NowPow training helps with social determinants of health |
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As the world stretches almost two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, the overall impact on society continues to be exposed. Many studies conducted over the past year, including one published in Public Health Nursing Journal, show the pandemic's impact on social, psychological, health, and economic areas may cause detrimental effects on people's health and wellbeing.
Concerns over food, housing, transportation, bills and more may also affect someone's health and ability to care for themselves. Ensuring community resources are available to patients can help ease stress and encourage overall improvement in health. A study shared by the National Institutes of Health reported that many social determinants of health, including poverty or housing, can "have a considerable effect on COVID-19 outcomes."
NowPow is an online database that lets The Physician Alliance members access local community resources to share with patients. Examples include housing, transportation for medical appointments, food, medication assistance, mental health support and more. Practices can share community resources based upon a patient's zip code location and resources are provided to patients through printed copies, email or text messages.
Access to the database is available at no-cost to TPA practices. Using NowPow to help address patients’ social determinants of health allows for additional patient centered medical home capabilities to be added to a practice assessment.
NowPow offers several live training opportunities free for users. Many dates and times are available for a combination of sessions to gain a complete introduction to the tool. Upcoming webinar sessions include:
- Finding and Sharing Resources in NowPow
- Working with Patient or Client Profiles
- Making Closed Loop Referrals in NowPow
- Receiving Closed Loop Referrals in NowPow
View the flyer for a detailed overview of each webinar and upcoming dates.
Not yet using NowPow?
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On-demand videos offer tips and more on variety of topics |
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Were you bummed to miss a recent education program hosted by The Physician Alliance? Do you know why coding matters? Need a refresher on HIPAA?
Check out the video library on The Physician Alliance website. Most of the education programs are recorded and posted to the website shortly after the live events.
Don't miss upcoming live education webinars:
Click here to view more information on these programs and register. Webinars are open to TPA members only.
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Here’s what a strong password looks like—it’s not what you think |
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We’re all familiar with those irritating password rules: Use special characters (but not ^ or $)! Use two capital letters! Use at least six letters and numbers (but not in these sequences)!
Given the threats, it’s understandable that sites try to force you to use more complicated passwords. Unfortunately, what many of us do in response is create “systems” that obey the rules while being easy to remember.
Those systems often involve personal information—name of dog, year of birth, exclamation mark at the end: Fido2011! The problem is that hackers can find your dog’s name on Instagram and try every variation you can imagine (Odif2011!) very quickly using software.
The key takeaway for stronger passwords is that length and unpredictability are more important than wacky characters and other rules. Here are four tips for creating safer passwords:
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An unexpected four-word phrase—“SampleReductionEastPronounce”—is actually tougher to crack than any random 8-character password. Just don’t use “ILiveinMadison” or “MyDogsNameIsLulu.”
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Add special characters and capital letters, but don’t put them at the beginning or end. And avoid !, by far the most common special character. If you use a four-word phrase, put special characters between words instead of spaces: Slide>Marigold>Rice>Easy.
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Check your password’s strength at the Carnegie Mellon password meter, which analyzes your password against millions of known passwords and offers suggestions for making yours better.
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Lie on security questions. Those personal details—mother’s maiden name, etc.—are frequently required when you reset a lost password. But the answers are often easy for anyone with access to your social media accounts to figure out. Make up fake answers you can remember or store somewhere secure.
Now that you know how to make strong passwords, this article will tell you when to change them. And this article looks at benefits and risks of using a password manager.
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