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The QI Chat Room
by The QI Chat Room
The QI Chat Room podcast brings together health centers, county and federal agencies, and more to the table to talk all things QI.
Episodes
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Episode 51 Adolescent Depression Screening & Follow-Up
In this episode, Sonoma Valley Community Health Center shares practical strategies that have helped sustain strong performance in Adolescent Depression Screening and Follow-Up. The conversation explores screening workflows, EHR optimization, behavioral health integration, and other approaches…
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Episode 50 Beyond the Clinic Walls: Partnering for Nutrition
This episode tackles a challenge many health centers face: how to truly integrate nutrition into whole‑person care. We’re joined by partners from Santa Rosa Community Health and the Center for Well‑Being, who are working together to embed nutrition services into clinical care in practical,...
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Episode 49: Aliados Health and Marin Community Clinics Community Health Worker (CHW) Pilot Project to Utilize the CHW Benefit under Medi-Cal
In this episode, we explore the role of Community Health Workers (CHWs) within Federally Qualified Health Centers and how Marin Community Clinics partnered with Aliados Health to design and launch their CHW pilot in response to the Medi-Cal CHW Benefit limitations on FQHCs. This podcast episode…
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Episode 48 Santa Rosa Community Health: Cervical Cancer Screening HPV Self-Swab Test
In this episode, we discuss a major step forward in cervical cancer screening—HPV self-swab testing—and how Santa Rosa Community Health is using it to expand access and equity for patients who have struggled with traditional Pap smears.
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Episode 47 Marin Community Clinics: Cancer Screening
In this episode, we sit down with Marin Community Clinic's (MCC)quality improvement team and discuss their success in increasing breast and colorectal cancer screening rates. Join us to learn more about MCC's strategic interventions to achieve top performance in breast and colorectal cancer...
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Episode 46: Geriatrics Workforce
In this episode, we sat down with Dr. Josette Rivera, a distinguished professor of Medicine and a clinician educator at the renowned UCSF Division of Geriatrics. Kathryn Stambaugh, MPH,MBA, Geriatric Services Director from LifeLong Medical Care also joins us to share their journey on becoming an...
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Episode 45: Prenatal Immunization
This episode features a prenatal immunization discussion with an expert panel from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). It explores the impactful prenatal immunization multi-year project made possible by funding from CDPH and in partnership with Aliados Health and its member health...
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Episode 44: Street Medicine
Street medicine takes health services on the road, creating access outside of clinic walls to serve populations experiencing homelessness and other barriers to care. In this episode, we are introduced to LifeLong Medical Care's Street Dentistry program and the Botanical Bus's Mobile Herb Clinic,...
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Episode 41 Telehealth
Aliados Health Sr. Program Managers Keira Dagy & Jennifer Inden talk with Health Centers about Patient Telehealth survey results, what the data tells them, and what should be taken into consideration in molding best practices when it comes to implementing a sustainable Virtual Care program.
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Episode 43: Enhancing ACE Screening through HMG Care Coordination
First 5 Contra Costa is leading the local effort to implement Help Me Grow, a system of coordination used nationally to connect children to the early screening and community services they need to thrive. The HMG model has been implemented throughout the U.S. and in half of California’s counties....
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Episode 42: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion with CommuniCare Health Centers
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion reforms are critical and challenging. CommuniCare Health Centers strives to be humble and learn from their staff and the communities they serve, as well as commit to their own development in unlearning patriarchal, heterosexist, white-supremist systems, while...
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Episode 40: Street Medicine
Today’s episode features a street medicine conversation with our panel from CommuniCare Health Centers in Yolo County, Ritter Center in Marin County, and Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center in Solano County. According to the Street Medicine Institute, street medicine is the provision of…
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Episode 39: CalAIM: What do health centers need to know?
Join a conversation between Aliados Health's Population Health Department Director, Michelle Rosaschi, and Partnership Health Plan of California's Director of Care Coordination, Katherine Barresi, as they discuss the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) Enhance Care Management or...
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Episode 37: Partnership Health Plan’s Population Health Department
Max Perrey in conversation with Rebecca Boyd Anderson, Director of Population Health for Partnership Health Plan celebrates their 2 year anniversary.
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Episode 36: Culturally Diversified Diagnosis – Hidden in Plain Sight – Reconsidering the Use of Race Correction in Clinical Algorithms
In honor of Black History Month, Dr. Mohamed A. Jalloh, Pharm.D., BCPS, Assistant Professor of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at Touro University California College of Pharmacy and Ambulatory Care Specialist at OLE Health Pharmacy Residency Program, is speaking on the role of race in…
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Episode 35: National Hypertension Control Initiative with the American Heart Association
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically highlighted social inequities in health. In response, the American Heart Association (AHA) is launching a new evidence-based, community-driven effort to reduce hypertension. The National Hypertension Control Initiative (NHCI) seeks to improve health care and...
