Colorado Primary Care Office Updates Essential Safety Net Data

“The Colorado Primary Care Office (PCO) updated the Community Health Assessment Data for the Safety Net and is again making it available on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment website, continuing to be the first to offer this valuable resource for all health partners.

The assessment data includes county level data profiles and Health Statistics Region profiles, information imperative for expanding health care to Colorado’s medically under-served. This new endeavor also substantially elevates customer service to Colorado’s federally-qualified (community) health centers and saves countless hours of difficult data collection.

The PCO utilized internal data expertise to supplement the increasing development needs of community health centers as they strive to expand primary care access in their communities.

This data is suitable for all safety-net providers and can be used for Service Area Competitive grant applications, Budget Period Renewals, New Access Point applications and other grant opportunities. It also can be useful for community level planning and primary care access needs throughout Colorado.

Because of the importance of reducing the barriers of access to health care, the PCO will collect safety net data annually and update each year. Unless otherwise noted, data were prepared by the Health Statistics Section at CDPHE.”   [Source:  COPrevent]

Colorado Primary Care Office Offers Essential Safety Net Data

"The Colorado Primary Care Office (PCO) has made Community Health Assessment Data for the Safety Net available on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) website, becoming the first to offer this valuable resource for health partners...This data is suitable for all safety-net providers and can be used for Service Area Competitive grant applications, Budget Period Renewals, New Access Point applications and other grant opportunities. It also can be useful for community level planning and primary care access needs throughout Colorado..."  Click here to read more.  [Source: COPrevent]

You are invited to the J-1 Visa Webinar!

When: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Join Colorado Rural Health Center's Colorado Provider Recruitment team along with presenters from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's Primary Care Office for a free informative live presentation on the J-1 Visa Waiver Program and how it can help your facility with provider recruitment needs. The webinar will cover background and program basics and will also feature testimony from a current J-1 sponsor and a J-1 provider.  Click here to register and learn more about this webinar.

Colorado Primary Care Office Develops Workforce Assessment

"In collaboration with the Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning - Colorado Welcome Back, the Colorado Primary Care Office recently completed work on an extensive workforce assessment unique to foreign-born and trained health care providers"..."The comprehensive statewide workforce assessment of safety-net and other health care employer needs was provided to Colorado Welcome Back to inform the development and potential job placement needs of the Colorado Welcome Back program. The secondary purpose of this project was to identify and quantify employers’ present capacity to meet national standards for culturally and linguistically appropriate services in health care delivery..."  Click here to read more. [Source: COPrevent]

Primary Care Office Offers Local Safety Net Tool

The Colorado Primary Care Office (PCO), in cooperation with the Colorado Community Health Network (CCHN), is proud to announce that county-level Need for Assistance worksheets have been posted to the Primary Care Office website. The Colorado Primary Care Office is the first to have created such a service for its partners!  [Source: COPrevent]  Click here to read more.