NACC Week of 07/24/23

Morning Huddle: Every Tuesday and Thursday

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

!!Staff Shoutouts!!

  • Shout out to Ashlee for squeezing in BH request.  V. cool.

  • I want to shout out to the MAs, Nurses, Providers, and support staff in Medical Department for making strong efforts to improve our patient quality measures, your hard work is noticed. Keep up the great work.

  • Shout out to everyone who has been completing timecards before the deadline!

July NACCaversaries:

  • Shannon Klingelhutz - 15 years

  • Tela Amyotte - 9 years

  • Ying Lor - 6 years

  • Leslie Hall - 5 Years

  • Ashlee Jallen - 5 Years

  • Pa Her - 4 years

  • Shawn Middleton - 2 years

  • Javon Ozier - 1 year

  • Amber Svobodny - 1 year

  • Travis Firesteel - 1 year

  • Isaiah Simon - 1 year

All Staff Updates this Week

  • Reminder to all staff to start thinking about using PTO to avoid losing any at the end of the year (120 hours max carryover; special requests to carryover up-to 200 hours for family or medical leave must be made in writing by 11/30, and begin using PTO in excess of 120 hours in the first quarter of 2024).

  • Dr Stately Alia Announcement is on YouTube for those who missed it: https://youtu.be/pF-OPP1Tuuc

  • Animal Therapy

    • 8/1; 8/15; 8/29

Operations + IT + Traditional healing

  • Ashlee OOO: 7/25-7/28 and 7/25-7/28. Contact Johanna or Gregg with any urgent needs

  • Anita and Kevin will be at a conference on 7/27 and 7/28.

  • Sara (IT) Cell Phone: 612-946-0544/ Johanna IT phone 612-476-2018 (on vocera “Call IT” ) 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

  • Equine Therapy Dates (Ashley not available for rides): 7/27; 8/3; 8/18; 8/31; 9/7

New Staff

  • Dr. Williams - Provider

Upcoming Events + Meetings + Groups + Risk Management Trainings

Risk Management: Area of Focus

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

  • Employee Suggestion Box

  • Vocera:

    • Wear it everyday

    • Summon the genie with a push of the button

    • Call [person]

      • first name, last initial

      • First name, department

    • Broadcast

      • To department

      • To Dr Strong: Communicate location / situation

    • Panic: Red Button, broadcasts to all: Communicate location / situation

  • 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

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

  • Tending to our hearts and souls (Grief and Loss) - Tuesdays from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm - Kirsten Farmer

  • Diabetes Management Group - Thursdays from 10:00 am-11:00 am – with Laurie App.

  • Women’s Trauma Healing Group in Behavioral Health.  Meeting via zoom on Wednesdays at 2pm starting on 11/2. Please call BH with questions. 

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