Key Staff and Contact Information
HRSA IEA (formerly ORO) Fact Sheet (PDF - 78 KB)
We designed these webinars for healthcare and human service professionals including:
- Physicians
- Physician assistants
- Nurse practitioners
- Nurse midwives
- Nurses
- Counselors
- Social workers
- Case managers
- Educators
- Administrators and other staff
These professionals serve in multiple roles and types of settings including primary care, behavioral health, maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS, Tribal organizations, health departments, hospitals, health centers, schools, and community health settings.
Cardiovascular Disease in Women and Minority Populations
March 13, 2018
Description: The webinar reviewed differing risk factors for, and presentations of, cardiovascular disease (CVD) for men and women, and explored differences in care patterns and patient outcomes across various populations with CVD (i.e., women, older adults, ethnic/racial groups).
Behavioral Health Integration: Getting from Why to How
March 6, 2018
Description: Designed for health centers in Iowa with newly received mental health and substance use services funding from HRSA, this webinar provided foundational knowledge about behavioral health integration, including a discussion of the six levels of integration as well as critical elements involved in the successful implementation of behavioral health integration.
American Heart Association: Target Blood Pressure and M.A.P. Framework
February 27, 2018
Description: This webinar discussed the importance of blood pressure control, reviewed the updated American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association’s blood pressure guidelines, and explored a framework to improving blood pressure control for patients.
Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) in Action - Adapting MLP to Your Health Center & Community
January 9, 2018
Description: This webinar described: (1) the Medical-Legal Partnership approach and field, and how it aligns with existing health centers' services and priorities, especially enabling services; and (2) the opportunities for multi-sector engagement across all health centers and civil legal aid offices with a focus on population health strategies.
Using Telehealth to Deliver Diabetes Prevention Programs
December 13, 2017
Description: This webinar reviewed key provisions of Medicare’s new diabetes prevention programs (DPP) benefit, described clinical efficacy of using telehealth to deliver DPP, reviewed key considerations at the originating and remote telehealth sites for ensuring successful DPP sessions, and identified basic related technology and equipment.
HPV Vaccination Strategies for Cancer Prevention
September 29, 2017
Description: This webinar reviewed the burden of HPV disease, the importance of HPV vaccination for cancer prevention, and the rationale for vaccinating youth at ages 11 or 12.
Environmental Health Hazards for Children: What Providers Need to Know
September 26, 2017
Description: This webinar reviewed how to recognize health symptoms of and screen patients for environmental health hazards. Emphasis was placed on care recommendations for pregnant women and children who have been exposed to environmental toxins.
Screening for Obesity among Youth
September 22, 2017
Description: This webinar described the purpose and work of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, how to implement evidence-based recommendations for obesity screening among youth patients, and the challenges of implementing USPSTF obesity management recommendations in practice.
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: What is it and how can it be prevented?
September 17, 2017
Description: This webinar discussed how providers can develop strategies to implement evidence-based recommendations for screening and treating pregnant women presenting with substance abuse disorder. The webinar reviewed evidence-based practices for managing newborns suffering from neonatal abstinence syndrome.
How to Apply for HRSA Grants - Technical Assistance Workshop
August 23, 2017
Description: This webinar highlighted HRSA programs, provided guidance and tips on the HRSA grants application process, and generated participant interest in applying for HRSA funding opportunities.
Suicide Prevention in Primary Care: Current Approaches
August 22, 2017
Description: Designed for primary care settings, this webinar provided up-to-date information about suicide prevention strategies. The Zero Suicide initiative for health systems, the CDC suicide prevention Technical Package, and a Suicide Prevention Toolkit designed for primary care practices were reviewed.
July 19, 2017
Introduction to Connected Care: The Chronic Care Management Resource
Description: This webinar reviewed how Chronic Care Management (CCM) can be applied in health centers. CCM can improve patient care as well as increase payments to practices for the additional coordinated services provided outside of face-to-face visits.
Opioid Prescribing: Safe Practice, Changing Lives
February 28, 2017
Description: This webinar discussed how to counsel patients and caregivers about safer use of opioids, described strategies for diagnosing and managing opioid-addicted patients, and practiced techniques for safe opioid prescribing. Developed by experts from Collaborative for REMS Education (CO*RE) (part of American Society for Addiction Medicine-ASAM), it incorporated all six units outlined in the FDA blueprint for safe opioid prescribing.
Working Together to Address Opioid Addiction: We are all part of the solution!
