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March, 2012

In this issue...

Health Wanted: NACHC Report Distance Learning Deciphered Create Effective, Empowering HealthEducation Materials ICD-10 Delay: What are the Options? Suite 305: Report from NWRPCA Annual Awards Nomination Forms

Professional Development Opportunities Region X Highlights Workforce Development Featured Funders Featured Resources

From a BROADER PERSPECTIVE

Special from the National Association of

Community Health Centers

Read it First: Just Released Today!

The U.S. may have one of the most technologicallyadvanced health care systems in the world, yetmillions of residents suffer from unmet health careneeds and even preventable deaths. Health Wanted:The State of Unmet Need for Primary Health Carein America describes why so many Americansexperience difficulties in accessing primary care, andthe far-reaching health and cost consequences whenpeople and communities are shut out of preventivemedicine. This report also underscores one provensolution to unmet primary care needs - America'sCommunity Health Centers - and the overwhelmingdemand for their services.

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Download the full NACHC report here.

Distance LearningDeciphered

Ashley Johnson, M.Ed.,

Distance LearningCoordinator, NWRPCA

I consider myself a "digitalnative." That might be a term thatis unfamiliar to you. Do the words

distance learning, e-learning,online learning, m-learning, Web

2.0, webcast, webinar,screencast, podcast, vodcast,

wiki, asynchronous,synchronous, hybrid make your

head spin? You may be a "digitalimmigrant" in our current

technology revolution, but thatdoes not mean you should hold

yourself back from theopportunities that distance

learning is offering.

Distance learning has beenaround for over 100 years in theform of correspondence courses.

Since then, it has adapted tomany forms: radio, television,

webcasts, and full-fledged onlinecourses. Online educational

offerings are exploding in count,so it can be difficult for a personto know what is worthwhile andwhat to ignore. The top threequestions I am asked about

distance learning are:

What is it?Is it effective?

How do I find qualityofferings?

Read Ashley's answers...

Create Effective andEmpowering HealthEducation Materials

Special to QuickNotes byLilian Autler,

Hesperian Health Guides

One of the most valuable toolshealth workers can have forcommunity outreach areclearly written, well-illustrated,easy-to-follow healthmaterials. Here at Hesperian HealthGuides we have beendeveloping and publishingpractical materials for healtheducation and training for over30 years, starting with thepublication of Donde no HayDoctor - Where There is NoDoctor, and we've learned a lotin the process about how tomake materials relevant,effective and empowering. Some of the greatest insightshave come from communityhealth workers who use andadapt our materials every day,and we'd like to share some ofthose insights with you. Recently, Hesperian alsolaunched our DigitalCommons, a suite of digitaltools to make it easier forhealth workers to access,create and share healthmaterials. Read 6 principles for effectivehealth educationmaterials...

ICD-10 Delay: What arethe Options?

Special to QuickNotes byJoAnn L. Jordan, MPH, CCS-

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Health and Human Services(HHS) recently succumbed toAmerican Medical Association(AMA) pressure to delay theICD-10 compliance date, nowset for Oct. 1, 2013. Thisdecision will have an enormousimpact on the strongmomentum for change in theU.S. health care system.

In this article, we will:

Examine the pathleading to this point.Review lessons learnedfrom other countries. Discuss alternatives tothe current "light-switch"approach to ICD-10implementation. Explain why communityhealth centers (CHCs)should lead the way inthe ICD-10 transition.

The goal is to stimulatethoughtful conversation andinnovative ideas about how bestto move forward. We willexamine the experiences ofCanada and Australia in theadoption of ICD-10 and learnsome lessons from theirexperience.

Read more...

