ANNOUNCEMENTS
Strategic Planning and Stakeholder Engagement Sessions for Colorado’s Chronic Disease and Tobacco Programs
UPDATE: Stakeholder engagement sessions have been postponed
Stakeholder engagement sessions (originally planned for March/April 2020) have been postponed so that CDPHE, local public health agencies, health care, and other community partners are able to dedicate their staff and resources to respond to the Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) and practice social distancing.
An updated timeline for strategic planning and the stakeholder engagement sessions will be shared at Review Committee meetings, with Tobacco and CCPD grantees, and on Review Committee web pages.
Strategic Planning
Together with its partners, CDPHE’s Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch (HPCDPB) implements strategies that advance health equity and the health of all Coloradans through the promotion of wellness, healthy living, and chronic disease prevention and management. Colorado’s statewide Tobacco and Chronic Disease programs are currently engaging in strategic planning efforts to set the direction for the CDPHE and its partners’ future work on these issues. We want your input.
CDPHE’s chronic disease and tobacco programs contracted with JSI Research and Training Inc. (JSI) to assist with the strategic planning and stakeholder engagement processes for the state’s chronic disease and tobacco programs.
The resulting products of this planning process will include an update to the chronic disease state plan (2021-2030) and the development of a new tobacco strategic plan (2021-2030). The new strategic plans will inform the next directions of the Tobacco and the CCPD Grant Programs. The strongest plans for Colorado must reflect the insights and ideas of our partners and the lessons learned from the evaluation of currently funded projects. The new plans are likely to include Public Health 3.0 concepts that include cross-agency collaborations and address chronic disease, tobacco, and determinants of health. We encourage you to participate in the stakeholder engagement process ahead.
For more information on COVID-19 go to:
CDPHE: COVID-19 Information
CDC: COVID-19 Information
Stay tuned for more information on ways to participate.
Information for health navigators
Information on upcoming competency assessment dates, virtual support hours, and timely COVID-19 resources for health navigators and community health workers are available here.
Community health workers: Evidence of their effectiveness
 The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials and the National Association of Community Health Workers recently published a summary of the research examining community health workers over the past 50 years. This research has focused on assessing their effectiveness in improving health outcomes, reducing health care costs, and bridging the gap in health disparities. This work is supported through the Health Resources and Services Administration’s cooperative agreement with the National Organizations of State and Local Officials. Read the summary.
 Root Cause Coalition: Status of Health Equity Report
This report discusses three actionable strategies to achieve health equity, including:
- Scale innovative solutions to drive a new and sustainable model of care that improves health outcomes as it ensures health equity.
- Align communities and advance authentic collaboration to address the root causes of health inequities.
- Engage and learn from communities most affected by inequities of health and social conditions.
Read more details about how to approach these strategies in the report.
Community Resource Center funding opportunities
Foundations and organizations across the state are coming together to provide emergency funding to support Colorado communities as they respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. For a full list of funding opportunities, please visit CRC's website.
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EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Recording of the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists' (ADCES) live webinar is now available
The recording of ADCES' live webinar on telehealth, "Understand the new COVID-19 telehealth regulations just released by CMS and how you can get up to speed, fast!" is now available online to view here: DiabetesEducator.org/COVID19. On this page, you will also find a link to access the presentation slides and handout materials, as well as links to the live Q&A sessions held on March 27 and March 31.
ECHO for primary care
COVID-19 Just-in-Time ECHO for Primary Care is a drop-in series offered three days a week starting on Friday, March 27. An interdisciplinary panel of experts will be on hand to answer your questions and to share up-to-the-minute information about the spread of the virus in Colorado, where and when patients should be sent for testing, medication management, chronic care needs, telehealth, and many other topics. Learn more and register here. Remember, all ECHO series will be presented as scheduled. Due to demand, the number of participants that can be accommodated will be increased. See the list of upcoming ECHOs.
