Caring as Communities
Community Based Coordination Solutions
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A monthly podcast aimed at addressing gaps in healthcare for our nation’s most vulnerable patients. Caring as Communities interviews healthcare leaders across the country to discuss what care teams, communities, and government agencies are doing to better support individuals with unique care needs—including mental and behavioral health, substance use disorder, social determinants of health, and other complexities of care.
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Jan 23, 2023
Community outreach and complex care
Community outreach is an effective approach to addressing the issues of complex medical and social care, but setting up such programs can pose unique challenges as well. Listen as Natasha Dravid, MBA and Senior Director of Care Management and Redesign Initiatives at the Camden Coalition, shares best practices for creating consistency and long-term financial viability in implementing and maintaining community outreach programs for individuals with complex care needs.
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Dec 19, 2022
Complex care during the holidays
The holidays present unique challenges when it comes to supporting complex care populations. Join in as Jeneen Skinner, Senior Clinical Manager at the Camden Coalition, returns to discuss ways to improve care for complex patients—and the clinicians who care for them!
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Jul 28, 2022
Supporting communities through multidisciplinary care
Patients with high resource utilization are “touching” multiple resources within any given community, but in most places across the country, any care received is happening within silos. Dr. Enrique Enguidanos welcomes Ray Michaelson, Program Manager for the Mat-Su Health Foundation, to talk about the need and best practices for setting up multidisciplinary care teams to break down these silos.
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Jul 5, 2022
Improving Palliative Care
Dr. Joanne Roberts shares with Dr. Enguidanos what we need to understand about death and palliative care—both as healthcare providers and as a larger community—when supporting individuals who have a terminal disease. Join us as Dr. Roberts shares about navigating her own terminal diagnosis as a palliative care physician and how we can better support individuals with terminal diseases to live their life vitally and fully and ensure they're not alone.
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May 24, 2022
Addressing Maternal Morbidity in Vulnerable Populations
In Part 1 of this two-part series on vulnerable populations, guest speaker Kara James—Nurse Practitioner with Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles—talks about the increase in maternal morbidity the U.S. is seeing, its impact specifically on BIPOC communities, and what we can all be doing to better support all mothers and their babies for healthier beginnings for all.
*Correction: It should be 50K women experience life-threatening postpartum complications, not 500K.*
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Feb 27, 2022
Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Data has correlated Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) with increases in adult Rx use, drug dependency, and more. Listen as we discuss with Elizabeth Guroff, MA, LCMFT, and Consultant, Practice Improvement and Consulting, for the National Council for Mental Wellbeing the role ACEs play in population health, why trauma informed care is critical, and the opportunities we have as communities to better understand the role both positive and adverse childhood experiences have on health outcomes and resilience.
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Jan 20, 2022
Addressing Violence Against Healthcare Workers
According to the Critical Care Nurses Association, 80% of nurses report being verbally abused at least once in the past year, and 47% report being physically abused.
Tune in as Kristen Choi and Anna Dermenchyan discuss the increasing importance of addressing violence against healthcare workers, inside and out of clinic walls.
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Nov 23, 2021
The Role of Community Health Workers in Addressing Social Determinants of Health
In this episode of Caring as Communities, *Paula Blackwell, MBA *and *Allison Robinson, MPH *discuss with Dr. Enrique Enguidanos the increasing importance of community health workers in supporting individuals with social determinants of health—as well as the value of having advocates with "lived experience" to help build trust between healthcare providers and communities. *
Guests *
* *Paula Blackwell, MBA, *Executive Director, Central Area on Health Education (AHEC)
* *Allison Robinson, MPH,* Associate Program Director of the Maryland AHEC Program at the University of Maryland School of Medicine Department of Family & Community Medicine* *
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Oct 13, 2021
Caring and Advocating for Provider Mental health, Pt 2.
Learn the mental health challenges faced by nurses and physicians across the country—including burnout compassion fatigue, and moral injury—following the COVID-19 pandemic with the country's leaders in provider health research and advocacy.
