Public Health and
Community Health Center Management
Information, useful tools and tips to make your work easier:
General Management
- Areas of Unmet Needs in Oregon
New information and maps about unmet needs for primary care in rural areas, from the Office of Rural Health.
- Bureau of Primary Health Care
See the Reporting page for a link to the Uniform Data System (UDS) Reporting Manual. - Bureau of Primary Health Care Technical Assistance (TA)
Technical Assistance (TA) is the provision of advice, assistance, and training to ensure the successful development and operation of primary health care programs. - California Health Literacy Initiative
The goal of the California Health Literacy Initiative is to inform and partner with individuals and organizations to craft collective, lasting solutions which will positively impact the health and well-being of individuals with low-literacy skills, their families, and their communities. This plan for California will serve as a groundbreaking, national model for health literacy; currently, no statewide efforts of such complexity are being undertaken. - California Primary Care Association (CPCA)
The California Primary Care Association (CPCA) recently completed work on an update to the document: The Future of Community Clinics and Health Centers in California's Safety Net: A Blueprint for Action. The report revisits our 1999 Blueprint and considers best ways to support the critical role community clinics and health centers (CCHCs) play in the context of the current climate in which they are operating and the challenges they face. The 2007 Blueprint update proposes five priority strategies for clinics and those working to assure their continued survival.
The report can be downloaded at http://www.cpca.org/about/. Schacht & Associates has also set up a web page for you to share your thoughts and ideas related to the Blueprint. We invite you to visit http://schachtandassociates.com/wordpress/ to engage in dialogue and exchange about the Blueprint and the topics it addresses. Please note that this page is for discussion only; we do not plan to act on the suggestions you post here, but rather to assist in creating community and exchange about these important issues.
CPCA will continue its advocacy efforts aimed at strengthening and preserving CCHCs in today's fragile health care delivery environment while promoting systems of care that are both accessible and responsive to the health care needs of all Californians. - Center for Health Design
The Center for Health Design is a leading research and advocacy organization of forward-thinking healthcare and design professionals who are leading the quest to improve the quality of healthcare through building architecture and design.
See the article "The Impact of Light on Outcomes in Healthcare Settings" - CMS-JCAHO Crosswalk, 2006 Edition
A Side-by-Side Analysis of the CMS Conditions of Participation and JCAHO Standards
This new and improved, easy-to-read resource compares and contrasts the CMS and JCAHO requirements. Using a table format, this book walks you through each of the CMS Conditions of Participation (CoP) and relates them to the corresponding JCAHO standards and elements of performance. This tool helps you efficiently navigate the CMS and JCAHO requirements and saves you time by offering expert analysis and tips to comply with both. We help you determine whether the policies and procedures you have in place to support one standard will gain compliance with the other. To make your survey preparation even easier, The CMS-JCAHO Crosswalk, 2006 Edition, includes a CD-ROM that contains the book's crosswalk in searchable PDF format. Install this reference on your desktop for easy access this information.
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800.650.6787 - Disease Prevention & Epidemiology Newsletter
- Fraud Prevention / Provider Recruitment
The HHS Office of Inspector General publishes information about their Exclusion Program and lists excluded individuals and entities on their website.
- Health Disparities Collaboratives
"The Health Disparities Collaborative Web site is home for a community of learners who are committed to improving systems of health care. Using the methodology of the Planned Care Model and the Model for Improvement in the context of Community Oriented Primary Care, health centers are making a positive difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans." - IHI Continuous Improvement
A newsletter of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Click link for subscription.
- Institute of Medicine Aims
“The U.S. health care delivery system does not provide consistent, high-quality medical care to all people. Americans should be able to count on receiving care that meets their needs and is based on the best scientific knowledge--yet there is strong evidence that this frequently is not the case. Health care harms patients too frequently and routinely fails to deliver its potential benefits. Indeed, between the health care that we now have and the health care that we could have lies not just a gap, but a chasm.”
In its 2001 report on patient safety, Crossing the Quality Chasm: a New Health System for the 21st Century, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in Washington, DC outlined six Aims for improving health care. These aims are "built around the core need for health care to be:- Safe: avoiding injuries to patients from the care that is intended to help them.
- Effective: providing services based on scientific knowledge to all who could benefit, and refraining from providing services to those not likely to benefit.
- Patient-centered: providing care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, and values, and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions.
- Timely: reducing waits and sometimes harmful delays for both those who receive and those who give care.