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Episode 34: How to protect your health with affordable, accessible insurance
This episode features our host Max Perrey in conversation with Eli White and Adam Unger of Covered California. Topics explored include how to protect your health, how to apply for health insurance coverage if you are uninsured, and what's new for those who are already insured.
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Episode 33: Community Information Exchange (CIE) 3 of 3
Building with Community to Advance Health Equity: How to Implement a CIE In this final CIE podcast series episode, join Karis Grounds, Vice President of Health and Community Impact of 211/CIE San Diego, and Sheena Nahm McKinlay, VP of Research & Development of Health Leads as they discuss how to...
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Episode 32: Community Information Exchange (CIE) Session 2 of 3
Building with Community to Advance Health Equity: Authentic Community Engagement Listen in as Brenda Aguilera, Director of Community Transformation, Para Los Niños and Carlos Arceo, Program Manager, Para Los Niños passionately discuss the purpose of authentic partnership with the community to...
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Episode 31: Preparing for Emergencies in Northern California
This episode features our host Max Perrey in conversation with Rocio Rodriguez, Director of Sonoma County COAD, Tom Welch, Deputy Fire Chief of Operations for the Southern Marin Fire District and Melinda Rivera, Local Public Affairs Specialist for PG&E for Sonoma and Lake Counties. Topics include...
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Episode 30: CalFresh Connecting Patients to Nutritional Benefits
This episode is dedicated to increasing public awareness of CalFresh, which helps to improve access to healthy and nutritious foods. QI Chat Room Guest Host Yesenia Mendoza, Aliados Health CalFresh Program Manager, is in conversation with CalFresh representatives from Sonoma, Marin, and Alameda...
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Episode 29: Community Information Exchange (CIE) Session 1 of 3
Building with Community to Advance Health Equity: What is a CIE? Many communities across the country are considering the implementation of Community Information Exchanges, a model established by 211 San Diego, to advance community health. Local leaders in Marin, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, and...
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Episode 28: The Future of Telehealth Visits beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic
This episode features Max Perrey who is the Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Aliados Health. Max will be interviewing our two guest speakers, Dr. Mike Witte, Chief Medical Officer at the California Primary Care Association, and Cindy Keltner, Director of Transformation at the...
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Episode 27: Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
This episode features Dr. Joshua Weil of Kaiser Santa Rosa and the Jewish Community Free Clinic and Dr. Deborah Roberts from the Jewish Community Free Clinic who discuss Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy among staff and patients.
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Episode 26: Patient Care using Community Health Workers & Partnerships
This episode features speakers from the Northern California Center for Well-Being, Carium, and Santa Rosa Community Health who will talk about their work with Community Health Workers (or CHWs) and partnerships that leverage this work.
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Episode 25: The Workings and Exploration of a Clinic Garden and Outdoor Classroom
Last week was Food Champion Week at Aliados Health. We hosted a Food Champion Roundtable event, and taped two podcast episodes related to food and nutrition. This is the second podcast episode and features Edye Kuyper from CommuniCare Health Centers. Edye Kuyper manages CommuniCare Health…
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Episode 24: Alameda County Food as Medicine Initiatives
Last week was Food Champion Week at Aliados Health. We hosted a Food Champion Roundtable event, and taped two podcast episodes related to food and nutrition. This is one of the podcast episodes and features Dr. Steven Chen (Chief Medical Officer) of All In Alameda County and Jessica Jamison, MPH...
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Episode 23: COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts
This episode features Dr. Danielle Oryn and Dr. Lisa Ward. Dr. Oryn is the Chief Medical Officer/Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Aliados Health. Dr. Ward is a Regional Medical Director at Marin Community Clinics (MCC), located in Marin County. Dr. Oryn will be asking Dr. Ward questions about...
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Episode 22: Expanding Food Access & Improving Nutrition Education Through a Food Pharmacy
This episode features Michaela Moss, a health educator from Marin City Health and Wellness Center (MCHW), who will talk about their food access and nutrition education initiatives. This is a unique episode, as it was recorded in March of 2020, just as the pandemic was starting to affect health...
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Episode 21: The Power of Medically Tailored Meals
This episode features Cathryn Couch who is the founder and CEO of Ceres Community Project, a non-profit working to foster health by connecting people to one another and to a healthier food system. Ceres provides 150,000 organic medically tailored meals annually to primarily low-income people...
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Episode 20: Patient-Centered Medical Home Transformation & Behavioral Health Integration
This episode features health center staff Michelle Hill and Avani Bedagkar. Michelle is the CQI Coordinator at Long Valley Health Center (LVHC) in Laytonville, CA. She was the Patient-Centered Medical Home (or PCMH) Project Lead when LVHC applied for certification in 2018 using the new 2017...
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Episode 19: Continuous Glucose Monitoring for Patients with Diabetes
This episode features Julie Vlasis, "Compliance Officer and CQI Coordinator" for Sonoma Valley Community Health Center. In January of 2020, Sonoma Valley documented a promising practice titled “Continuous Glucose Monitoring for Uncontrolled Diabetic Patients”. While a lot has changed since…
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Episode 18: Childcare Resources
This episode is all about childcare. Childcare is an ever-present need for our workforce. Every county in California has a Resource and Referral (R & R) agency that serves as a hub for parents and childcare providers. They connect children and open spots, train providers, and manage financial...
