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Patient Centered Medical Home Case Study Featuring Mary Howard Health Center

Webinar Slides(PDF) This webinar is the third in a four-part series on the patient-centered medical home; recordings and presentations from previous webinars are available in our Webinar Archives. In this case study of Mary Howard, a nurse-managed health center, presenters will discuss the NCQA’s PCMH standards and how they relate to an HCH grantee, the role […]

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Patient Centered Medical Home Case Study featuring Yakima Neighborhood Health Services

Webinar Slides(PDF) In this webinar, Yakima Neighborhood Health Services, a member of the Council and a 330 funded HCH program, will share its journey as the first community health center in Washington State to achieve Level 3 NCQA Recognition—for its 8th Street CHC and its satellite HCH clinic, Neighborhood Connections. Speakers: Anna Gard, FNP-BC; Health Disparities

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Behavioral Health | Emotional and Cognitive Impact of Chronic Homelessness on a Child

the focus of this case report is on the effects of chronic homelessness on the cognitive and emotional development of children ages zero to five. The long-term effects of infant and early childhood chronic homelessness are not fully understood. This case report describes the experience of one child and may help to illuminate the unique

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Workplace Violence: Prevention & Intervention Guidelines for Homeless Services Providers

Updated in 2011, this document provides examples of policies, procedures and protocols from six homeless health care projects with practical information for creating a safer environment for consumers and staff in Health Care for the Homeless Projects. It is an expanded and enhanced version of the 1996 document Sample Safety Guidelines in Homeless Health Services.

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Steps to NCQA Recognition for Patient-Centered Medical Home

NCQA PCMH 2011_Standards and Guidelines(PDF) Webinar Slides(PPTX) This webinar will review the National Committee of Quality Assurance (NCQA) Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMH) 2011 Standards as well as the eligibility and application process, scoring guidelines, and the relationship between Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services’ (CMS) Meaningful Use Requirements and the 2011 Standards. The presenter will

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Readiness for Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology and Patient Centered Medical Home: Summary of responses by homeless health care providers

At present, there is incomplete information about the status of health centers with respect to Electronic Health Record (EHR) adoption, readiness to meet the standards for Meaningful Use (MU) of Health Information Technology (HIT), and achieving Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) recognition. To address this knowledge gap, the Geiger Gibson Program at George Washington University

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Key Elements of Integrated Care: A guide to the key elements of integrated care for health care for the homeless providers

Integrated Care is central to the Healthcare for the Homeless approach and has been implemented in varying degrees in HCH sites since the 1980’s. The major elements of the HCH model of care include compassionate and persistent outreach to persons experiencing homelessness; an emphasis on easy access to care through the use of walk-in models

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