February 21, 2017
Description: This webinar discussed how there is a role for all organizations to positively impact the opioid use epidemic, by describing individual and organizational tactics to promote opioid use screening and abuse prevention, and by identifying models of community partnerships that can be effective in reducing opioid abuse.
Medications Used to Treat Opioid Addiction
February 7, 2017
Description: This webinar discussed how to define MAT for opioid addiction, describe risks and benefits of MAT, recognize medications used in MAT, choose and adjust MAT for patients and special populations, and identify MAT resources for providers and communities.
Working Together for the Future: Tapping into Federal Programs and Services in Your Community
January 26, 2017
Description: The webinar highlighted federal programs and services, with an emphasis on how health departments can leverage available resources that may improve health outcomes within the communities they serve.
Know Your Rights: Health and Other Discrimination Protections for the LGBTQ Community
January 10, 2017
Description: This webinar addressed health care, housing, and employment protections for members of the LGBTQ community. We highlighted specific federal nondiscrimination laws, information about how to file a complaint, and examples of positive outcomes for LGBTQ individuals resulting from these protections. The webinar informed participants about their rights and the remedies available if discriminated based on their LGBTQ status.
Cultural Competencies for an Aging LGBTQ Population
December 13, 2016
Description: This webinar discussed the health and social care needs of older adults in the LGBTQ community. We highlighted the special obstacles faced by this population, opportunities to improve cultural competency and best practices to integrate LGBTQ friendly care into your organization.
Trans Health 201: A Deeper Dive from Patient and Provider Perspectives
October 17th, 2016
Description: This 90-minute webinar discussed the health care needs of the trans community from both the patient and provider perspectives.
Participants: HRSA grantees, healthcare providers, public health officials, and advocates
Hepatitis B Prevention and Screening in African Immigrants
September 27, 2016
Description: This webinar discussed the importance of screening and testing for hepatitis and prevention strategies that are effective in African immigrant communities.
Participants: Providers
Improving Healthcare Access for Low-Income Young Adults (18-34)
Description: This webinar series will showcase how to make your service or practice more accessible to young adults (Millennials) in order to retain them in care.
Part 1: Using mobile technologies to meet the healthcare needs of a tech-savvy generation
August 2, 2016 at 1 p.m. EST
Participants: The target audience includes Health Centers/FQHCs, Safety Net Clinics, Primary and Behavioral Health Providers, Youth Advocates, and Program Administrators
Part 2: Innovative strategies to engage and retain minority young adults (18-34) in healthcare
August 24, 2016 at 12 p.m. EST
Participants: The target audience includes Health Centers/FQHCs, Safety Net Clinics, Primary and Behavioral Health Providers, Youth Advocates, and Program Administrators
Hot Topics in Public Health Webinar Series
Part 1: You are the Key to HPV Cancer Prevention
July 12, 2016
Description: Low HPV vaccination rates are leaving another generation of boys and girls vulnerable to devastating HPV cancers. Vaccination could prevent most of these cancers. CDC is looking to you to make an effective recommendation for HPV vaccination when kids are 11 and 12 years old. Provided in this presentation is up-to-date information on HPV infection/disease, HPV vaccine, and ways to successfully communicate with patients and their parents about HPV vaccination. Find out how to reduce missed opportunities by recommending HPV vaccine the same way and same day you recommend other routinely recommended adolescent vaccines.
Participants: This webinar is designed for health care and human service providers. This includes physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, nurses, counselors, social workers, case managers, and other staff who interact with patients. It also includes those who work in multiple types of settings including primary care, geriatric care, maternal and child health care, Head Start programs, STD and HIV care, reproductive health care, mental health, addictions, health departments, hospitals, health centers, schools, and community health settings.
Part 3: Technology-Based Supervision: Extending the Reach of Clinical Supervisors
July 26, 2016
Description: Although clinical supervision has been shown to decrease staff turnover, improve morale, and lead to better client outcomes, scheduling supervision sessions can be challenging, especially in frontier/rural areas. This webinar will define clinical supervision and examine how technology can be used to address some of the barriers to providing and participating in clinical supervision.
Participants: This webinar is designed for health care and human service providers involved (directly or indirectly) in the provision of behavioral health services. This includes physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, nurses, counselors, social workers, case managers, and other staff who interact with patients, who work in multiple types of settings including primary care, geriatric care, maternal and child health care, Head Start programs, STD/HIV and reproductive health care, mental health, addictions, health departments, hospitals, health centers, schools, and community health settings.
Part 4: Telehealth in Urban Settings: Why it is Right for Your Practice!
