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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: Environmental Preparedness for Health Centers : Roundtable Series (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 operations and ensure continuity of care for their patients, particularly individuals who are more likely to be impacted by climate change-related disasters. In this session, health center participants and HITEQ facilitators discussed how health IT and EHRs can be used to identify and protect impacted populations. The discussion will be focused around three strategies: 1) developing a health center emergency response plan; 2) utilizing patient data to support patient resilience; and 3) developing communication outreach systems for weather emergencies. 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: Applying This to Practice: Virtual Learning Collaborative (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...

Social, Political, and Structural Impacts on Diabetes and Comorbidities Management for AA and NH/PI Populations Learning Series: Module 1: Whole Food Model for Holistic Community Wellness (2024). Resource Type: Micro-Learning. Description: The Association of Asian Pacific Community Health organizations (AAPCHO) chronic disease management programs, expertise, and national network in the AA and NH/PI community health center space, will feature research, community intervention strategies, and historical context for diabetes and other co-morbidities among AAs and NH/PIs. This self-paced learning series will feature modules that outline various social, political, and structural drivers of health for diabetes and comorbidities management. Modules will include case studies which promote resources, strategies, and interventions to support health center performance improvement and transformation efforts. This is module 1 and was recorded on March 15, 2024. More Details...

Integrating HIV Prevention into Primary Care: Collaboration with Alabama Primary Care Health Association: PCA Training on HIV Prevention (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Presented to health centers of the Alabama Primary Care Health Association, this training explored effective HIV prevention practices in primary care, including exploring an overview of HIV incidence and prevalence statistics in Alabama and nationally, discussing approaches to HIV prevention, testing, and PrEP in culturally competent and sex-positive manner with a focus on cultural humility, and highlighting challenges and opportunities to improve HIV prevention efforts in Alabama. More Details...

Partnering with Legal Services Providers to Enhance Behavioral Healthcare Access and Outcomes: MLP in Action Webinar Series - Part 5 (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This session of the MLP in Action webinar series aims to equip staff from health centers, civil legal services, and behavioral health disciplines with lessons and strategies to enhance behavioral health access and outcomes through the integration of legal services. Attendees will gain a comprehensive understanding of how to offer holistic support to health center patients through MLP interventions. More Details...

Exploring Cultural Competency and Humility in the Care of HIV Patients Learning Collaborative (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: People are shaped by their culture. An individual’s diverse beliefs, behaviors, attitudes toward medicine, and even the outcome of their medical treatments are all influenced by the cultures that comprise them. The cultural and ethnic diversity of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States is well known. The vast majority of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) today are members of historically underserved and marginalized populations, most notably racial and ethnic minorities.  More Details...

Care Considerations for Children of LGBTQIA+ Families (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this webinar, we will explore the significant and growing population of children in LGBTQIA+ families in the United States. With diverse arrangements and dynamics, clinicians must be attuned to understanding the unique histories and experiences of LGBTQIA+ families. The discussion will highlight the challenges faced by children in these families, including social pressures to conform to traditional norms, the impact of cisheterosexism, and the importance of creating a safe and inclusive environment for optimal mental health and well-being. More Details...

Beyond the Ask: Person-Centered Approaches to Addressing Substance Use Disorder in Older Adults (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This National Center for Equitable Care for Elders webinar focused on disparities in substance use disorder screening and treatment experienced by older adults, which disproportionately increases their risk of physical harm. Participants reviewed age-friendly principles of care that encourage early identification and recovery management in older patients. More Details...

Medical-Legal Partnership as a Community Health Strategy to Improve Maternal Health Access & Outcomes Learning Collaborative: Session 2: Planning and Implementing the Medical-Legal Partnership Workflow (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: These Learning Collaborative sessions are designed to empower participants to develop a deeper understanding of how the social determinants of health impact maternal health. Learn how to use the Medical-Legal Partnership as a way to improve maternal and child health outcomes for health center patients and their communities. Over four informative sessions, this Learning Collaborative will provide T/TA to health center staff to develop strategies and action plans for aligning MLP activities with potential policy and population health approaches. We encourage health centers that work with multiple special populations, including pregnant women and children, to share their insights and strategies that can be adapted to communities' unique needs. More Details...

Clinical Workforce Development Fall 2023 Webinar Repository: English and Spanish Versions Available (2024). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The following publications present a summary of the NTTAP Fall 2023 activities and findings from an analysis of activities presenting relevant and pertinent information on clinical workforce development More Details...

Approaches to Behavioral Health Screening Resource Document (2024). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This Resource Document provides current evidence-based behavior health screening tools and details who can administer them, under what setting, their use with special populations (non-verbal, limited English proficiency), and how to interpret results. This Resource Document is intended to help inform healthcare staff of the utility of behavioral health screenings so that they can become more prevalent and provide early intervention to substance use and mental health needs. More Details...

Food Insecurity in School-Aged Children (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: The webinar aims to increase the audience's knowledge of and capacity to define food insecurity and how it presents in youth and families, describe programs and resources that can mitigate food insecurity for youth and families, and gain awareness of promising practice models for addressing food insecurity for youth and families in School-Based Health settings. More Details...

Rapid Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy for People with HIV (2024). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is recommended for all people with HIV to improve and preserve their health and to reduce transmission of HIV to others. Increasingly, rapid ART starts have become a clinical and public health priority, with the Department of Health and Human Services Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents recommending that ART be started as soon as possible after HIV diagnosis. Definitions of what constitutes a rapid start of ART vary; the most stringent is also termed immediate ART and occurs when ART is prescribed on the same day an HIV diagnosis is delivered. This fact sheet reviews the potential benefits and rationale for rapid ART starts, outlines potential pitfalls, and offers practical, evidence-based tips on ART selection for rapid starts. More Details...

Connecting The Dots: Advancing Health Equity Through Data Disaggregation Webinar (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar presents strategies for improving granular data collection and implementing targeted health interventions through data disaggregation, with a focus on Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities as well as Migratory and Seasonal Agricultural Worker populations. It addresses the adaptation of demographic questions for collecting granular data, discusses advances in health equity made possible through disaggregated data, and explores the role of data disaggregation in storytelling for underserved populations. More Details...

Clinical Issues & Health Center Boards: Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Care (2024). Resource Type: n.a.. Description: This short resource discusses Adolescent and Sexual Reproductive Health (ASRH) care and how a health center board can support this service line through governance-level functions. This article is part of a broader series on ASRH; learn more at https://www.nachc.org/quality4teenshealth/. More Details...

Preparing to Serve MSAWs and Other Vulnerable Populations Through Public Health Emergencies (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Join MHP Salud, Project HOPE, Community Health of South Florida, and Healthcare Network for a Zoom webinar designed to equip Federally Qualified Health Centers, particularly Migrant Health Centers, with essential tools for navigating public health emergencies. More Details...

Medical-Legal Partnership as a Community Health Strategy to Improve Maternal Health Access and Outcomes Learning Collaborative: Session 1: Leveraging Clinical and Non-Clinical Data to Understand the Social Risk Factors (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: These Learning Collaborative sessions are designed to empower participants to develop a deeper understanding of how the social determinants of health impact maternal health. Participants will learn how to use the Medical-Legal Partnership as a way to improve maternal and child health outcomes for health center patients and their communities. Over four informative sessions, this Learning Collaborative will provide T/TA to health center staff to develop strategies and action plans for aligning MLP activities with potential policy and population health approaches. We encourage health centers that work with multiple special populations, including pregnant women and children, to share their insights and strategies that can be adapted to communities’ unique needs. More Details...