viernes, 26 de abril de 2024
‘I felt like I was dying’: How women with postpartum depression fall through the cracks of U.S. health care By Katharine Gammon
https://www.statnews.com/2023/06/26/i-felt-like-i-was-dying-how-women-with-postpartum-depression-fall-through-the-cracks-of-u-s-health-care/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_N99j8NrC3DbpYk-ZbAhkLzx10y3kIFU62uvRgw41P8USfmoirAV1NnmlsceOss5ulHW4GXQ28nYEOuC7DP1G1Ib-6Qg&_hsmi=304405281&utm_content=304405281&utm_source=hs_email
How the U.S. could take mental health care out of the E.R.
If you’re having a heart attack, a hospital emergency room is a great place to be. But if you’re having a mental health emergency? “You’ve got to sit in this room, maybe they won’t give you water, maybe you’re not wearing clothes. It’s loud, it’s bright, there’s a lot of noise, there’s other sick people freaking out, and it’s just too much,” said one patient who lives in Cambridge, Mass. And standard hospital protocols often make patients feel like they lack agency, he added.
The E.R. has become America’s default front door to psychiatric crisis care, despite rarely being designed or equipped to serve that role. But conditions across the country may be ripe for change. Advocates see the launch of 988 — like 911 but for mental health emergencies — as an opportunity to spotlight the massive unmet mental health need and build a system of care around it. Read more from STAT contributor Grace Rubenstein on the early initiatives to build these systems, in the sixth and final story in a series on the U.S. mental health system.
Mental health crisis centers and EmPATH units: offering care that busy ERs can’t
By Grace Rubenstein
https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/26/crisis-centers-empath-units-er-alternative-for-mental-health/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_lyTWayrpBQvHajnmhRzHuyZGlOtni70h9-I-4dEDQBHDUZP72Fm0f2lVi6qxzh6uuxQHTwNvGv_a-tTV_eGWzwEe4TA&_hsmi=304405281&utm_content=304405281&utm_source=hs_email
In world first, Nigeria introduces new 5-in-1 vaccine against meningitis
https://www.who.int/news/item/12-04-2024-in-world-first--nigeria-introduces-new-5-in-1-vaccine-against-meningitis?utm_campaign=+60336940&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=
To combat deadly meningitis outbreaks, Nigeria launched an effort to vaccinate one million people with a vaccine called Men5CV, which protects against five groups of the meningitis pathogen Neisseria meningitidis. The WHO recommended the vaccine for campaigns in the country, a part of “Africa’s meningitis belt,” based partly on positive interim results from a trial run by the NIAID-supported Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Consortium (IDCRC).
FDA’s Revised Draft Guidance on Biological Product Promotion Provides Additional Recommendations/Clarifications By Sarah Wicks & Dara Katcher Levy —
https://www.thefdalawblog.com/2024/04/fdas-revised-draft-guidance-on-biological-product-promotion-provides-additional-recommendations-clarifications/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fdas-revised-draft-guidance-on-biological-product-promotion-provides-additional-recommendations-clarifications
On April 24, 2024, the FDA issued a revised draft guidance, Promotional Labeling and Advertising Considerations for Prescription Biological Reference Products, Biosimilar Products, and Interchangeable Biosimilar Products – Questions and Answers, (the “Revised Draft Guidance”) which replaces the Agency’s initial draft guidance issued in February 2020 (the “Initial Draft Guidance”).
https://www.fda.gov/media/134862/download
Suicide Prevention in an Emergency Department Population: ED-SAFE April 24, 2024
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/suicide-prevention-emergency-department-population-ed-safe
Brown University and Butler Hospital created the Emergency Department Safety Assessment and Follow-Up Evaluation (ED-SAFE) innovation to reduce suicidal behavior among patients who present to the ED with suicidal ideation. Following implementation of the ED-SAFE innovation, there was a significant difference in suicide attempts.
In Conversation with...Katie Boston-Leary about Patient Safety Amid Nursing Workforce Challenges Katie Boston-Leary, PhD, MBA, MHA, RN, NEA-BC, CCT | April 24, 2024
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withkatie-boston-leary-about-patient-safety-amid-nursing-workforce
Editor’s note: Katie Boston-Leary, PhD, MBA, MHA, RN, NEA-BC, CCT, is the Director of Nursing Programs at the American Nurses Association and Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing and the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University. We spoke to her about patient safety amid nursing workforce challenges.
Patient Safety Amid Nursing Workforce Challenges Katie Boston-Leary, PhD, MBA, MHA, RN, NEA-BC, Merton Lee, PharmD, PhD, Sarah E. Mossburg, RN, PhD | April 24, 2024
Patient Safety Amid Nursing Workforce Challenges
Katie Boston-Leary, PhD, MBA, MHA, RN, NEA-BC, Merton Lee, PharmD, PhD, Sarah E. Mossburg, RN, PhD | April 24, 2024
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/patient-safety-amid-nursing-workforce-challenges
This Perspective essay and interview focuses on changes in the nursing workforce over recent years, including nursing shortages. #Patientsafety challenges may arise from these workforce challenges, but those challenges can also be mitigated.
Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg Fracture. David K. Barnes, MD, FACEP, Sahej Deep Singh Randhawa, MD, and Ellen P. Fitzpatrick, MD | April 24, 2024
Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome after Lower Leg Fracture.
David K. Barnes, MD, FACEP, Sahej Deep Singh Randhawa, MD, and Ellen P. Fitzpatrick, MD | April 24, 2024
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/under-pressure-delayed-diagnosis-compartment-syndrome-after-lower-leg-fracture
This pair of WebM&M Case highlight the immediate and long-term consequences of delayed recognition of compartment syndrome, despite patients presenting with symptoms such as severe pain, numbness, and swelling in the affected limbs. The commentary discusses the importance of a multifactor assessment when compartment syndrome is suspected, effective processes for trainees and non-physician staff to escalate concerns to attending physicians when compartment syndrome is suspected and improving post-discharge follow-up practices to identify patients requiring further evaluation.