Webinar: Telehealth during COVID-19: Ensuring reimbursement
WHEN: Thursday, April 2, 12-1 p.m. (MT)
WHAT: Telligen, the Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) for Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, and Oklahoma, in partnership with the University of Colorado Practice Innovation Program, invites you to join a webinar and question and answer session during which expert speakers will provide an overview of the CMS waiver 1135 rules as well as recommendations for coding and documentation for use of telehealth during COVID-19, so that patients can be cared for without leaving the safety of their homes. Learn more and register here.
Webinar: Maximizing patient outcomes: Navigating common barriers to diabetes treatment and adherence
WHEN: Monday, April 13, 9-10 a.m. (MT)
WHAT: Common barriers to adherence involve socioeconomic health system process and communication barriers. Learn from leading experts on how they address these common barriers in the management of type 2 diabetes and CVD risk. RSVP today.
Webinar: A population health strategy to reduce heart disease risk
WHEN: Thursday, April 16, 12-1:30 p.m. (MT)
WHAT: Join the Health Resources and Services Administration for an interactive presentation and discussion with Sam Cykert, M.D. of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chief of the Program on Health and Clinical Informatics and Director of the AHRQ-funded Heart Health NOW initiative of North Carolina. Dr. Cykert will share how to reduce cardiovascular disease risk morbidity and mortality by:
- Stratifying patients by risk.
- Setting up rapid engagement and re-engagement systems to address treatment and lifestyle.
- Adopting a system of dissemination and implementation, where small practices can thrive in our value-based environment.
- Advancing the promise of primary care and quantitatively proving its value.
Webinar: Improving blood pressure control at the community level: Community, clinical and public health leaders share success stories
WHEN: Friday, May 1, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. (MT)
WHAT: Please register to attend the National Forum for Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention’s (National Forum’s) Mid-year Membership Virtual Convening on Hypertension Control. Learn more and register here.
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TOOLS YOU CAN USE
Healthy eating
Looking for nutrition information to guide your patients’ food choices in 2020? The Dietary Guidelines for Americans Toolkit for Professionals has all kinds of materials designed to help you share information from the current Dietary Guidelines with your patients, clients, and peers.
New Million Hearts® in Municipalities Toolkit released
Use the Million Hearts® in Municipalities Tookit modules individually or as a package to identify or expand evidence-based strategies that are appropriate for the specific needs of your community. The target audiences for this toolkit are public health officials, epidemiologists, health system analysts, and clinical care teams working in municipal public health offices, as well as people working in non-governmental organizations and other local public health organizations.
The current state of diabetes in Colorado
This new 2019 report from CDPHE contains up-to-date information on diabetes burden management needs, comorbidities, costs and more.
Colorado Diabetes Educator Facebook group
This group is intended for accredited or recognized Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) programs, or diabetes educators interested in accrediting their program. This is a place for DSMES providers to network, ask questions of their peers, and exchange DSMES-related information. You can request to join here or by searching for “Colorado Diabetes Educator Network” on Facebook.
Healthy Hearts Calculator
The Healthy Hearts Calculator is an interactive tool that provides estimates of projected health and economic benefits from implementing cardiovascular prevention programs and policies. This tool can be a starting point for state health departments, health insurers, and health care delivery systems to better understand how various interventions can impact the health of their population. Additional features and interventions may be added at a later date.
CDC adult obesity prevalence maps
CDC has released the 2018 Adult Obesity Prevalence Maps for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico. Adults with obesity are at an increased risk for many serious health conditions such as heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, some cancers, poorer mental health and more. Obesity costs the United States health care system over $147 billion a year. In addition, research has shown that obesity affects work productivity and military readiness.
Rural telehealth toolkit
The Rural Telehealth Toolkit is designed to help rural communities identify and implement telehealth programs. Developed by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) on behalf of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), the toolkit compiles promising approaches and resources to support rural communities seeking to develop and expand telehealth programs. This toolkit presents practical strategies that can help rural communities identify successful telehealth models, address common implementation challenges and prepare for long-term sustainability.
