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Date: BPHC All-Programs
Join us for the BPHC All-Programs webcast:
Tuesday, July 31
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Webcast information coming soon
HRSA Associate Administrator Jim Macrae will
share updates, followed by Q&A. To submit questions in advance, please send an email by Thursday, July 26, with the subject line "BPHC
All-Programs Question."
Telehealth Resources
For Health Centers
Telehealth can be an important tool
for improving access to quality health care, especially for underserved and medically
vulnerable populations. Here are some resources for health centers interested
in offering or expanding telehealth services:
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Now: HRSA’s Advanced Nursing Education-Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners
HRSA’s Advanced Nursing Education-Sexual Assault
Nurse Examiners Program is accepting applications. The program goal is to train
more providers to conduct sexual assault forensic examinations, which provide
better physical and mental health care for survivors, better evidence
collection, and higher prosecution rates. Learn if your organization is eligible to apply. Application deadline is Thursday, July 26.
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More Providers at Your Site May Soon Be Eligible for NHSC Funding
Later this year, the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) will
make available an additional $105 million in NHSC
Loan Repayment Program awards that expand and improve access to
quality opioid and SUD treatment in rural and underserved areas. You are
eligible to opt in if your site provides any of these services:
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Opioid treatment program – Facilities certified by SAMHSA
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Office-based opioid treatment
– Outpatient facilities with providers eligible to administer Medication-Assisted
Treatment (MAT)
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Non-opioid outpatient SUD treatment facilities
– Outpatient facilities that offer SUD treatment services (but do not
provide MAT), as demonstrated on their website or other organizational
materials.
All NHSC sites—including health centers and NHSC
auto-approved sites—must opt in for their providers to be eligible for this
additional SUD treatment funding. We have extended the deadline to Tuesday,
August 14, at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Learn more, including how to opt in.
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Update
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released a final research plan on
interventions for tobacco cessation in adults, including pregnant women. The
draft research plan for this topic was available for public comment from March
15 through April 11.
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Park Rx America
Here is a resource for chronic
disease prevention and management: prescribing outdoor time spent in our
nation’s parks. Park Rx America is a nonprofit
organization founded by a HRSA-funded health center clinical leader, Dr. Robert
Zarr, from Unity Health Center in Washington, DC. Its primary mission is to encourage
clinicians to prescribe parks to their patients in order to increase time spent
outdoors.
Spending time in natural environments increases physical activity, thus decreasing
the risk for chronic disease and supporting self-management for those with
chronic disease. According
to Dr. Zarr, there are over 400 scientific studies that show an improvement in
chronic disease as a result of time spent outdoors.
There are nearly 2,600 parks
that can be prescribed, and the Park Rx America website includes a "park formulary” (a park
database) to help users identify nearby parks. To facilitate prescribing
outdoor time at parks, several hospitals and health systems have integrated the
database into their electronic health records.
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Patient Safety Leadership Speaker
Series: Caring for Diverse and Communication-Vulnerable Patients
Effective communication is essential for delivering high-quality
health care and maintaining the provider-patient relationship. Potential
vulnerabilities related to communication include low health literacy, language
barriers, and cultural factors.
The third webinar in ECRI Institute’s Patient
Safety Leadership Speaker Series, presented on HRSA’s behalf, will address communication
challenges and strategies clinicians and organizations can implement to improve
the quality of care for communication-vulnerable patients. The webinar will
provide references to relevant resources and tools.
Tuesday, July 31
12:00-1:00 p.m. ET
Register here
Green Tobacco Sickness: Free
Resources Help Reduce Risk
The National
Advisory Council on Migrant Health urges health centers that serve
migrant and seasonal agricultural workers in tobacco growing regions to become
more knowledgeable about Green Tobacco Sickness (GTS).
Nicotine poisoning can occur in people who handle tobacco plants. Many
young people work on tobacco farms, and children and adolescents seem to be
particularly susceptible to the illness, which causes nausea, vomiting,
dizziness, headaches and muscle weakness. GTS occurs most often when workers
handle plants that are moist from dew or rain.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health offers resources to help farmers, workers and health care professionals
learn more about best practices to reduce the risk of GTS.
Now Available: 2018 Recovery Month
Toolkit and PSAs
Each September, SAMHSA sponsors National Recovery Month
to increase awareness and understanding of mental and substance use disorders,
and to celebrate individuals living in recovery. Use the 2018 Recovery Month Toolkit and PSAs to organize events,
issue proclamations, and increase public awareness.
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