Register Today: Webinar for TCHF Strengthening Primary Care Funding Opportunity

"With the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicaid expansion and the growing momentum towards outcomes-based payment models, Colorado primary care providers are adapting to a changing environment. Debt can be a strategic and financially viable way to support primary care clinics’ one-time and ongoing resource needs connected to adaptation. This 90-minute webinar, “An Introduction to Debt & Financing for Colorado Primary Care Clinics” facilitated by Nonprofit Finance Fund is intended for primary care clinic staff and board members interested in applying for the Strengthening Primary Care funding opportunity. It is structured to provide an understanding of the key opportunities and risks associated with the use of debt to support capitalization needs. The training includes content that will provide participants with:

• A greater understanding of the types of loans that primary care clinics commonly utilize;
• Best-practices in accessing debt and its strategic uses; and 
• Approaches to communicating resource needs and preparing for requests for debt (i.e., roles of people, processes and financial reports).

This webinar will be hosted by Alice Antonelli, advisory services director at Nonprofit Finance Fund, on Wednesday, Sept. 28 from 12:30-2 p.m. Colorado-based primary care clinics interested in the Foundation’s Strengthening Primary Care funding opportunity are encouraged to join."

[Source:  The Colorado Health Foundation]

Webinar: Harnessing the Power of Advocacy in Your Nonprofit

"There are many opportunities for 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations to advance their missions by engaging in advocacy to influence public policy. In fact, advocacy can be an effective catalyst for policy changes that leverage nonprofits' program work and carve a path towards mission advancement and sustainability. Nevertheless, even 501(c)(3) organizations with substantial advocacy experience and expertise can have questions about the legal parameters governing how their organizations can engage in specific advocacy activities like voter outreach, lobbying or policymaker engagement.

To help clarify legal considerations for 501(c)(3)s that engage in advocacy, the Colorado Health Foundation is sponsoring an upcoming webinar on August 11th, “Harnessing the Power of Advocacy in Your Nonprofit.” This webinar will guide participants through the process of integrating advocacy activities into their organization's activities whether they are experienced advocates or new to advocacy. Cara Lawrence, partner at the law firm of Tierney Lawrence, LLC, will lead the discussion and share information to help participants understand both the opportunities advocacy can present to advancing your organization's mission and the legal compliance issues 501(c)(3) organizations must consider when engaging in advocacy.

Register today to learn how to leverage your nonprofit’s influence through advocacy. The webinar is scheduled from 11 a.m. to noon on Thursday, Aug. 11. For questions, contact Dustin Moyer, Colorado Health Foundation policy officer."

[Source: The Colorado Health Foundation]

Colorado Health Institute Webinar: Making Sense of New Numbers, Access to Care

“The Colorado Health Institute is hosting a webinar on Thursday, December 3, 12:00-1:00pm : Making Access Accessible – How Do We Paint the Picture of Access To Care In Colorado? Arguably, access to health care is a much more complicated concept to measure than insurance coverage. A patient must have a medical provider in his or her community, transportation to get there and funds to afford whatever out-of-pocket costs are involved. In addition, the chances that a person will get the care that they need are improved when they have adequate health insurance that is accepted by their provider. Jeff Bontrager and Nina Roumell will help you understand what the tools on access to care are really saying – including the hot-off-the-press 2015 Colorado Access to Care Index. Click here to register.” [Source: CHI]

Free webinar - Organizing Communities to Create Health

“The Standard Social Innovation Review is offering a FREE webinar, November 17, 12:00-1:00pm MST – Organizing Communities to Create Health. This webinar is for community leaders and organizers who wish to connect to the health and public health sectors, and the resources they have to offer. It is also for health care, public health, and social change leaders interested in how to better understand the complex needs of the communities they serve and what role health has among other aims. Learn more about this webinar and register here.