Special Guests:
* *Bernard Chang, MD, PhD, FACEP* and Vice Chair of Research and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center
* *Lisa Wolf, PhD, RN, CEN, FAEN*, and Director, Emergency Nursing Research at the Emergency Nurses Association.
Moderator:
* *Dr. Enrique Enguidanos,* CEO, founder, and practicing ED physician for Community Based Coordination Solutions
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Sep 29, 2021
Addressing Social Determinants with Technology Series: Part two, Point Click Care and Collective Medical
HealthTech is paving the way for addressing social determinants of health through a myriad of platforms, softwares, and more. Join us as we talk with health IT industry leader, Benjamin Zaniello—Chief Medical Officer at Point Click Care—in this tech series and get insights for reducing gaps in care.
A practicing Infectious Disease physician, Ben is also a technologist at heart, focused on healthcare innovation for Population Health and the transition to value-based care for all patients. His passion for care transformation comes from firsthand experience. Most recently Ben worked at Providence St. Joseph Health, as their Chief Medical Information Officer in Population Health.
Dr. Zaniello continues to practice in medicine, focusing on Utah’s high-risk populations. His undergraduate work was at Stanford (in Architecture, German, and Computer Science) but he returned home to his native Kentucky for medical school at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. He did his Internal Medicine residency at Weill Cornell Medical Center and Infectious Disease fellowship at the University of Washington where he also received his Master’s in Public Health.
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Jul 20, 2021
Addressing Stigmas in Healthcare
Stigmas promote feelings of isolation, unworthiness, and unwelcomeness, leading to discomfort and distrust. Yet they are a common reality in healthcare—especially for patients with social determinants of health, chronic conditions, or addictions. Drs. *Stephen Anderson, FACEP*, and *Donald Stader, FACEP*, join *Jeneen Skinner* of the Camden Coalition to discuss how we can reduce these stigmas in our workplaces.
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Jun 23, 2021
Engaging Patients with Complex Care Needs
It's the Caring as Communities one-year anniversary, and Dr. Enrique Enguidanos steps away from role of host and instead shares his own insights after over a decade of dedicated work in the complex care space. Tune in as he shares key strategies for engaging patients with complex care needs by working in tandem with community resources.
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May 31, 2021
Addressing Social Determinants with Technology Series: Part one, Aunt Bertha
HealthTech is paving the way for addressing social determinants of health through a myriad of platforms, softwares, and more. Join us as we talk with health IT industry leader, Erine Gray—CEO and founder of Aunt Bertha—in this tech series and get insights for reducing gaps in care.
*Erine Gray has been working on business and technology consulting projects for more than 15 years and is the Founder and CEO of Aunt Bertha. Aunt Bertha’s mission is to make human service program information more accessible to both people and programs. *
*Prior to founding Aunt Bertha, he directed more than 60 employees within a project responsible for administering the application process for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. At the Commission, he delivered more than 40 software and operational improvement projects that saved more than $5 million dollars annually in operating expenses. Erine studied public policy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas and has a…
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Apr 24, 2021
Optimizing Opioid Bridge Programs
Opioids remain a leading cause of death, but success at lowering these numbers is being found through the use of opioid bridge programs that connect individuals reporting to the ED for relief from an opioid addiction with next-day addiction recovery programs.
Arianna Campbell and Dr. Loni Jay, two experts in the California Bridge Program share what successful bridge programs need in this month's episode of Caring As Communities.
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Mar 18, 2021
Creating Coalitions of Care
It's said that "it takes a village," and caring for vulnerable and complex patient populations is no exception.
Listen as Dr. Enrique Enguidanos discusses with *Victor Murray,* Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, and* Cesar Armendariz, *Inland Empire Health Plan, what makes an effective coalition, strategies for getting started, and how communities are pulling together the skilled and financial resources to make these coalitions a reality.
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Feb 14, 2021
Respite Care
M*edical respite care tries to bridge the gap for homeless men and women who are too sick to be on the street or be in the shelter, but not sick enough to need to be in the hospital.
