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Birth Control Methods Chart

Designed for providers to help clients consider their birth control options, this chart takes client autonomy into account and presents birth control methods clients can start and stop on their own and those that require provider involvement (prescription or procedure). The chart highlights method characteristics, including use and frequency, so clients can make informed decisions based on their own preferences.

Bree Collaborative Survey Bank

A collection of surveys that can be used to measure elements of implementation projects within schools, public health organizations, and health care centers.

Case Example for Incorporating Social Needs Into Care: Contra Costa and Health Leads

Contra Costa partnered with Health Leads to integrate patients' basic needs into care delivery. Learn about their challenges and experiences in shifting from volume-based to value-based care.

Clinical guide for treating pregnant and parenting women that use opioids

This guide provides comprehensive, national guidance for management of pregnant and parenting women with opioid use disorder and their infants. The clinical guide helps healthcare professionals and patients determine the most clinically appropriate action for a particular situation and informs individualized treatment decisions.

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care

The guidelines formalize and delineate available evidence-based processes and practices as well as consensus recommendations for safe and reliable high-quality palliative care for adults, children, and families in all care settings.

Collaborative Care for Opioid and Alcohol Use Disorders in Primary Care The SUMMIT Randomized Clinical Trial

Collaborative Care for Opioid and Alcohol Use Key Points Question: Does collaborative care for opioid and alcohol use disorders increase treatment use and self-reported abstinence compared with usual primary care?

Community Priorities in Women, Gender, and Maternal Health

From the Institute for Medicaid Innovation Issue Brief (April 2023)

Defining a Strategy for Value-based Contracting

This workbook was designed to assist BHAs in becoming familiar with elements of VBP, value-based payments, and provide tools to help with these transformation efforts. Ideally, the agency leadership team will have reviewed the Value-Based Payment Practice Transformation Planning Guide developed in partnership with the Healthier Washington Practice Transformation Support Hub, National Council for Behavioral Health, and the Washington Council for Behavioral Health and will have assembled a VBP/transformation team.

Driver Diagram

Driver Diagram A driver diagram is a visual display of a team’s theory of what “drives,” or contributes to, the achievement of a project aim. This clear picture of a team’s shared view is a useful tool for communicating to a range of stakeholders where a team is testing and working.

Education in Palliative and End of Life Care, EPEC

Education in Palliative and End of Life Care, EPEC, is an online program designed to train physicians on the essential clinical competencies required to provide quality end-of-life care. A handbook and video version of the training are both available, as well as slide sets on many palliative care topics. Continuing Medical Education (CME) available.

Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes Toolkit

Integrating ePROs into Care Delivery A new toolkit funded by AHRQ’s Digital Healthcare Research Program is available to help healthcare systems integrate electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROs) into care delivery. The ePROs in Clinical Care toolkit provides evidence-based guidelines and strategies for the use of PROs that are collected electronically, rather than through traditional pen-and-paper methods. The toolkit is organized around three core topic areas where changes may be needed across the health systems: governance, integration and reporting.

End of Life Palliative Education Resource Center

The End of Life Palliative Education Resource Center (EPERC), shares educational resource material among the community of health professional educators involved in palliative care education. Its series of fact sheets provide concise, practical, peer-reviewed, and evidence-based summaries on key topics important to clinicians and trainees caring for patients facing life-limiting illnesses. Fast Facts are designed to be easily accessible and clinically relevant monographs on palliative care topics.

End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)

End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC), an American Nurses Association project, is a national education initiative to improve end-of-life care in the United States.

Engagement in perinatal depression treatment: a qualitative study of barriers across and within racial/ethnic groups

Researchers examined care engagement factors across and within race/ethnicity to better understand previously observed racial/ethnic disparities in perinatal depression treatment.

Evidence-based outpatient miscarriage management

Onsite training: outpatient miscarriage management Onsite training offers evidence-based outpatient miscarriage management, and can help your facility offer evidence-based outpatient miscarriage management. Early pregnancy loss is common, occurring in approximately 15-20% of known pregnancies. It's often managed in the operating room despite evidence showing treatment in outpatient or emergency department settings can save time, cost, is equally safe, and is preferred by many patients.

Family Initiated Treatment (FIT)

HCA launches website about Family Initiated Treatment (FIT) The Health Care Authority (HCA) has information for communities and providers about family initiated treatment (FIT). The site includes information on outpatient FIT, inpatient FIT, and mental health information disclosures.

Financing That Rewards Better Health and Well-Being

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has prepared this brief based on a workshop in June 2021 on the need to transform the United States’ current model of health care financing – which rewards the volume of services provided – to a model that incentivizes integrated payment approaches that are person-centered and holistic in advancing individual, community, and population health.

Food Lifeline and Sea Mar Community Health Centers, Case example

About Food Lifeline and Sea Mar Community Health Centers Founded in 1979, Food Lifeline is part of the national “Feeding America” network that assists in collecting food that would otherwise go to waste to provide meals to thousands of people across Western Washington. Food Lifeline rescues millions of pounds of this surplus food from farmers, manufacturers, grocery stores, and restaurants and focuses on a long term solution to hunger.

