PCMH Western PA Learning Session11.30.23

November 30, 2023

The activity will help the PCMHs understand how fluoride varnish can be used in their medical practices to establish an early preventative relationship with dental care especially with the statewide delay in receiving dental care.

Agenda:

8:30 a.m. to 8:40 a.m. – Welcome – Robert Ferguson, Chief Policy Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative

8:40 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. – Reflections and Next Steps from the Statewide Health Equity PCMH Learning Network Session – Facilitated by Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Manager, Lean Healthcare Strategy and Implementation, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative

  • Kristin Lazzara, MBA, MHA, AHN Center for Inclusion Health
  • Pamela L. Hess, BA RN CRRN CCM, Telephonic Care Manager, UPMC Community Medicine Inc.

 9:00 a.m. to 9:10 a.m. – Introductory Remarks on Dental Health – Shahram Shamloo, D.M.D., Chief Dental Officer, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Human Services

9:10 a.m. to 10:10 a.m. – Oral Health Roles and Resources for Primary Care Settings – Helen Hawkey, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Coalition for Oral Health 

10:10 a.m. to 10:25 a.m. – Examples of How PCMHs have Operationalized Oral Health Practices Facilitated by Pauline Taylor, CQIA, PRHI

  • Leslie Aleck, RN, Clinical Nurse Manager Asst, UPMC Children’s Community Practice

10:25 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. – Wrap Up & Evaluation
 

Target Audience

Nurse

Physician

Social Worker

Learning Objectives

  • Identify approaches for providing patients with fluoride varnish in primary care.
  • Discuss ways to access oral health services for your patients.
  • Describe examples of how PCMHs currently provide preventive dental health services and referrals.
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: 
11/30/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2023
Event starts: 
11/30/2023 - 8:30am EST
Event ends: 
11/30/2023 - 10:30am EST

The activity will help the PCMHs understand how fluoride varnish can be used in their medical practices to establish an early preventative relationship with dental care especially with the statewide delay in receiving dental care.

Agenda:

8:30 a.m. to 8:40 a.m. – Welcome – Robert Ferguson, Chief Policy Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative

8:40 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. – Reflections and Next Steps from the Statewide Health Equity PCMH Learning Network Session – Facilitated by Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Manager, Lean Healthcare Strategy and Implementation, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative

  • Kristin Lazzara, MBA, MHA, AHN Center for Inclusion Health
  • Pamela L. Hess, BA RN CRRN CCM, Telephonic Care Manager, UPMC Community Medicine Inc.

 9:00 a.m. to 9:10 a.m. – Introductory Remarks on Dental Health – Shahram Shamloo, D.M.D., Chief Dental Officer, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Human Services

9:10 a.m. to 10:10 a.m. – Oral Health Roles and Resources for Primary Care Settings – Helen Hawkey, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Coalition for Oral Health 

10:10 a.m. to 10:25 a.m. – Examples of How PCMHs have Operationalized Oral Health Practices Facilitated by Pauline Taylor, CQIA, PRHI

  • Leslie Aleck, RN, Clinical Nurse Manager Asst, UPMC Children’s Community Practice

10:25 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. – Wrap Up & Evaluation

Virtual Meeting
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Robert Ferguson, Chief Policy Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative

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

Kristin Lazzara, MBA, MHA, AHN Center for Inclusion Health

Pamela L. Hess, BA RN CRRN CCM, Telephonic Care Manager, UPMC Community Medicine Inc.

Shahram Shamloo, D.M.D., Chief Dental Officer, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Human Services

Helen Hawkey, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Coalition for Oral Health 

Pauline Taylor, CQIA, PRHI

Leslie Aleck, RN, Clinical Nurse Manager Asst, UPMC Children’s Community Practice

 

 

 

 

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.

Social Work (ASWB)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Social Work 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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