Community Care Clinicians Can Take an Online Training Program to Learn How to Better Serve Women Veterans

The Veterans Administration (VA) is dedicated to ensuring that women Veterans get the gender-specific care they need, no matter where they receive their health care. Women Veterans have unique health care needs that may require different assessments, care and resources. For example, issues such as military sexual trauma, musculoskeletal pain and post-deployment readjustment can differently impact women Veterans. To get the highest-quality care, women Veterans must have access to clinicians who are trained in women’s health.

Community health care clinicians may not be aware of special areas of concern that need to be addressed when caring for women Veterans. To address this need, the VA Office of Women’s Health has created a training module “Caring for Women Veterans,” which trains community care clinicians to provide Veteran and gender-specific care. Clinicians who take this course will learn to:

• Recognize how the evolving role, increasing number, and diversity of females in military service impacts their changing medical care needs.
• List the key components of a military history while understanding how a woman Veteran’s service might affect her current or future health.
• Recognize the gender-specific, clinical manifestations of common Veteran health issues including pain syndromes and mental health disorders.
• Apply strategies for integrating patient-centered, sensitive care into the pelvic exam of a woman Veteran who has experienced military sexual trauma.

This web-based course is one-hour, available 24/7 and offers JA-IPCE, ACCME, ACCME-NP, ANCC, ASWB, AAPA, ACPE accreditation to health care teams, doctors, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.

If you care for women Veterans, take this training to learn more about the unique health needs of women Veterans: Access the course now by clicking here.

Date: April 5, 2021

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It’s OK Not to Be OK:
Listen to a new webinar. Hear leading experts address the long standing crisis of physician burnout and moral injury in the health care system and highlight efforts to ensure access to quality health care. This was the second webinar in the series on “Health Care Workforce 2021.”

Speakers discussed:

• The science behind achieving resilience and joy in the workplace
• Efforts to reduce the stigma of seeking help among health care professionals, and advancing the conversation on moral injury
• A health plan’s efforts to support providers and promote resilience during the pandemic through collaboration and rapid information sharing

April 5, 2021

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) is providing a series of virtual learning opportunities for state and territorial public health agency staff to improve awareness of how to engage with Medicaid, transportation, and housing. ASTHO invites state or territorial public health agency staff to apply for this opportunity by April 16.

You’re invited to ASTHO’s Prioritizing Equity in Public Health Leadership Summit on April 21! Hear a keynote presentation from bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi and join breakout discussions on on promising practices to address structural racism and reduce racial and ethnic disparities. Register here

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) collaborated on a research correspondence published in The New England Journal of Medicine, which highlights disposable e-cigarettes as an emerging public health challenge for youth.

Public Health Law Center published a copy of the citizen petition supplement submitted to FDA this past January, which outlines why the agency should prohibit menthol as an additive to cigarettes.

The National Rural Transit Assistance Program released the Community Rides Grant Program Request For Proposal to develop or strengthen transportation partnerships that improve social determinants of health in rural and tribal communities.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed President Biden’s top Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials, including Xavier Becerra to serve as HHS secretary and former ASTHO President Rachel Levine (alumni – PA) as assistant secretary.

CDC announced plans to provide $332 million to support community health workers for COVID-19 prevention and control.

LSU Health Sciences Center, the National Association of Community Health Workers, and the Louisiana Community Health Outreach Network are fielding surveys targeting community health workers and community health worker employers about how the workforce functions in Medicaid managed care organizations.

Date: April 21, 2021

Time 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CST

Register for the session here.

Topics at a Glance:

• Rural Health Care Program
• COVID-19 Telehealth Program | Connected Care Pilot Program
• Emergency Broadband Benefit
• Lifeline Program

Featured Speakers:

 William England, Senior Advisor, HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Office for the Advancement of Telehealth

Jennifer Contreras, Communications Manager, Rural Health Care Program, Universal Service Administrative Company

Jaymie Gustafson, Outreach Director, Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC)

For more information about the series, contact Kim Shiu at KShiu@hrsa.gov

The Missouri Rural Health Association (MRHA), in partnership with Missouri University School of Medicine and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), will host the Rural Health Workforce Conference Thursday, April 22 through Saturday, April 24, 2021.

Due to COVID-19 concerns, the conference will no longer be held in-person and will instead be entirely virtual. Participants are encouraged to safely attend from home. Updates will continue to be provided if more changes occur.

Tickets are $50 and refunds are not available. Links to access the virtual conference will be sent out prior to the event.

Click here for the conference link.

Click here to register.

Health Center Clinician Office Hours

Management of Stimulant Use Disorder

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern

 Please join the National Clinician Consultation Center (NCCC) in partnership with the Health Resources & Services Administration’s Bureau of Primary Health Care for this webinar, developed for health center clinicians.

 The misuse of stimulants, comprised of methamphetamine, cocaine, and other amphetamines, is a growing public health crisis across the United States. In this webinar, a consultant from the National Substance Use Warmline (855-300-3595) will provide a detailed discussion of both well-studied and emerging practices in the management of stimulant use disorder. The goal of this webinar is for participants to more confidently assess and manage the care of patients with stimulant use disorder.  

 Following the webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Identify common trends impacting the care of patients with stimulant use disorder

2. Understand key components of evidence-based behavioral therapies that aid treatment

3. Discuss promising pharmacologic strategies in the treatment of stimulant use disorder

4. Feel equipped with practical knowledge to help optimize the primary care experience for patients with stimulant use disorder

Speaker Information:

Nicky Mehtani, MD, MPH is an internist specializing in Addiction Medicine and HIV. She is a consultant with the NCCC and works with the San Francisco Department of Public Health’s Street Medicine team as Medical Director of the HIV Homeless Outreach & Mobile Engagement (HHOME) program. Dr. Mehtani is a graduate of the Primary Care Addiction Medicine Fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco, where she currently serves as a volunteer Clinical Instructor and attends on the inpatient Addiction Consult Team at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. She completed an internal medicine residency and studied public health and medicine at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD.

Register in Advance:

https://ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUqcuyhpjkpHdK1vJQ8a4g3LZzIQ9C4kp1S

Participants will receive instructions on accessing the event with the above link.

Date: April 15, 2021

Time: 1:00- 2:00 PM CST

Click here to Register.

There are significant confusion and varying opinions on the potential organizational benefits of entering value-based reimbursement models. This session will explore the many potential benefits (financial and otherwise) that can be achieved under value-based reimbursement models. In addition, how to build organizational support for these programs and how to financially prepare for these opportunities will be explored.

Speaker: Ralph J. Llewellyn, CPA, CHFP, Eide Bailly, LLP.

By attending this webinar, participants will:

• Gain an understanding of the financial challenges and opportunities under value-based reimbursement models
• Explore educational opportunities to garner support for entering value-based reimbursement models from board members, C-suite, and organizational staff

Identify key financial areas to address in preparation for the journey to enter value-based reimbursement models