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.
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.
Webinar | Substance Abuse and Chronic Conditions
Join Lake Superior Quality Innovation Network for a presentation on the impact of substance abuse on medical conditions including diabetes, hypertension and cardiac conditions.
Event | 2018 Readmissions Action Learning Day: “Working Together to Make Readmissions Rare”
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.
Webinar | Motivational Interviewing Basics for Chronic Health Conditions
Join Lake Superior Quality Innovation Network for a presentation by esteemed motivational interviewing (MI) expert Mia Croyle on basic MI techniques to help elicit behavior change in patients with multiple chronic conditions. Mia will provide a conceptual framework of MI, and teach participants how to utilize MI in their daily work with patients to assist them in initiating and maintaining behavior changes such as diet, exercise and preventative health (immunizations).
Learning Session 5 | Webinar 2: Navigating the Mental Health Complexities of a Progressively Younger Long-Term Care Population
Lake Superior QIN invites you to the second webinar of Learning Session 5: The demographics of long-term care populations are changing: increasingly more younger adults are in need of long-term care. This webinar will cover strategies to identify and address the mental health complexities in this younger long-term care population in order to improve their overall quality of life.
Webinar | Utilizing Integrated Behavioral Health to Improve Chronic Health Conditions
Join Lake Superior Quality Innovation Network for a webinar focused on the connection between behavioral health and chronic health conditions. Learn how behavioral health factors and social determinants can impact the health of your patients, and learn strategies to implement integrated behavioral health care into your practice.
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.
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.
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.