NACC Week of 7/5/21

!!Staff Shoutouts!!

  • Shannon for 13 years at NACC!

  • Ying for 4 years at NACC!

  • Leslie for 3 years at NACC!

  • Meilyn for 3 years at NACC!

All Staff Updates this week

  • Technology issues should be resolved. Please email it@nacc-healthcare.org and copy gregg with any outstanding tech issues.

  • Extended medical meeting Tuesday morning. Check on on Coleman + Well Child Checks.

  • MedTrainer trainings must be up-to-date. Please complete these in downtime. Everybody will have an email with outstanding trainings by Friday.

  • Vaccine/ Education at DIW on Friday afternoon/evening

  • Party planning committee will meet on Friday (7/9) in Hinterland from 12:30 to 1:30 pm. Please emailing marketing@nacc-healthcare.org for calendar invite.

Screening schedule for this week (AM, PM)

  • Monday: N/A

  • Tuesday: Registration teams

  • Wednesday: Registration teams

  • Thursday: Lacey, MA (rotating)

  • Friday: Registration teams

Behavioral Health

Notes

  • BH appt zoom room has moved to 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 612-843-5981to 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 Erin at 612-843-5994 when making these referrals.

  • Tim and Todd have expanded availability for ADHD testing. Please place referral for NACC ADHD Testing in orders and ask patients to complete ADHD forms at our website: https://nacc-healthcare.org/forms

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

  • Mind body medicine group: Adults 830am-1030am starts this week. 8-10week group and clients get a 25 gift card for every session. Adults 18+

  • Growing healthily habits (pre teens and teens) Wednesday 1130-1pm starts next week Starts over zoom , weather dependent referrals to Jessica Thurin.

  • Diabetes management group- Thursday at 8:30- Alicia

  • Mental Health PPE- coping in a pandemic- Fridays at 8:30- Alicia and Erin

  • Teen Anxiety group- ages 13-18- Thursdays at 3:00- Lorissa and Nicole

  • Pandemic support group- Friday’s 8:30am-10am Alicia’s Zoom: 476-834-3018

  • Mom’s Group- for pregnant moms, parents and caregivers of children ages 0-2 starting May 20 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm - Donna and Christine

  • Tending to our hearts and souls - Tuesdays (starting June 8th) from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm - Christine

Dental

  • Patients in clinic this week

Outreach

  • Every other Wednesday, Outreach will be joining Southside and IPTF as we go to Kimball Court to do outreach.

  • Every Thursday afternoon, outreach connects with different camps in the area.

  • HIV / HEP-C testing (with COVID vaccines) event in Dollar tree Monday

  • Outreach at Avivo Village begins 7/22. Details coming soon…

Patient advocates + Transportation

  • Patient Advocate team in clinic this week (outreach times above)

COVID Vaccine clinic

  • COVID testing on Tuesday in DT

  • COVID vaccines on Wednesday in DT

  • Vaccines at Avivo Village July 15th

New Staff

  • Shawn Middelton, Qualified Behavioral Health Home Specialist (starts 7/12)

Policy + Procedure Updates

  • Managers: policies in your court are due for review. See Ashlee with questions.

  • Traditional Healing:

    • We are out of sage bundles until harvesting season (late summer). Smudge sticks are available upon request. Please contact Anita (atapio@nacc-healthcare.org)

    • Reminder that if departments are in need of more medicines to email traditionalhealing@nacc-healthcare.org with the reques

Upcoming Events + Meetings + Groups + Risk Management Trainings

  • FOR PATIENTS:

    • Renee and Cristina Drop in group at Mino B: Friday’s at 2 pm. For Women (18+) at the Mino – Bimaadiziwin (Red Lake Building) 2115 Cedar Avenue S.

    • Ribbon skirt event 7/13 -7/15, Patients apply here: https://forms.gle/V8VkP9sQgDhTR6SW9

    • Ribbon shirt event 7/20-7/22, Patients apply here: https://forms.gle/mxWXsqigJnkhtpux8

    • Saturday clinic: Returns 8/14

    • Mammo Day: 8/19

    • Kids Day: Friday, August 27th- To be eligible for backpack and entry to event, patient must be up to date on WCC and immunizations.A working list of eligible patients will be kept on the waiting list function in Centricity named : “Back to School program”

  • FOR STAFF

    • 7/6: Coleman process updates with medical (huddle consolidation, sheep/shepherd reminder)

    • 7/6: Well-child check overview

    • 7/27: All-Staff Zoom: Operations + NACC Processes Overview

    • Saturday clinic: Returns 8/14

    • Training Calendar

    • Indigenous Health Toolkit Trainings for provider team from 8am-9am on the following dates

      • July 20th:  Social Justice orients learners to power dynamics and provides a common framework for understanding adversity.

      • August 3rd: Cultural Empathy engages learners in self-reflection on how one might fit into this work. Together these modules provide a basis for which to build skills for working with IP more specifically. The next two modules provide insights into the current state of health.

      • August 17th: Indigenous History of Colonization and Resilience allows learners to see the diversity and strength while pointing out commonalities in how colonization persistently threatened and sought to erase culture

      • August 24th: The Effects of Colonization: Historical Trauma, Inequity, and Health Disparities examines how history shapes current disparities and has had an intergenerational impact on IP. The toolkit concludes by promoting healing and positive change for clients

      • August 31st: Indigenous Culture and Healing Practices recognizes Indigenous knowledge systems and how to collaborate with client to improve health, such as through work with traditional healers or embracing culture lifeways in preventative healthcare

      • September 14th: Indigenous Health Equity, The Indigenous Patient-Provider Relationship focuses on the providers role in providing cultural safety and proposes models for clinical care using a more holistic, Indigenous focused lens

      • September 28th: Decolonization of Health Systems, addresses the need for change on a systemic level and imagines culturally safe and decolonized care environments, offering tools to advocate for patients on systems levels

    • Workout Wednesday every Wednesday at 4 pm via Zoom. Join here: https://mnachc.zoom.us/j/3427741058

      • Please contact Jessica Thurin if you have any questions

Risk Management: Area of Focus

Gregg Harrison