Off the Cuff February 11, 2019

 

Off the Cuff: CVH Clinical and Community Connections for State & Local Public Health Departments
Information from state and national partners
Facilitated by the Cardiovascular Health Network of NACDD
Issue 133, February 11, 2019
Contact us at healthsystems@chronicdisease.org

 

Calls and Webinars Worth Your Time


Enhancing Stroke Systems of Care Through Evidence-Informed State Policy Interventions

Tuesday, Feb.12, 2019, 2:30 – 2:50 p.m. ET
Sponsor: CDC Applied Research and Translation Team in the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention

Join the 20-minute coffee break delving into the findings from two policy evidence assessment reports that examined evidence for policy interventions to improve pre-hospital, hospital, and post-hospital stroke care. No need to register, simply join this event via Adobe Connect and call, 1-855-644-0229, Conference ID: 8247938#  


Epidemiology and Evaluation Collaborative Monthly Call
Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, 2 – 3:00 p.m. ET
Sponsor: NACDD CVH TeamThe Epidemiology and Evaluation Collaborative (ECC) is a peer-led group of epidemiologists and evaluators who meet monthly to support each other in navigating 1815 and 1817 epidemiology, surveillance, evaluation, and performance measures. Participants have the opportunity to share resources, discuss what they are working on, ask questions, and provide feedback to CDC. Log on to Adobe Connect and call 1-877-273 4202, room 793-903-441 at the time indicated above. If you’re not receiving emails and agendas from MaryCatherine Jones about EEC meetings, join our listserv by emailing mcjones@chronicdisease.org

News and Resources from CDC, NACDD and National Partners

From NACDD CVH Team
Community eConnect: How to Achieve Successful Bi-Directional Electronic Referrals

Six states are currently utilizing their Year 1 funding to implement Community e-Connect, and NACDD would like to offer the opportunity to additional states for Year 2.  Information is available here

Community e-Connect is a bi-directional linkage between clinical electronic health records (EHRs) and community-based organizations (CBOs). Clinical providers electronically refer patients with diabetes, pre-diabetes, or hypertension to CBOs with programs that can help control these conditions. In turn, CBOs document a patient’s enrollment, their attendance and progress, and electronically send this information back to the clinical provider, where it goes directly into the patient’s EHR.

Using this system, sites in Massachusetts were able to show a sustained decrease in systolic blood pressure of 3.4 mm Hg for patients who received services in community settings compared to a matched sample of patients whose blood pressure was “out of control”.  By the standards of the American Heart Association, these interventions were “highly cost effective.”

Community e-Connect directly supports the following strategies and activities outlined in CDC-RFA-DP18-1815PPHF18:

  • A.6. Implement strategies

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