Behavioral health issues continue to be under-diagnosed and inadequately treated. These issues can present themselves in persons of any age, race and culture having an impact on every part of a person’s life. Effective care of behavioral health issues requires the integration and collaboration of mental health and primary care providers. Below you will find information that will assist in improving the care delivered to patients with behavioral health issues.
Announcing the new CPCI Tools to Manage Substance Use: A Training Guide. CHCANYS and Azara DRVS have collaborated to develop a brand new tool, which provides an overview of the CPCI functionality that supports effective tracking and management of patients with or at risk of Substance Use Disorder. The training guide demonstrates how CPCI users can leverage available reports/scorecards, registries, custom dashboards, and 19 different measures to perform the population health activities required to successfully manage SUDs patients. To access the Training Guide and review a summary of how CPCI’s SUDs tools can be implemented please click here.
Promising Practices for Treating Opioid Use Disorder in the FQHC - May 27th, 2020
Click Here for Recording In recent years FQHCs have expanded efforts to adapt and scale workflows addressing the needs of patients with substance use disorders, including those struggling with opioid addiction. While primary care providers in the FQHC have always confronted complex medical conditions, expectations around their capacity to treat the symptoms of patients diagnosed with opioid use disorder (OUD) have increased dramatically. This webinar focuses on the experience of FQHC providers championing OUD treatment in NYS, and offers reflection from a subject matter expert in integrative medicine and harm reduction. Participants will learn how to implement OUD services at health center sites, via discussion focused on approaches to treatment, workflow design, care team roles and OUD specific EHR templating. Changes in OUD service delivery triggered by a need to respond to the current COVID-19 pandemic will also be explored, along with the ways telehealth services have been utilized to maintain patient engagement.
E-Cigarettes and Vaping Trends Presenter: Alice Joselow, Coordinator, Open Door Family Medical Center This webinar describes the evolution of the e-cigarette aerosol and provides insight into the surge in e-cigarette use among young adults, and increased likelihood of nicotine addiction posed by use of this tobacco product. Slides | Recording(sign-in to DropBox and download recording to get full video)
Utilize the Substance Use Disorder Module in CPCI [2 part series] These webinars address the data needs of all FQHC staff. They also offer specific strategies to health centers seeking to leverage data tools to manage primary and integrated services provided to patients presenting with substance use disorders (SUDs).
Webinar #1 – June 5th 12pm -1:30pm - Substance Use in CPCI: Tools to Support Identification, Prevention and Management. Download Slides / Audio(recording starts at 20'00")
Webinar #2 – June 12th 12pm -1:30pm - Supporting Your Substance Use Program:Strategies and Promising Practices for using the SUDS Module Download Slides / Audio(recording starts at 10'30")
Announcing the new CPCI Tools to Manage Substance Use: A Training Guide. CHCANYS and Azara DRVS have collaborated to develop a brand new tool, which provides an overview of the CPCI functionality that supports effective tracking and management of patients with or at risk of Substance Use Disorder. The training guide demonstrates how CPCI users can leverage available reports/scorecards, registries, custom dashboards, and 19 different measures to perform the population health activities required to successfully manage SUDs patients. To access the Training Guide and review a summary of how CPCI’s SUDs tools can be implemented please click here.
Psychopharmacology for the Non-Prescriber This webinar covers how to accurately diagnose depression, the biological mechanisms of depression, and treatment interventions with a focus on the antidepressant class of medications. The target audience is depression care managers, social workers, and other non-prescribing providers. Stream the webinar here. Download the slides here.
Reducing Access to Lethal Means to Prevent Suicide Presenter: Sarah A. Bernes, MPH, LMSW, Director of Suicide Prevention,The Institute for Family Health Download slides here.
Suicide Prevention Through Safety Planning Presenter: Sarah Bernes, MPH, LMSW from The Institute for Family Health, this webinar focuses on suicide prevention through safety planning. From this presentation, participants will be able to: Describe the Safety Planning Intervention; Discuss ways to increase Safety Plan effectiveness; and List resources for implementing the Safety Planning Intervention. Streaming recording link / Download recording link