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Episode 17: Patient Portals
This episode features Jennifer Inden, Aliados Health’s Health Information Technology Project Manager. She is joined by three health center representatives who will explore the different facets of realizing a successful Patient Portal. A Patient Portal is a secure website or app which patients can...
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Episode 16: COVID-19 Series – Aliados Health’s Response
This episode is the sixth in our series of COVID-19 focused sessions. The goal of these sessions is to share information with health centers that can help make this challenging time a little bit easier. This will be our last COVID focused session and features Aliados Health’s CEO Dr. Karen Milman...
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Episode 15: COVID-19 Series – COADs, VOADs, & Food Resources
This episode is the fifth in our series of COVID-19 focused sessions. The goal of these sessions is to share information with health centers that can help make this challenging time a little bit easier. Today we’re joined by four guests representing COADs and VOADs of Marin, Napa, and Sonoma...
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Episode 14: COVID-19 Series – Health Center Homeless Response
This episode is the fourth in our series of COVID-19 focused sessions. The goal of these sessions is to share information with health centers that can help make this challenging time a little bit easier. Today we’re joined by three health centers in Sonoma County and one in Marin County to talk...
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Episode 13: COVID-19 Series – What Matters Most to You? Part II
This episode is the third in our series of COVID-19 focused sessions. The goal of these sessions is to share information with health centers that can help make this challenging time a little bit easier. Today we have a continuation of our last episode “What Matters Most to You?” with Dr. Ellen...
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Episode 12: COVID-19 Series – What Matters Most to You?
This episode is the second in our series of COVID-19 focused sessions. The goal of these sessions is to share information with health centers that can help make this challenging time a little bit easier. This episode features Ellen Barnett who is a recently retired family doctor. She practiced…
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Episode 11: COVID-19 Series – Telehealth for QI
This episode is the first episode in a series of COVID-19 focused sessions. Our goal is to share information with health centers that can help make this challenging time a little bit easier. Aliados Health’s Health Information Technology Project Manager, Jennifer Inden, joined this session. She...
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Episode 10: 2020 Policy Priorities & Advocacy
The COVID-19 pandemic is effecting all American lives, especially those that work in our healthcare system. This episode features current COVID legislation in Sacramento as it relates to health centers, and general state policy priorities. Bethany Snyder, Aliados Health’s Advocacy Consultant, and...
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Episode 9: Healthcare and The 2020 Census
This episode features Bethany Snyder, Aliados Health's ( Aliados Health) Advocacy Consultant, and Darlene Rios Drapkin, a Partnership Specialist at US Census Bureau. Our guests will talk about the upcoming 2020 Census. April 1 is Census Day! Every ten years the U.S. government conducts a census…
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Episode 8: Colorectal Cancer Screening Best Practices
This episode features Michael Edwards the director of quality and training at the Community Health Center Association of Mississippi. He will talk about colorectal cancer screening best practices and what his health centers have done to improve their screening rates.
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Episode 7: Nutrition Counseling for Providers
This episode features Trina Higgins, a Registered Dietitian from the Northern California Center for Well-Being. A Registered Dietitian, or RD, is someone who is licensed to counsel patients on their dietary habits. To become a dietitian, one must obtain a four year degree with many specific...
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Episode 6: PHASE for Care Teams
This episode features Jessicca Moore, director of innovations at Petaluma Health Center who will talk about the PHASE program. PHASE stands for Preventing Heart Attacks and Strokes Every Day which is an evidence-based approach that first helped Kaiser Permanente reduce heart disease morbidity by…
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Episode 5: PHASE for QI Leads
This episode features Jessicca Moore, director of innovations at Petaluma Health Center who will talk about the PHASE program. PHASE stands for Preventing Heart Attacks and Strokes Every Day which is an evidence-based approach that first helped Kaiser Permanente reduce heart disease morbidity by…
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Episode 4: HIV Testing and PrEP Management
This episode features Danny Toub from Santa Rosa Community Health in Sonoma County CA, who will talk about their recently documented promising practice titled “HIV Testing Program and PrEP Management”.
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Episode 3: How to Huddle
This episode features Tiffany Jimenez from Petaluma Health Center who will talk about how to huddle as a care team.
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Episode 2: Vaping 101
This episode features Ariel Thomas-Urlik from Sonoma County's Department of Health Services, Impact Sonoma Tobacco and Nicotine Prevention Team who will talk about the vaping epidemic and resources available for health centers to help patients.
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Episode 1: FIT Test Lab Packaging
This first podcast episode features health center Santa Rosa Community Health presenting their new promising practice titled "FIT Test Lab Packaging". This promising practice aimed to increase colorectal cancer screening among patients.
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