Presented by the Creating Health Collaborative, this webinar will:

• Provide an overview of the role that communities can play in creating their own health, as they themselves define it
• Review guiding principles for how to foster that role
• Offer advice on how health care and sectors skilled at community building through shared decision-making can better understand how their priorities, and those of communities, relate to each other and how they can work hand-in-hand
• Offer resources and tools to help develop agreement on priorities among diverse perspectives
• Share examples from panelists with community outreach, research, and clinical experience” [Source: SSIR]

Webinar: Enhancing and Optimizing Your EMR for Usability and Long-Term Value

“Webinar is hosted by Healthcare Informatics, Tuesday, October 27, 11:00am MT – REGISTER TODAY!

Many organizations have implemented basic EMR capabilities, but can still do more to maximize value from their EMR-related efforts and investments. Whether your organization has been using an EMR for years or just implemented a system, optimizing this essential tool is an ongoing challenge.

This webinar will outline the keys to long-term EMR optimization: leadership, measurement and innovation. Find out how integrating a content management strategy can help you cope with growing volumes of content.

Register now to learn the keys to success from Doug Thompson, Senior Research Director at The Advisory Board Company. Doug is a national expert in translating healthcare information technologies into operational improvements and has worked with more than 200 hospitals.” [Source: Healthcare Informatics]

Recorded ClinicNET Webinar: Oral Health in Colorado

We hosted an Oral Health in Colorado webinar on October 6, featuring Deb Foote, Executive Director of Oral Health Colorado, and Cherith Flowerday, Associate Program Officer at Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation. Click here to view the recording and learn more about what to expect for the future of oral health in Colorado and discuss current and new oral health initiatives and opportunities for your clinic!

Audio and powerpoint slides from all ClinicNET webinars are on the Affiliate Only section of the ClinicNET website.

ClinicNET Oral Health Webinar Oct. 6 noon-1pm, REGISTER TODAY!

ClinicNET is hosting a webinar on October 6, noon-1pm featuring Deb Foote, Executive Director of Oral Health Colorado, and Cherith Flowerday, Associate Program Officer at Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation. Join us on your lunch break to learn more about what to expect for the future of oral health in Colorado and discuss current and new oral health initiatives and opportunities for your clinic! CLICK HERE TO REGISTER TODAY!

Please contact JoJo Gelderman at johanna.gelderman@clinicnet.org with any questions.

ClinicNET Oral Health Webinar Oct. 6 noon-1pm, REGISTER TODAY!

ClinicNET is hosting a webinar on October 6, noon-1pm featuring Deb Foote, Executive Director of Oral Health Colorado, and Cherith Flowerday, Associate Program Officer at Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation. Join us on your lunch break to learn more about what to expect for the future of oral health in Colorado and discuss current and new oral health initiatives and opportunities for your clinic! CLICK HERE TO REGISTER TODAY!

*Please note the date of this webinar has changed! It was previously scheduled for September 30.

Please contact JoJo Gelderman at johanna.gelderman@clinicnet.org with any questions.

Kaiser Permanente of Colorado THRIVE Health Education Webinars

"Kaiser Permanente offers both live and recorded learning sessions (webinars) that are taught by health experts and coaches so you can learn more about the health topics you care about from healthy eating to tobacco cessation. Click here to view the live class schedule for October 2015 – January 2016, including topics:

• Healing Hearts
• “Heart and Sole” of Health
• Preventing Diabetes and Heart Disease
• Mediterranean Diet for Heart Health
• Weight Loss: What Works" [Source: Kaiser Permanente]
  

Women's Health Webinar Sept. 23

“Join Colorado Consumer Health Initiative (CCHI) and NARAL on September 23rd from 12 to 1 pm for the k(NO)w Limits to Women’s Health: Overcoming Key Barriers to Access Webinar! Guest speakers include Karen Davenport from the National Women's Law Center, Renee Buteyn from Advocacy Denver, and Mirna Castro from Servicio de la Raza. In this webinar, participants will learn about the resources and tools necessary to talk to women about the co-pay free preventive services available to them through their health plans. The material focuses on the ACA’s key reforms for women and unique barriers specific populations face in accessing preventive services – namely those populations with intellectual and or developmental disabilities, adult dependents, and the Latina community. The webinar will dive into ways that women and the organizations that advocate for them can successfully navigate these obstacles. Please register here!” [Source: CCHI]

