Transcript NAO - Connect for Health Colorado

NAO: A NATIONAL NETWORK OF
AHECS COMMITTED TO A WELLPREPARED HEALTH PROFESSIONS’
WORKFORCE TO IMPROVE ACCESS
TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE
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ROBERT TRACHTENBERG, MS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
NATIONAL AHEC ORGANIZATION
DR. CAROL GIFFIN-JEANSONNE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WESTERN COLORADO AHEC
PRESENTATION TO THE COLORADO
HEALTH INSURANCE/BENEFIT EXCHANGE
MARKETING, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH WORKGROUP
OCTOBER 19, 2011
Robert Trachtenberg; NAO
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Discussion
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History and Overview
AHEC Defined
National AHEC Organization
AHEC By the Numbers
Importance of the AHECs re Health Care Workforce Pipeline
Key Programmatic Initiatives
Impact 2010
On the Horizon
Discussion
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History and Overview
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 AHEC Program created in 1971 recruit, train and retain a health
professions workforce committed to underserved populations.
 Authorizing Legislation: Section 751 of the Public Health Service Act
Title VII; Reauthorized in 2010 ACA
 DHHS/HRSA/BHPr/Division of Public Health & Interdisciplinary
Education/AHEC Branch
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History and Overview
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 Funding
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via Federal cooperative agreements and matching state and local funds
 Recipients
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Schools of Medicine/ Osteopathic Medicine; Parent Institutions; Incorporated
Consortia; Nursing Schools
 Congressional Intent
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That there be an AHEC Program in every state
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National AHEC Organization
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 The National Area Health Education Center Organization (NAO)
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The national organization (incorporated 1997 ) that supports and advances the
national Area Health Education Center (AHEC) network in improving the health of
individuals and communities by transforming health care through education
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Membership: AHEC Programs , Community-Based AHECs & other supporting
individuals and organizations
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Provides resources, communications, training, conferences, technical assistance,
programmatic initiatives aligned with AHEC goals, legislative updates to the
membership
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NAO Leadership: Board members and committee chairs comprised of AHEC Program
and Center leadership
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Area Health Education Centers
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Area Health Education Centers (AHECs)
 Academic and community partnerships that provide:
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Health career recruitment programs for K-12 students
Programs that increase diversity in the health care workforce
Programs that support increased access to quality health care in medically
underserved areas (teaching; community outreach; collaborative partnerships)
 AHECs address health care workforce issues:
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By exposing students to health care career opportunities that they otherwise would
not have encountered
Establishing community-based training sites for students in service-learning and
clinical capacities
Providing continuing education programs for health care professionals, and
evaluating the needs of underserved communities
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AHEC by the Numbers 2011
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 A national network unlike any other in the U.S.
 55 AHEC Programs (53 Medical School; 2 Nursing)
 253 Community-Based AHECs in underserved rural and urban areas
 48 States (Kansas/Delaware) and the District of Columbia, Guam, Palau, Yap,
American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
Republic of the Marshall Islands, Puerto Rico have AHEC Programs
 Affiliated with over 600 colleges and universities and over 1,000 Community
Health Centers
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National AHEC Network
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 48 States, 55 Medical Schools & 253 Community-Based Sites
throughout the country
 Most in rural and underserved communities
 Great capacity to address vital national health issues
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Workforce Pipeline
Collegiate Health Service Corps (NHSC Contract)
Technical Assistance and Evaluation (HRSA Contract)
Provider Education Initiatives
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Smoking Cessation
Adult Vaccination
Community Health Worker Development
 All AHECs are active advocates for improved health outcomes
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AHEC Programs & Centers Distribution
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Key Programmatic Initiatives
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 Connecting Students to Careers
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Goal
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Increase representation of diverse populations in the health care professions
(including allied health) for students K-16
 Connecting (Pre) Professionals to Communities
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Expose health professions students to training at community-based sites: HPSAs
and CHCs
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Key Programmatic Initiatives
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 Connecting Communities to Better Health
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Responding to local health needs and serving as an important link between
academic training programs and community-based outreach programs
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AHECs and NAO actively work to advance and improve health care
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AHECs actively engaged with state Health Benefits/Insurance Exchange
Development
Programming
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Provide innovative, collaborative, multi-disciplinary responses to community
health issues including: diabetes, obesity, asthma, and traumatic brain injury
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Increasing Health Care Professionals
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 Students Introduced to Health Careers K-16: 413,643
 Students in Enrichment Programs K-16: 25,871
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Total Contact Hours: 1,243,134
Total Participants: 476, 595
 Community Based Training Sites: 15,042
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54% Designated Underserved Areas
25% Rural AHEC Sites
16% AHEC Urban Community based Sites
5% Other Sites
 Health Professions Students Trained at Community-Based Sites: 51,722
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MD/DO: 39%
Nursing: 23%
Allied Health: 15%
Other (MH; APN; Ph; PA; PH; Dental, CHW): 23%
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On the Horizon
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 Exploring NAO’s role with HB/IE
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Colorado and Nationally
 To Consider
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NAO developing core educational HB/IE information for consumers
NAO acting as regional offices within states
Providing a cost-effective resource and a community-based infrastructure
Navigators for HB/IE consumers
Capacity for national-based trainings
Thoughts?
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Questions
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Robert Trachtenberg, MS
Executive Director
National AHEC Organization
(414) 908-4953 x131
[email protected]
Dr. Carol Giffin-Jeansonne
Executive Director WCAHEC
(970) 434-5474
[email protected]
http://nationalahec.org
Robert Trachtenberg; NAO
7/7/2015