CARDIOVASCULAR NEWS
Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Challenge
The Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Challenge, a key part of the Million Hearts® 2022 initiative, identifies and highlights clinicians and teams helping their patients achieve blood pressure control. Since 2012, Million Hearts® has recognized 101 Hypertension Control Champions in 35 states for their success in getting at least 80 percent of their hypertensive patients’ blood pressure under control. These experts have shared the keys to their success: a combination of priority-setting, team delivery of treatment protocols, staff incentives, out-of-office blood pressure monitoring, and more. You and your teams are now challenged to join this stellar group of high performers by submitting your application for the 2019 Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Challenge, open to solo and group practices and health systems that achieve hypertension control rates of at least 80 percent for a 12-month period. Applications can be submitted until April 1, 2019.
Screening for social determinants of health in populations with complex needs: implementation considerations
With the recognition that social determinants of health can account for up to 40 percent of individual health outcomes, particularly among low-income populations, their providers are increasingly focused on strategies to address patients’ unmet social needs (e.g., food insecurity, housing, transportation, etc.). This brief from the Center for Health Care Strategies examines how organizations participating in Transforming Complex Care, a multi-site national initiative funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, are assessing and addressing social determinants of health for populations with complex needs.
Doctors and racial bias: still a long way to go
Read this article in the New York Times highlighting a systematic review published by the Academic Emergency Medicine that gathered all the research on physicians that measured implicit bias with the Implicit Association Test and included some assessment of clinical decision making.
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DIABETES NEWS
Depressive symptom dimensions and medication non-adherence in suboptimally controlled type 2 diabetes
Research suggests differential effects for somatic and cognitive-affective depressive symptoms in predicting health outcomes. Read the study published by the Journal of Diabetes and its Complications, which evaluated differential relations with medication non-adherence among disadvantaged, and predominantly immigrant adults with sub-optimally controlled type 2 diabetes.
Opportunities for complex care programs to address the social determinants of health
In recognition of the underlying social, economic, and environmental factors that contribute to poor health outcomes, many complex care programs are incorporating strategies to address the social determinants of health. This brief from the Center for Health Care Strategies explores opportunities to better meet patients' social needs, including identifying patients' non-medical needs, employing non-traditional workers, partnering with community-based organizations and social service agencies, testing new uses for technology to help address social needs, and identifying sustainable funding to support non-medical services.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Diabetes Alert Day® March 26
Diabetes Alert Day® is coming up on March 26! This is the time to encourage community members to learn their risk for prediabetes by taking the one-minute risk test at doihaveprediabetes.org. A number of Diabetes Alert Day® promotional materials are now available, including the Diabetes Alert Day® Job Aid, the Facebook Live Job Aid and What's Your Why? The Diabetes Alert Day® Job Aid walks you through all the Diabetes Alert Day® resources and explains how you can use them. It includes sample language for e-blasts, social media posts, articles, and more! When planning Diabetes Alert Day® promotions, you will want to refer to this helpful aid.
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EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Apply for the Advanced Leadership Training Program
 The Regional Institute for Health & Environmental Leadership (RIHEL) is now accepting applications for their Advanced Leadership Training Program (ALTP). Since 1999, RIHEL has helped health and environment professionals increase their potential through focused assessments, practical skill building, and networking. Applications are due April 30.
 Attend the annual 1-day Leadership Development EventWHEN: April 26, 2019, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
WHERE: Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, CO
COST: $115 - includes all presentatons, materials and lunch.
Program presentations include:
- From line staff to the C-suite: ensuring diverity and inclusion at all levels of hiring.
- Using stay interviews to retain valuable employees.
- Equity and inclusion as a personal choice: creating a safe, respectful, supportive and inclusive culture at work.
This event is open to everyone and sells out every year, so register soon!
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TOOLS YOU CAN USE
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.
Microsite®Million Hearts
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.
Diabetes at Work website
The user-friendly design features a responsive rotating slider on the homepage, a new drop-down toolbar for each selected topic, and an updated Quick Links section. Your favorite resources like Lesson Plans and Diabetes Basics are still there to help your company prevent and manage diabetes in the workplace.
View website here.
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
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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.
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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