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The QI Chat Room podcast brings together health centers, county and federal agencies, and more to the table to talk all things QI.
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In this episode, we discuss a major step forward in cervical cancer screening—HPV self-swab testing—and how Santa Rosa Community Health is using it to expand access and equity for patients who have struggled with traditional Pap smears.
In this episode, we sit down with Marin Community Clinic's (MCC)quality improvement team and discuss their success in increasing breast and colorectal cancer screening rates. Join us to learn more about MCC's strategic interventions to achieve top performance in breast and colorectal cancer screenings
In this episode, we sat down with Dr. Josette Rivera, a distinguished professor of Medicine and a clinician educator at the renowned UCSF Division of Geriatrics. Kathryn Stambaugh, MPH,MBA, Geriatric Services Director from LifeLong Medical Care also joins us to share their journey on becoming an IHI Level 1 recognized Age Friendly Health System. Join us as we discuss Aliados Health’s collaboration with UCSF and explore training opportunities for the 4Ms within the Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Project. The 4Ms refer to optimizing older adult health through Medication, Mentation, Mobility, and What Matters Most. Learn how becoming an IHI Age-Friendly Health Systems Level 1 & 2 recognized health center can significantly benefit your health facility and the geriatric population you serve.
This episode features a prenatal immunization discussion with an expert panel from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). It explores the impactful prenatal immunization multi-year project made possible by funding from CDPH and in partnership with Aliados Health and its member health centers. Hear about efforts to boost prenatal immunization rates and lead the charge in enhancing maternal and child health with community health centers in a six-county region. Learn about CDPH resources that can support your health center in your efforts to improve prenatal immunization rates.
Street medicine takes health services on the road, creating access outside of clinic walls to serve populations experiencing homelessness and other barriers to care. In this episode, we are introduced to LifeLong Medical Care's Street Dentistry program and the Botanical Bus's Mobile Herb Clinic, providing dental and homeopathic services to unhoused and migrant communities.
Aliados Health Sr. Program Managers Keira Dagy & Jennifer Inden talk with Health Centers about Patient Telehealth survey results, what the data tells them, and what should be taken into consideration in molding best practices when it comes to implementing a sustainable Virtual Care program.
First 5 Contra Costa is leading the local effort to implement Help Me Grow, a system of coordination used nationally to connect children to the early screening and community services they need to thrive. The HMG model has been implemented throughout the U.S. and in half of California’s counties.
First 5 Contra Costa, the Contra Costa Crisis Center, and La Clinica de la Raza came together to develop a pilot to integrate ACE screening and response workflow utilizing the existing HMG model.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion reforms are critical and challenging. CommuniCare Health Centers strives to be humble and learn from their staff and the communities they serve, as well as commit to their own development in unlearning patriarchal, heterosexist, white-supremist systems, while learning anti-racism best practices in trauma informed care. This episode features CommuniCare’s Dr. Suzanne Eidson-Ton, Chief Medical Officer, Yvonne Page, Respite Services Supervisor, Sara Gavin, Chief Behavioral Health Officer, and Desirae Spignor, Behavioral Health Manager, who share their journey and specific examples of DEI and anti-racist efforts in their organization and community health centers, including agency-wide education efforts, changes in recruiting, hiring and retention practices, and a renewed and reinvigorated focus on equity and inclusion among their staff, as well as the health equity outcomes of their patients and clients.
Today’s episode features a street medicine conversation with our panel from CommuniCare Health Centers in Yolo County, Ritter Center in Marin County, and Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center in Solano County.
According to the Street Medicine Institute, street medicine is the provision of health care directly to those living and sleeping on the streets through mobile services such as walking teams, medical vans, and outdoor clinics.
Join a conversation between Aliados Health's Population Health Department Director, Michelle Rosaschi, and Partnership Health Plan of California's Director of Care Coordination, Katherine Barresi, as they discuss the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) Enhance Care Management or ECM program.
Max Perrey in conversation with Rebecca Boyd Anderson, Director of Population Health for Partnership Health Plan celebrates their 2 year anniversary.
