PCMH Western PA Learning Session 8.15.23

August 15, 2023

The activity will continue the discussion started in previous Learning Sessions around Social Determinants of Health. We will assist the healthcare teams in how to partner with community based organizations, include and train Community Health Workers to make connections and use motivational interviewing and trauma informed care principles during SDOH screenings.

Agenda

8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. – Registration and Continental Breakfast 

8:30 a.m. to 8:40 a.m. – Welcome and Introduction – Robert Ferguson, MPH, Chief Policy Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI)

8:40 a.m. to 9:50 a.m. – Workshop: Patient-Centered Language for SDOH Screening – Facilitated by Mae Reale, MA, Health Education Specialist, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Jen Condel, and Robert Ferguson 

9:50 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. – Break

10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. – PA Navigate Functionality and Implementation – Phyllis Szymanski, President, ClinicalConnect HIE, and Laura Mosesso, Compliance and Outreach Manager, ClinicalConnect HIE

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Health Equity: Increasing Access to Community Services and Supports – James Schuster, MD, MBA, CMO, UPMC Health Plan, Janine Jelks-Seale, MSPPM, Director of Health Equity UPMC Health, and Nick DeGregorio, MD, MMM, Senior Medical Director, UPMC for You

12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. – Lunch

1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. – Panel Discussion: Community Health Workers and Partnerships with Community Organizations CHWs

Shelby Ezzo, Pay for Value Manager, The Primary Health Network 
Andrea Sweesy, LCSW, Community Health Social Worker, The Primary Health Network
Brittany Fair, CCHW, CAAP, Community Health Worker, The Primary Health Network
Germaine Gooden Patterson, CHW, Women for a Healthy Environment
Vicky Bregy, CHW Program Manager, Latino Community Center

2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. – Community Health Worker Training Programs and Collaboratives – Lynne Williams, MD, PhD, Executive Director, Southwest PA AHEC; Kristin Lazzara, MBA, MHA, Manager of Community Engagement and Expansion, AHN Center for Inclusion Health; Leanna Bird, MPPM, MA, Program Manager, AHN Center for Inclusion Health; and Heather Emanuele, Program Manager, AHN Front Door Initiative at Jefferson Hospital Emergency Department

3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. – Discussion about Dental Health to Inform Future Regional Sessions – Facilitated by Jen Condel, Robert Ferguson, and Pauline Taylor

3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. – Wrap-Up
 

 

 

Target Audience

Nurse

Physician

Social Worker

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss how to develop, use, and continuously improve patient-centered language for SDOH screening and feedback
  • Describe examples of how to partner with community organizations and Community Health Workers
  • Describe how to train and retain CHWs on your team
  • Describe the functionality and rollout of PA Navigate and the implementation implications for your PCMH
  • Discuss how PCMHs currently provide preventive dental health services and referrals and any challenges that they are currently experiencing
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 6.50 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.
  • 6.50 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 6.50 ASWB
  • 6.50 Attendance
Course opens: 
08/15/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2023
Event starts: 
08/15/2023 - 8:30am EDT
Event ends: 
08/15/2023 - 4:00pm EDT

The activity will continue the discussion started in previous Learning Sessions around Social Determinants of Health. We will assist the healthcare teams in how to partner with community based organizations, include and train Community Health Workers to make connections and use motivational interviewing and trauma informed care principles during SDOH screenings.

Agenda

8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. – Registration and Continental Breakfast 

8:30 a.m. to 8:40 a.m. – Welcome and Introduction – Robert Ferguson, MPH, Chief Policy Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI)

8:40 a.m. to 9:50 a.m. – Workshop: Patient-Centered Language for SDOH Screening – Facilitated by Mae Reale, MA, Health Education Specialist, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Jen Condel, and Robert Ferguson 

9:50 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. – Break

10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. – PA Navigate Functionality and Implementation – Phyllis Szymanski, President, ClinicalConnect HIE, and Laura Mosesso, Compliance and Outreach Manager, ClinicalConnect HIE

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Health Equity: Increasing Access to Community Services and Supports – James Schuster, MD, MBA, CMO, UPMC Health Plan, Janine Jelks-Seale, MSPPM, Director of Health Equity UPMC Health, and Nick DeGregorio, MD, MMM, Senior Medical Director, UPMC for You

12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. – Lunch

1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. – Panel Discussion: Community Health Workers and Partnerships with Community Organizations CHWs

Shelby Ezzo, Pay for Value Manager, The Primary Health Network 
Andrea Sweesy, LCSW, Community Health Social Worker, The Primary Health Network
Brittany Fair, CCHW, CAAP, Community Health Worker, The Primary Health Network
Germaine Gooden Patterson, CHW, Women for a Healthy Environment
Vicky Bregy, CHW Program Manager, Latino Community Center

2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. – Community Health Worker Training Programs and Collaboratives – Lynne Williams, MD, PhD, Executive Director, Southwest PA AHEC; Kristin Lazzara, MBA, MHA, Manager of Community Engagement and Expansion, AHN Center for Inclusion Health; Leanna Bird, MPPM, MA, Program Manager, AHN Center for Inclusion Health; and Heather Emanuele, Program Manager, AHN Front Door Initiative at Jefferson Hospital Emergency Department

3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. – Discussion about Dental Health to Inform Future Regional Sessions – Facilitated by Jen Condel, Robert Ferguson, and Pauline Taylor

3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. – Wrap-Up

Double Tree Hotel
Mars, PA
United States

Robert Ferguson, MPH, Chief Policy Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI)

Mae Reale, MA, Health Education Specialist, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Jen Condel

Phyllis Szymanski, President, ClinicalConnect HIE

Laura Mosesso, Compliance and Outreach Manager, ClinicalConnect HIE

James Schuster, MD, MBA, CMO, UPMC Health Plan

Janine Jelks-Seale, MSPPM, Director of Health Equity UPMC Health

Nick DeGregorio, MD, MMM, Senior Medical Director, UPMC for You

Shelby Ezzo, Pay for Value Manager, The Primary Health Network  

Andrea Sweesy, LCSW, Community Health Social Worker, The Primary Health Network 

Brittany Fair, CCHW, CAAP, Community Health Worker, The Primary Health Network 

Germaine Gooden Patterson, CHW, Women for a Healthy Environment 

Vicky Bregy, CHW Program Manager, Latino Community Center

Lynne Williams, MD, PhD, Executive Director, Southwest PA AHEC

Kristin Lazzara, MBA, MHA, Manager of Community Engagement and Expansion, AHN Center for Inclusion Health

Leanna Bird, MPPM, MA, Program Manager, AHN Center for Inclusion Health

Heather Emanuele, Program Manager, AHN Front Door Initiative at Jefferson Hospital Emergency Department

 

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 6.5 continuing education credits.

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.5 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 6.5 contact hours.

Social Work (ASWB)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Social Work Education activity is 6.5 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

  • 6.50 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.
  • 6.50 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 6.50 ASWB
  • 6.50 Attendance
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