Iowa PCA Events

Contact Addie Trueblood for more information.

Virtual Foundational Education Sessions hosted by Chartis Just Health Collective and the Iowa Primary Care Association focused on Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (JEDI-B) and Social Drivers of Health. Chartis brings expertise in racial justice, diversity, equity and inclusion, and disparities mitigation to help healthcare organizations translate their aspirations into achievable strategic, operational, clinical, and community-based programs that accelerate health equity and belonging. The Iowa PCA is excited to partner with them on these didactic sessions.

All health center staff from all service lines and departments are welcomed and encouraged to attend. Please contact Melissa Harmeyer for additional information. 

Join here:  https://iowapca.zoom.us/j/84163694277?pwd=N2M3bDJCdUNucnlJS3c5TGluVkg3dz09 

Virtual Foundational Education Sessions hosted by Chartis Just Health Collective and the Iowa Primary Care Association focused on Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (JEDI-B) and Social Drivers of Health. Chartis brings expertise in racial justice, diversity, equity and inclusion, and disparities mitigation to help healthcare organizations translate their aspirations into achievable strategic, operational, clinical, and community-based programs that accelerate health equity and belonging. The Iowa PCA is excited to partner with them on these didactic sessions.

All health center staff from all service lines and departments are welcomed and encouraged to attend. Please contact Melissa Harmeyer for additional information. 

Join here: https://iowapca.zoom.us/j/86220146218?pwd=SXI3dG5zbjNOcUJabGdxQURjT3FOQT09 

Virtual Foundational Education Sessions hosted by Chartis Just Health Collective and the Iowa Primary Care Association focused on Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (JEDI-B) and Social Drivers of Health. Chartis brings expertise in racial justice, diversity, equity and inclusion, and disparities mitigation to help healthcare organizations translate their aspirations into achievable strategic, operational, clinical, and community-based programs that accelerate health equity and belonging. The Iowa PCA is excited to partner with them on these didactic sessions.

All health center staff from all service lines and departments are welcomed and encouraged to attend. Please contact Melissa Harmeyer for additional information. 

Join here: https://iowapca.zoom.us/j/83457623344?pwd=SDJsbmY1eVdpeFJlbytlS29qcS9Fdz09 

Virtual Foundational Education Sessions hosted by Chartis Just Health Collective and the Iowa Primary Care Association focused on Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (JEDI-B) and Social Drivers of Health. Chartis brings expertise in racial justice, diversity, equity and inclusion, and disparities mitigation to help healthcare organizations translate their aspirations into achievable strategic, operational, clinical, and community-based programs that accelerate health equity and belonging. The Iowa PCA is excited to partner with them on these didactic sessions.

All health center staff from all service lines and departments are welcomed and encouraged to attend. Please contact Melissa Harmeyer for additional information. 

Join here: https://iowapca.zoom.us/j/89834472948?pwd=VUpXMDlyUnAwU2hYZFVKdjF4QVhsZz09 

Therapist Peer Review is open to therapists at all health centers. Contact Tiffany Conroy for more info and to receive the calendar invite. Registration required.

Open to Behavioral Health staff at all health centers.

Open to IowaHealth+ members

Open to Behavioral Health staff at all health centers.

Open to IowaHealth+ Members

Purpose: Define components of the IowaHealth+ Model of Care to do the following:

• Articulate how our network functions, relates to other systems, and produces desired outcomes (roles, responsibilities, etc.)
• Standardize necessary definitions, processes, and components to ensure we can meet expectations (contractual and otherwise)

Accuracy and completeness in registration fields. Pre-register in the portal.

Empanelment Best Practices

Peer sharing and training call for health center staff involved in the colorectal cancer screening grant.

Meeting to determine and execute on a set of workforce strategies that can be supported at the network level based on priorities and data within the health centers.

Led by a panel of behavioral health experts, the Behavioral Health ECHO helps participants learn best practices for treating common mental health conditions, connect with peers from around the state to discuss and learn best practices in identifying and treating BH issues. The curriculum is delivered at no-cost, through case-based learning strategies via video conferencing technology.

Register by emailing .

Register by emailing . Contact Megan Westerly for more information. 

Open to IowaHealth+ Members

Purpose: Define components of the IowaHealth+ Model of Care to do the following:

• Articulate how our network functions, relates to other systems, and produces desired outcomes (roles, responsibilities, etc.)
• Standardize necessary definitions, processes, and components to ensure we can meet expectations (contractual and otherwise)

Open to Behavioral Health direct or support staff at all health centers. Contact Tiffany Conroy for more info and to receive the calendar invite.

Connect with other Human Resource peers within Iowa's Health Centers to peer share evidence based best practices in HR.

Digital Engagement Training: Digital Accessibility Best Practices 

For Iowa community health center staff. Contact Rebecca Clair for additional information. 

Accuracy and completeness in registration fields. Pre-register in the portal.

Empanelment – Best Practices

Open to all CMOs

A networking opportunity for health center CMO/Medical Directors to share best practices, standards of care, and discuss clinical needs of their health centers with their peers across Iowa

Open to Behavioral Health staff at all health centers.

Open to IowaHealth+ members

Open to IowaHealth+ Members

Purpose: Define components of the IowaHealth+ Model of Care to do the following:

• Articulate how our network functions, relates to other systems, and produces desired outcomes (roles, responsibilities, etc.)
• Standardize necessary definitions, processes, and components to ensure we can meet expectations (contractual and otherwise)

Contact Maggie Koenig for more information.

• Processes on Telehealth and Zoom and serving psych services
• Registration process / packet of information on different processes

Open to Behavioral Health staff at all health centers.

Open to IowaHealth+ members

Meeting to determine and execute on a set of workforce strategies that can be supported at the network level based on priorities and data within the health centers.

Open to Iowa PCA CEO, CFO, CMO, and any other relevant staff working on APM

Led by a panel of behavioral health experts, the Behavioral Health ECHO helps participants learn best practices for treating common mental health conditions, connect with peers from around the state to discuss and learn best practices in identifying and treating BH issues. The curriculum is delivered at no-cost, through case-based learning strategies via video conferencing technology.

Register by emailing .

Open to IowaHealth+ Members

Purpose: Define components of the IowaHealth+ Model of Care to do the following:

• Articulate how our network functions, relates to other systems, and produces desired outcomes (roles, responsibilities, etc.)
• Standardize necessary definitions, processes, and components to ensure we can meet expectations (contractual and otherwise)

Peer learning office hours for staff to share and ask questions to each other related to work being done on the CRCS grant and Breast and Cervical Cancer screening grant work.