July 28, 2016
Description: Telehealth is a rapidly evolving method of delivering services, sometimes associated only with rural geographies as an alternative to traditional health care interaction for reasons such as reducing travel times and increasing provider options for consumers. However, the benefits of telehealth can be equally experienced in urban settings and assist with addressing barriers to health care. As telehealth progresses to be synonymous with health care, it is urgent that all health care providers consider its utility. This webinar will showcase how urban environments can (and do) benefit from telehealth services and feature real examples of telehealth achievements in urban settings.
Participants: This webinar is designed for health care and human service providers working in urban environments. This includes physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, nurses, counselors, social workers, case managers, and other staff who interact with patients, who work in multiple types of settings including primary care, geriatric care, maternal and child health care, Head Start programs, STD/HIV and reproductive health care, mental health, addictions, health departments, hospitals, health centers, schools, and community health settings.
Part 5: Opioid Prescribing: Save Practice, Changing Lives
August 3, 2016
Description: More people died from drug overdoses in 2014 than in any year on record. The majority of drug overdose deaths (more than six out of ten) involve an opioid. Since 1999, the rate of overdose deaths involving opioids nearly quadrupled. From 2000 to 2014 nearly half a million people died from drug overdoses. 78 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose. We now know that overdoses from prescription opioid pain relievers are a driving factor in the 15-year increase in opioid overdose deaths. Since 1999, the amount of prescription opioids sold in the U.S. nearly quadrupled, yet there has not been an overall change in the amount of pain that Americans report. Deaths from prescription opioids-drugs like oxycodone, hydrocodone, and methadone-have also quadrupled since 1999. Please attend this webinar if you want to be part of the solution to the opioid public health crisis by learning essential clinical knowledge and methods for safe opioid prescribing. Attend this webinar if you want to:
- Counsel patients and caregivers about safer use of opioids;
- Describe strategies for diagnosing and managing opioid-addicted patients; and
- Practice techniques for safe opioid prescribing.
Participants: This webinar is designed for health care and human service providers including physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, nurses, counselors, social workers, case managers, and other staff who interact with patients, who work in multiple types of settings including primary care, geriatric care, maternal and child health care, Head Start programs, STD/HIV and reproductive health care, mental health, addictions, health departments, hospitals, health centers, schools, and community health settings.
Children's Food Insecurity in the Summer: The Role of Clinicians and Health Providers in Connecting Children to the Summer Meals Program
June 15, 2016
Description: This ORO webinar, in coordination with USDA regional partners and the Western Region Public Health Training Center, will highlight how clinicians and other health care providers who care for vulnerable children can play a role in addressing hunger in the summer months. Presenters will discuss food insecurity and describe how to connect children to resources such as the USDA's Summer Meals Program and HRSA's Community Health Center network. Additionally, participants will learn how a community health center can serve as a place where children access meals during the summer months and also be connected to important health and social services.
Participants: Clinicians and health care providers
Addressing the Behavioral Health Needs of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Patients
June 13, 2016
Description: This webinar aims to build competency to address the behavioral health needs of transgender and gender non-conforming patients in a culturally appropriate manner. It will feature promising practices of Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grantees. Additionally, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights will discuss the proposed nondiscrimination rule under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act.
Participants: The target audience includes HRSA grantees, health care providers, public health officials, and advocates wanting to improve competency in regards to serving the needs of transgender and gender non-conforming patients in their practices.
Project Connect: Promoting Healthy Relationships in Youth through Clinical Intervention
April 28, 2016
Description: This webinar presents Project Connect, a project designed to improve the public health response to domestic and sexual violence and reproductive coercion in the context of adolescent relationships. This webinar, hosted in recognition of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, is designed for adolescent health and social service providers and focuses on developing skills in discussing healthy relationships with adolescents.
This training will give participants the information, tools, and resources they need to better identify, prevent, and respond to adolescent relationship abuse. It will include how to screen, intervene, and build relationships to refer patients for follow-up care. Data collected in Minnesota as part of the HHS Office on Women's Health/Futures Without Violence funded Project Connect will be presented.
Brought to you by the HHS OASH Region V Adolescent Health Network in partnership with HHS Health Resources and Services Administration-Region V, the Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women, and Futures Without Violence.
Participants: HRSA grantees, tribal entities, health care providers including physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, counselors, social workers, health educators, case managers, and other staff who interact with patients, who work in multiple types of settings including primary care, maternal and child health care, STD/HIV & reproductive health care, mental health, addictions, health departments, hospitals, health centers, schools, and community health settings.
