NACC Week of 10/29/23

Morning Huddle: Every Tuesday and Thursday

https://mnachc.zoom.us/j/8029150113

!!Staff Shoutouts!!

  • Violet for holding down the dosing department!

  • S/O to Travis + Nurse Julie to coming to the aid of a client.  Your calm and patience made all the difference.

  • Shout out to Tina for not only being a great manager, but an overall outstanding coworker throughout the years. You will be greatly missed here at NACC.

  • Shoutout to Moriah and Molly and their team for the great work on getting patients insured!

     

November NACCaversaries:

  • Courtney Esparza - 6 years

  • Rachel Lukaski - 5 years

  • Natchez Beaulieu - 3 years

  • G Lane - 2 years

  • Mariam Mohammed - 2 year

All Staff Updates this Week

  • Halloween at NACC! Dress up and send Johanna pictures before noon. Lunch provided.

  • COVID vaccine and PTO policy - See email from Chris

  • Security Contact: MIB can be reached at 763-760-3735 if you cant reach them on Vocera

  • JotForms have been updated: There now are separate forms for sending and receiving information. Everyone that had access to the previous form submissions will have access to the new forms. Please see Gregg with questions.

  • All Staff Meeting Tuesday 11/7: On same zoom link as huddle. Emergency Preparedness, Alia, Key Updates

  • Animal Therapy:

    • 11/15; 12/13

New Staff

Upcoming Events + Meetings + Groups + Risk Management Trainings

Risk Management + Area of Focus

Policy & Procedure

  • Incident Tracker : Please take a moment to ensure that you have access to NACCs incident tracker system

  • Tracking incidents, clinical issues, and workplace safety issues is critical for ensuring patient safety, improving the quality of care, and maintaining a secure environment for both staff and patients. By recording and analyzing these events, NACC can identify patterns, implement corrective actions, and continuously refine our processes. This approach reduces risks and fosters a culture continuous improvement.

Wellness + Wins

  • The wellness room has moved to Felicia’s old office between the Care Corridor and DT!

Email 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.

  • Email Encryption: Please do it when sending emails with PHI or PII

OCHIN

  • The OCHIN Team officially had their kick-off call to get the project started. For anyone that would like to sign up for Live OCHIN Demos of the platform, the schedule and registration follow this link.

  • The OCHIN Team now has a public landing page for all updates and information around the OCHIN Epic Implementation Project. Click this link to access and join the team! Please contact Mya or Shannon with any questions.

Department updates

Outpatient Behavioral Health

  • 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 the BH front desk OR enter a request in referral tracker for BH to follow up with clients

  • Behavioral Health Home referrals (for patients who need long term behavioral health supports) Should be placed through orders, please contact Molly at mkrause@nacc-healthcare.org or 612-476-2017.

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

Operations + IT

  • Use Vocera “Call IT” to get in contact with Sara or Johanna

  • Johanna provides IT support for late afternoons.

  • Nicky (Facilities): 612-201-9786

  • Travis’ Cell Phone: (763) 760-9983

  • Security coverage Starting Monday 7/3

    • Mon: 8 am - 6: 30 pm

    • Tues: 8 am - 6:30 pm

    • Wed: 8 am - 6:30 pm

    • Thur: 8 am - 6:30 pm

    • Fri: 8 am - 6:30 pm

Patient advocates + Transportation

Community Health

  • Aldi gift cards for completed Well Child Checks from 1/1/23 to 9/15/23.  Contact Mike or Trudy to provide to patients.

Traditional Healing

  • If your medicine box needs to be filled, email traditionalhealing@nacc-healthcare.org

  • Cedar Ceremony: 11/2

Dental

  • Dental open normal hours.

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

Outreach

  • Weekly syringe clean-up around the neighborhood every Wednesday at 2 PM. All staff are invited to join. James and Tina will be the main contacts for this weekly event.

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

  • Outreach at Avivo Village every other Thursday afternoon from 2pm-4pm

  • Street outreach every Thursday at encampments

  • Every 2nd Tuesday we join Southside HRS popup on Cedar

  • NACC staff are welcome to grab syringe or narcan kits from the DT harm reduction space. When taking supplies, please write down number of kits, type of kit, and date they are taking on White Board in back of DT.

Ashlee Jallen