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Training Opportunities

All BPHC grantee technical assistance sessions from June 2010 to the present are found in the 
Technical Assistance Catalog for Grantees.

Upcoming Trainings

Serving an Aging Population (65+) in Health Centers
Thursday, May 24th, 2012
2:00-3:30PM ET

Call-in Number:  888-972-9336
Participant Code:  3152833

The purpose of this session will be to discuss key health issues affecting the age 65+ population and how these issues can be addressed in health centers. There will be an overview of traditional and innovative methods for meeting older patients’ health needs followed by field experience discussions from two grantees who effectively serve older populations in their health centers.

Speakers:

  • Matt Burke, MD, Senior Clinical Advisor Office of Quality and Data, BPHC
  • Bob Hornyak, MS, Director of the Office of Performance and Evaluation, Administration on Aging
  • Marty Lynch, Ph.D. Executive Director/CEO, LifeLong Medical Care
  • Allison Dubois, MPH, Chief Operations Officer, Hudson River HealthCare
  • Jasmin Chapman, DDS, Chief Executive Officer, Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center

Presentation materials will be available the week of the session.

 

Health Information Technology and Quality Webinar: “Using Health IT for Care Coordination Across Inpatient and Outpatient Settings”

Friday, May 18th, 2012

2:00-3:00PM ET


This webinar focuses on using health information technology (IT) to help coordinate care among outpatient and inpatient safety net providers.  Care coordination between these two provider settings is important for improving healthcare outcomes, increasing patient safety, reducing costs, and attaining patient centered care. Presenters, from both rural and urban safety net environments, will discuss how they have achieved patient care coordination and describe how they overcame barriers related to infrastructure/ health IT, governance issues, staff communication, patient engagement, and the sharing of patient data. This webinar is important for safety net providers as they implement health IT systems and prepare for changes in how they provide patient care for programs funded by the Affordable Care Act.  Presenters include:

  • Dr. Martin Serota, MD, Chief Medical Officer
    Altamed Healthcare Services, Los Angeles, California
  • William Reiter, MD, Internist
    Community Hospital of Anaconda, Anaconda, Montana
  • Staff from Missouri Primary Care Association/ St. Louis Integrated Health Network

Click here to register:  http://webcast.streamlogics.com/audience/index.asp?eventid=90847413

Questions may be submitted prior to webinar and emailed to: healthit@hrsa.gov

 

National Diabetes Education Program: Promoting Health after Gestational Diabetes
Monday, May 14th, 2012
1:00-2:00PM ET

During this webinar, Robert Ratner, M.D., F.A.C.P, F.A.C.E., Chief Scientific and Medical Officer of the American Diabetes Association, will discuss the lifelong health risks for women with a history of gestational diabetes, the health risks to a child of a pregnancy complicated by gestational diabetes, and steps mothers can take to help lower these risks for themselves and their children.

In addition, NDEP partner Thomas Joyce will share the Ohio Diabetes Prevention and Control Program’s strategies for promoting type 2 diabetes prevention among women with a history of gestational diabetes and their children.

To Register: We are asking all partners to RSVP for the webinar by Wednesday, May 9th. Click here for the GoToWebinar registration site. Webinar details will be provided to those who RSVP. 

Recent TA Events

Continuity and Resiliency for Health IT Systems:Preparing for Unforeseen Events
Friday, April 27, 2012 – 2:00PM ET 

This webinar provides expert advice on how health information technology (IT) can help primary care and rural inpatient providers prepare for and overcome an unforeseen event. When these events – such as a flood, data loss, power outage, snowstorm, or a public health crisis like an influenza outbreak – occur, health IT systems can be a valuable tool to ensure continuity of patient care. This is just one reason why it is critical to ensure that health IT systems are resilient and that staff can continue providing care under such circumstances.

Speakers will present case studies and lessons learned based on their own experiences of how their health IT systems helped them prepare for and overcome these events. They will also focus on how safety net providers can build a resilient health IT infrastructure and system, as well as work with local and state government entities to prepare for an unforeseen event.

Presenters include:

  • Staff from George C. Grape Community Hospital, Hamburg, Iowa
  •  Timothy Roark, Chief Information Officer, Georgia Primary Care Association 
  •  Matthew J. Ziemer, Director, Emergency Management Program,
    Community Health Care Association of New York State

Questions for presenters are welcome ahead of the event and may be emailed to healthit@hrsa.gov

2012 UDS Changes Technical Assistance Call
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 – 3:00-5:00 PM ET
Replay Coming Soon 

HRSA will be hosting a technical assistance call to provide an update on 2012 UDS table changes including Table 5A and revised Table 6A, highlight the new clinical measures and revised data on EHRs and National Quality Recognition at Health Centers.

  • Toll-Free Call-in Number: 800-741-3792
  • Participant Code: 5733343

Speakers:

  • Dr. Quyen Ngo-Metzger, Branch Chief , HRSA
  • Art Stickgold, Consultant, JSI

Expanding Health Center Enabling Services: The Health Leads 
Thursday, April 12, 2012 
3:00-4:30pm ET

Enabling services are non-clinical services that make it possible for patients to access preventive and primary health care services.  Enabling services, which may include case management, referrals, translation/interpretation, transportation and health education, can play a major role in health care access and continuity of care.  Health Leads is a national healthcare organization that places volunteers in clinics to help connect patients to the resources they need to be healthy. In the hospitals and health centers where Health Leads operates, doctors can "prescribe" food, housing, or other critical resources just as they would medication.

We invite you to join a multi-disciplinary panel of Federal staff and BPHC grantee partners for this technical assistance call on how to expand enabling services at your health center to improve health outcomes for your population.

Speakers:

  • Jim Macrae, Associate Administrator, Bureau of Primary Health Care, HRSA
  • Rebecca Onie, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Health Leads
  • Warren Bodine, Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Family Health Center
  • Myechia Minter-Jordan, Chief Medical Officer, Dimock Community Health Center
  • Rachel Bowers, Pediatric Social Worker, Dimock Community Health Center

Presentation materials will be available the week of the session. 

For additional information on Health Leads, including client stories, awards, and press articles, please visit their website at www.healthleadsusa.org . If interested in becoming a future ‘health leads’ site or part of their program, please either contact the organization per the information provided below or submit your request . 

Program Contact:

Brian Hermanspan
VP of Business Development
Health Leads USA
617-245-0429
bhermanspan@healthleadsusa.org

BPHC TA Enrichment Call: Stepping Up to Healthy Weight: Reducing and Preventing Overweight and Obesity in Health Center Populations
February 28, 2012
2:00PM – 3:30PM ET

The purpose of this enrichment session is to provide an overview of the obesity epidemic in the US, identify the importance of achieving a healthy weight in health center populations, describe some of the challenges health center patient populations face in maintaining healthy weight, and to provide presentations and lessons learned from two current BPHC health center grantees who will discuss their approach to achieving healthy weight in patient populations.

Materials: 

BPHC Grantee TA Enrichment Call: Stopping a Silent Epidemic: Policy and Practice Innovations to Treat and Prevent Viral Hepatitis
January 26, 2012

This session includes a clinical review of viral hepatitis, an overview of the HHS Viral Hepatitis Action Plan, and presentations from three current BPHC health center grantees who will discuss their approach to the treatment of Hepatitis B and C. The session concludes with a presentation on Project ECHO, an innovative program that utilizes telehealth in the treatment of viral hepatitis.

 

For other training information found in this section previously, please reference our BPHC Technical Assistance Catalog.

 

For questions regarding current or archived trainings, please contact us at:bphcta@hrsa.gov.