NACC Week of 5/23/2022
Morning Huddle: Every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
https://mnachc.zoom.us/j/8029150113
!!Staff Shoutouts!!
Staff shout out to G. and Alissa in Behavioral Health. I really appreciate their collaborative style and the multitude of ways in which they care for staff.
Shout out to Jessica T for her steadfast work to provide compassionate patient care while keeping our diabetes groups, blood pressure monitor program and continuous blood glucose program humming along magnificently!
Natchez for her creative skill and hard work in putting together the bath bombs and body scrubs for Open House swag bags; handmade always makes things more special!
S/O to Alissa in BH – for being an anchor of stability. Your kindness, empathy, and hilarious sense of humor are an awesome antidote to stress. Grateful to your dedication.
The Open House Prep Crew for packing 100+ swag bags, labeling items, etc. Miigwech for all your hard work!!
Shout out to all staff that helped out with the Open House. We are grateful to have such a great team to count on that anticipates needs and creates a fun and collaborative atmosphere!
All Staff Updates this Week
Mask Reminder: All staff and patients are required to wear masks when in the clinic or at any programming hosted by NACC
Updated Phone Directory in General Teams Files. Please contact Johanna if any information is missing or needs to be edited
Staff Trivia: *Congrats to Cally for winning!!
On the back of our Open House t-shirts are musical notes. What Native American funk rock band played this song? Hint: It goes with our theme of “Love”. Please send an email to Ashlee with band and song name. First person to email the correct answer will win a Pow Wow Grounds gift card!
Behavioral Health
BH is accepting clients for the waitlist again for therapy. Please have clients call BH to be added if they’re not being referred by a NACC medical provider.
There is no longer a dedicated zoom room in the behavioral health clinic, zoom is available by appointment.
BH has 2 half hour same day appointments each day with rotating providers throughout the week. Same day appointments operate on a first come first served basis and may be in person or virtual depending on the day. These must be scheduled by BH.
To schedule elder/spiritual care: call Rachael at the BH front desk OR enter a request in referral tracker for BH to follow up with clients
All groups are via 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 - Kirsten Farmer
Diabetes Management Group - Thursdays from 9:00 am-10:30 am – with Laurie App. 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 spring/summer gear (rain jackets, rain boots, sweaters, etc.) in DT during the next few Monday’s testing hours
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
Ashley out 5/24
New Staff
none this week
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
Johanna can be reached at (612) 476-2018
Upcoming Events + Meetings + Groups + Risk Management Trainings
FOR PATIENTS:
FOR STAFF
Workout Wednesday: 1:30 pm to 1:45 pm in Dollar Tree
Asthma training for Nurses + Providers 6/7
Risk Management: Area of Focus
Incident tracker : Log workplace events/ issues in the incident tracker-
Patient shepherding when behind registration in medical.
Email Encryption: Please do it when sending emails with PHI or PII
Email Scams:
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.