2nd Virtual Rural Health Symposium
March 31, 2016
Description: The purpose of this webinar is to increase the knowledge of rural health stakeholders of best practices to improve health outcomes and promote strategies to advance population health in rural communities in Region VI. To build upon the knowledge of our regional rural health stakeholders, ORO/Dallas has developed a second segment of the Virtual Rural Health Symposium.
Participants: Rural Health Stakeholders
From Zero to 60: Medical-Legal Partnership Fundamentals & Strategies
March 2, 2016
Description: Addressing patients' health-harming civil legal needs as part of primary care has emerged as a critical strategy for HRSA funded health centers seeking to address the social determinants of health. Over 75 health centers incorporate civil legal aid as part of the healthcare team to help meet the housing, income, education and other needs of low-income populations, with more in the pipeline. Core components of a successful medical-legal partnership feature strong integration of the health and legal partners, shared priorities, funding and mission, and shared communication and training strategies. This webinar aims to help participants understand: the medical-legal partnership (MLP) approach and field, and how it aligns with existing health centers' services and priorities, especially enabling services; the skills, resources and capacity of the civil legal aid community; and the opportunities for multi-sector engagement across all health centers and civil legal aid offices with a focus on population health strategies.
Participants: HRSA grantees, health center staff, public health officials and legal advocates
The Office of Regional Operations offered or supported 25 webinars during 2015. Live webinars reached more than 2,000 HRSA grantees and stakeholders and archives remain viewable, as listed below. Note that audio-only archives remain available for one-year after the event date. Viewable webinar recordings remain available indefinitely.
Rural Hospital and the Health Insurance Marketplace: Aligning Interests
December 16, 2015
Description: The purpose of the webinar is to assist rural hospital senior staff to realize the link between Marketplace enrollment and the best financial interests of rural hospitals, as well as community benefit obligations.
Participants: Rural Hospitals
Health Insurance Coverage and LGBT Families
October 9, 2015 and November 17, 2015
Description: This webinar will outline how the Affordable Care Act has improved access to health care for LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) individuals. Discussion topics will include eligibility for obtaining health insurance coverage for LGBT families and legal rights in the health care setting. The target audience is HHS and HRSA grantees, healthcare providers, public health officials, and community advocates wanting to improve their competency in serving the needs of the LGBT patients in their practices. This session is brought to you by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Health Resources and Services Administration, Office for Civil Rights, Administration for Children and Families.
Participants: HRSA grantees, healthcare providers, public health officials, and community advocates interested in improving their competency in serving the needs of LGBT patients.
Rural Health Symposium
September 16, 2015
Description: To provide TA to rural health Stakeholders in Region VI on how to address challenges impacting rural health providers.
Participants: Regional Rural Health Providers
The Toxic Legacy of Lead: It’s Negative Impact on Children and Society
July 31, 2015
Description: Designed to help participants: a) Outline the historical significance of lead; b) Describe how children can be exposed to lead; c) Identify how lead impacts the physical and mental health of children; and d) Outline strategies for reducing risks for exposure and behavioral interventions particularly within the school setting.
Participants: Health care providers including physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, nurses, counselors, social workers, case managers, and other staff who interact with patients, who work in multiple types of settings including primary care, geriatric care, maternal and child health care, STD/HIV & reproductive health care, mental health, addictions, health departments, hospitals, health centers, schools, and community health settings.
HIV and Behavioral Health: What Providers Need to Know
July 30, 2015
Description: Designed to help participants: a) Discuss common behavioral health issues experienced by people living with HIV; b) Describe HIV risk factors for people with mental health and substance use disorders; and c) Identify strategies to address behavioral health and HIV with patients (HIV- and HIV+) in multiple care settings.
Participants: Health care providers including physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, nurses, counselors, social workers, case managers, and other staff who interact with patients, who work in multiple types of settings including primary care, geriatric care, maternal and child health care, STD/HIV & reproductive health care, mental health, addictions, health departments, hospitals, health centers, schools, and community health settings.
Prescription Drug Abuse: Let’s Stop the Epidemic!
July 23, 2015
Description: Designed to help participants: a) Discuss factors that contribute to prescription drug abuse; b) Describe prescription drug abuse epidemiology in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania; Virginia, and West Virginia (Federal Region III); c) Describe multiple state efforts to reduce prescription drug abuse; and d) Identify strategies to address prescription drug abuse with patients in multiple care settings.