Managing Care Challenges in a Group Home Setting: Is Staffing Adequate for Unplanned Incidents? Ron Ordona, DNP, FNP-BC, GS-C, WCC and Deb Bakerjian, PhD, APRN, FAANP, FGSA, FAAN | April 24, 2024
Managing Care Challenges in a Group Home Setting: Is Staffing Adequate for Unplanned Incidents?
Ron Ordona, DNP, FNP-BC, GS-C, WCC and Deb Bakerjian, PhD, APRN, FAANP, FGSA, FAAN | April 24, 2024
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/managing-care-challenges-group-home-setting-staffing-adequate-unplanned-incidents
In this WebM&M Case, an elderly patient residing in a group care home, requiring assistance with all activities and having a history of autism-spectrum disorder, experiences fecal leakage issues despite daily medication. During a weekend shift with reduced staffing, a certified nursing assistant (CNA) discovers the patient soiled in bed, necessitating a shower. While attempting to assist the patient, another bowel accident occurs, leading to a fall and head injury when the CNA calls for help. With limited staff available, the patient is eventually taken to the hospital for suturing and further evaluation, where it's determined she requires a higher level of care due to hazardous conditions in the bathroom. The commentary discusses the challenges in providing adequate care in group home settings, especially during weekends with reduced staffing levels.
Verbal Orders and Medication Overrides: A Dangerous Combination Catherine Mueller, PharmD, CPPS, Paul MacDowell, PharmD, BCPS, and James A. Bourgeois, OD, MD | April 24, 2024
Verbal Orders and Medication Overrides: A Dangerous Combination
Catherine Mueller, PharmD, CPPS, Paul MacDowell, PharmD, BCPS, and James A. Bourgeois, OD, MD | April 24, 2024
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/verbal-orders-and-medication-overrides-dangerous-combination
In this WebM&M Case, a 26-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) with abdominal pain, displaying tachycardia and extreme agitation. Despite negative findings on physical examination and laboratory tests, his aggressive behavior escalated, necessitating physical and chemical restraint for the safety of both himself and ED staff. The ED physician verbally ordered 10 mg of intramuscular haloperidol, but the primary nurse overrode the automated dispensing unit and mistakenly pulled a vial of midazolam 10 mg instead of haloperidol. Flumazenil was subsequently administered to reverse benzodiazepine toxicity, and the patient recovered without further complications. The commentary discusses best practices to promote safe medication administration in the context of verbal orders and medication overrides.
Missed Connection: A Case of Inadequate ECG Oversight in Cardiac Surgery Christian Bohringer, MBBS, Manuel Fierro, MD, and Sandhya Venugopal, MD | April 24, 2024Missed Connection: A Case of Inadequate ECG Oversight in Cardiac Surgery Christian Bohringer, MBBS, Manuel Fierro, MD, and Sandhya Venugopal, MD | April 24, 2024
Missed Connection: A Case of Inadequate ECG Oversight in Cardiac Surgery
Christian Bohringer, MBBS, Manuel Fierro, MD, and Sandhya Venugopal, MD | April 24, 2024
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/missed-connection-case-inadequate-ecg-oversight-cardiac-surgery
In this WebM&M Spotlight Case with CE/MOC, a 77-year-old man was admitted for coronary artery bypass graft surgery with aortic valve replacement. The operation went smoothly but the patient went into atrial fibrillation with hypotension during removal of the venous cannula. The patient was shocked at 10 Joules but did not convert to sinus rhythm; the surgeon requested 20 Joules synchronized cardioversion, after which the patient went into ventricular fibrillation and was immediately and successfully defibrillated with 20 Joules. While the patient was being transferred to his gurney, the operating room team noticed that electrocardiogram cable that enables synchronized cardioversion was only connected into the anesthesia monitor and was never connected to the patient’ defibrillator. The commentary discusses the risks of unsynchronized shocks or unsynchronized pacing, the role of standardized processes to ensure that operating room equipment is prepared and set-up correctly, and the importance of operating room team preparation to urgently address life threatening complications.
jueves, 25 de abril de 2024
Pay-for-performance and patient safety in acute care: a systematic review. April 24, 2024
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pay-performance-and-patient-safety-acute-care-systematic-review
Pay-for-performance and patient safety in acute care: a systematic review.
Slawomirski L, Hensher M, Campbell JL, et al. Health Policy. 2024;143:105051.
Pay-for-performance (P4P) policies and programs (such as the Hospital-Acquired Condition [HAC] Reduction Program) intend to incentivize high-quality care and reduce medical errors. This systematic review including 53 articles explored the impact of P4P on the incidence of adverse events in acute care settings. The researchers found that half of the included studies did not identify improvements in adverse event rates after P4P, and that studies reporting improvements were of poor methodological quality.
Comparing hospital leadership and front-line workers' perceptions of patient safety culture: an unbalanced panel study. April 24, 2024
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/comparing-hospital-leadership-and-front-line-workers-perceptions-patient-safety-culture
Comparing hospital leadership and front-line workers' perceptions of patient safety culture: an unbalanced panel study.
Forbes J, Arrieta A. BMJ Lead. 2024;Epub Apr 3.
Front-line workers (e.g., nurses and physicians) and leaders frequently perceive the safety culture in their organization differently. This study uses data from AHRQ’s Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPS) V.1.0 from 2008 - 2017 to compare leadership and front-line workers' perceptions of patient safety culture. With responses from 1,810 hospitals and more than 800,000 individuals identified as leaders or front-line workers, results show that leadership has a consistently more positive perception of patient safety culture, particularly on items related to managers.
Diagnostic error in mental health: a review. April 24, 2024
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnostic-error-mental-health-review
Diagnostic error in mental health: a review.
Bradford A, Meyer AND, Khan S, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2024;Epub Apr 4.
