Free Webinar – October 31, 2017
A Multi-Sector Approach to Improving Child Mental Health: The DC Collaborative for Mental Health in Pediatric Primary Care
9 am PT/10 am MT/11 am CT/12 Noon ET
Dr. Lee Beers
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Director for Municipal and Regional Affairs, Children’s National’s Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health and Child Health Advocacy Institute
Mental health is a significant health need identified in many of our hospital service areas. In this country, approximately 13% of youth live with a serious mental illness, but only about 20% of those with mental illness get the help they need. While primary care providers are often positioned to assess a child’s behavioral problems early on, many feel ill-equipped to make the right referrals, prescribe medications, or manage a chronic condition. To give pediatricians the resources they need, Children’s National worked with other area intuitions to establish the DC Collaborative for Mental Health in Pediatric Primary Care.
This webinar will describe local efforts by Children’s National to integrate mental health services into pediatric primary care. Dr. Beers will describe several key initiatives of the DC Collaborative for Mental Health in Pediatric Primary Care and discuss how taking a health network approach to this complex issue improves outcomes and provides community benefit.
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Social Determinants of Health
The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions conducted a nationally representative online survey of about 300 hospitals and health systems to identify what they are doing to try and address the social determinants of health. Also included in the survey were challenges faced by the hospitals to implement health-focused efforts. This is an excellent resource if your hospital is exploring ways to address the social determinants of health in your community.
https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/life-sciences-and-health-care/articles/addressing-social-determinants-of-health-hospitals-survey.html
Hospital Community Benefit Exceed Tax Exemption 11:1
The American Hospital Association engaged Ernst & Young to quantify hospital tax exemption and the associated value of community benefit contributions. “According to the report, non-profit hospitals in 2013, the most recent year for which data is available, were exempt from an estimated $6 billion in federal taxes and provided an estimated $67.4 billion in community benefits.” The report is available at www.aha.org/advocacy-issues/taxexempt.
https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2017-10-10-study-hospital-community-benefits-exceed-federal-tax-exemption-11-1
Job Description for Community Benefit Professionals
Community Benefit Connect has a model job description for community benefit professionals! This job description was developed through a national job analysis process. The job analysis engaged subject matter experts who identified knowledge and task statements needed for the community benefit role. Access the job description here:
The results of the job analysis resulted in five unique community benefit role domains:
- community health improvement and strategic planning
- regulatory requirements, compliance, and reporting
- infrastructure
- external stakeholder engagement
- data collection, reporting and evaluation
The job analysis report is posted at:
Job Posting
Community Benefit Coordinator (Full Time)
BayCare Health System
Clearwater, FL
https://baycare.taleo.net/careersection/external/jobdetail.ftl?job=178839&tz=GMT-04%3A00
If you have a community benefit job posting send it to info@communitybenefitconnect.org and we will post it in our upcoming newsletter. If there is enough interest in providing job postings, we will add a section to our website.
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2018 National Health Care for the Homeless Conference and Policy Symposium
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