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In this article, the authors discuss apply the PRISM framework w/ an equity lens to assess implementation & context, emphasizing the importance of representation, unintended consequences, capacity building, and sustained assessment of equity. 📎 https://lnkd.in/g26pvE_n

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Should HCAHPS be used as a measure of clinical performance? In a new article in The Hospitalist, IHQSE faculty member, Anunta Virapongse and her colleagues on the Society of Hospital Medicine Performance Reporting and Measurement Committee, discuss the pros and cons of using the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey as a metric for measuring performance in hospitalist programs. Read the full article in the IHQSE Newsroom: https://lnkd.in/dsmSnm9S #hospitalmedicine #hospitalist #performance #HCAHPS Society of Hospital Medicine University of Colorado School of Medicine University of Colorado Division of Hospital Medicine

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🚨 Upcoming Webinar Alert! 🚨 Join the Region IV Public Health Training Center for an insightful webinar: Webinar Topic: Navigating the Public Health Data Landscape with Data Governance, Literacy, and Equity 🗓 Date: November 19 🕛 Time: 12 - 1:30 pm EST 🎤 Presenter: Jonathan Ong and Lauren Cook, Mecklenburg County Public Health Department In today’s rapidly evolving public health environment, building a strong foundation in data governance, literacy, and equity is essential for creating a data-driven and equitable public health system. This webinar explores how these foundational components can empower public health organizations to better serve communities and address health disparities. These efforts are essential for ensuring that public health workers are well-equipped to collect, manage, and utilize data responsibly and effectively. By fostering internal understanding and collaboration, public health organizations can lay the groundwork for supporting communities with the data-driven insights needed to improve health outcomes. 🔗 Register here: https://buff.ly/3Z4sDRv Don't miss this chance to learn and engage! 🌟

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Are you ready for the future of public health? THURS: Join the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) and Institute for the Future (IFTF) for a webinar focused on elevating public health’s role in shaping long-term futures. IFTF will share how public health can build future-readiness to go beyond piecemeal and incremental solutions and catalyze systemic changes. We’ll learn about how to imagine bold new possibilities and create action pathways to achieve desired futures. Participants will leave with new ideas and tools to build a future-ready public health system.

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The #IHIForum is officially underway, and Alexia Jaouich was part of opening day panels discussing implementation of measure-informed care. As SCS’ Vice President, Implementation and System Impact, Dr. Jaouich has been a strategic lead on development of SC2.0’s core components and implementation guide and continues to lead the effort to build implementation best practices into the SC2.0 model. As an advisor to this work by the IHI Leadership Alliance, Dr. Jaouich spoke alongside representatives of the NARBHA Institute and IHI on advancing measure-informed care at healthcare organizations. With examples from member organizations and research from IHI’s Innovation team, the panel discussed core elements of effective strategies for implementing evidence-based measurement systems for mental health and substance use health care, as well as addressing the role of leadership in advancing measure-informed care and determining evaluation methods and key metrics. SCS is proud to be part of IHI Leadership Alliance work on measure-informed care. IHI Forum details: https://lnkd.in/e2S7W6rn #WellbeingEverywhere #SteppedCareSolutions

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The cost and effectiveness of care should be easier to interpret by patients and stakeholders, said #USCSchaeffer Center expert Bill Padula in an interview with AJMC - The American Journal of Managed Care. Padula explained that cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) helps #policymakers allocate limited #healthcare resources more efficiently. Decision analytic models that follow the patient journey and consider clinical guidelines play a key role in CEA. “If we’re spending too much on healthcare, we may not be able to spend on education, unemployment, or on infrastructure,” noted Padula. CEA provides an "elegant, simple-to-use" method for more efficient resource allocation. https://lnkd.in/eNmQgK82 USC Sol Price School of Public Policy         USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences     

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📣 The Planning and Dissemination (P&D) Grants have launched! The P&D Grants are intended to provide support for planning and/or dissemination activities (either virtual or in-person). IHSPR is thrilled to support activities on the following prioritized topics: o Integration of care o Primary care and home, community, and long- term care. o Health workforce o Digital health solutions o Equitable, accessible, anti-ableist, anti-racist, anti-discriminatory, diverse and/or inclusive health care delivery systems and/or service delivery models o Advancing sustainable, climate-resilient and/or low-carbon health care systems, organizations, and service delivery models. o Advancing the theories, methods and approaches that underpin the science of HSPR Furthermore, two grants are reserved for pan-Canadian conferences that provides opportunity for the entire HSPR community to benefit from and engage in networking, research collaboration, and knowledge mobilization across a broad range of HSPR priorities. Application Deadline: August 7, 2024 Learn more: https://buff.ly/45kHj0n

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New #ManattOnHealth Insight by Julian Polaris and Katie (Rubinger) Platz: A new GAO report investigates #PriorAuthorization practices for children enrolled in #Medicaid #ManagedCare organizations (MCOs). #CMS agrees that some clarification is needed and may consider additional rulemaking or guidance to address these issues. For more, read Manatt’s latest newsletter. 