Dr. David Munson, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, and Andy McMahon, Vice President, Health and Human Services Policy UnitedHealthcare Community & State, discuss how to implement successful respite programs in this episode of Caring As Communities.*
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Jan 11, 2021
Solutions for Homlessness
Homelessness remains a key issue for half a million people in the US each year, with the prolonged pandemic and subsequent unemployment and evictions suggesting that number could climb.
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Rob McCann, *CEO of Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington* *and *Damián Mazzotta, *Founder and Chairman of The Shower of Hope and Principle of The Long Term Partners share innovative programs Spokane and greater LA are using to address homelessness—and better care for our communities in need.
*Panelists:
Rob McCann, *CEO of Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington.
Rob joined Catholic Charities in 2000 where he has worked in a number of positions and where he works now as CEO and President. He has spent his career with an emphasis on service, working 4 years with the Catholic Relief Services, 2 years as a Jesuit Volunteer in Oregon and Mexico, and one year in East LA as a Youth Advocate in Gang Alternative Programming. Rob is currently a Board Member and past Chair of the United States Confer…
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Dec 11, 2020
Addressing Homelessness and Healthcare
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted shortcomings in our systemic approach to homelessness. Join *Dr. Jim O'Connell*, Founder of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, and *Bobby Watts, MPH, MS, CPH, *and CEO, National Health Care for the Homeless Council as they discuss what needs to happen at local, state, and federal levels to better house and care for the health of these vulnerable individuals. *CORRECTION: *At 44:44, the statistic should be "only one out of every four households that qualifies receives assistance."
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Nov 16, 2020
Addressing Racial Disparities in Health: Part 2 - Racism in Healthcare Today
The history of racism in medicine dates back to the early days of our country. But even today—generations later—disparities in health continue to impact communities of color as implicit bias, social determinants of health, and other factors get in the way of fair and equal care for all.
Join us for our two-part series—*Addressing Racial Disparities in Health*—as Dr. Terralon Knight, Board Certified Family Physician and CEO/Founder of Knight Coaching, Dr. John Vassall, MD, FACEP, and Physician Executive for Quality, Safety and Equity at Comagine Health, and Dr. Kellee Randle, MD, Hospitalist and CEO of Equity Ventures Plus discuss the history of racism in medicine.
*Terralon Knight, MD, CEO/Founder of Knight Coaching
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Terralon C. Knight is Medical Director of a major health insurance company and CEO/Founder of Knight Coaching, LLC. She is a native of Mississippi and received her undergraduate degree in Biology from Tougaloo College. She obtained her medical degree from the W…
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Oct 27, 2020
Addressing Racial Disparities in Health: Part 1 - The History of Racism in Medicine
The history of racism in medicine dates back to the early days of our country.
Join us for our two-part series—*Addressing Racial Disparities in Health*—as Dr. Terralon Knight, Board Certified Family Physician and CEO/Founder of Knight Coaching, Dr. John Vassall, MD, FACEP, and Physician Executive for Quality, Safety and Equity at Comagine Health, and Dr. Kellee Randle, MD, Hospitalist and CEO of Equity Ventures Plus discuss the history of racism in medicine.
*Terralon Knight, MD, CEO/Founder of Knight Coaching
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Terralon C. Knight is Medical Director of a major health insurance company and CEO/Founder of Knight Coaching, LLC. She is a native of Mississippi and received her undergraduate degree in Biology from Tougaloo College. She obtained her medical degree from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and completed her family medicine residency at University of Texas at Houston.
Dr. Knight has a passion for the underserved, with much of her career spent serving c…
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Sep 26, 2020
The Opioid Epidemic and Facilitating Better Medication Assisted Treatment
Although the opioid epidemic has been a rising concern for years now, the solutions available for those struggling with substance use disorder are slow to follow. Increased regulation about Sensitive Information—combined with the stigma of addiction—has posed unique challenges in the field of Medication Assisted Treatment.