In honor of Black History Month, Dr. Mohamed A. Jalloh, Pharm.D., BCPS, Assistant Professor of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at Touro University California College of Pharmacy and Ambulatory Care Specialist at OLE Health Pharmacy Residency Program, is speaking on the role of race in medicine and the impact of race corrections in clinical algorithms. This podcast is inspired by the NEJM article: Hidden in Plain Sight-Reconsidering the Use of Race Correction in Clinical Algorithms. We invite you to click on the article link HERE to learn more.
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically highlighted social inequities in health. In response, the American Heart Association (AHA) is launching a new evidence-based, community-driven effort to reduce hypertension. The National Hypertension Control Initiative (NHCI) seeks to improve health care and save lives in at-risk communities, which are most affected by hypertension and COVID-19. Listen in as AHA presents an overview and health centers share how they are accessing support and resources.
This episode features Leslie Brown and Dionisio Palencia from AHA, Beth Dadko of Santa Rosa Community Health, and Jennifer Durst of OLE Health.
To learn more about the great work the American Heart Association is doing go to: www.heart.org.
For questions about the National Hypertension Control Initiative (NHCI) email: nhci@heart.org
To access a downloadable version of the “Let’s Talk About Salt” song go to: Let's Talk About Salt (Video)
This episode features our host Max Perrey in conversation with Eli White and Adam Unger of Covered California. Topics explored include how to protect your health, how to apply for health insurance coverage if you are uninsured, and what's new for those who are already insured.
Building with Community to Advance Health Equity: How to Implement a CIE
In this final CIE podcast series episode, join Karis Grounds, Vice President of Health and Community Impact of 211/CIE San Diego, and Sheena Nahm McKinlay, VP of Research & Development of Health Leads as they discuss how to implement a CIE, including the key components of day-to-day operations.
Building with Community to Advance Health Equity: Authentic Community Engagement
Listen in as Brenda Aguilera, Director of Community Transformation, Para Los Niños and Carlos Arceo, Program Manager, Para Los Niños passionately discuss the purpose of authentic partnership with the community to ensure the conditions created are addressed at the roots and ensure that community is involved, not just included. Learn about authentic community engagement and how to do it in ways that uplift vs tokenize.
This episode features our host Max Perrey in conversation with Rocio Rodriguez, Director of Sonoma County COAD, Tom Welch, Deputy Fire Chief of Operations for the Southern Marin Fire District and Melinda Rivera, Local Public Affairs Specialist for PG&E for Sonoma and Lake Counties. Topics include how best health centers, their staff and patients can best prepare for wildfire season in Northern California, what to include in a grab and go bag, and how to sign up for emergency alerts.
This episode is dedicated to increasing public awareness of CalFresh, which helps to improve access to healthy and nutritious foods. QI Chat Room Guest Host Yesenia Mendoza, Aliados Health CalFresh Program Manager, is in conversation with CalFresh representatives from Sonoma, Marin, and Alameda counties. This includes Rigoberto Morales Mendoza, Bank Food Connections Supervisor at the Redwood Empire Food, Alexandra Danino, Sr. Programs Manager at the San Francisco Marin Food Banks, Njeri McGee-Tyner, Chief Eligibility and Enrollment Officer at the Alameda Health Consortium, and Yoselyn Ayon, Outreach Program Manager at Catholic Charities. Together they cover who is eligible for CalFresh benefits, COVID-19 updates, how they promote CalFresh awareness, and ways we can connect patients to vital nutritional benefits.
Building with Community to Advance Health Equity: What is a CIE?
Many communities across the country are considering the implementation of Community Information Exchanges, a model established by 211 San Diego, to advance community health. Local leaders in Marin, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, and Sonoma counties are exploring the design of equity-anchored CIE-inspired networks with the support of Health Leads, United Way Bay Area and Aliados Health.
Session 1 of this 3-part knowledge building series features Julie Wang from Health Leads and Beth Johnson from 211 San Diego discussing the following questions: What is a Community Information Exchange and why is everyone talking about it?
This episode features Max Perrey who is the Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Aliados Health. Max will be interviewing our two guest speakers, Dr. Mike Witte, Chief Medical Officer at the California Primary Care Association, and Cindy Keltner, Director of Transformation at the California Primary Care Association. The topic for today’s session is Covid Telehealth Reflection & Telehealth Policy Response.
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