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Long COVID and Care Access: How Technology Can Break Barriers and Support Patients — Video Recording

COVID-19

In this video you will learn about long COVID prevalence, symptoms and sequela. You will hear about the impact of long COVID with respect to care access and associated barriers to care. Information is shared about how technology can increase care access and actions that can be taken at the patient level, community interpersonal level, and health care facilities and health care systems levels.

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LTPAC Driving Clinical Excellence Mastery Session 4a

Long-Term Post-Acute Care

This presentation focuses on measuring success. You will learn about three types of measures, ways to assess health equity in care and identify at least one resource to support implementing a health equity lens into practice.

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Washington COVID-19 Community-Driven Outreach Brochure

COVID-19
Population Health

Comagine Health's primary activities involve partnering with community-based organizations (CBOs) to recruit and train community health workers (CHWs). Comagine Health conducts community-focused empowerment evaluations to gauge the effects of COVID-19 on Black and African American communities in Washington.

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Driving Clinical Excellence Mastery Session 4b

Long-Term Post-Acute Care

This session provided a deeper look at how incorporating the 4Ms of an Age-Friendly Health System into practice will positively impact the care provided to residents and reduce the potential risk of harm. Participants explored the potential impact of implicit bias on teamwork and resident care and the importance of cultural humility when interacting with others. One center shared how they successfully implemented the core elements of an age-friendly health system and how this approach improved resident-centered care. 

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Driving Clinical Excellence Learning Session 5

Quality Improvement

This session focuses on changing the narrative around change fatigue. Participants explored strategies to avoid and overcome change fatigue, assess readiness for change, and maintain continuity when leadership changes. The case study highlights the potential impact of change on residents. Strategies presented in the session will be connected to elements for improving joy in work in support of staff satisfaction and retention.

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CMS Targeted COVID-19 Training for Frontline Clinical and Administrative Nursing Home Staff

COVID-19
Quality Improvement

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality, Safety & Education Portal (QSEP) offers an interactive, scenario-based course that incorporates recent best practices from nursing homes. With this training, front-line staff and management have an opportunity to fine-tune their skills and enhance their ability to address challenges related to COVID-19.

This flyer explains the training options available.

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Driving Clinical Excellence Mastery Session 5a

Quality Improvement

This session focused on recognizing and addressing the impact of change fatigue on staff, residents, and family members, to reduce the potentially negative effects on quality improvement efforts and the quality of care. Large and small group discussion opportunities allowed participants to explore strategies for building a culture of psychological safety that supports engagement to reduce the risk for change fatigue.

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Care Management Overview

Care Management

Comagine Health has a long history of serving as a thought partner to and provider of care management services to state agencies in pursuit of a more equitable, accessible and outcomes-driven system while reducing costs to patients and burden on providers. Our customized services balance our clients’ obligation to be responsible stewards of limited resources and providers’ need for reduced administrative burden so they can deliver quality care as efficiently as possible.

Our patient-centered approach honors individuals’ culture, social context and values — and empowers them to play an active role in making decisions about their own care. When health care is oriented around the unique needs of the patient, it can lead to higher patient satisfaction and better clinical outcomes.

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