PCMH Learning Network Western PA - October 29, 2024

October 29, 2024

Members of the healthcare team will learn about the importance of and strategies for engaging and treating patients with substance use disorder in a primary care setting, including harm reduction and Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT).

Agenda:

8:30 a.m. to 8:35 a.m. (5 min.) – Welcome & PCMH Learning Network in 2025 – Robert Ferguson, Chief Policy Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative

8:35 a.m. to 9:20 a.m. (45 min.) – Harm Reduction in Primary Care Settings – Elizabeth Cuevas, MD, Division Chief, Academic Internal Medicine and Center for Inclusion Health, Allegheny Health Network and Angela Kypriotis, MSW, LCSW, Director, Extended Care Teams, Allegheny Health Network

9:20 a.m. to 10:05 a.m. (45 min.) – Prescribing for MOUD in Primary Care Settings – Lori Abbott, MA LPC, Senior Program Implementation Specialist, Innovative Health Systems Initiatives (IHSI), Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy

10:05 a.m. to 10:25 a.m. (20 min.) – Facilitated Peer to Peer Discussion - Post-Hospitalization Follow-up – Facilitated by Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Manager, Lean Healthcare Strategy and Implementation, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative

  1. How do your IT systems alert the care team that a patient has been hospitalized?
  2. At your PCMH, what are team roles and processes to follow-up with those patients who have ambulatory-sensitive conditions within 7 days of discharge?
  3. In your experience, what has worked well? What hasn’t worked well? What barriers have you encountered?

10:25 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (5 min.) – Wrap Up & Evaluation – Lisa Boyd, Program Associate, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative

 

 

Target Audience

Nurse

Physician

Social Worker

Learning Objectives

• Discuss harm reduction approaches for primary care settings.
• Describe workflows and implementation tactics for prescribing MOUD in primary care settings.
• Discuss strategies for following up with patients with chronic conditions following hospitalization.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 2.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 2.00 ASWB
  • 2.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
10/29/2024
Course expires: 
01/31/2025
Event starts: 
10/29/2024 - 8:30am EDT
Event ends: 
10/29/2024 - 10:30am EDT

Members of the healthcare team will learn about the importance of and strategies for engaging and treating patients with substance use disorder in a primary care setting, including harm reduction and Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT).

Agenda:

8:30 a.m. to 8:35 a.m. (5 min.) – Welcome & PCMH Learning Network in 2025 – Robert Ferguson, Chief Policy Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative

8:35 a.m. to 9:20 a.m. (45 min.) – Harm Reduction in Primary Care Settings – Elizabeth Cuevas, MD, Division Chief, Academic Internal Medicine and Center for Inclusion Health, Allegheny Health Network and Angela Kypriotis, MSW, LCSW, Director, Extended Care Teams, Allegheny Health Network

9:20 a.m. to 10:05 a.m. (45 min.) – Prescribing for MOUD in Primary Care Settings – Lori Abbott, MA LPC, Senior Program Implementation Specialist, Innovative Health Systems Initiatives (IHSI), Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy

10:05 a.m. to 10:25 a.m. (20 min.) – Facilitated Peer to Peer Discussion - Post-Hospitalization Follow-up – Facilitated by Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Manager, Lean Healthcare Strategy and Implementation, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative

  1. How do your IT systems alert the care team that a patient has been hospitalized?
  2. At your PCMH, what are team roles and processes to follow-up with those patients who have ambulatory-sensitive conditions within 7 days of discharge?
  3. In your experience, what has worked well? What hasn’t worked well? What barriers have you encountered?

10:25 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (5 min.) – Wrap Up & Evaluation – Lisa Boyd, Program Associate, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative

 

 

Zoom Meeting
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Robert Ferguson, Chief Policy Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative

Elizabeth Cuevas, MD, Division Chief, Academic Internal Medicine and Center for Inclusion Health, Allegheny Health Network

Angela Kypriotis, MSW, LCSW, Director, Extended Care Teams, Allegheny Health Network

Lori Abbott, MA LPC, Senior Program Implementation Specialist, Innovative Health Systems Initiatives (IHSI), Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy

Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Manager, Lean Healthcare Strategy and Implementation, Pittsburgh Regional Health

Lisa Boyd, Program Associate, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and The Jewish Healthcare Foundation. The University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive  2.0 continuing education credits.

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.0  AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 2.0 contact hours.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 2.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 2.00 ASWB
  • 2.00 Attendance
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