Map of ADA-recognized and AADE-accredited DSMES program sites
The Community Clinical Linkages Toolkit
The Million Hearts® Collaboration, American Heart Association and other stakeholders have unveiled a new tool to promote community-clinical linkages: The Community Clinical-Linkages Toolkit. The Toolkit organizes an array of resources in a handy grid format to help public health practitioners implement the seven step-by-step strategies that are highlighted in the Community-Clinical Linkages Practitioner’s Guide under the LINKAGE framework.
For more information, visit the Community Clinical Linkages web page.
CDPHE Chronic Disease resources
Chronic Disease State Plan 2018-2020
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is pleased to share the 2018-2020 CDPHE Chronic Disease Plan. This builds on Colorado's existing state plans and outlines CDPHE’s specific role in addressing the chronic disease burden in Colorado through the identification of data, strategic priorities, emerging work to address these priorities and measurable outcomes to map our progress.
Chronic Disease State Plan 2018-2020
VISION (Visual Information Systems for Identifying Opportunities and Needs)
The VISION tool provides data for chronic disease and behavioral health measures in Colorado. The purpose of this tool is to provide data and visualizations for assessments and data-driven public health planning and program work. Data are updated as the data source allows to provide the most recent information for Colorado health measures.
Click here to view data tool.
CORIDOR
CORIDOR (Collection of Online Resources & Inventory Database) is a CDC sponsored online resource portal designed to advance chronic disease prevention and health promotion activities by providing easy access to credible, evidence-based and practical chronic disease prevention tools in one location.
Million Hearts® for Clinicians Microsite
This microsite includes Million Hearts® evidence-based protocols, action guides, and other quality improvement tools to help clinicians and other health professionals reduce their patients’ risk for a heart attack or stroke. Find a place to embed the microsite on your website to stay up to date on Million Hearts® resources.
NIMHD Language Access Portal
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) has launched a new resource for our stakeholders who work with health disparity populations with limited English proficiency: the Language Access Portal (LAP).
Visit the Language Access Portal
Health information to help people with diabetes better manage their health
The health information here is informed by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) research, reviewed by doctors, and provided to help you understand the diseases and conditions you or your loved ones may face.
NIDDK health information
La información de la salud en español
American Diabetes Association provider videos
The American Diabetes Association, in partnership with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Kaiser Permanente, Telligen, and the Colorado Prevention Alliance developed a series of short webinars for health care professionals. There are three sections: diabetes prevention, diabetes self-management education, and diabetes and depression. The videos are available online at no cost and run between 5 and 15 minutes in length.
Link to videos.
Clinical pharmacy resource toolkit
As part of the patient’s health care team, pharmacists can improve disease outcomes by improving medication adherence and providing patient planning, education and counseling. The Community Preventive Services Task Force found strong evidence that team-based care can improve blood pressure control when a pharmacist is included on the team. A new toolkit from The University of Colorado provides sample agreements and resources helpful in integrating clinical pharmacists into the care team. Click for more information.
Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process Resource Guide
These slides were presented by Jeff Durthaler, M.S, BS (Pharm), R.Ph., the Population Health Consultant Pharmacist, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Click to review the presentation.
Updates in Pharmacist Cardiovascular Care online study modules
The University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, with support from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, created a series of online educational modules that highlight the role of pharmacists in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. To view the modules:
- Navigate to ipharmCE.UCDenver.edu (or http://ipharmce.ucdenver.edu/student/exam). You will need to create a profile if you do not have one. To create a profile, enter your email under “New Account Sign-up,” and follow the instructions on the screen.
- Once logged in, click “View All Programs” under Home Study Activities on the left side of your screen.
- Under the group Updates in Pharmacist Cardiovascular Care, click on the individual presentation titles.
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