Past Activity Session: Essential Policies, Procedures, and Roles in Managing, Protecting, and Administering Your Vaccine Supply

Activity Session Date: March 23, 2021 Activity session that expands on the March 17 COVID ECHO webinar. Activity session for groups of health centers in which provided guidance and consulting on specific topics related to health centers’ objectives. Didactic presentation and open discussion/coaching on planning and designing every aspect of the chain of vaccine protection, […]

Essential Policies, Procedures, and Roles in Managing, Protecting, and Administering Your Vaccine Supply

Slides | Recording  Panelists included:    Mary Blankson, DNP, APRN, FNP-C; Chief Nursing Officer, Community Health Center, Inc. Natalie Bycenski, RN, MSN; Nurse Manager, Community Health Center, Inc. Stephen Scholand, MD; Infectious Disease Physician, Midstate Medical Center This resource is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number […]

Past Activity Session: Population Management Approach for Reaching Key Populations

Activity Session Date: March 16, 2021 This activity session will focus on guidance and consulting on utilizing data from your population health or QI departments to organize your approach—may be by demographics (age, neighborhood, etc) or by clinical conditions (diabetics, PLWHA, homeless, migrant farmworkers) Attendees will leave the sessions with a plan to implement at […]

Population Management Approach to Reaching Key Populations

Slides | Recording Panelists included:    Tierney Giannotti, MPA, Senior Program Manager, Population Health; Community Health Center, Inc. Yvette Highsmith-Francis, MM, Vice President, Eastern Region, Community Health Center, Inc. Stephen Scholand, MD; Infectious Disease Physician, Midstate Medical Center This resource is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services […]

Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy: Media, Web Page, Person to Person, and Target Populations

Slides | Recording Panelists included:  Margaret Davis, MSW; Director of Knowledge Management and Learning, National Association of Community Health Centers Karoline Oliveira, EdD; Chief of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Community Health Center, Inc. Erica Addison; Digital Marketing Director, Community Health Center, Inc. Stephen Scholand, MD; Infectious Disease Physician, Midstate Medical Center Below are the links referenced by Margaret: To visit the Clearninghouse: https://www.healthcenterinfo.org/piority-topics/covid-19/covid-19-vaccine-distribution For […]

Webinar: Safety; February 25, 2021 – recording available

The Path Forward on Social Determinants of Health: Safety This webinar will introduce innovative solutions and approaches to addressing safety on a community and personal level.  National and international leaders will discuss how building safe, equitable and healthy neighborhoods directly impacts health outcomes. The webinar will further look at technological advances designed to keep people […]

Covid-19 Impact and Response on Health Professions Training

Video | Slides  Panelists included:  Jaclyn Cunningham – Inter-Professional Student Coordinator, Community Health Center, Inc. Patricia Johnson, EdD, RDH – Professor of Dental Hygiene and Dental Hygiene Program Coordinator, Tunxis Community College Nicole Seagriff, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC – Clinical Program Director, Postgraduate Nurse Practitioner Residency Program, Community Health Center, Inc. Meg LaPointe, MSN, APRN, FNP-C – NP Resident, Community Health Center, […]

Team-Based Approaches to Meeting Patient Population Needs

Video | Slides  Panelists included:  Courtney Riggle-van Schagen, LCSW; Director of Behavioral Health, Neighborhood Health Vija Sehgal, MD, MPH, PhD; Chief Quality Officer and Director of Pediatric Services, Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center Stephen Scholand, MD; Infectious Disease Physician, Midstate Medical Center This resource is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. […]

Webinar: Housing; January 28, 2021- recording available

The Path Forward on Social Determinants of Health: Housing Recorded on January 28, 2021 Please contact us for access to presentation materials. Stable housing and health outcomes are inextricably linked. When a patient loses housing – or is in jeopardy of losing housing– health outcomes suffer.  COVID has led us to a moment of crisis.  […]

Conversations on COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts

Session Date: January 20 , 2021 Video | Slides  **The slides include an index of answers from clinical questions posted in the chat Panelists included:  Stephen Scholand, MD; Infectious Disease Physician, Midstate Medical Center Mike Renaud; Vice President of Quality and Patient Engagement, Presbyterian Medical Services Kenneth Tai, MD; Chief Health Officer, North East Medical Services Mary […]