Diagnostic errors in mental health disorders have not yet received the same attention as diagnostic errors in other care settings. This article describes diagnostic pitfalls for common mental health disorders including schizophrenia, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity (ADHD), autism spectrum, mood, and bipolar disorders. The authors urge parallel development of interventions to reduce misdiagnosis and estimating error rates.
A Practical Guide for Implementing the Digital Healthcare Equity Framework
https://digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/digital-healthcare-equity/digital-healthcare-equity-framework-and-guide
Use of digital healthcare technologies – for clinicians and patients – is growing. To ensure these solutions benefit all patient groups, creators and users must be intentional about equity.
To address this, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed evidence- and consensus-based resources to help organizations intentionally consider equity in the development and use of digital healthcare technologies and solutions.
The Practical Implementation Guide provides digital healthcare developers and vendors, healthcare systems, clinical providers, and payers an interactive checklist of steps and real-world examples for how to advance equity across all phases of the Digital Healthcare Lifecycle. Regardless of the size of an organization or the complexity of the solution this expert Guide can help.
If you are interested in learning more about these resources, including the Evidence- and Consensus-Based Digital Healthcare Equity Framework which included an environmental scan, engagement of the technical expert panel (TEP), and reviews by internal and external advisors, visit the AHRQ Digital Healthcare Equity Framework project profile.
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Listening to the Voice of the Patient: Using Multiple Feedback Methods to Complement CAHPS Survey Data
Listening to the Voice of the Patient: Using Multiple Feedback Methods to Complement CAHPS Survey Data: The webinar will discuss how patient experience professionals use multiple feedback methods to fully capture the patient voice. Speakers will describe how additional feedback methods complement CAHPS data, and how this integration of data sources informs their efforts to identify improvement areas and potential solutions.
REMINDER: Register for May 8 Webcast — Listening to the Voice of the Patient: Using Multiple Feedback Methods to Complement CAHPS Survey Data
Date: Wed., May 8, 2024
Time: 1-2 p.m. ET
OTP Town Hall: CMC Readiness for Gene Therapy BLAs JUNE 4, 2024
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/otp-town-hall-cmc-readiness-gene-therapy-blas-06042024?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
The FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) Office of Therapeutic Products (OTP) is hosting its next virtual town hall on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, to answer stakeholder questions regarding the chemistry, manufacturing, and controls (CMC) information submitted with biologics license applications (BLAs) for gene therapy products. Experts from OTP’s Office of Gene Therapy CMC will be on hand to answer questions.
FDA CBER Webinar: Considerations for the Development of CAR T Cell Products MARCH 7, 2024
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/otp-events-meetings-and-workshops/fda-cber-webinar-considerations-development-car-t-cell-products-03072024?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
View the recording for the FDA CBER Webinar on Considerations for the Development of CAR T Cell Products.
miércoles, 24 de abril de 2024
Development of a comprehensive survey to assess key socioecological determinants of health
Development of a comprehensive survey to assess key socioecological determinants of health
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38158309/
Engaging Family Caregivers With Structured Communication for Safe Care Transitions
Engaging Family Caregivers With Structured Communication for Safe Care Transitions: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Making Healthcare Safer (MHS) reports consolidate information for healthcare providers, health system administrators, researchers, and government agencies about practices that can improve patient safety across the healthcare system—from hospitals to primary care practices, long-term care facilities, and other healthcare settings.
Patient Safety Practices Focused on Sepsis Prediction and Recognition
Patient Safety Practices Focused on Sepsis Prediction and Recognition: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Making Healthcare Safer (MHS) reports consolidate information for healthcare providers, health system administrators, researchers, and government agencies about practices that can improve patient safety across the healthcare system — from hospitals to primary care practices, long-term care facilities, and other healthcare settings.
Prevention in Adults of Transmission of Infection With Multidrug-Resistant Organisms
Prevention in Adults of Transmission of Infection With Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Making Healthcare Safer (MHS) reports consolidate information for healthcare providers, health system administrators, researchers, and government agencies about practices that can improve patient safety across the healthcare system—from hospitals to primary care practices, long-term care facilities, and other healthcare settings.
Failure To Rescue – Rapid Response Systems
Failure To Rescue – Rapid Response Systems: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Making Healthcare Safer (MHS) reports consolidate information for healthcare providers, health system administrators, researchers, and government agencies about practices that can improve patient safety across the healthcare system—from hospitals to primary care practices, long-term care facilities, and other healthcare settings. In spring 2023, AHRQ launched its fourth iteration of the MHS Report (MHS IV).
Making Healthcare Safer IV
Making Healthcare Safer IV: AHRQ’s fourth iteration of Making Healthcare Safer intends to address this issue by publishing evidence-based reviews of patient safety practices and topics as they are completed. This intentional release of updated reviews will aid healthcare organization leaders in prioritizing implementation of evidence-based practices in a timelier way. The report also will help researchers identify where more research is needed in a timelier way and assist policymakers in understanding which patient safety practices have the supporting evidence for promotion.
Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set for Hospital SOPS
Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set for Hospital SOPS: The SOPS® Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for the Hospital Survey were developed and pilot tested for use with the core SOPS Hospital Survey to help hospitals assess the extent to which their organization’s culture supports workplace safety for providers and staff.
Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: The Hospital SOPS asks providers and staff for their opinions about the culture of patient safety in their hospitals.
Using AHRQ’s SOPS® Hospital Survey and Workplace Safety Item Set: Experiences From a State Hospital Association (Webcast)
Using AHRQ’s SOPS® Hospital Survey and Workplace Safety Item Set: Experiences From a State Hospital Association (Webcast): This webcast discussed Indiana Hospital Association’s experiences using the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Hospital Survey and Workplace Safety Item Set. They shared their member organizations’ survey results, how SOPS resources were used, and their focus on initiatives to address workplace safety, including burnout. Recent research about the relationship between hospital workplace safety and patient safety culture, job satisfaction, and intent to leave was also shared.
May 23, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. ET: Using AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® Hospital Survey and Workplace Safety Item Set will highlight how the Indiana Hospital Association used AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Hospital Survey and Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set to assess patient safety culture and workplace safety.
