COIPA May Advocate
COVID - 19
Preparedness 5/20/2020
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In this issue:
- Disposable Masks For Our Members
- Central Oregon OHP Hospital Cap Surplus Distribution for April 2020
- Short Weekly Clinician Survey (ORPRN at OHSU and Larry A Green Center )
- Recent COVID Updates & Resources From OHA
- Medication Management of Type II Diabetes: Bringing Best Practice to Daily Practice
- Technical Assistance For EHR's
- COVID-19 Lab Testing
- Clinics Open & Here To Help
- Staying Informed On COVID-19
- CORD (Central Oregon Resource Directory): Central Oregon Health Council
- Washington State Department Of Health
- Oregon Health Authority
- Homemade Masks From COIPA
- Summit Medical Group Opens Neurosurgery June 1, 2020
- Funding Options: First Interstate Bank
- At Home Work Stations: Pacific Office Automation
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Disposable Masks For Our Members
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On May 26th and May 27th from 7:00am to 4:00pm, COIPA will have our doors open to our members to stop by and pick up a stock of disposable masks that were donated by Deschutes County. Please sign up with the time that you will be coming by so we can have them ready for you.
All that we ask is for you to forward on some photos of your clinic masked up to share with the volunteers behind the scenes at Deschutes County helping to make our community a safer place. Send your pictures to info@coipa.org.
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Central Oregon OHP Hospital Cap Surplus Distribution for April 2020
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Checks are in the mail for the first installment of the 2020 OHP Hospital Cap Surplus distribution for Central Oregon providers/clinics. A detail of funds earned by each provider is included.
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Short Weekly Clinician Survey by
ORPRN at OHSU and Larry A Green Center
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The Oregon Rural Practice-Based Research Network (ORPRN) at OHSU has partnered with the Larry A. Green Center to survey primary care clinics in Oregon. COIPA encourages our members to participate in this important survey and take a look at the results so far (see links below). NOTE: ORPRN and COIPA are working together to support SBIRT adoption and reporting in an unrelated project called ANTECEDENT.
“The Larry A. Green Center is conducting a short weekly clinician survey to better understand response and capacity of US primary care practices to COVID-19. The Green Center generously shares
Oregon results
with ORPRN so we can keep track of impacts in our state.
The survey takes less than 3 minutes to complete. We encourage you to participate on a weekly basis, or as often as you are able. Note that the survey opens on Fridays and closes on Mondays.
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Recent COVID Updates and Resources from the Oregon Health Authority [Added: May 5, 2020]
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COIPA strongly encourages all of our members to visit the Oregon Health Authority’s (OHA) Coronavirus information page frequently for news and updates on the pandemic and response in Oregon. On the site, OHA provides slides and recordings from the weekly Provider Update webinars. Important topics covered by OHA on the May 5 webinar included detailed updates on up-to-date epidemiology, public health strategies including surveillance and contact tracing, guidelines and PPE requirements for resuming regular patient care and other health services, and a range of frequently asked questions from Oregon’s providers.
Resource 2:
OHA COVID-19 Webinar Series for Healthcare Providers
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Medication Management of Type II Diabetes:
Bringing Best Practice to Daily Practice,
A 2020 Update
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Presented by Albert Noyes, PharmD, CDE, BCADM
Pharmacy Services Director, Mosaic Medical
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Technical Assistance for EHR's
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COIPA will continue to provide health IT assistance free of charge to help members incorporate virtual visits and telemedicine into their practice workflows. As we shift into a “new normal”, remember that we are available to help with many areas of COVID-related HIT including making sure you have the current codes, are exchanging data with the community, updating lab interfaces for new testing options, patient messaging, ad hoc reporting, etc.
If you would like assistance with EHR features or health IT solutions, please don’t hesitate to contact James McCormack, COIPA’s Director of Informatics, directly at
jmccormack@coipa.org
or by cell phone at 503-307-7994. In addition to extensive experience with eClinicalWorks, COIPA has access to an expert Athena consultant, Jensina Hawkins, who is also standing by to help. For users of Epic and other EHRs, COIPA recognizes that you may already have strong health IT support from your internal IT and/or vendors, but we stand ready to help in any way we can.
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t. Charles Health System has created a new information page for COVID-19 the lab’s testing services that includes testing criteria, details on SCHC’s drive up collection sites, and scheduling information. If your electronic health record is already interfaced to St. Charles Laboratory, you should be able to order COVID tests as usual and either collect the specimen yourself, or refer patients to the collection sites. COIPA appreciates SCHC’s efforts to keep us informed on local testing options.
For the most recent information and guidance on viral and antibody testing available to you and your patients, your best source for up-to-date information will be the official public health resources (see below) and your laboratory’s web site (Quest, LabCorp, and Interpath have all posted good information specimen collection, ordering, resulting, and reporting of positive results.
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Clinics spreading the word that they are open, offering telehealth, and here for you.
COIPA created a
PSA
that has been airing in our community for the last few months, feel free to share this on your site to help spread awareness on telemedicine.
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Staying informed on COVID-19
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The Department of Health for Washington has created a web page dedicated to keeping our community up to date and informed on the current state of COVID-19. Click the link below for the most current information.
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Central Oregon Health Council has created a web page dedicated to keeping our community up to date and informed on the most impactful COVID-19 communications. Below is link to the new site.
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Oregon Health Association has a dedicated site to keep you update on the pressing COVID-19 impacts. Below is a quick link to the site.
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If your clinic(s) needs PPE urgently, COIPA has a supply of homemade masks ready for our members.
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COIPA Clinics in need of CE & FDA Approved disposal medical masks can contact
Kira
to place an order.
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Summit Medical Group Opens Neurosurgery June 1, 2020
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MAY 15, 2020, BEND, OR – Summit Medical Group Oregon (SMGOR) today announced the expansion of its Total Care™ model with the addition of neurosurgery. Neurosurgery specialist, Mark Belza, MD, will begin practicing at SMGOR’s Eastside Clinic, located at 1501 NE Medical Center Drive in Bend on June 1st.
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Clinics Needing Additional Funding During This Time
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For our clinics needing information regarding obtaining a loan from First Interstate to assist with operations during the COVID-19 outbreak please reach out to:
Dawn Cofer
541-330-7555
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Remote Workstation Assistance To POA Clients
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The team at Pacific Office Automation can help with setting up at home workstations to help keep your office and staff going.
Sean Walsh
Doug Judish
541-388-1276
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Mission
COIPA is committed to our members' success by:
- Providing sustainable support services
- Incentivizing quality care
- Engaging individuals for improvement
- Partnering with the community
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We want to hear all of the exciting changes, new services, promotions, and events that our members have scheduled in 2020 and share it monthly in the Advocate.
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