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The Health Center Program Compliance Manual is a resource for health centers to use to ensure they understand and demonstrate compliance with the Health Center Program requirements. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) site visit supports the Health Center Program Operational Site Visit (OSV). The OSV provides an objective assessment and verification of the status of the Health Center Program awardees’ or look-alikes’ compliance with the statutory and regulatory requirements of the Bureau of Primary Health Centers (BPHC) Health Center Program. This course will provide an overview of the purpose of the compliance manual, with a brief review of each chapter of the compliance manual. The OSV will also be explained.

Health centers must have an ongoing quality improvement and quality assurance (QI/QA) system that includes clinical services, as well as information regarding management, safety, and maintaining the confidentiality of patient records. This course will dive deeper into the chapters of the compliance manual and SVP tools related to quality and risk management responsibilities.

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s Bureau of Primary Health Care or BPHC is responsible for overseeing HERSAs Health Center Program. The Health Center Program is a national network of health centers. These health centers offer complete primary health care services to underserved communities regardless of whether the patient has health insurance or an ability to pay for services. These health centers must demonstrate compliance with the requirements in the BPHC Compliance Manual during an HERSA Operational Site Visit. This course provides a comprehensive look into the compliance manual chapters and Site Visit Protocol tools that relate to clinical operations and responsibilities during a HERSA Operational Site Visit.

The Health Resources and Services Administration, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services, periodically conducts site visits in order to determine that the operations of health centers that receive federal grants supporting the needs of underserved populations are fully complying with federal statutes and regulations. Through tours, interviews, and review of documents, a team of consultants is responsible for assessing the organizations in the operational areas of clinical, fiscal, and administrative performance. Health centers must meet nineteen program requirements, under the categories of Needs Assessment, Services, Management and Finances, and Governance or Administration. As a result, the health centers receive a report on findings that could guide the organizations on corrective action or affect their federal award.

Biofilm is a complex community of microorganisms that can attach to a surface and lead to a variety of health issues. In newborns, biofilm formation in enteral feeding tubes is a significant concern for healthcare professionals as it can cause healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), increase patient morbidity, and prolong hospital stays. A 2020 report from the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) found that healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) affect approximately 1 in 31 hospitalized patients in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in the United States resulting in thousands of deaths and increased healthcare costs each year. By taking this course, healthcare workers will gain the necessary knowledge and skills to provide safe and effective care to newborns requiring enteral nutrition.

Biofilm is a complex community of microorganisms that can attach to a surface and lead to a variety of health issues. Biofilm formation in endotracheal tubes is a significant concern for healthcare professionals as it can cause respiratory infections, increase patient morbidity, and prolong hospital stays, as well as a major contributor to antibiotic resistance, making treatment of these infections challenging. According to a report published in 2019 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, ), hospital-acquired infections affect approximately 1 in 31 hospitalized patients, resulting in thousands of deaths and increased healthcare costs each year. Therefore, gaining the needed knowledge and skills to treat and minimize the development of biofilm in endotracheal tubes, reducing the risk of respiratory infections and improving patient treatment and outcomes.

Long-term artificial airways play a critical role in the care of patients who require long-term mechanical ventilation or airway management. Patients with tracheostomies or other long-term artificial airways require specialized care to prevent complications such as infection, airway obstruction, and difficulty breathing. Therefore, healthcare workers who are involved in the management of these patients must have a thorough understanding of the terminology, procedures, and potential complications associated with long-term artificial airways to ensure the best possible care, as well as outcomes for their patients.

In the US, ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) and non-ventilator associated pneumonia (NVAP) is the leading type of hospital associated infection (HAI). It is found that VAP and NVAP occurs in 2-16 patients per 1000 in the US. VAP and NVAP increases patient length of stay, rate of mortality, and hospital cost. There is a simple way of preventing this common type of AHI by providing patients with good oral hygiene. Studies show that regular oral hygiene can significantly reduce incidence of VAP and NVAP. This presentation will discuss the cost and incidence of VAP and NVAP, risk factors that increase the development of HAP , the role of healthcare provider (HCP) in the prevention of VAP and NVAP, and recommendations for HCPs to implement prevention of VAP and NVAP.

This course provides an overview of various developmental and age-specific factors that healthcare professionals must take into consideration when caring for patients. This course covers age-specific differences in patients, decision-making assessments, care plan development, perioperative risk assessment tools, and conditions that can reduce a patient’s decision-making abilities.