Listening to the Voice of the Patient: Using Multiple Feedback Methods to Complement CAHPS Survey Data
Listening to the Voice of the Patient: Using Multiple Feedback Methods to Complement CAHPS Survey Data: The webinar will discuss how patient experience professionals use multiple feedback methods to fully capture the patient voice. Speakers will describe how additional feedback methods complement CAHPS data, and how this integration of data sources informs their efforts to identify improvement areas and potential solutions.
May 8, 1 to 2 p.m. ET: Listening to the Voice of the Patient: Using Multiple Feedback Methods to Complement CAHPS Survey Data will highlight how patient experience professionals use multiple patient feedback methods to complement AHRQ’s Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) data.
Webinar Series: Strengthening Primary Care Research
Webinar Series: Strengthening Primary Care Research: This series of webinars focuses on how to strengthen AHRQ’s primary research. For recordings of the presentations and slides, reference the webinars.
May 2, noon to 1:15 p.m. ET: Research Methods for Studying the Primary Care Workforce will feature three AHRQ grantees who developed methodologies to understand the optimal structure and composition of primary care teams and measure the impacts of adding nurse practitioners into primary care.v
Procedure Classes Refined for ICD-10-PCS, v2024.1
https://hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/procedureicd10/procedure_icd10.jsp
The Procedure Classes Refined for the ICD-10-PCS is one in a family of databases and software tools developed as part of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), a Federal-State-Industry partnership sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). HCUP databases, tools, and software inform decision making at the national, State, and community levels.
Surgery Flags Software for Services and Procedures, v2023.1
https://hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/surgeryflags_svcproc/surgeryflagssvc_proc.jsp
The Surgery Flags Software for Services and Procedures is one in a family of databases and software tools developed as part of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), a Federal-State-Industry partnership sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). HCUP databases, tools, and software inform decision making at the national, State, and community levels.
Clinical Classifications Software for Services and Procedures, v2023.1
https://hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/ccs_svcsproc/ccssvcproc.jsp
The Clinical Classifications Software for Services and Procedures (CCS-Services and Procedures) is one in a family of databases and software tools developed as part of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), a Federal-State-Industry partnership sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. HCUP databases, tools, and software inform decision making at the national, State, and community levels.
Healthcare Delivery of Clinical Preventive Services for People with Disabilities
Healthcare Delivery of Clinical Preventive Services for People with Disabilities: The purpose of this systematic review was to document and summarize reported barriers and facilitators to the receipt of selected clinical preventive services among people with disabilities, and to identify and synthesize the literature on the effectiveness of interventions to improve the receipt of selected clinical preventive services among people with disabilities.
martes, 23 de abril de 2024
Comparison of Hospital Mortality and Readmission Rates by Physician and Patient Sex
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M23-3163?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_30aDXNEtLbavuVKRV5OvjYdCyE6spguYnGsepq4vWt98xfe0vNhmQFU8nczLTcPccPKyW1ElTLbe_toHTZrL3PJfk3w&_hsmi=303866047&utm_content=303866047&utm_source=hs_email
Female physicians deliver better results, especially for female patients
A large new study published yesterday in Annals of Internal Medicine found that in a cohort of close to 800,000 Medicare patients, those who were treated by a female physician had lower mortality and readmission rates. While previous research has shown that patients see better outcomes with female physicians, here the improvement was especially significant for female patients, STAT’s Nalis Merelli tells us.
“Generally speaking, miscommunication, misunderstanding, and bias are more likely to occur when those in the majority become advocates for the minority,” Atsushi Miyawaki, the study’s corresponding author, said in an email to STAT — like when a male physician treats a female patient. Male patients had similar mortality and readmission rates regardless of their physician’s gender, something that Miyawaki said should be subject to further investigation.
National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research
National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research: AHRQ’s research to advance primary care infrastructure, delivery and outcomes. The National Center for Excellence in Primary Care Research (NCEPCR) is the intellectual home for primary care research at AHRQ. The NCEPCR is focused on the Nation's primary care system, providing evidence, practical tools, and other resources for researchers and evaluators, clinicians and clinical teams, quality improvement experts, and healthcare decision makers to improve the quality and safety of care. The NCEPCR is committed to listening to and learning from all members of the primary care community, including patients and families.
Webinar Series: Strengthening Primary Care Research May 2 Webinar
Webinar Series: Strengthening Primary Care Research: This series of webinars focuses on how to strengthen AHRQ’s primary research. For recordings of the presentations and slides, reference the webinars.
lunes, 22 de abril de 2024
Using AHRQ’s SOPS® Hospital Survey and Workplace Safety Item Set: Experiences From a State Hospital Association (Webcast)
Using AHRQ’s SOPS® Hospital Survey and Workplace Safety Item Set: Experiences From a State Hospital Association (Webcast): This webcast discussed Indiana Hospital Association’s experiences using the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Hospital Survey and Workplace Safety Item Set. They shared their member organizations’ survey results, how SOPS resources were used, and their focus on initiatives to address workplace safety, including burnout. Recent research about the relationship between hospital workplace safety and patient safety culture, job satisfaction, and intent to leave was also shared.
Join us for the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare’s (NCSACW) upcoming webinar! Peer Support: A Path to Hope and Family Recovery Thursday, May 2, 2024, 1 – 2 p.m. ET
https://cffutures.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kvphAEWeRcqo7FzmkbhbTA?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=ae0dea18ab-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_17_12_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-ae0dea18ab-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D#/registration
Join this webinar to learn how peer support specialists instill hope and illuminate a pathway to recovery for families affected by substance use and involved with child welfare services. Peer support specialists will offer details on what makes these powerful programs work and what you can do to start one in your community.
Peer support programs play an integral role in an effective system of care for families. Goals of peer support programs include to: 1) expedite access to substance use services and treatment, 2) reduce obstacles to recovery, 3) support families to meet the requirements of their treatment and child welfare case plans, and 4) help families remain together.