Health Equity Principles for Leaders

For communities and their residents to recover fully and fairly from the COVID-19 pandemic, state and local leaders should consider the health equity principles in this resource in designing and implementing their responses. These principles are not a detailed public health guide for responding to the pandemic or reopening the economy, but rather a compass that continually points leaders toward an equitable and lasting recovery.

Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association

The Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association is an organization for individual members of the nursing team working in the specialty of hospice and palliative care across life. The site lists curriculum and other resources specific to advanced nurses, generalist nurses, licensed practical/vocational nurses, and nursing assistants.

Hypertension Daily Patient Guide

This resource is a personal action plan for patients that have high blood pressure. Category: chronic disease prevention and control

Integrating Reproductive Care and Primary Care

Upstream is a national, fast-growing nonprofit working to expand economic opportunity and mobility by reducing unplanned pregnancy in the U.S. We partner with states to provide training and technical assistance to health centers to ensure all women have same-day access to the birth control method of their choice. Our unique approach empowers women to decide when and if they want to become pregnant, improving economic and health outcomes for parents, children, and society.

Long COVID Toolkit

This toolkit is designed to help health care providers, local health jurisdictions (LHJs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) support their patients and clients with understanding Long COVID.

Mayo Clinic "Care That Fits" Resource

Depression Medication Choice Mayo Clinic Shared Decision Making National Resource Center The choice of depression medications in primary care is difficult as there are many choices The best evidence does not indicate clear winners in terms of efficacy The choice is then mostly across agents' toxicity, burdens, and costs, and other issues patients care about Additional resources: Mayo Clinic Shared Decision Making National Resource Center

Medicare Payments for Behavioral Health Integration Services

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services annually updates Medicare guidelines and payments for services provided by medical treating providers for patients participating in a Collaborative Care program or receiving other behavioral health integration services. This Quick Guide on the UW AIMS Center website summarizes the Medicare codes and guidelines.

Medication-Assisted Treatment Models of Care for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care Settings

A number of MAT models of care have been developed and implemented in primary care settings. Research is needed to clarify optimal MAT models of care and to understand effective strategies for overcoming barriers to implementation. The models of care presented in this technical brief may help inform the individualized implementation or MAT models of care in different primary care settings.

MeHAF

The MeHAF is a widely used measure of behavioral health integration that can be used for initial assessment and to follow changes in levels of integration. It is easy to use and makes sense for a range of clinical settings - both primary care and community mental health.

Mental Health in Rural Communities Toolkit

The Mental Health in Rural Communities Toolkit compiles evidence-based and promising models and resources to support organizations implementing mental health programs in rural communities across the United States, with a primary focus on adult mental health. The modules in the toolkit contain resources and information focused on developing, implementing, evaluating, and sustaining rural mental health programs. There are more resources on general community health strategies available in the Rural Community Health Toolkit.

Obesity

Obesity Over a quarter of the adult population in Washington State is considered obese. Adult obesity rates vary among Washington's counties, ranging from 13% to 46%. Adults who are obese or overweight are more likely to develop a number of serious diseases and to die at younger ages than people who are not obese or overweight.

Obstetric Provider Toolkit

The Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program (MCPAP) created this Moms Obstetric Provider Toolkit to assist frontline perinatal care providers in the prevention, identification, and treatment of depression, other mental health and/or substance use concerns in pregnant and postpartum women.

Opioid Medication and Pain: What You Need to Know

If you’ve had an injury, surgery or major dental work, you are likely to have pain. Pain is a normal part of life and healing. Talk with your doctor about how you can get the most effective pain relief with the least risk. Non-Opioid Pain Treatments have Fewer Risks For pain that will likely be gone in a week or two, it is always best to start with non-opioid pain treatments. Opioids may help control pain at first, but they are usually not necessary. Consider other options that may work just as well but have far fewer risks.

Opioid Response Network

Providing education and training at a local level for evidence-based practices in the prevention, treatment and recovery of opioid use disorders, the State Targeted Response Technical Assistance Consortium (STR-TA), funded by SAMHSA, is a response from a large coalition of national professional organizations. The Opioid Response Network, ORN, provides local training and education free of charge for specific needs at a community level.

Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Recommendations

Developed by a Washington state cross-system workgroup sponsored by the Bree Collaborative, the report prioritizes low-barrier access to medications for opioid use disorder across a variety of settings where people with opioid use disorder might seek care, as well models of care that reduce harm as a first priority, provide access to comprehensive primary care, behavioral health care, and resources to support social needs

Palliative Care Conversations About COVID-19

You'll find a compilation of resources: toolkits start-up guides scripts resources articles

Palliative Care Leadership Centers

Fairview Health Services’ Palliative Care Program is designated as one of seven national Palliative Care Leadership Centers by the Center to Advance Palliative Care. These programs host site visits, including training and technical assistance for hospitals and other institutions seeking to start or strengthen their own palliative care programs.