- Efficient: avoiding waste, including waste of equipment, supplies, ideas, and energy.
- Equitable: providing care that does not vary in quality because of personal characteristics such as gender, ethnicity, geographic location, and socioeconomic status.”
- Medical Group Management Association
The mission of MGMA is to continually improve the performance of medical group practice professionals and the organizations they represent...
303-799-1111
Toll free 1-888-608-5601 - Medical Placement Services: Clinic and Office Staff Recruitment
The Medical Placement Services (MPS) was created to match the skills and interests of people looking for employment in medical offices and other health-related settings with employers who have immediate openings. This service covers positions such as: Managers, Medical Assistants, Receptionists, Billing Specialist, Bookkeepers, Transcriptionists, Registered Nurses, Physicians Assistants, and more.
Medical Society of Metropolitan Portland
4380 SW Macadam
Suite 215
Portland, OR 97239
503.227.2737 - National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc. (NACHC)
A non-profit organization whose mission is to enhance and expand access to quality, community-responsive health care for America’s medically underserved and uninsured. In serving its mission, NACHC represents the nation’s network of over 1,000 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) which serve 15 million people through 5,000 sites located in all of the 50 states, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam. - National Health Care for the Homeless Council
"The National Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) Council is a home for those who work to improve the health of homeless people and who seek housing, health care, and adequate incomes for everyone. In the National HCH Council, agencies and individuals, clinicians and advocates, homeless people and housed people come together for mutual support and learning opportunities, and to advance the cause of human rights." - National Low Income Housing Coalition
"The National Low Income Housing Coalition is dedicated solely to ending America's affordable housing crisis. We believe that this is achievable, that the affordable housing crisis is a problem that Americans are capable of solving. While we are concerned about the housing circumstances of all low income people, we focus our advocacy on those with the most serious housing problems, the lowest income households." - Northwest Regional Primary Care Association (NWRPCA)
Provides tools and services that support community health centers as they deliver competent, compassionate health care to urban, rural and frontier communities throughout the Northwest. - Oregon Office of Rural Health
- Oregon Primary Care Association
OPCA, a nonprofit member association, provides advocacy on public policy and assistance to health center members in order to help decrease health disparities and increase access to comprehensive health care for low-income and vulnerable people in Oregon.
Craig Hosteler, Executive Director
812 SW 10th AVE
Portland, OR 97205
Phone: 503-228-8852
Fax: 503-228-9887 - Oregon Public Health Institute
Oregon Public Health Institute (OPHI), formerly Community Health Partnership, is an independent, not-for-profit organization committed to improving the health of Oregonians through advocacy and support of effective public health policy and activities.
- Oregon Public Health Institute (video)
In celebration of OPHI's ten years of progressive public health work, our board treasurer and film producer, Rian Moore, has created a short video that showcases OPHI's vision of tomorrow's health today. Formerly known as Community Health Partnership, OPHI works to put healthy choices within reach of all Oregonians. - Orienting New Community Health Center Staff
These tools can help create a smoother transition for new staff members and include the following topics:
» Understanding the CHC World
» Getting to Know the Community
» Getting to Know the CHC
- Primary Health Care: The Health Center Program (HRSA/FQHC)
- Public Health Jobs
The Oregon County Health Department Jobs Directory lists health related job positions available around the state.
- Public Health Nurse
The OHSU Library, working with public health nurses in Oregon, has developed a web page with resources specifically for public health nurses. This effort was funded through an award by the National Library of Medicine. After working with focus groups, the web page has been designed and is ready for your use. We are still looking for input on other links you would like on the page, as well as how the design of the page works for you. There is a link at the top of the page where you can send feedback. - Studer Group
Studer Group partners with healthcare organizations to create great places for patients to receive care by first creating a great place for employees to work and physicians to practice medicine.
Most organizations we work with engage in coaching partnerships, where we provide on-site resources to actually help implement our evidence-based approach. Studer Group coaches have firsthand experience implementing this approach in provider organizations. While our team includes a wide variety of leadership experience and medical directors, we have many coaches with nursing leadership backgrounds since so much of our work impacts the sharp-end of care delivery.
To assist our partners we have created several supplemental resources that are also available to non-partners, which include:- Leadership development resources (educational institutes and national speakers)
- Evidence-based tools
- Resources for individuals (special online tools, videos and books)
- Software accelerators
- Research