Attendees will learn how to implement the new Four-Module Toolkit for Peer and Recovery Support Programs for Families Affected by Substance Use and Involved with Child Welfare Services and
Understand the benefits of peer support specialist programs to engage families in substance use and other services.
Identify considerations to design a peer support specialist program.
Identify strategies to hire and retain peer support specialists.
Presenters: Hanh Dao, Dawnia R. Flonnoy, Semaj Newton, and Chelsea Schoetzow
NCSACW is a national resource center providing information, expert consultation, training, and technical assistance to child welfare, dependency court, and substance use treatment professionals to improve the safety, permanency, well-being, and recovery outcomes for children, parents, and families.
Development and Validation of an 18-Gene Urine Test for High-Grade Prostate Cancer
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/fullarticle/2817657
From the article: "Can a new 18-gene urinary test for high-grade prostate cancer (ie, grade group [GG] 2 or greater) improve prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening outcomes relative to existing biomarker tests? Findings: In this diagnostic study including 761 men in the development cohort and 743 men in the validation cohort, novel cancer-specific and high-grade cancer-specific genes were identified from RNA sequencing data and optimally modeled in a development cohort, yielding an 18-gene test for high-grade prostate cancer. Applying a testing approach with 95% sensitivity for high-grade prostate cancer to an external validation population, use of the 18-gene test would have reduced the number of unnecessary biopsies performed relative to current guideline-endorsed tests. Meaning: The new 18-gene prostate cancer test may reduce more burdensome additional testing (eg, imaging and biopsy) while maintaining highly sensitive detection of high-grade cancer in patients undergoing PSA screening. "
Microbiome-based therapeutics Published: April 8, 2024
https://www.thelancet.com/series/Microbiome-based-therapeutics
The gut microbiome plays an important part in a number of gastrointestinal conditions, including Clostridioides difficile infection and inflammatory bowel disease. Interest in modulating the gut microbiome, through prebiotics, probiotics, and natural or artificial microbiota therapeutics, has increased markedly in the past decade. Although the field has developed rapidly, it has faced reproducibility issues and encountered safety and regulatory hurdles. This two-part Series explores the development and promise of artificial microbiome therapeutics, and the current and future perspectives for microbiota therapies for treating inflammatory bowel disease.
Genome-first evaluation with exome sequence and clinical data uncovers underdiagnosed genetic disorders in a large healthcare system
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-3791(24)00187-3
From the abstract: "Population-based genomic screening may help diagnose individuals with disease-risk variants. Here, we perform a genome-first evaluation for nine disorders in 29,039 participants with linked exome sequences and electronic health records (EHRs). We identify 614 individuals with 303 pathogenic/likely pathogenic or predicted loss-of-function (P/LP/LoF) variants, yielding 644 observations; 487 observations (76%) lack a corresponding clinical diagnosis in the EHR."
domingo, 21 de abril de 2024
AHRQ EPC Program Grand Rounds - Making Healthcare Safer. April 17, 2024
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Evidence-based Practice Center and the Scientific Resource Center. April 29, 2024, 12:00-2:00 PM (eastern)
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ahrq-epc-program-grand-rounds-making-healthcare-safer
"Black Women Should Not Die Giving Life": The lived experiences of Black women diagnosed with severe maternal morbidity in the United States. April 17, 2024
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/black-women-should-not-die-giving-life-lived-experiences-black-women-diagnosed-severe
"Black Women Should Not Die Giving Life": The lived experiences of Black women diagnosed with severe maternal morbidity in the United States.
Post W, Thomas AD, Sutton KM. Birth. 2024;Epub Apr 2.
Structural racism and discrimination can impede safe maternal care. This qualitative study among Black women highlighted how their severe maternal morbidity (SMM) experiences relate to manifestations of racism through communication failures and stereotyping, differential treatment, and medical errors/near misses.
Unmasking bias in artificial intelligence: a systematic review of bias detection and mitigation strategies in electronic health record-based models. April 17, 2024
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unmasking-bias-artificial-intelligence-systematic-review-bias-detection-and-mitigation
Unmasking bias in artificial intelligence: a systematic review of bias detection and mitigation strategies in electronic health record-based models.
Chen F, Wang L, Hong J, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2024.
When biased data are used for research, the results may reflect the same biases if appropriate precautions are not taken. In this systematic review, researchers describe possible types of bias (e.g., implicit, selection) that can result from research with artificial intelligence (AI) using electronic health record (EHR) data. Along with recommendations to reduce introducing bias into the data model, the authors stress the importance of standardized reporting of model development and real-world testing.
Impact of repeated reimbursement penalties on hospital total quality scores. April 17, 2024
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-repeated-reimbursement-penalties-hospital-total-quality-scores
Impact of repeated reimbursement penalties on hospital total quality scores.
Brewer A, Hughes MC, Patel KN. J Patient Saf. 2024;20(3):198-201.
The Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program (HACRP) assesses penalties on hospitals with high rates of HAC. This study explores the impact of repeated HACRP penalties on hospital improvement and variation by hospital characteristics. When considering all hospitals, repeated HACRP penalties resulted in improved HAC scores. Hospitals with disproportionate shares of Medicare and Medicaid patients showed less improvement; the researchers note that the differential improvement may be due to resource limitations at hospitals serving vulnerable populations (i.e., Medicare and Medicaid patients).
Healthcare Delivery of Clinical Preventive Services for People with Disabilities
Healthcare Delivery of Clinical Preventive Services for People with Disabilities: The purpose of this systematic review was to document and summarize reported barriers and facilitators to the receipt of selected clinical preventive services among people with disabilities, and to identify and synthesize the literature on the effectiveness of interventions to improve the receipt of selected clinical preventive services among people with disabilities.
Prevention in Adults of Transmission of Infection With Multidrug-Resistant Organisms
Prevention in Adults of Transmission of Infection With Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Making Healthcare Safer (MHS) reports consolidate information for healthcare providers, health system administrators, researchers, and government agencies about practices that can improve patient safety across the healthcare system—from hospitals to primary care practices, long-term care facilities, and other healthcare settings.
