Facilitating Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Seminar Sept.13-14 in Denver

Taught by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) staff that developed the new standards, NCQA's Facilitating Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Seminar in Denver Sept.13-14 will present tools to help your clinic become a recognized patient-centered medical home. Their program staff will be available to assist with questions participants may have regarding the application process, ISS tools, etc.

Shortage of Family Doctors in Colorado Intensifies

According to a recent story on KUNC, Colorado doesn’t have enough primary care physicians and the shortage is expected to worsen in coming years. Read more and listen here.

National Library of Medicine launches MedlinePlus Connect

The National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library and a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has formally launched MedlinePlus Connect. This free service allows health organizations and health information technology (HIT) providers to link patient portals and electronic health record (EHR) systems to MedlinePlus.gov, a trusted source of authoritative, up-to-date health information for patients, families and health care providers.

Primary Care Fund Award amounts

According to HCPF, the Primary Care Fund Applications have been reviewed and award amounts are awaiting final approval. Notification of award amounts has been pushed back to the week of July 25th.  

Colorado Oral Health Network Meeting Friday, July 22

Oral Health Colorado invites you to participate in a COHN (Colorado Oral Health Network) meeting on Friday, July 22 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. The meeting will be held at the Rose Community Foundation, 600 South Cherry Street, Suite 1200, Denver.  This will be an opportunity to get together to discuss issues that pertain to the oral health safety net in Colorado.  Click here to review the agenda. Please let Karen know if you are planning to attend. A light lunch will be provided.

Karen Cody Carlson, Executive Director, Oral Health Colorado
executive.director@oralhealthcolorado.org
www.beasmartmouth.org

HCPF Provider Bulletin

Click here to read HCPF's latest Provider Bulletin.

"Tips for the Safety Net Community on Using Health IT within a Patient Centered Medical Home"

On Friday, June 24, 2011, HRSA Health IT and Quality hosted a webinar "Tips for the Safety Net Community on Using Health IT within a Patient Centered Medical Home" to provide technical assistance examples of how safety net providers can successfully use health IT in transforming a health center or rural health clinic into a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH). Colorado’s very own (Bill Bolt), CIO/Practice Administrator from the Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center, a rural health clinic in Walsenburg, CO, was a presenter. He discussed the experience within his practice of becoming an NCQA recognized PCMH and how “meaningful use” facilitates a PCMH’s objectives. To view this or other past webinars, or to register for upcoming webinars, please click here. (This webinar will be available on the website soon.)