Author: IPRO

These are the slides from the September 21, 2023 webinar titled Preparing to Submit the Hospital Commitment to Health Equity Measure.

The COVID-19 pandemic is a healthcare crisis that has led to unprecedented impact on healthcare services. At the heart of the unparalleled crisis, doctors face several challenges in treating patients with COVID-19. The psychological burden and overall wellness of healthcare workers (HCWs) have received heightened awareness, with research continuing to show high rates of burnout, psychological stress, and suicide. Detrimental effects include high rates of infection and death, excessive financial hardships, stress related to known and particularly unknown information, and fear of uncertainty regarding continued impact. Some researchers focused specifically on COVID-19’s impact on HCW sleep. Anxiety and stress were significantly increased, leading to negative impacts on both self-efficacy and sleep. Stress is an important factor in drug use. Efforts should be made to explore the factors that are associated with psychological distress, which may lead to symptoms of anxiety, depression, or provoke suicidal ideation, and efforts should be made to control the factors that are modifiable. There needs to be more awareness among doctors and further long-term studies focusing on their mental health as adverse mental health conditions will further affect them as the disease advances.

This fillable PDF resource created by IPRO may be helpful for preparing for attestation of the CMS Hospital Commitment to Health Equity Measure.

Risk factors and implications for suicide among people with chronic pain and those who use opioids.

Describes the relationship of the COVID-19 pandemic to anticipatory grief, disenfranchised grief, and complicated grief for individuals, families, and their providers.

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).