Patient Safety Practices Focused on Sepsis Prediction and Recognition
Patient Safety Practices Focused on Sepsis Prediction and Recognition: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Making Healthcare Safer (MHS) reports consolidate information for healthcare providers, health system administrators, researchers, and government agencies about practices that can improve patient safety across the healthcare system — from hospitals to primary care practices, long-term care facilities, and other healthcare settings.
Engaging Family Caregivers With Structured Communication for Safe Care Transitions
https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/engaging-caregivers-mhs4/rapid-research
This rapid review summarizes recent relevant literature on patient safety practices (PSPs) focused on engaging family caregivers with structured communication during care transitions and assess the effectiveness of these PSPs to improve safety during care transitions. This review provides information for clinicians, health system leaders, and policymakers to better inform approaches to engaging family caregivers with structured communication to improve safety during care transitions.
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Moving the conversation about obesity beyond the scale By Jonathan IsaacsohnApril 19, 2024
https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/19/moving-obesity-conversation-beyond-the-scale-quality-weight-loss/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_lh3oSHafR8PWtQVcXDV4OBW3d_lkzzCsmwcFoabnH9T7DgCL-Vt_siJAMIwP_amqcp_559yAXa4a5NWDYFmSNe1hKAA&_hsmi=303358707&utm_content=303358707&utm_source=hs_email
Ozempic and other semaglutide drugs have revolutionized obesity in more ways than one. Not only do the drugs provide an effective treatment for weight loss — alongside improving cardiovascular health and easing sleep apnea — but they have helped change the social perception of obesity from a lifestyle choice to a disease. That’s something clinicians have long advocated for; the National Institutes of Health identified obesity as a disease in 1998.
STAT’s Matt Herper and Elaine Chen described the potential cultural impact of these drugs in a prescient piece back in March 2023. And in a new First Opinion, Jonathan Isaacsohn, a cardiologist and CEO of CinRx Pharma, writes that this reframing of obesity helps drug developers because it validates and supports their work. The spotlight on GLP-1 drugs is also fueling interest in what scientists see as the next frontier in this line of research: weight loss drugs that do not reduce lean mass. Read more.
Covid ignited a global controversy over what is an airborne disease. The WHO just expanded its definition Megan Molteni By Megan Molteni April 18, 2024
https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/18/covid-airborne-transmission-disease-who-expanded-definition/?utm_campaign=rss&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8noIlrp9s5hZQQO6iss5Tmy_Ib4-TQUMKWgZIs3f3Lfm3BTwaK-5z5WTOYhJOfeHiXEpqyXSJoY9MUEQ9Rq5q5gWmA1Q&_hsmi=303358707
It took two years of contentious debate, but the World Health Organization has published a new report with a set of more accurate definitions of airborne disease transmission. Until now, the official definition limited the label of “airborne” to a few pathogens, such as tuberculosis and measles, known to float in the air and travel long distances. Now, it includes all situations when transmission happens through inhaled particles. “It feels like finally the end of the most stubborn and senseless resistance to accepting this science,” said Jose-Luis Jimenez, an aerosol chemist at the University of Colorado Boulder.
What remains unclear is how the new definition of airborne transmission will shape efforts to protect and limit future outbreaks, writes STAT’s Megan Molteni. Though the report says that protective measures such as masks and isolation rooms are important to prevent airborne spread, it did not recommend them in all settings, and the cost and politics associated with such measures may prove challenging. Read more.
USDA faulted for disclosing scant information about outbreaks of H5N1 avian flu in cattle Helen Branswell By Helen Branswell April 18, 2024
https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/18/h5n1-bird-flu-scientists-want-usda-genetic-data-faster/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9cSiw6-44E8t8qXKzY_-dTdIwrOTBJWiWTw8CJSRgz0ILAjag-QtWkG2vnAhNRdqLdUcDgFJkLypuNNp9E584zxqWK0A&_hsmi=303358707&utm_content=303358707&utm_source=hs_email
Nearly a month after announcing that milking cows in a Texas herd had tested positive for H5N1 avian flu, U.S. government agencies have been reluctant to share more information. They haven’t said what they know about whether pasteurization kills the virus, and only on Thursday did authorities tell STAT it seems the now 29 affected herds are not part of a single linked outbreak.
This is causing challenges to other countries trying to understand their risk, writes Helen Branswell. “A country with capacity like the United States should be able to generate this information within days,” said Marion Koopmans, head of the department of viroscience at Erasmus Medical Center in the Dutch city of Rotterdam. “I would expect very fast, very transparent updates and it’s somewhat amazing not to see that happening.”
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which is leading the outbreak’s investigation, pushed back against the criticism, saying it is sharing information as it becomes available. But experts believe the delays and what is perceived as a lack of transparency may undermine trust in government agencies, evoking déjà vu from Covid-19 times. Read more.
Save the Date - SAMHSA and HUD's Third Annual Commemoration of National Mental Health Awareness Month Wednesday, May 22, 1 - 2:30 p.m. ET
https://www.samhsa.gov/mental-health-awareness-month?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=b0e09b3699-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_18_01_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-b0e09b3699-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
Save the date to learn more about the latest developments in mental health resource for HUD-assisted communities.
What You'll Take Away:
How to Save a Life: Learn from SAMHSA about their 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
Mental Health Resources: Hear about SAMHSA's Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) from the national and local levels.
Listening Session: Your opportunity to participate in the conversation on mental health in your communities.
Attendees will get slides and a mental health resource list after the event.
SAMHSA Announces New Report Describing Key Elements of a Core Curriculum for Substance Use Disorder
https://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/press-announcements/20240410/samhsa-announces-report-key-elements-core-curriculum-substance-use-disorder?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=5781cf983d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_18_01_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5781cf983d-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
SAMHSA has released a new report with core curriculum content for integration of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment for early-career graduate health care education programs. The Core Curriculum Elements on Substance Use Disorder for Early Academic Career, Medical and Health Professions Education Programs is designed to provide students in medical and health professional programs with training on SUD early in their academic careers, to ensure they have basic knowledge of strategies to identify, assess and treat addiction, as well as to support recovery. It supports several federal efforts to expand education on SUD for the health professional workforce and was initially called for in the Biden-Harris Administration’s National Drug Control Strategy.