Palliative Care: Patients and Families

Get Palliative Care is an online resource, which provides clear comprehensive palliative care information for patients and families coping with serious, complex illness. Key components of the site include a Palliative Care Directory of Hospitals, a definition of palliative care, and a detailed description of what palliative care is and how it is different from hospice. It also provides an interactive questionnaire to assist people in determining whether palliative care is appropriate for them or their loved-ones. Provided by the Center to Advance Palliative Care.

PalliativeDoctors.org

PalliativeDoctors.org PalliativeDoctors.org is the patient site of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM). It is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. They do hope to provide as much information about hospice and palliative care as possible. Palliative care is for people of any age, and at any stage in illness, whether that illness is curable, chronic, or life threatening.

Pediatric Mental Health Care in the Emergency Department Toolkit

The number of children seeking care for a mental health crisis in an emergency department (ED) is on the rise. With limited mental health services, hospitals in rural areas bear an excessive burden.

Perinatal Support Washington

The first weeks and months of being a new parent can be overwhelming. Perinatal Support Washington offers help navigating the mental health system, they provide information and referrals to local providers, and can complete a postpartum wellness plan.

Person-Centered Customer Service Workshop

Person-centered customer service focuses on enhancing individuals’ health care experience and harnessing our own empathy, compassion and professionalism to reflect back to those we serve. It requires introspection and honest assessment of our organization and culture to improve how we serve by seeing through other individuals’ eyes and walking in their shoes. Customer service is a commitment to help and treat others as we would like to be treated along the continuum of the health care experience at our organization.

Population Health for Front-Line Providers: A Data Driven Approach

In the webinar, Population Health for Front-Line Providers: A Data Driven Approach, Jeff Hummel, MD, MPH and Hub coach, Carolyn Brill, CPHIMS, CHP discussed population health management for a provider audience. This data driven approach includes case examples of depression in people with diabetes and efforts to improve their clinical outcomes. This webinar will explore:

Postpartum Support International

Dedicated to helping families suffering from postpartum depression, anxiety, and distress.

Power to Decide: One Key Question

One Key Question One Key Question® is the groundbreakingly simple way to transform how we support women’s power to decide if, when, and under what circumstances to get pregnant. One Key Question® encourages primary care providers and others to routinely ask women about their reproductive health needs.

PreManage Implementation Toolkit: A Guide for Washington State Behavioral Health Agencies

PreManage Implementation Toolkit: A Guide for Washington State Behavioral Health Agencies PreManage Implementation Toolkit is a care management tool that combines information from participating healthcare partners, including hospitals and emergency departments, primary care practices, and behavioral health agencies, and synthesizes the information into brief, actionable information about individual clients. This toolkit is designed to walk an agency through the process of preparing for and implementing PreManage. It is designed to be used by behavioral health agencies.

Preventing Pregnancy-Related Mental Health Deaths: Insights From 14 US Maternal Mortality Review Committees, 2008-17

A 2021 report in Health Affairs describing the characteristics of pregnancy-related deaths due to mental health conditions from 2008-2017. This report includes data from 14 state Maternal Mortality Review Committees: Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah.

Primary Care Integration: Lake Whatcom Residential and Treatment Center, Case Example

Development of an Integrated Program Lake Whatcom Residential and Treatment Center (LWC) strives to be a hub of services to its clients and to treat the whole person through primary care integration. Between 2011 and 2013, LWC participated in Washington State’s Healthy Communities, Washington Healthcare Improvement Network in order to develop a system to manage care for clients with complex medical needs and to strengthen behavioral health agency collaboration with primary care providers.

Problem Solving Treatment for Patients with Depression

ABOUT PROBLEM SOLVING TREATMENT Problem Solving Treatment (PST), also known as Problem-Solving Treatment – Primary Care (PST-PC), teaches and empowers patients to solve the here-and-now problems contributing to their depression and helps increase self-efficacy. Developed for use by medical professionals in primary care settings, an extensive evidence base shows that PST can effectively be provided in a wide range of settings and with a variety of providers and patient populations.

Problem-Solving Counseling for Depression

Problem-Solving Treatment (PST) is a short-term form of psychotherapy developed for primary care and community settings. It is also known as structured problem solving and focuses on improving coping skills. This therapy has been proven effective for the conditions most commonly treated in primary care – depression and anxiety. PST helps patients: Identify problems Come up with realistic solutions And make an action plan to implement them.

Promoting Chronic Disease Management: A guide for behavioral health care teams

In the new world of integrated care, behavioral health providers are becoming increasingly important in their clients’ chronic disease management strategies. While the symptoms and treatment of chronic diseases can vary, there are some common steps that behavioral health providers and care team members can take to assist clients in understanding, accepting, and managing their chronic disease.

Psychiatry Consultation Line

The Psychiatry Consultation Line, PCL, offers prescribers from primary care clinics, community hospitals, emergency departments, substance use treatment programs and municipal and county jails the opportunity to consult with a UW Psychiatrist about adult patients (18+) with mental health issues or regarding general questions related to mental health and psychiatric care. The service is explicitly to provide “curbside consultation,” but the UW psychiatrist provides a brief, written summary of the recommendations sent to the calling provider via encrypted email.