

Learning Collaborative: Introduction to Patient Safety: Session 3: Supporting Patient Safety with Huddles, Reporting, and Surveillance (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The Renaye James Healthcare Advisors’ Learning Collaborative will cover various aspects of safe patient care, including safety measure/metric identification, data collection, leadership commitment, facility requirements, regulatory requirements, external collaborations, and governance involvement. Federal, state, local regulations, and accrediting organizations require the delivery of safe medical care for patients, staff, and visitors. These sessions will also illustrate how the Board of Directors promotes a culture that prioritizes safety and includes safety metrics in its strategic oversight. Participants will identify a hypothetical patient safety event that could occur at their health center and will be asked to draft a plan for investigation and response. More Details...

Learning Collaborative: Suicide Prevention and Risk Assessment Strategies: Session 4: Office Hours (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The office hours summarizes salient points covered in Learning Collaborative Sessions 1: Taking Action with 988-Equipping Your and Your Team, Session 2: Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Training Certificate, and Session 3: Implementing Risk Assessment Tools into Practice. More Details...

Learning Collaborative: Introduction to Improving Patient Safety: Session 2: Promoting Patient Safety through Patient Centered Care (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The Renaye James Healthcare Advisors’ Learning Collaborative will cover various aspects of safe patient care, including safety measure/metric identification, data collection, leadership commitment, facility requirements, regulatory requirements, external collaborations, and governance involvement. Federal, state, local regulations, and accrediting organizations require the delivery of safe medical care for patients, staff, and visitors. The content will reinforce how focusing on patient safety by all departments and staff positively impacts patients and the organization. Participants will identify a hypothetical patient safety event that could occur at their health center and will be asked to draft a plan for investigation and response. More Details...

Learning Collaborative: Suicide Prevention and Risk Assessment Strategies, Session 3: Session 3: Implementing Risk Assessment Tools into Practice (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...

Learning Collaborative: Introduction to Improving Patient Safety: Session 1: Introduction to Improving Patient Safety (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The Renaye James Healthcare Advisors’ Learning Collaborative will cover various aspects of safe patient care, including safety measure/metric identification, data collection, leadership commitment, facility requirements, regulatory requirements, external collaborations, and governance involvement. These sessions will also illustrate how the Board of Directors promotes a culture that prioritizes safety and includes safety metrics in its strategic oversight. The content will reinforce how focusing on patient safety by all departments and staff positively impacts patients and the organization. Participants will identify a hypothetical patient safety event that could occur at their health center and will be asked to draft a plan for investigation and response. More Details...

Suicide Prevention and Risk Assessment Strategies: A Learning Collaborative: Session 1: Taking Action with 988-Equipping You and Your Team (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...

Getting Back on Track: How to Reach Pediatric Patients for Preventive Needs Using Population Health Tools and Mobile Van Service to Aid in This Effort (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The Renaye James Healthcare Advisors' training addresses community outreach required to engage patients and families with immunizations and other preventive services that meet their needs and address access barriers for hard-to-reach pediatric populations. It shares how to effectively use population health tools for specific mobile health initiatives and demonstrate how hard-to-reach populations can benefit from mobile Medicaid enrollment, particularly with the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) declaration ending. Speakers cover how the PHE ending impacts engagement for patients and professionals. 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...