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Most viewed in the last 7 days from JAMA Health Forum: This JAMA Forum discusses the responsibilities of public health agencies that overlap with those of the CDC and argues that the role of the CDC could be redirected to better meet the needs of its core mission. https://ja.ma/40jMUU6

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Another important position statement from Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP). As value analysis evolves, it is vitally important to ensure that those who are entrusted with the process understand what is expected of them in terms of professionalism. Please feel free to share this important document.

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The Federal Government’s Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology (Health IT) launched the United States Core Data for Interoperability Plus Quality, Data Initiative (“USCDI+”) in the Fall of 2021, developing several domains to harmonize data elements into a common list for development and reporting of quality measures across agencies (such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSAgov), HHS). With this in mind, our team reviewed the proposed Maternal Health USCDI data set and provided the following feedback. #maternalmentalhealth https://lnkd.in/gyKF9jd9

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Join ICF and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a webinar, Strategies to Build Resilience and Mitigate Burnout in the Public Health Workforce, this Monday, June 24 at 3:00 pm EDT. The session will discuss the findings of a recent assessment on factors that promote resilience and mitigate workplace burnout. Learn more and register here: bit.ly/3RCIa6U. #epi #epidemiology

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Explore our latest publication featured in the esteemed Journal of General Internal Medicine! The study highlights the success of the TNT Fellowships Program in recruiting fellows dedicated to serving underserved communities, with 88.8% of fellows from 2021 to 2023 receiving scholarships to participate. Notably, 86.5% of our fellows practice in disadvantaged categories, such as HPSA, MUA, or FQHC. What distinguishes TNT from other fellowship programs is its focus on primary care providers (PCPs), rather than solely targeting graduate medical education trainees or integrating behavioral health specialists into primary care. TNT is dedicated to empowering PCPs with the skills and confidence needed to address behavioral health concerns directly in their patient settings. Let’s carry this momentum forward—partner with us in this crucial mission and drive impactful change. Together, we can bridge the behavioral healthcare access gap in disadvantaged communities and beyond! #JournalofGeneralInternalMedicine #JGIM #TNT #PrimaryCarePsychiatry #Pediatrics #AddictionMedicine #PrimaryCareProviders #PrimaryCareExcellence

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BAHM President Kevin Schulman at Stanford CERC, along with his co-authors at Stanford University School of Medicine and NC State Poole College of Management, outline a digitally enabled care (DEC) model - technology-enabled, patient-directed services that cover previsits, visits, and postvisits - to help address the workflow challenges that #physicians face. https://lnkd.in/esX9bNqX #healthcareinnovation #healthmanagement

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Most viewed in the last 7 days from JAMA Health Forum: JAMA Forum discusses 4 focus areas developed by a collaborative of more than 40 organizations and experts designed to find ways to support and address social determinants of health with better program coordination and partnerships and novel financing approaches. https://ja.ma/40Tv4HS

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Upcoming Free Learning Opportunities: Foundational Strategies for Emergency Preparedness within Health Centers Webinar TOMORROW 4/18 1-2pm ET/10-11am PT Join our upcoming webinar to explore key strategies for emergency preparedness and addressing environmental impacts on health within health centers. Expert faculty will guide participants in understanding the purpose of implementing an emergency preparedness plan and provide foundational knowledge on best practices for preparing for emergencies and environmental impacts on health. Participants will leave with increased confidence in beginning the development of an Emergency Preparedness Committee and Plan, ensuring patient safety during natural or man-made disruptions. Developing an Emergency Preparedness Plan for Your Health Center Activity Session 4/30 1-2 pm ET /10-11am PT Join us for an engaging follow-up to the Foundational Strategies for Emergency Preparedness within Health Centers webinar, offering a unique opportunity to receive coaching on beginning to craft an emergency preparedness plan (EPP) tailored to your health center's needs. Using CHCI best practices as a framework, participants will gain the knowledge and confidence to create a comprehensive resource to guide their emergency preparedness initiatives. Learn more/register: https://chc1.co/4aCQgnz

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Upcoming Free Learning Opportunities: Foundational Strategies for Emergency Preparedness within Health Centers Webinar TOMORROW 4/18 1-2pm ET/10-11am PT Join our upcoming webinar to explore key strategies for emergency preparedness and addressing environmental impacts on health within health centers. Expert faculty will guide participants in understanding the purpose of implementing an emergency preparedness plan and provide foundational knowledge on best practices for preparing for emergencies and environmental impacts on health. Participants will leave with increased confidence in beginning the development of an Emergency Preparedness Committee and Plan, ensuring patient safety during natural or man-made disruptions. Developing an Emergency Preparedness Plan for Your Health Center Activity Session 4/30 1-2 pm ET /10-11am PT Join us for an engaging follow-up to the Foundational Strategies for Emergency Preparedness within Health Centers webinar, offering a unique opportunity to receive coaching on beginning to craft an emergency preparedness plan (EPP) tailored to your health center's needs. Using CHCI best practices as a framework, participants will gain the knowledge and confidence to create a comprehensive resource to guide their emergency preparedness initiatives. Learn more/register: https://chc1.co/4aCQgnz

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