View past recorded events on YouTube.

Webinar: Overview of Substance Use Disorders

Presenter: Corey Waller MD, MS is an addiction, pain, and emergency medicine specialist in Grand Rapids, MI. He works within the Spectrum Health system, a fully integrated health system with 11 hospitals and over 1000 employed physicians. He is the Medical Director of the Spectrum Health Medical Group Center for Integrative Medicine, the Medical Staff Chief […]

Webinar: Atypical Antipsychotics: Indications and How to Monitor

This session will discuss commonly prescribed atypical antipsychotic medications and their indications for use in the primary care and ED setting. It will also examine some of the commonly prescribed “typical”, or traditional anti-psychotic agents and how they are used in clinical practice.

Conference: Many Faces of Community Health

Speakers and focus groups at Many Faces of Community Health Conference will examine the ongoing impact of health reforms on safety net providers and showcase ways to improve care and advance health equity for underserved populations.

Free

Webinar: Health Literacy and Numeracy: By the Numbers

Studies have shown that 40-80% of the medical information that patients receive is forgotten immediately and nearly half the information retained is incorrect. Health literacy and numeracy have a great impact upon patient engagement, compliance, and health outcomes. In this session, the presenter will explore health literacy and numeracy, and discuss the best strategies when using numbers in patient education and communication.

Free

Webinar | New IPF Quality Reporting Measures and Bridge Appointments

Are you aware of the new quality reporting measures coming in July 2016 for inpatient psychiatric facilities? Join us for a webinar overview of the new measures, plus a look at how ProHealth Care System Milwaukee handles transitions of care, including bridge appointments, creating a mobile psych department, and setting up triage protocols in the […]

Webinar | Screening and Addressing Alcohol Use in Primary Care

This webinar is designed to provide the participant an overview of alcohol screening in primary care settings and explain different methods providers can use to address their patients' alcohol use.

Free

Webinar | Patient and Family Engagement in Care for People Who Have Mental Health Concerns

This presentation by Sue Abderholden, MPH, will touch on the experiences of patients hospitalized with mental health concerns, the importance of families and friends, clarification about how HIPAA laws have an impact on sharing of information with these key supports, and how we can reduce stigma around talking about mental health.

Free

Webinar | “A Toolbox with Hinges”: Innovative Strategies to Avoid Readmission to Inpatient Setting

This webinar is designed to provide the participant with an overview of the Case Management Model and provide strategies to avoid readmissions in the inpatient psychiatric facility setting. Audience Inpatient psychiatric facility staff, behavioral health clinicians, discharge planners and case managers Objectives Get an introduction to the Case Management Model Learn how to build relationships with appropriate […]

Free

Webinar | Depression and Chronic Conditions: Why Does This Matter?

Depression can have a profound impact on patients with chronic conditions. This webinar, hosted with the Michigan Community Health Workers Alliance (MiCHWA), offers strategies to identify and address depression in patients with chronic diseases such as depression and hypertension. Audience Social workers, nurses, nurse practitioners, psychologists, behavioral health clinicians, ambulatory staff, discharge planners and case managers Objectives­ […]

Free

Webinar | Screening and Addressing Alcohol Use in Primary Care

This webinar is designed to provide the participant an overview of alcohol screening in primary care settings and explain different methods providers can use to address their patients' alcohol use.

Free

Webinar | Improving Mental Health Care Through Community Partnerships: Two Approaches

Many health care providers struggle to meet the urgent mental health care needs of their patients. Forming collaborative partnerships with other community stakeholders, including paramedics, law enforcement, and care management professionals, can help providers assist patients in accessing needed care more quickly and effectively. This webinar will highlight two different approaches – one using resources in an urban setting, the other in a small rural setting. Through better coordination, these interdisciplinary teams improve patient care, change ED utilization, and reduce inpatient readmissions.

Free

Event | 2018 Readmissions Action Learning Day: “Working Together to Make Readmissions Rare”

Hilton Airport/Mall of America 3800 American Blvd. E, Bloomington, MN, United States

Lake Superior Quality Innovation Network presents the 2018 Readmissions Action Learning Day: "Working Together to Make Readmissions Rare." Learn together with your community peers and develop collaborative approaches to improving quality of care and quality of life by keeping patients healthy and safe at home.

$50

Webinar | The Opioid Crisis: How Did We Get Here?

Join Lake Superior Quality Innovation Network for a presentation on the origins and status of the opioid crisis in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Free

Webinar | Trauma and Its Impact on Behavioral Health Concerns in Primary Care

Childhood and adult trauma are major risk factors for the most common causes of adult illness, death and disability in the United States. Individuals who have experienced trauma have significantly higher rates of depression, substance misuse and suicide. This webinar will introduce some basic concepts of trauma, and trauma informed care, with a specific emphasis on how trauma might impact the way a person presents to primary care.

Free