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Rhonda Hauff receives theLegacy Award, 2011

John Beck receives the SummitAward, 2011 Mike Maples receives the HUHY Award, 2010

SUITE 305: Report from Regional PCA Headquarters

Annual Awards Ceremony Approaching Please submit your nominations

Our annual Membership Meeting will take place, as always, the final day of the annual Spring PrimaryCare Conference. As is traditional, we will again bestow our annual awards:

The Legacy Award honors an individual who has dedicatedhis/her career to solving the problems of health, poverty andhuman rights and who has contributed toward the mission andrecognition of community and migrant health centers in theNorthwest region.The Summit Award honors an individual within the NWRPCAmembership who has reached a singular level of achievementin a particular area of expertise or service. This year theSummit Award will be given to an outstanding QualityImprovement leader.The Helping Us Help You (HUHY) Award is presented bythe NWRPCA staff in appreciation to a member who made itpossible to address the needs of many of other members.

Nominations are due to the MemberServices office

no later than Wednesday, April 18.

Download the nomination forms here: Legacy Award Summit Award

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Social Media Update Social Media for Health Centers

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The Social Media for Health Centers course, by NACHC'sAssociate Director of National Advocacy & Social MediaContractor for NWRPCA, Lindsey Ruivivar, began March 6th witha successful 33 attendees. Look for social media sessions byLindsey at our Spring Primary Care Conference, along with an

opportunity for peer sharing about what works best on Facebook and Twitter. Reminder: NWRPCA's listservs are gradually transitioning to LinkedIn!

Facebook Post of the Month International Community Health Services (ICHS) Major news about the Affordable Care Act is on the horizon as the U.S.Supreme Court is scheduled to hear 5.5 hours of oral arguments during theweek of March 26. Justices will consider the legality of the ACA. Decisionsare issued later. Need to get caught up? Many places to start. WashingtonPost's Wonkblog: http://wapo.st/xLJn45. Los Angeles Times notes a twist regarding the plaintiff in thecase: http://lat.ms/A8ganK . The Associated Press has an ACA overview: http://bit.ly/A98l8i. If you'rereally wonky, there's the informative aca litigation blog (h/t Sallie Sanford, a UW law professor):http://bit.ly/aXagKo.

Region X Highlights

Columbia Basin Health Association turns 40!! CBHA celebrates it's 40th on March 26th! Congratulations to CEO GregBrandenburg and all staff at CBHA!!

Siskiyou Community Health Center Moves!Congratulations to Siskiyou CHC on its move to a new Grants Pass facility! This FamilyMedicine clinic offers family planning, behavioral health, laboratory & pharmacy services, andoutreach services.

Idaho Dental Programs Receive$100,000 Grant Idaho Oral Health Program and Idaho OralHealth Alliance have been awarded$100,000 from the DentaQuest Foundation tojoin the Oral Health 2014 Initiative to developways for Idahoans to access preventive dental care. The award provides resources for the state towork with community partners to identify and develop ways for Idahoans with oral health disparities toaccess dental care. Read more here.

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Support for Senate Democrats' Budget ProposalSea Mar CHC's Regional VP Car.ie Vanzant is quoted in TheColumbian supporting the Senate Democrats' spending plan,stating, "the proposal provides protections for many health careprograms for those in need." Read the full article here.

Coastal Family Health Center welcomes new clinicians Two board-certified family nurse practitioners join Coastal Family HealthCenter. Read about their new staff here.

CHC of Snohomish County cited as ER Alternative for Dental CareCHC of Snohomish County is highlighted in an article in The HeraldNet for providingpreventive dental care to children, pregnant women and diabetic patients. Read the fullarticle here.

Central City Concern Awarded Funds For development of low-income housing, Central City Concern hasbeen awarded funds from the Portland Housing Bureau. Read more here.

Global-to-Local Project bringingcare to South King County

HealthPoint and Seattle & King County Dept of Public Health are among partners in the Global-to-Local project which is using lessons learned in developing countries and applying them to care insouth King County, where the health index is as bad as Nairobi, Kenya. Read more here.