2024 Mental Health Awareness Month Toolkit
https://www.samhsa.gov/mental-health-awareness-month/toolkit?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=e9b35fda3d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_12_06_58&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-e9b35fda3d-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=5781cf983d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_18_01_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5781cf983d-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
This year, we are highlighting the importance of mental health at any stage in life. Throughout the month of May, we will share resources to promote mental well-being in various populations including children and youth, older adults, parents, minority groups, and LGBTQIA+ communities. Participate in Mental Health Awareness Month with us by accessing our Mental Health Awareness Month toolkit, which includes Key Messages and Weekly Themes, Social Media Shareables, Hashtags and Best Practices, Digital Stickers, Email Signatures, and Virtual Meeting Backgrounds. Pick and adapt the resources that are right for you!
Save the Date – National Prevention Week May 12 to 18!
https://www.samhsa.gov/prevention-week?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=5781cf983d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_18_01_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5781cf983d-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
National Prevention Week is a public education platform showcasing the work of communities and organizations across the country that are preventing substance use and promoting positive mental health.
This year, National Prevention Week is taking place from May 12 to 18, 2024! Learn more about how you can get involved throughout the week and register for the events taking place. You can help amplify the power of prevention leading up to National Prevention Week and beyond by sharing your #MyPreventionStory on social media, downloading our planning toolkit, and spreading the word about National Prevention Week.
Save the Dates – Words Matter Wednesdays: Advancing Equity Through Language
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/words-matter-wednesdays-a-series-on-advancing-equity-through-language-tickets-770549092077?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=cdadf51564-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_04_01_55&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-cdadf51564-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=5781cf983d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_18_01_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5781cf983d-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
Please join us for a series this May that will explore equitable terminology that promotes social justice for populations where language has often been used to shame individuals, patronize, enforce prejudice, or limit visibility. Each session will provide updated language that helps advance equity within their population of focus.
May 1, 3 p.m. ET — Promoting Equity when Speaking About, and with, Families
May 8, 3 p.m. ET — Promoting Equity for Black and African American Populations
May 15, 3 p.m. ET — Promoting Equity for Older Adult Populations
May 22, 3 p.m. ET — Promoting Equity for LGBTQIA2S+ Populations
May 29, 3 p.m. ET — Promoting Equity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Populations
Minority Fellowship Program Application Due Date: Monday, June 10, 2024
https://www.samhsa.gov/grants/grant-announcements/sm-24-009?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=3d9f27db7a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_10_04_33&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-3d9f27db7a-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=5781cf983d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_18_01_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5781cf983d-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
Minority Fellowship Program
Application Due Date: Monday, June 10, 2024
The purpose of this program is to recruit, train, and support master’s and doctoral-level students in behavioral health care professions to address services disparities for racial and ethnic minority populations.
Anticipated Total Available Funding: $15,396,969
Anticipated Number of Awards: 8
Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) and Child Advocacy: Supporting Family Recovery – Webinar Monday, April 22, 2024 10 a.m. ET
https://pttcnetwork.org/event/medications-for-opioid-use-disorder-moud-and-child-advocacy-supporting-family-recovery/?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=5781cf983d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_18_01_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5781cf983d-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
This interactive webinar will define opioid use disorder (OUD), review adverse effects of opioid use on family dynamics, and review behavioral and developmental concerns for children, including neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). The content will also discuss medications recommended to treat OUD and inform on approaches to support healthy recovery for children and family wellness.
Initiation of Buprenorphine in Outpatient Settings — Virtual Training Tuesday, April 23, 2024 9 a.m. ET
https://opioidresponsenetwork.org/events/?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=5781cf983d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_18_01_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5781cf983d-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D#event=77448271;instance=20240423090000?popup=1
This training will cover a range of evidence-based strategies for initiating buprenorphine treatment within ambulatory care practices. Special attention will be directed towards effective measures that support the transition of patients using illicitly manufactured fentanyl onto prescribed buprenorphine.
Harm Reduction Principles, Strategies and Limits — Webinar Wednesday, April 24, 2024 11 a.m. ET
This workshop will present different definitions of harm reduction, highlight how we all practice harm reduction in our lives, and explain how harm reduction strategies are implemented in different settings, including syringe service programs and psychotherapy. It will also address community concerns and hesitations about harm reduction, ways to reduce the harms of stigma surrounding drug use, and opportunities to build bridges between harm reduction and treatment for people with substance use disorders.
https://mhttcnetwork.org/event/harm-reduction-principles-strategies-and-limits/?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=5781cf983d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_18_01_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5781cf983d-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
Street Psychiatry: Creative Care for People Living Unsheltered — Webinar Thursday, April 25, 2024 3 p.m. ET
https://education.smiadviser.org/Public/Catalog/Details.aspx?id=qqefkXF3eTRRaqv9mU1M4Q%3d%3d&returnurl=%2fUsers%2fUserOnlineCourse.aspx%3fLearningActivityID%3dqqefkXF3eTRRaqv9mU1M4Q%253d%253d&utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=5781cf983d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_18_01_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5781cf983d-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
This webinar offers an understanding of the setting in which street psychiatry has arisen. Street psychiatry offers an innovative, creative, justice-based model of medical and social care when, where, and how people sleeping unsheltered want it. Participants of this webinar will learn essential principles undergirding street-based psychiatric care, practical building blocks for street psychiatry programs, recommendations for adapting mental health care to meet the needs of people sleeping unsheltered.