Register Now! Cultural Competency AND Achieving Equity in Health Care for LGBT People Webinars

“The Colorado Community Health Network, in partnership with CHAMPS and support from Kaiser Permanente of Colorado, is pleased to promote the “2015 Lunchtime Learning” Professional Skill Development Distance Learning Series! These one-hour leadership and skill development webcasts are open to all Colorado Rural Health Centers, Community Safety Net Clinics and Community Mental Health Centers.

Cost: LIVE events will be charged $50/link after the event. We encourage multiple people to participate per purchased link. Scholarships and discounts are available should financial barriers be present. Contact CCHN for more information.

Sept. 16 — Cerise Hunt, Cultural Competency: The Foundation for an Inclusive Environment: The goal of the webcast is to make clear that cultural competence requires active development and is an ongoing process that one attempts to aspire to rather than achieve.  Participants will gain skills and techniques in the following:  To be active in the process of becoming aware of personnel assumptions about human behavior, values, biases, and preconceived notions. As professionals we must shift from being culturally unaware to being culturally aware in order to create a more culturally inclusive clinic environment for patients.

Sept. 30 – Kevin Ard, Achieving Equity in Health Care for LGBT People: The goal of the webcast is to make clear that cultural competence requires active development and is an ongoing process that one attempts to aspire to rather than achieve.  Participants will gain skills and techniques in the following:  To be active in the process of becoming aware of personnel assumptions about human behavior, values, biases, and preconceived notions. As professionals we must shift from being culturally unaware to being culturally aware in order to create a more culturally inclusive clinic environment for patients.” [Source: CCHN]

       

Webinar: Improving Care Transitions: Creating Your Evidence Based Approach August 14

“The Center for Care Innovations (CCI) is pleased to announce the next webinar in the Care Integration Series will be held August 14 at 1:00pm MT. Hosted in partnership with the UCSF Center for Excellence in Primary Care (CEPC), with support from Blue Shield of California Foundation, the webinar on creating evidence-based approaches to improving care transitions will feature a presentation by Jack Chase, MD, Director of Operations, Family Medicine Inpatient Service, San Francisco General Hospital and associate professor at the UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine. Click here to register. If you have questions, please email cepc@fcm.ucsf.edu.

This webinar is the latest in a series supplementing the Facilitating Care Integration resource center, which offers strategies, tools and best practices for integrating primary care with various domains of the medical neighborhood. Our most recent webinar discussed pediatric behavioral health at Children's Hospital Colorado; you can watch the recording and download the slides here. Click here to watch the rest of our past webinar recordings, covering topics including pharmacy care and diabetic retinopathy screenings.” [Source: CCI]

ECRI Aug. 11 Webinar - Protecting the Vulnerable Patient--The Roles of Health Centers and Free Clinics

“ECRI Institute, on behalf of HRSA, is presenting a FREE webinar on August 11th 1:00-2:00pm MDT called "Protecting the Vulnerable Patient--The Roles of Health Centers and Free Clinics". Click here to register. It will discuss the roles of healthcare providers in identifying and caring for patients with special social or emotional needs. The webinar will feature an expert panel of speakers who will focus on vulnerable populations such as victims of human trafficking, victims of intimate partner violence, behavioral health patients, individuals with disabilities, elderly patients, and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. Topics that will be discussed include patient screening, identification of red flag indicators for certain vulnerable populations, and treatment or referral to support services.” [Source: ECRI Institute]

Webinar: Assessing the Health of an Urban Community - Finding and Communicating the Key Messages

“Denver Public Health and Denver Environmental Health collaborate on a comprehensive Community Health Assessment for Denver County, an urban county of 640,000 in the middle of a metropolitan area of 2.9 million people. They've made great efforts to be able to portray health within the diverse population of the county. As their data systems get better, they are increasingly challenged by communicating this data. How can we move beyond page after page of data to be able to tell a clear and concise story about the conditions that affect health in our community?