The Rinehart Clinic Instrumental in Breast HealthAwareness of Tillamook County The Rinehart Clinic CEO Ellen Boggs, former Breast Health Coordinator, notes in a North CoastCitizen article, routine mammograms have risen in Tillamook County from 19% to 65% in five yearsdue to The Rinehart Clinic's receiving the Susan G. Komen grant for the sixth year running.

Featured Resources

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AHRQ Offers FreeCommunication ToolsTo promote safer care and fostereffective two-way communicationbetween patients and clinicians, AHRQ is offering a free video, brochure, notepads and an interactiveQuestion Builder tool. For more info, visit the AHRQ website. For free copies of the DVD, brochureand notepads, send an email requesting to AHRQpubs@ahrq.hhs.gov.

AHRQ Develops Health Literacy Tools for Pharmacy Students & FacultyRecognizing that pharmacies may need additional knowledge and assistance to improve their healthliteracy practices, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has developed four newhealth literacy tools for pharmacy and a set of curricular tools for pharmacy faculty. Access themodules here.

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Hesperian Health Guides Launches New Digital ToolsThe Hesperian Digital Commons provides simplified and expanded access toextensive health information, including, digital resources in 26 languages, tools suchas a mobile app, 10-language HealthWiki, access to over 10,000 Hesperian images,language hubs and more.

BPHC Releases New Search Engine on TechnicalAssistance Website

The new database system will enable free searches, dropdown menus, key word/topic/phrasesearches, and easier upload of new resources. In addition, this new website enhancement makes iteasier to explore hundreds of valuable tools, topical guides, and resources that have been organizedand linked to relevant federal sites, BPHC National Cooperative Agreement materials, and many othertools that health center grantees may find useful. Visit BPHC technical assistance website here.

Look on our Resources Page for other valuable resources.

Professional Development Opportunities DEVELOP YOUR WORKPLACE COMPETENCIES!

Improving Student & PreceptorExperiences in the process of medical education at the ambulatory level Free Faculty Development DinnerFor Region X Preceptors and Prospective PreceptorsThursday, March 22, 2012, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pmAquavaria Restaurant and Avalon Hotel and SpaPortland, Oregon

For details and reservations, contact Hoang Mirante: hmirante@nwrpca.org or 206-783-3004,extension 28

(Note: Save this date also for preceptor/prospective preceptor training, also in Portland: May 13,2012. Free lunch training in conjunction with our Spring Primary Care Conference. RSVPs beingtaken for this event too.)

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Spring Primary Care Conference set for May 12-15Portland, Marriott Downtown Waterfront

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The Conference by the Numbers 4 Days 3 Interdisciplinary themes 1.5 Days of Quality Management in an Age of

New Healthcare Model (NACHC) 25 Maximum participants in the HST cohort 6 Fiscal sessions by fiscal experts 77 Member health centers eligible to vote at the Annual Membership Meeting 8 Operations sessions (including IT) 5 Sessions on Patient-Centered Medical Home

Sneak Preview of a few other sessions you won't want to miss:

Roger Chaufournier: Identifying the Qualities of Sustainable ChangePamela Byrnes: Community Development: Creating Partnerships for HealthCherokee Health Systems: Blending Behaviorists into PCMHCraig Kennedy: Update on the National Healthcare SceneGeorge Brown of Legacy Health: Oregon's CCO ModelAmanda Madorno: Board Roles and ResponsibilitiesMike Schnake of BKD: Basic Health Center Finance for Board MembersRichard Rubin of OneHealthPort: Health Information ExchangesOCHIN: Moving Beyond Meaningful UseAdele Allison: ACOs - Creating a Caring CommunityAnd 30 more sessions!

Job-role-Specific Round table Lunches Monday: HR, Clinicians, CEO, Fiscal, Operations

Popular Raffle Tuesday after the Annual Membership Lunch Meeting

Plenary Monday with Keynoter Dr. Bruce Goldberg, Oregon Health Authority

Register Here

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Health System Transformation 2012

Predict the Future, or Prepare to Lead?