Farm Stress: Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Indiana Farmers — Webinar Friday, April 26, 2024 1 p.m. ET
https://mhttcnetwork.org/event/farm-stress-addressing-the-mental-health-needs-of-indiana-farmers/?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=5781cf983d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_18_01_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5781cf983d-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
The webinar will focus on the issues faced in our rural communities from a mental health standpoint. Different tools and programs we are currently using to help educate our rural communities and the farm population will be explored. We will discuss how from a mental health standpoint, when dealing with the rural communities, it must be handled differently than those who live in the suburban or city areas.
SAMHSA’s GAINS Center Webinar: Training Treatment Court Teams: Navigating Harm Reduction in Drug Courts Monday April 29, 2024 2 p.m. ET
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GvXSdF_0QtClMJtw2yTUBA?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=5781cf983d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_18_01_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5781cf983d-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D#/registration
Harm reduction is broadly defined as a set of strategies to promote public health by reducing negative consequences associated with drug use for individuals, their families, and the community. It aims to reduce risks and improve quality of life for people experiencing a substance use disorder. Building on our previous webinar, Harm Reduction Practices in Treatment Courts: What Fits and What Doesn’t, this SAMHSA-funded webinar will discuss ways to apply what fits in the treatment court setting.
Psychosis Informed Care in Community Settings: Supporting Insight and Engagement — Webinar Monday, April 29, 2024 2 p.m. ET
https://mhttcnetwork.org/event/eplc-psychosis-informed-care-in-community-outpatient-settings-increasing-engagement-insight-when-working-with-individuals-who-experience-psychosis/?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=5781cf983d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_18_01_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5781cf983d-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
This webinar will provide tips for increasing engagement and understanding insight when working with individuals who experience psychosis. It is part of a series on "Psychosis Informed Care in Community Outpatient Settings" geared towards clinicians working in outpatient settings with clients who present with a variety of mental health conditions including psychotic disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or mood disorder with psychotic features). This series will answer some common questions about working with individuals who experience psychosis and their families including role plays and/or case discussions of common challenges.
Sexual Health: An Essential Part of Recovery — Webinar Series Thursday, May 2, 2024 2 p.m. ET (Session 1)
https://mhttcnetwork.org/sexual-health-webinar-series/?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=5781cf983d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_18_01_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5781cf983d-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
Sexual health refers to physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being in relation to a person’s sexuality. It is not solely the absence of an illness, dysfunction, or infirmity. Sexual health necessitates a respectful and positive approach to life toward sexuality and sexual relationships and the ability to make pleasant and safe sexual experiences that are free of coercion, discrimination, and violence. Living with a mental disorder or substance use disorder can present additional challenges for a person’s sexual health The series is a 4-session introduction to this large and important topic, and will highlight best practices for assessing sexual history, and provide up-to-date information on sexual risk and STI prevention services. Sign up for any or all of the webinars:
Session 1 – May 2 – Sexual Health: An Essential Part of Recovery
Session 2 – May 29 – Discussing & Documenting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI)
Session 3 – June 17 – PrEP Talk: Enabling Mental Health Professionals to Lead in Prevention
Session 4 – July 16 – The Syndemic of HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) and Behavioral Health Disorders
Coping With Behavioral Health Impacts of Climate Change
https://mailchi.mp/cfa1e0b75aa4/dtac-bulletin-coping-with-behavioral-health-impacts-of-climate-change?e=1162024328&utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=5781cf983d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_18_01_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5781cf983d-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
Rising seas, severe flooding, drought, wildfires, and other natural disasters are threatening more communities as the world’s climate changes at an accelerated rate, causing damage to life and property and affecting mental health. Understanding climate change and its impacts on mental health can help individuals, communities, first responders, and other healthcare and mental health providers better understand and tailor their responses to behavioral health issues that arise as people experience climate change and its effects on their environment. The resources in this Bulletin explore strategies, key information, and important next steps for behavioral health professionals, individuals, and communities impacted by climate change-related disasters.
SAMHSA’s Strategic Efforts to Advance Behavioral Health Equity
https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/health-equity-fact-sheet.pdf?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=5781cf983d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_18_01_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5781cf983d-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
To commemorate National Minority Health Month this April, the SAMHSA Office of Behavioral Health Equity (OBHE) is proud to announce the release of its Behavioral Health Equity Fact Sheet. This resource describes SAMHSA’s efforts to advance Behavioral Health Equity by promoting mental health, preventing substance misuse, and providing treatments and support to foster recovery and improve the lives of underserved communities.
Taking Action: Become a Health Equity Leader
https://www.samhsa.gov/blog/taking-action-become-health-equity-leader?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=bd508cdf72-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_17_05_57&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-bd508cdf72-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=5781cf983d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_18_01_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5781cf983d-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
Taking Action: Become a Health Equity Leader
By Walker Tisdale III, MPH, MA, LMSW; and Jennifer Early, Fellow, Office of Behavioral Health Equity
In a 1955 speech, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously declared that of all forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most “shocking and inhumane.” Yet racial and ethnic health inequities remain pervasive across all state health systems. Fortunately, with hard work and the passage of time, health equity progress does take root and grow. Indeed, there are significant advances to achieving health equity for African Americans and other marginalized populations. But the hard work continues, and we must build upon these advancements.
National Action Alliance: Webinars
National Action Alliance: Webinars
April 23 Webinar Will Highlight Advancements by National Action Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety
Registration is open for a webinar on April 23 from noon to 1 p.m. ET to highlight progress made by the National Action Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety. Established by AHRQ on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services, the initiative is a collective effort of federal agencies and private partners to improve the safety of patients and the healthcare workforce across all healthcare delivery settings. Webinar speakers will discuss strategies for achieving 50 percent improvements in preventable harm to patients and healthcare workers. Funding opportunities, resources to improve safety and updates from federal partners will also be featured. Access more information about the National Action Alliance.
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research’s (NIDCR) 75th Anniversary Joint Symposium: Celebrating the Science That Unites Us
https://nhlbiworkshopsupport.certain.com/profile/web/index.cfm?PKwebID=0x4162abcd
Thursday, May 16 from 12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST.
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