Author: IPRO

A guide to working with individuals experiencing trauma-related grief.

This document contains all the resources (and links were applicable) that were discussed in the six affinity group sessions.

Session 1: Kick-Off and HEOA Baseline

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dChpKDqKFk8d0bJqjzgt-NOosJr48Rti/view?usp=share_link

Session 2: Organizational Data Collection Processes

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZlS5lKHf3TC7HSMGStJ2pwnP-3U35ekH/view?usp=share_link

Session 3: Piloting Change

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zT1oL_7KAYqqkd8uPJfMQOEVRzSgMhaG/view?usp=share_link

Session 4: Challenges and Strategies for Advancing the HEOA Pilot Projects

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SZcrRlCIH9rwQ4Y1mHRH3cOxgVrNA62C/view?usp=share_link

Session 5: Monitoring and Evaluating Progress

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DmIk7wgnV_zmuMLE1I7U_SuQEy_HDYRL/view?usp=share_link

Session 6: Sustain and Spread

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BLTVBm90ICv2XJQDeZVCuzuU3CtTLQQh/view?usp=share_link

Implicit bias and stigma are potential factors in perpetuating healthcare disparities and have a negative impact on the patients who experience them. Organizations committed to advancing health equity will make it a priority to acknowledge and mitigate these forms of discrimination. Each manifests differently and requires a different approach to address.

The SIREN team compiles the content of several of the most widely used social health screening tools to facilitate comparisons. The table summarizes characteristics for each tool, including information about the intended population or setting, total number of questions, social health domains covered, and domain-specific measures used.

This resource assists providers to screen their patients for interpersonal safety, a health-related social need that may impact health outcomes.

This resource has information and best practices for screening patients for social isolation and loneliness including a validated assessments that can be used at point-of-care to screen patients. It also includes several resources for patients who screen positive.

COVID-19 changed our world, impacting both our physical and mental health. Healthcare professionals are continuing to incorporate safety protocols to help identify COVID-19 cases and protect against spread.

But what is being done to help identify mental health conditions?

Join the IPRO QIN-QIO for an educational program to help primary care offices integrate behavioral health (BH) services (including anxiety and depression screenings) into everyday practice.

This series covered:

• Building a business case for integrating and partnering with a BH organization.
• Successful integration of BH into primary care.
• Best practices for models of integration (collaboration with a BH organization, co-location of BH providers, and full integration of BH providers).

The Pain, Enjoyment, General Activity (PEG) Scale assesses pain intensity and interference and is considered the gold standard for pain scales.

A guide for patients and care partners to assess pain and seek medical care when appropriate using a stoplight concept of green (all clear), yellow (caution/warning), and red (emergency).

The Conversation Starter helps pharmacists guide the conversation they have with patients regarding opioid management and lifestyle management, opioid assessment and plan, recommendations, and follow-up steps. This guide is intended to ease what could potentially be a difficult conversation.

An on-line instructional webinar created in collaboration with IPRO QIN-QIO and the University at Buffalo can be accessed at the link above.

Prescribers and pharmacists who work or live in DC, DE, CT, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, OH, RI, VT can earn 1.5 hours of free ACPE continuing education for completing this program by using this code when prompted: qinub23.

It is available October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2025, and covers a review the opioid epidemic and regulatory responses, identifies legitimate medical use vs. illegitimate opioid use, reviews basic counseling items with relationship to opioids, identifies advanced counseling items related to opioids and identifies overdose risks indicating provision of naloxone.

Supporting documents for this program include:

Opioid Stewardship – Opioid Counseling Checklist

This tool is intended to help remind pharmacists about opioid-related counseling points as needed.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zYRl_w_59f-ydAu-JSfEcmugdELk1SXz/view?usp=drive_link

Conversation Starter – Opioid Dispensing, Education, and Management for Pharmacists

The Conversation Starter helps pharmacists guide the conversation they have with patients regarding opioid management and lifestyle management, opioid assessment and plan, recommendations, and follow-up steps. This guide is intended to ease what could potentially be a difficult conversation.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yA_xQ1iKvjXvdKA92_cVoWBzCBNDJOh-/view?usp=drive_link

Pain Management Zone Tool

A guide for patients and care partners to assess pain and seek medical care when appropriate using a stoplight concept of green (all clear), yellow (caution/warning), and red (emergency).

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TPSuOIdbGzG8Ue6TnBBA3bLA0IzHd8aA/view?usp=drive_link

Pain, Enjoyment, and General Activity (PEG) Scale for Assessing Pain Intensity and Interference

The Pain, Enjoyment, General Activity (PEG) Scale assesses pain intensity and interference and is considered the gold standard for pain scales.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1cLGRvi483BEt_FpZxNRuydyGdEpbq393

People matter and the words we use to describe them or the disorders they have matter. Words can transmit stigma. Studies have shown that people with psychiatric and/or substance use disorders often feel judged, outside and inside the health care system. This can lead them to avoid, delay or stop seeking treatment. The way we talk about people with a behavioral disorder can change lives – in either a positive or negative manner.

You will find downloadable posters that address:

This quality improvement tool describes a process to determine the reliability of a process and next steps to take when an opportunity for process improvement is identified.

The Society of Hospital Medicine’s BOOST site has several resources for enhancing care transitions, including a BOOST implementation guide and tools, links to online modules, and information about PArTNER: PATient Navigator to rEduce Readmissions, which is specifically designed for Minority-Serving Institutions.