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Let’s celebrate National Nutrition Month by learning about blood pressure management using a nutrition care model. Optimal nutrition for patients will benefit from strong communication and teamwork in the primary care setting. The presenter, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist working in the health care quality field, will present on how to implement the model, including specific interventions with strong clinical recommendations.
A link to online learning modules and other materials developed by the Portland State University College of Urban & Public Affairs: Institute on Aging on older adult behavioral health, developed specifically for primary care providers.
The Institute has launched brand new, refreshed modules as an interactive, educational resource for the 2017 Patient-Centered Primary Care Home (PCPCH) Standards.
Toyota has developed a practical application of a human-centric production system that is deeply rooted in management philosophies and workplace culture. This philosophy, which they’ve dubbed the Toyota Production System (TPS), is built off of Lean concepts and elimination of waste. Sound familiar? In recent years, the “buzzwords” and strategies of Lean have trickled their way into the healthcare system as a way to improve delivery of care. Although different industries, we can learn a lot from Toyota about how Lean can help the healthcare system move toward ideal patient care.
The new standards for attestation have been in effect for one month now and many of you have begun working on your application. Join us on February 14th (Oregon's Birthday) with your questions and hear from other practices!
Click on the circle of the organization to see its description, website, the regions it does work in, and its experience in different areas addressed in the survey. The organization's logos will display in full once you've clicked on the organizations.
View the connections between the organizations through past and current partnerships. To view the specific partnerships for an organization, hover your mouse on the circle of that organization. You can hover your mouse on any of the lines to pull out the connection it denotes.
Click on the circles on the map below to view a description, start, and end date for the surveyed organization's projects, both past and current. Click the 'x' in the upper right corner or anywhere else on the map to close the resulting information window. You can use the '+' and '-' in the upper corner of the map to zoom in and out as needed. Click and hold the map to move it around within its window.
This map shows the projects that are still active as of 2/1/2017. As with the project map, click on the circles on the map below to view a description, start, and end date for the surveyed organization's active projects. Click the 'x' in the upper right corner or anywhere else on the map to close the resulting information window. You can use the '+' and '-' in the upper corner of the map to zoom in and out as needed. Click and hold the map to move it around within its window.
The webinar is useful for patient-centered primary care homes, staff with CCO’s who are focused on the developmental screening metric, and Early Learning Hub staff focused on enhanced collaboration with primary care practices who are conducting developmental screening to ensure follow-up.
These modules are an interactive educational resource for the 2017 Patient-Centered Primary Care Home (PCPCH) Standards.
While integrating behavioral health care with primary care is now widely considered an effective strategy for improving outcomes for the many millions of Americans with mental or behavioral health conditions, uptake of behavioral health integration has remained limited, largely because it has not been paid for separately. On January 1, 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will begin paying clinicians separately for the BHI services they provide to Medicare beneficiaries.
The Clinician Academy kick-off event took place on January 6, 2017 in Portland, OR. The following are the slides from the faculty presentations:
Physicians as Community AdvocatesKevin Ewanchyna, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Samaritan Health Plans/IHN‐CCO
During this webinar attendees will learn about the practical applications of this form of communication, hear from providers who have successfully integrated motivational interviewing into their daily patient interactions, and examine possible barriers to implementation and practical ways of overcoming them.
If you are a Medicare provider, you may be aware of the new MACRA program, as it was called when legislated, and now known as the Quality Payment Program (QPP). The QPP repeals the Sustainable Growth Rate formula and in its place establishes two tracks for providers to choose from: the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) or the Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs).
The Institute is proud to announce the first round of the Clinician Academy. The Clinician Academy is a networking and training program for clinicians interested in advancing their role as a community advocate and leader.
As part of the Data Transparency Project, OPCA hosts quarterly calls focused on improving the metrics selected as a focus for the group. The topic of focus for each month rotate quarterly: Quarterly Data Review, Quarterly Learning and Sharing Session, and Quarterly Measurement and Improvement Call. View the recorded calls and slides and get more information here.
Eliminating preventable patient harm continues to be the siren song in the health care industry. Finding ways to reduce harm across the industry has been met with varying degrees of success. To achieve robust improvement in preventable harm, Marshall, Pronovost and Dixon-Woods (2013) describe the need for an integrative improvement science program of learning. Beginning the Fall 2017, the University of Portland Graduate School is offering such a program of study.
The Oral Health Integration Implementation Guide provides advice and instructions for primary care practices on implementing the Oral Health Delivery Framework. This site also includes specific coaching tools to guide oral health integration activities.
Burnout among health care providers has a significant negative impact on care – on compassion, performance and patient centeredness. It can also be a significant barrier to improvement and innovation in a challenging work environment. The new science of positive psychology offers insight into new methods to improve resiliency, along with techniques to address burnout issues in the work place.
Based on a review of currently available resources, this document includes leading resources for health care systems, coordinated care organizations (CCOs), health care providers and clinic staff to develop their approach to tobacco cessation efforts. It includes links to the best of evidence-based training documents, online trainings, toolkits, webinars and other resources, along with descriptions of how each resource can be used.
In 2017, Oregon’s coordinated care organizations (CCOs) will be accountable for reducing cigarette smoking prevalence among their members. To support CCOs, clinics, and providers working on this incentive measure, the Oregon Health Authority Transformation Center recently released a list of the best evidence-based resources for tobacco cessation counseling.
The PCPCH model shifts patient care to a team-based approach with the patient as the most critical member of their own health care team. PCPCH tip sheets were developed from the reported experiences of recognized PCPCH’s, by a PSU research team under contract with the Oregon Health Authority, 2016. These recommendations are not part of the official OHA Technical Specifications and Reporting Guide and are not a guarantee of program recognition.
The PCPCH model emphasizes different skill sets and may require your staff to work quite differently than how they were trained. PCPCH tip sheets were developed from the reported experiences of recognized PCPCH’s, by a PSU research team under contract with the Oregon Health Authority, 2016. These recommendations are not part of the official OHA Technical Specifications and Reporting Guide and are not a guarantee of program recognition.
Primary care homes work continuously to measure and improve the quality of care they provide to their patient population. PCPCH tip sheets were developed from the reported experiences of recognized PCPCH’s, by a PSU research team under contract with the Oregon Health Authority, 2016. These recommendations are not part of the official OHA Technical Specifications and Reporting Guide and are not a guarantee of program recognition.