The best crystal ball in the world can't foretell what the healthcarelandscape will look like in five years or even five months. It'simportant to continue to anticipate the next turns in the road ashealthcare reform is implemented, but even a string of good

guesses won't help unless you are prepared to leadsustainable change.

You've managed change, and you've responded to a barrage ofnew challenges, requirements and opportunities. Now it's time to

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Join Executive Coach Kimberly McNally, MN, RN, leadership andteam developer to the NWRPCA staff, as she applies her 30 years of

healthcare leadership experience to guide the personal leadershipdevelopment of 25 Community Health Center leaders. Raise the bar on yourability to lead your health center amid rapid change and complexity. Stretch

yourself to inspire and lead transformational change, improve teamperformance, and conduct pivotal conversations in service of accelerating

strategic results for your organization. (Note, Kimberly McNally's sessions willbe open to registered HST participants only.)

Welcome back Roger Chaufournier, architect and leader of HST 2011,as he kicks off the campaign to lead successful, sustainable transformation.Spend an entire morning with Roger to review several change models and

develop a roadmap for overcoming organizational inertia. (Note, this sessionwill be open to all conference attendees.)

Learn from Dr. Dennis Freeman, 30-year leader ofCherokee Health Systems, as he dissects the mission-focused leadership that

transformed his system from a humble local mental health center to a multi-state, comprehensive and integrated primary care model. (Note, this session will

be open to all conference attendees.)

Health System Transformation 2012 is sponsored in part by the Centene Corporation, servingMedicaid recipients in Washington State as Coordinated Care.

Call Member Services with questions: 206-783-3004, extension 12.

CHAMPS members, contact CHAMPS for a special offer on registration.

Register here.

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Enhancing Collaborative Management in CHCs:

Developing Clinical - Operations TEAMS! NWRPCA and CHAMPS collaborate with NACHC to present this new course in Seattle, June 18-21,2012. And Harvard School of Public Health provides the faculty! Enroll a two-person team: One clinician and one OperationsleaderDevelop expertise, side-by-side, in practical application andongoing process improvement

Recruitment and retentionProvider productivityPerformance compensation

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Performance compensationStrengthening the group processEnhancing motivationNegotiation and conflict resolutionPolitical advocacy

Register Here

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Physician Coding Training WebinarsAll online -- never leave your officeJanuary to December -- three-hour webinars offered: Diagnosis (ICD-9) Coding CPT Coding Special coding topics Modifiers Coding for specialties Third-party payer Issues. Choose only the webinars you want -- no further obligationOffered in partnership with Brown Consulting Associates, Inc.

Details and Registration Here

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Virtual Business Continuity Institute Seven-part webinar series starts April 5 and continues through June.Be prepared for natural disasters and other catastrophes that could cause major disruptions to caringfor patients.

For more information, contact Carla Brathwaite at cbrathwaite@nachc.com or (301) 347-0400.%%%%

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Developing Strategic and Business Plans that Result in Action Seminar+Jacksonville, FL+

April 18-19, 2012+Online registration deadline: April 11

Essentials for Establishing a Health Center Finance Department (EHFD) Denver, ColoradoMay 16-17, 2012Early bird registration deadline: May 3

2012 National Farmworker Health Conference Celebrating 50 Years of Migrant Health CareMay 9 - 11, 2012Denver, ColoradoOnline registration deadline: May 2, 2012

Through NACHC, the International Association of Physicians in AIDs Care are offeringscholarships for the

2012 International Conference on Viral Hepatitis. Community Health Center clinicians may apply for a scholarship to the New York City conference, tobe held March 26 and 27, by emailing Angela Knudson.