Listen in as Dr. Enrique Enguidanos interviews Drs. Eric Ketcham and Gregg Miller to discuss what can be done to improve the MAT care available and key strategies for addressing the opioid epidemic.
Special Guests:
* Eric Ketcham, MD, MBA, FACEP, FASAM, FACHE, and Emergency Physician & Addiction Specialist at Presbyterian Healthcare Services
* Greg Miller, MD, FACEP, Chief Medical Officer at Vituity
Moderator:
Dr. Enrique Enguidanos, CEO, Founder, and practicing ED physician at Community Based Coordination Solutions
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Aug 20, 2020
Addressing Rises in Substance Use Disorder Post-COVID-19
The CDC recently indicated that a new record was established in 2019, with 71,000 Americans dying of drug overdoses. Since then, social distancing, unemployment, and the subsequent depression and anxiety have lead to a spike in substance use disorder and overdoses. *
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Listen as we discuss what can be done to address the rise in substance use disorder in the wake of COVID-19. *
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* *Anne Zink, MD, FACEP and Chief Medical Officer for the State of Alaska *
Anne grew up in Colorado and moved through her training from College in Philadelphia to Medical School at Stanford and then Residency at University at Utah. She then decided to take a leap of faith to try a job in Alaska for a few years. She fell in love with the people and the place, but also the medicine. Alaska is a small isolated microcosm on the US health care market where certain forces like the distance, lack of referral centers, and no managed care challenge individual providers to help create better systems of ca…
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Jul 20, 2020
Caring and Advocating for Provider Mental health
Learn the mental health challenges faced by providers across the country—including burnout and suicidal ideation—with the country's leaders in provider health research and advocacy.
Special Guests:
* *Bernard Chang, MD, PhD, FACEP* and Vice Chair of Research and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center
* *Lisa Wolf, PhD, RN, CEN, FAEN*, and Director, Emergency Nursing Research at the Emergency Nurses Association.
Moderators:
* *Kat McDavitt,* Head of External Affairs at Collective Medical
* *Dr. Enrique Enguidanos,* CEO, founder, and practicing ED physician for Community Based Coordination Solutions
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Jun 24, 2020
Addressing Gaps in the Behavioral Health Care System
*Overview:
*Join us for a discussion about the disparities facing the behavioral health care system. We'll cover the high cost of mental health care, ending the stigma of behavioral health conditions—including in the workplace, merging behavioral and physical health systems, and expanding and diversifying acute care options for behavioral health.
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*Dr. Scott Zeller*, Vice President of Acute Psychiatry for the multispecialty medical partnership Vituity, Assistant Clinical Professor at both the University of California-Riverside and Touro University medical schools, and Past-President of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry.
Dr. Zeller developed the innovative approach to eliminate emergency department psychiatric patient boarding known as the "Alameda Model" and is known as the creator of the EmPATH Unit concept and co-inventor of On-Demand Emergency Telepsychiatry.
*Deborah Jean Parsons, Ph.D., *Director of Integrated Care at Aspire Health Alliance and co…
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May 28, 2020
COVID-19 and Healthcare Post-Pandemic
As healthcare organizations reach COVID-19 peaks and leaders begin to look at post-pandemic healthcare protocol, it becomes clear that the healthcare scene post-COVID will be very different than it was before the pandemic.
Join Collective Medical’s Head of External Affairs, *Kat McDavitt*, and Community Based Coordination Solutions's CEO and Founder, *Dr. Enrique Enguidanos*, in this inaugural podcast as they interview *Dr. Joanne Roberts*, Senior Vice President and Chief Value Officer at Providence St. Joseph Health System, and *Deborah Kozick*, Associate Director of Delivery System Reform at the Center for Health Care Strategies to see what changes we can expect to see moving forward, and how this will impact our nation’s most vulnerable patients.
*Key Topics:*
* Challenges faced with an influx of inpatient care
* Employee retention during recession and pandemic
* Positive “lessons learned” as a result of COVID-19
* Forward-moving initiatives to address patients wi…
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