PMHCA Awardees

The MCHB TA Innovation Center is offering the fourth session of hands-on office hours to assist PMHCA and MDRBD program staff in areas of local program data collection and management. Subject matter experts from Windrose Vision are prepared to support you in the planning, design, and implementation of your local program operations with guidance on evaluation tools and strategies ranging from basic to complex. A sampling of the areas of TA being offered include:

Spreadsheet development and data tracking - Selecting primary program evaluation questions - Selecting measures and instruments to align with program goals - Identifying available data - Collecting new data - Power and sampling strategies - Data analysis

This is an exciting opportunity for you to explore ideas and find solutions to your data collection challenges, as well as methods to measure outcomes for your program. Our local Technical Assistance (TA) office hours have proven to be a resounding success. This collaborative environment allows grantees to share insights, learn from their peers and experts, and receive real-time guidance and advice. We strongly encourage you to participate and bring your unique challenges to the table for discussion and problem-solving.

We look forward to seeing you!

Thank you,

MCHB TA Innovation Center Team

About the Speaker: 

Dr. Charles Macias is the Division Chief for Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Chief Quality Officer, and Vice Chair of Quality for University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a graduate of Stanford University, Southwestern Medical School, and the UT School of Public Health and is a Tenured Professor of Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine.

Drop by and chat over cold coffee or tea with Dr. Kate Remick, Co-Director for National EMS for Children Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC). This chat will provide a space to discuss timely topics related to mental health and the ongoing work of the EIIC including the development of the Toolkit for PMHCAs.

This webinar will provide an overview of HIPAA and FERPA, the two federal privacy laws that are most often implicated when it comes to confidential information in schools and SBHCs. Using case examples, this webinar will address some common questions such as how to know whether records are subject to HIPAA or FERPA and when a release is necessary for information sharing under each law. The webinar will explain the role of state confidentiality and consent laws in answering these questions and provide guidance on how to think through confidentiality and information-sharing questions. It will explore best practices in information sharing and confidentiality designed to maximize the benefits of health care programs, consistent with legal requirements.

Learning Objectives: Participants of this webinar will be able to

• Describe the federal privacy laws that most frequently apply to youth’s health and mental health information in the setting of school-based health centers
• Analyze the intersection of federal health privacy laws, state health privacy laws, and state minor consent laws.
• Explain how the relevant federal and state laws apply to information sharing among the individuals and entities involved in the delivery of health services to students in schools.

Facilitator:

• Katy Stinchfield, MS, LPC, School-Based Health Alliance

Presenters: 

• Abigail English JD, National Center for Youth Law (NCYL)
• Rebecca Gudeman, JD, MPA, National Center for Youth Law (NCYL)

AMCHP and the American Academy of Pediatrics are hosting a virtual learning café series to increase awareness of community-based mental health supports that are available to children/youth and families. Each learning café will include a short didactic presentation, followed by peer-to-peer discussion and questions. Presenters will include staff from MCH Title V programs who have ongoing mental health programs that involve Pediatric Mental Health Care Access (PMHCA) programs and/or pediatric primary care professionals. 

AMCHP and the American Academy of Pediatrics are hosting a virtual learning café series to increase awareness of community-based mental health supports that are available to children/youth and families. Each learning café will include a short didactic presentation, followed by peer-to-peer discussion and questions. Presenters will include staff from MCH Title V programs who have ongoing mental health programs that involve Pediatric Mental Health Care Access (PMHCA) programs and/or pediatric primary care professionals. 

Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program (PMHCAs) and School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) Collaboration: Lessons from the Field

Speakers:

• Laura Hurwitz, LCSW - School-Based Health Alliance (SBHA) 
• Sarah Rosadini - National Network of Child Psychiatry Access Programs (NNCPAP) 

Pediatric Mental Health Care Access (PMHCA) Programs: Guidelines and Considerations for Expanding into School Settings

Speakers: 

• Jill Haak Bohnenkamp, Ph.D.  - National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH)
• Kathryn M. Trainor, Ph.D., NCSP - National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH)
• Laura Hurwitz, LCSW - School-Based Health Alliance (SBHA) 

This facilitated session will follow a small group discussion format that allows for rich interaction among peer awardees to share challenges, lessons learned, and innovative solutions that have been successful related to resource and referral database management.

Thursday, August 17, 2023, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Eastern 

DISCUSSION FOCUS: REFERRAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT

Co-facilitators: John Straus, M.D. & Nancy Byatt, M.D.

Session Moderator: Liz Carr

Questions to Guide the Discussion

1. What data management system(s) are you using? What is working well and what isn’t?
2. If you are using a pre-existing system, what have been the pros and cons?
3. What types of content and functionality does your referral database offer? (e.g., data generation, interface with other systems, user/patient interface, etc.) Is there any content or functionality you want but have not been able to incorporate?
4. How does your current approach work for your program in terms of staffing and sustainability?
5. If you had to start over, what would you do differently? What lessons have you learned that you can share with newer programs?
6. What are your biggest challenges or barriers related to referral database management (in addition to what’s already been discussed) and how are you addressing those challenges?
7. How can HRSA and the MCHB TA Innovation Center help you to address these challenges?

Things to Note:

• Peer-to-peer learning sessions are designed to promote dialogue among peer PMHCA and MDRBD awardees using an informal virtual meeting format to discuss challenges, share ideas and successes, and exchange lessons learned in the implementation of your programs about a range of topics.
•  These sessions will be scheduled for an hour, with an extra 30 minutes built in for additional discussion and Q&A for interested participants. Sessions will be “lightly facilitated”, meaning that the floor is yours and facilitators will be there to keep the discussion moving along, but will otherwise be in the background to allow sufficient time and space for you to engage with one another directly.
• Your feedback on these sessions is welcomed and encouraged. A QR code link to a brief feedback form will be provided at the beginning and end of each session. We want to hear from you!

This Project ECHO® program will focus on supporting pediatric primary care professionals (PCP) to increase their knowledge, competence, and confidence in providing behavioral and mental health care to pediatric patients and their families. The emphasis will be placed on pediatric PCPs to develop and implement effective strategies to foster long-term relational health and healthy mental development as well as identify, treat, and manage mental and behavioral health concerns in the primary care setting, with a specific focus on utilization of Pediatric Mental Health Care Access (PMHCA) programs.