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The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan RepaymentProgram (LRP) recently opened its 2012 application cycle! Theapplication cycle will be open until May 2012; however providers are

strongly encouraged to apply early.++

Award amounts for this year's program have been modified to help ensure communities with thegreatest need - those with the highest Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) scores - receiverecruitment support to fill much needed clinical positions. The NHSC now offers two levels of

funding: sites with HPSA scores 14+ and sites with HPSA Scores 0-13.+++

Check the NHSC web site for additional details to assure all health centers maximize their NHSC

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NCQA offers two essential trainings Introduction to ACO Accreditation Standards+April 11, 2012 | Washington, DCDetails here

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Webinars:Wednesday, March 21, 2012Access, Continuity, Tracking and Coordination of CareRegister

Wednesday, March 28 Statewide HR Metrics: the Colorado ProgramRegister

Alaska's Rural Health ConferenceApril 24-26, 2012Anchorage Marriott DowntownRegister

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18th Annual Region IX Leadership ConferenceHealthcare Integration: a Pathway for Better HealthApril 22-24, 2012Las Vegas, NVRegister+

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Eleventh Annual Health Literacy Conference: OperationalSolutions to Low Health Literacy May 9-11, 2012Irvine, CARegister

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The Women's Health Leadership Institute is coming to Seattle to train and support

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This free Regional Workshop is part of a 3-year HRSA initiativeG

Submit an application by March 28GFor questions, contact Renee Buvion: renee.bouvion@hhs.gov or (206) 615-3667

Workforce Development

FEATURED NON-CLINICAL JOB

Mosaic Medical Center needs Chief Operating Officer

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Mosaic Medical, Community Healthcare Centers inPrineville, Bend, and Madras, seeks an experiencedChief Operating Officer. This is a full-time, benefitedposition responsible for operational quality of thisgrowing organization and its three community healthcenters. Mosaic Medical is opening up new clinics inCentral Oregon in the next year, so the COO should have project management experience and theability to direct facilities development. The COO works closely with the Clinic Managers and MedicalDirectors at each site to oversee the operations of the organization. This position includes oversight ofthe Clinic Managers and holds employees and departments at a high level of accountability and hasprocesses in place to do so.

FEATURED CLINICAL JOB

Interfaith Community Health Center seeks a part-time or full-time dentist

Work in our Bellingham and Ferndale clinics providingpreventive & restorative care to children & minimal urgent careto adults. Saturday clinic hours are required for this position.The ideal candidate will have experience in pediatric dentistry& adult emergency care. Work in a newly remodeled facilitywith digital radiology without the overhead labor and costs ofrunning your own private practice! We value our employees & offer a competitive wage & benefitspackage, including CE, & loan repayment may be available. Help us increase the years of healthy lifein the communities and patients we serve!

NWRPCA FREE Region X Jobs Database - Post your job! Find your job!

Featured Funders

As seen on our website

Host the upcoming Medical Library Association (MLA) webcast:Leveraging Mobile Technologies for Health Science Libraries The National Network of Libraries of Medicine/Pacific Northwest Region will pay MLAwebcast registration fees for four sites that agree to promote and host the webcastfor colleagues in their area. The webcast will take place on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 from 11am -12:30 pm Pacific time. Click here for more information.

Telehealth Network Grant ProgramThe primary objective of the TNGP is to demonstrate how telehealth programsand networks can improve access to quality health care services in rural andunderserved communities. Grants made under this authority will demonstrate how telehealth networksimprove healthcare services for medically underserved populations in urban, rural, and frontiercommunities. Find more information here.

Telehealth Resource Center Grant ProgramThe purpose of the TRCGP is to support the establishment and development ofTelehealth Resource Centers (TRCs). The TRCs provide technical assistanceto health care organizations, health care networks, and health care providers in the implementation ofcost-effective telehealth programs to serve rural and medically underserved areas and populations. The program seeks entities with proven successful records in providing technical assistance in thedevelopment of sustainable telehealth programs. Find more information here.

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Association. Each issue features a variety of information about community health, member news and spotlights, andimportant funding and workforce listings.

We welcome your comments and feedback as well as your news items. Please email us your thoughts and yournews, resources and opportunities to share.

Look on our Funding Page for other funding opportunities.

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