Participants: Health care providers including physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, nurses, counselors, social workers, case managers, and other staff who interact with patients, who work in multiple types of settings including primary care, geriatric care, maternal and child health care, STD/HIV & reproductive health care, mental health, addictions, health departments, hospitals, health centers, schools, and community health settings.
Strategies to Address Opioid and Prescription Drug Misuse: A Five-Part On-Demand Webinar Series
- Part 1: Defining the Scope of Prescription Drug Abuse (July 22, 2015)
- Part 2: Clinical Assessments (July 29, 2015)
- Part 3: Appropriate Opioid Prescribing (August 5, 2015)
- Part 4: Treating Opioid Addiction (August 12, 2015)
- Part 5: Opioid Overdose Intervention and Drug Disposal Strategies (August 19, 2015)
Description: Designed to increase knowledge related to safe opioid clinical practice guidelines, expand treatment of addictive disorders with medication, and expand the use of naloxone.
Participants: Healthcare Providers serving underserved and safety net communities through HRSA-supported programs to include: Federally Qualified Health Centers, Health Center Look-Alikes, Critical Access Hospitals, Rural Health Clinics, Ryan White HIV/AIDS Programs, National Health Service Corps, and State Loan Repayment Programs.
An Introduction to Telemental Health
July 17, 2015
Description: Designed to help participants: a) Identify areas where telemental health services may be beneficial for practice or service setting; b) List five current types of telemental health practice settings; c) Describe the major types of modalities for telemental health services available; and d) Discern services that are legal, ethical, HIPAA-compliant and reimbursable by third party health insurers.
Participants: Health care providers including physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, nurses, counselors, social workers, case managers, and other staff who interact with patients, who work in multiple types of settings including primary care, geriatric care, maternal and child health care, STD/HIV & reproductive health care, mental health, addictions, health departments, hospitals, health centers, schools, and community health settings.
What is SBIRT and why should we use it?
July 16, 2015
Description: Designed to help participants: a) Describe screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) as a public health model; and b) Apply SBIRT to multiple health and behavioral settings.
Participants: Health care providers including physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, nurses, counselors, social workers, case managers, and other staff who interact with patients, who work in multiple types of settings including primary care, geriatric care, maternal and child health care, STD/HIV & reproductive health care, mental health, addictions, health departments, hospitals, health centers, schools, and community health settings.
An Introduction to Habilitation Therapy for Alzheimer’s and Dementia
July 9, 2015
Description: Designed to help participants: a) Describe habilitation therapy techniques for patients with dementia; and b) Identify opportunities to better support aging patients with habilitation therapy.
Participants: Health care providers including physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, nurses, counselors, social workers, case managers, and other staff who interact with patients, who work in multiple types of settings including primary care, geriatric care, maternal and child health care, STD/HIV & reproductive health care, mental health, addictions, health departments, hospitals, health centers, schools, and community health settings.
A Team Approach: Integrating tobacco dependence treatment into routine clinical practice
May 27, 2015
Description: Designed to help participants: a) Describe how tobacco treatment is essential to the “Triple Aim” of better health for the population, better quality healthcare for individuals, at less cost; b) Explain how tobacco prevention and treatment is aligned with chronic care and patient-centered medical home models; c) Apply effective tobacco cessation strategies to populations most at-risk for tobacco-related health disparities, including persons with behavior health conditions; and d) Employ office based tools and resources that will assist in addressing tobacco and other addictions concurrently.
Participants: Persons working in community-based ambulatory care settings including: Community Health Centers, Tribal and Urban Indian Clinics, Family Planning Clinics, Ryan White Clinics, as well as Maternal and Child Health focused organizations working with adolescents.
Addressing the Healthcare Needs of the Transgender Patient
April 18, 2015
Description: This webinar aims to build competency in addressing the clinical needs of transgender patients in a culturally appropriate manner and features promising practices of Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grantees in Region IX—some of which specialize in serving transgender patients - and others which have improved their practices to serve their diverse patient mix.
Participants: HRSA grantees, healthcare providers, public health officials, and advocates wanting to improve their competency in serving the needs of the transgender patients in their practices
Viral Hepatitis C Webinar Series: IDU on the Rise in Young People
Participants: Community health centers, health departments, and hepatitis community partners.
Part 1 (April 15, 2015)
Description: Described the rise of the viral hepatitis epidemic and the consequences for young people who inject drugs.
Part 2 (May 13, 2015)
Description: Described substance use drug overdose prevention, training and education.
HRSA IEA at a Glance
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