Month: January 2018

Lupus Foundation of America Heartland Chapter’s Summer Jam Youth Retreat

January 16, 2018

Do you know a girl 12-19 years of age with lupus? Registration is now open for our 2018 Summer Jam Youth Retreat. Click on the link for more information or to register.https://www.lupus.org/…/ev…/entry/summer-jam-youth-retreat-2

This is a free camp for girls 12 – 19 years of age with lupus or mixed connective tissue diseases. This camp is very important as it helps girls 12 – 19 live better with this chronic disease.

Next AHA Town Hall Webcast Wednesday, January 17 at 4:00 p.m. ET

January 16, 2018

Please join us Wednesday, January 17 at 4:00 p.m. ET for our next Town Hall Webcast.

AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack will be joined by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma to discuss the current regulatory landscape. Together they will discuss areas of priority and challenge for hospitals and health systems, as well as for CMS, and preview new efforts to reduce regulatory burden that will be rolled out this year.

Please click here to register and log-in  http://windrosemedia.com/windstream/aha/011718/

Questions about the webcast or its contents? Call 1-800-424-4301. If you have any additional technical questions, please email: support@windrosemedia.com.

REACH Foundation Releases New Care Connections RFP

January 16, 2018

The REACH Foundation today has released a new Request for Proposal (RFP) within the foundation’s Strong Safety Net outcome investment area to support projects within the strategy: “Connecting health care consumers, providers and services to reduce the gap between consumer need and health care.”

This RFP builds on two prior years of investments in safety net organizations within the REACH service area that have been utilizing care connectors and other types of navigators to assist uninsured and medically under-served consumers. Those investments have helped REACH and our grantee partners explore how care coordination, patient navigation and other connector services can facilitate improved health care access and quality for underserved populations, as well as reduce health disparities that occur due to lack of understanding of health care systems, language and cultural barriers, health literacy and trust issues and other concerns that prevent some consumers from seeking care.

The Strong Safety Net: Care Connections RFP seeks proposals from safety net organizations that are utilizing community health workers, engagement specialists, care coordinators, healthcare navigators, mental health engagement specialists, promotoras and other forms of patient support designed to connect uninsured and underinsured consumers to accessible, affordable, quality health care services.

As partners to our foundation, you are familiar with the REACH Theory of Change, which prioritizes access to quality health care for marginalized populations with additional emphasis on the health concerns of homeless, refugee, migrant and undocumented immigrant persons, and youth transitioning out of foster care. In addition to these priority populations, Care Connections RFP proposals will be considered from organizations that demonstrate expertise with, and service to, rural and urban uninsured persons and those living in remote or high-poverty communities. The foundation will award up to 10 grants within this RFP.

APPLICATION INFORMATION

Review the Care Connections RFP for an explanation of the proposal requirements, eligibility criteria and the application process. Applicants are asked to describe how their organization’s care connector project will address barriers and improve outcomes as outlined in the Care Connections Theory of Change. The link to the application form can be found in the RFP. The deadline to apply is Wednesday, February 7, 2018 by 4:00 p.m.

After reviewing the information, if you have additional questions about the RFP and application requirements, please contact Becky Benak, Director of Grants & Operations, at becky@reachhealth.org.

Thank you for your interest in the foundation’s mission and work.

Sincerely,
Brenda R. Sharpe | President & CEO

REACH Healthcare Foundation
O (913) 432-4196 | M (913) 568-8113 | TF (866) 866-8805

6700 Antioch, Suite 200

Merriam, KS  66204

brenda@reachhealth.org

Opioid Related Webinars

January 8, 2017

***California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Prescription Drug Overdose Prevention (PDOP) Initiative – PDOP has partnered with the Harm Reduction Coalition to offer a free, two-part webinar series around naloxone, presented by Eliza Wheeler. Part one of the series will take place on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 (10:00am PST) and will concentrate on overdose education and naloxone distribution. Part two of the series will be held on Wednesday, January 10, 2018 (1:30pm PST) and will discuss how to implement naloxone distribution systems. All are welcome to attend! See the attached flier for further details.

***Who’s Leading the Leading Health Indicators? Injury and Violence: January 18, 2018 | 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. ET | Register Now Join us on to learn about progress made toward achieving the Healthy People 2020 Injury and Violence Leading Health Indicators. This webinar will focus on the injury deaths leading health indicator, with an emphasis on preventing poisoning deaths and opioid overdoses. You’ll also learn how Project Lazarus, our featured community organization, is reducing overdose mortality rates through a public health model based on the twin premises that overdose deaths are preventable and that all communities are responsible for their own health.

 ***Strategies to Combat Opioid Use in Rural Communities: Thursday, January 18, 2018: 12:00 pm Mountain, 2:00 pm Eastern
The opioid epidemic is an ongoing problem in rural areas. Rural youth, young adults, women experiencing domestic violence, and people living in states with large rural populations suffer from higher rates of opioid use than their urban counterparts. Opioid overdose deaths are growing faster in rural counties than urban counties. This presentation by John Gale, MS, of the University of Southern Maine focuses on a wide range of strategies that communities can use to combat the opioid problem. In particular, it will discuss cost-effective, evidence-based prevention, treatment, and recovery programs that have been successfully implemented in rural communities. It will conclude by describing community organizing strategies to engage a wide range of local stakeholders to reduce the burden of opioid use. The webinar is free, no registration is required, but participation is limited to the first 1,500 to log-on that day. If the webinar reaches capacity, you will be able to access the recording, archived on the Gateway website.

Questions? Contact: Brenda Haugen, Rural Health Research Gateway.brenda.haugen@med.und.edu

Link: https://hrsaseminar.adobeconnect.com/gateway_webinar/

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