In a webinar on July 30, noon-1pm, Dr. Bill Burman from Denver Public Health will review the need for truly local data (ideally at the neighborhood level). He will also discuss the ways we've tried to connect health outcomes, health behaviors, and social and economic conditions into a narrative that will help policymakers and communities better understand the opportunities for improving health, particularly through prevention. Click here to register for the webinar Assessing the Health of an Urban Community: Finding and Communicating the Key Messages.” [Source: COPrevent]

Free AHRQ Webinar on Implementing Shared Decision Making in Varied Practice Settings on July 15

“The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will host a webinar July 15, 10:30am MDT, to discuss how a variety of healthcare organizations—from a busy primary care clinic in an urban hospital to a network of small clinics in rural communities—have implemented shared decision making in their respective settings. Click here for more information and to register for this webinar.” [Source: Women’s Wellness Connection]

Webinar: Cancer – What’s Alcohol Use Got to Do With It?

“Alcohol use is alarmingly linked to cancer risk. Evidence shows that alcohol consumption can be directly attributed to cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, colon-rectum, liver, and breast. While significant links exist between alcohol and cancer, alcohol use is often overlooked as a risk factor for cancer and alcohol control efforts are not given proper focus in the context of cancer prevention.

Community behavioral health care providers can be important partners in state cancer control efforts by educating clients with risky behaviors about the linkages between alcohol use and cancer and healthy behaviors that reduce cancer risk. This webinar July 7, from 12:30 to 2 p.m., will provide information on the linkage between alcohol use and cancer, and discuss ways that primary care and mental health treatment providers can collaboratively address alcohol use and cancer using an integrated care approach. Click here to register.” [Source: COPrevent]

Recorded Webinar: Criminal Justice 101 and the Affordable Care Act

The Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition gave a webinar presentation on the criminal justice system in Colorado and shared resources for connecting justice involved people to care, including the Take Care Health Matters website. Click here to view the webinar recording (please note the recording begins about 3 minutes into the presentation). Audio and powerpoint slides from all ClinicNET webinars are available on the Affiliate Only section of the ClinicNET website.

ClinicNET Webinar May 19th: Criminal Justice 101 and the Affordable Care Act

ClinicNET is hosting a webinar on May 19th, noon-1pm featuring the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition! Join us on your lunch break to learn more about the criminal justice system in Colorado, how to get justice involved individuals connected to care, other helpful resources including the Take Care Health Matters website, and a Q&A session. Click here to register for the webinar. Contact johanna.gelderman@clinicnet.org with any questions.

Recorded Webinar: Utilizing Colorado's All Payer Claims Database

We hosted a webinar featuring the Center for Improving Value in Healthcare (CIVHC) and the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (APCD). Click here to view the recording and learn more about Colorado's APCD, how you can use it and gain access to custom data for your community, and how you can provide feedback to CIVHC on how to make this important public resource even more useful for your clinic.

Audio and powerpoint slides from all ClinicNET webinars are on the Affiliate Only section of the ClinicNET website.

Oral health webinar on improving care and reducing costs, April 24th

“Oral health is linked to overall health, and mounting evidence suggests that addressing oral health can improve patient care, improve population health and reduce costs. In this webinar, a leading researcher will share findings from a study of private insurance claims linking treatment of gum disease with significantly lower costs for individuals with diabetes and other chronic conditions. You will also hear about a program under way at Hennepin Health in Minnesota to connect patients with regular dental care and prevent costly visits to hospital emergency departments. And NASHP will provide an overview of a new brief and online toolkit that explore these topics and draw out lessons for state policymakers. The webinar is April 24, 2:00-3:00EST. Click here to register.” [Source: COPrevent]