NACC Week of 2/21/22

!!Staff Shoutouts!!

  • Felicia for 11 years at NACC!

  • Shout out to Cally for going above and beyond to help find Home Health care for our patients and organizing facilities to help fast track patients to the appropriate home health agency.

  • Todd Phelps from the BH department got matched today to the University of New Mexico’s Multiculturalism track- their primary training modality is equine therapy working in a Pueblo on the outskirts of Albuquerque! We are so happy for him and proud of him as he starts heading towards his next big adventure!

  • Ashlee and the planning committee for arranging all the super fun Spirit Week festivities!

  • S/o to Paige for taking on the new role with ease and efficiency. Super happy to have her join the NACC team!

  • A great big thank you to ALL NACCians for…once again…riding the wave of a COVID surge and keeping NACC open and functioning while serving the community.

  • Medical clinic for doing an AMAZING job of meeting patient needs. You have showed up big time during this last Covid surge, and we are so grateful for each and every one of you! Thanks for all you do!

  • Pa for always going out of her way to keep everyone updated and closing the loop on referrals (and lots of other things). Your willingness to go the extra mile is infectious!

All Staff Updates this week

  • Morning Huddle: Every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. We will not have morning huddles on Wednesday/Friday mornings.

  • Traditional Medicines overview during Tuesday’s huddle (2/22/22)

  • Fit Testing 3/1: starting at 8am - Open to all. Send me an email if you want to participate.

  • Be aware of your surroundings. Shhh in admin areas please.

  • Change zoom passwords next week!

Behavioral Health

  • BH Telehealth plan in effect, please see G with questions.

  • Genevieve Lane is BH program manager— she can be reached at 5915

  • Rachael White manages the Registration Coordination station for appointments.  

  • BH appt zoom room is in BH clinic- please send patients to suite 103 in the Ancient Trader’s building if they need a zoom connection

  • BH registration is scheduling appointments - call BH front desk at 612-843-5981 to see if any same days are available

  • BH has limited in person appointments, with rotating providers in each day. The majority of individual appointments and all groups continue to be on telehealth

  • Behavioral Health Home referrals (for patients who need long term behavioral health supports) Should be placed through orders. Please call Shawn at 612-843-6837 when making these referrals.

Groups: call BH front desk to get clients registered: 612-843-5981

  • Tending to our hearts and souls - Tuesdays from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm - Christine

  • Diabetes Management Group - Thursdays from 9:00 am-10:30 am – with Deb D. Please send referrals to Jessica Thurin.

Dental

  • Dental open normal hours.

  • Eastside clinic in St. Paul takes walk-ins 8:30-3 M-F for emergencies

Outreach

  • HIV Testing Event in Hinterland every Monday from 11 am -2 pm

      • Syringe exchange, HCV testing, COVID vaccines, & HEP A vaccines available as well as vouchers for further screening in clinic

      • Drop off winter gear (coats, boots, scarves, etc.) in DT during the next few Monday’s testing hours 11-2 for winter gear drive. Flyer available for accepted items.

  • Outreach at 5th & Lake encampment every Wednesday providing HIV & HCV testing along with other services with partnering orgs

      • Offering $25 Linkage to Care voucher to bring back to clinic to seek any type of service (See Nikki or Tina for gift cards)

  • Outreach at Avivo Village every other Thursday afternoon from 2pm-4pm (NOT THIS WEEK)

  • Street outreach every Thursday at Scooterville/Franklin Ave encampments

  • Outreach/ Linkage to Care support during The Aliveness Project’s Friday pop-up’s on 26th & 16th street from 10-1pm

Patient advocates + Transportation

  • Erin H. will be out 2/24-2/25.

  • Uber Health pilot coming soon to dosing

New Staff

  • BH Crisis Clinician: Aimee Morago

Policy + Procedures

  • Contacting IT: Email: it@nacc-healthcare.org

    • Zach can be reached at 612-843-5982. His cell phone should only be used in emergency situations

Upcoming Events + Meetings + Groups + Risk Management Trainings

  • FOR PATIENTS:

    • Community Baby Shower on Saturday, April 9th at DIW. Contact Moriah or Natchez with questions.

  • FOR STAFF

    • Traditional Medicines Overview during morning huddle on 2/22

    • Fit Testing 3/1: starting at 8am - Open to all!

    • Indigenous Lotus Movement Sessions: Tuesdays/Thursdays from 5:15 pm to 6:00 pm in Dollar Tree Space. Starting Thursday (1/20). See Jessica with questions.

    • Workout Wednesday on pause.

Risk Management: Area of Focus

  • Incident tracker : Log workplace events/ issues in the incident tracker-

  • Email Encryption is now available.

    • Click the “encrypt” button.

    • Send a test to yourself to confirm functionality

  • Email Scams: Please be aware that there are sophisticated email scams going around in which scammers make it look like they are sending an email from Dr Stately (or another member of the NACC team) Here are some tips:

    • NEVER CLICK ON LINKS FROM an email unless you have checked and confirmed with the sender that the link is legit. Text me if you have a question.

    • Never send any information or patient data to anyone without confirming both the email name and the email address the message was sent from.

Ashlee Jallen