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Advancing health equity in behavioral health through community connection:
Developing successful discharge planning processes
People who choose a life of caring — and the organizations and communities they serve — deserve a special kind of support.
Presented by Dr. Shannon Mong, PsyD and Charity Holmes, MSN, RN-BC, MBA, CNML, PMH-BC
Across the United States, gaps in health and healthcare are increasing. To overcome these gaps, organizations must come together to advance health equity – removing obstacles to health to allow individuals to live the healthiest life possible regardless of his or her Social Determinants of Health (SDoH).
Acute psychiatric providers must consider SDoH when discharging an individual to the community. Failure to consider housing stability, proximity to services, employment, and other social determinants can negatively impact behavioral health outcomes, resulting in a higher chance for readmission. During this free seminar, we’ll explore the importance of a connected, community health workforce, and explain how these community connections can support positive patient outcomes.
During this seminar, behavioral health leaders Shannon Mong, PsyD, and Charity Holmes MNS, RN-BC, MBA, CNML, PMH-BC provide strategies that will help inpatient behavioral health providers improve collaboration across their community health workforce. These strategies will help your community address SDoHs, support discharge into the community, reduce re-hospitalization, and increase health equity.
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Recorded Oct 23, 2018
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Shannon Mong supports workforce and systems transformation to bring better care to people with the most complex life circumstances. For more than 25 years she has worked with foundations, nonprofits, hospitals, counties, and states to successfully design and implement two of the most challenging systems changes: integrating physical health and substance use treatment into behavioral health and improving outcomes of people in publicly funded health care. Shannon has helped organizations save millions of dollars by reducing costly and preventable utilization and dramatically improving population health outcomes. As a former direct service provider and program administrator in the public behavioral health system and leader in a multi-state behavioral health agency, Dr. Mong knows the challenge of managing day-to-day work while fostering innovation. With a dynamic approach to system design, organizational health, and change management, she engages organizations to improve the lives of people who have experienced health inequities while helping leaders and their organizations to flourish. Committed to equity, collaboration, and innovation, Shannon is a board member of the College of Behavioral Health Leadership and steering committee member of California’s Mental Health & Education Workforce Collaborative. She is also a frequent conference presenter and workshop leader.
Charity Holmes is an accomplished Administrator of behavioral health services with 24 years of healthcare experience. She has expertise in several areas including healthcare administration, behavioral health administration and program development, facility construction and retro-fit projects, and accreditation compliance. Charity has had repeated success managing ambitious projects and programs including designing and implementing emergency protocols, process improvements, and operational changes in behavioral health facilities. She has leveraged her expertise in legal and regulatory requirements to ensure compliance by leading site visits and accreditation surveys, and by advising hospital staff on complex compliance matters. Charity’s leadership has resulted in service line growth, the launch of innovative new programs, and an unparalleled quality of care. Charity has been published in multiple national and international professional journals and been a speaker and presenter at multiple healthcare forums and conferences. She is currently the president-elect for the Washington chapter of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA). She leads program development, quality, compliance, and leadership teams to provide exceptional patient services that meet evolving community needs.
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and WellSky. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
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* WV accepts ASWB ACE unless activity is in live in West Virginia then an application is required.
The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for Counselors: AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MO, ND, NE, NM, NH, NV, OK, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY
AL / Counselors: Activities not providing NBCC approval may be approved by the Board for individual licensees upon receipt of acceptable documentation prior to the activity. Please send course details to your licensing board for approval BEFORE the event. No approvals afterward by the board. The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for MFTs: AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, IA, ID, IN, KS, MD, ME, MO, NC, NE, NH, NM, NV, OK, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY
MA / MFTs: Participants can self-submit courses not approved by the MAMFT board for review.
The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for Addictions Professionals: AK, CA, CO, CT, GA, IA, IN, KS, LA, MO, MT, ND, NM, NV, OK, OR, SC, WA, WI, WV, WY
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and WellSky. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nurses (ANCC)
Amedco LLC designates this activity for a maximum of 1.50 ANCC contact hours.
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People who choose a life of caring — and the organizations and communities they serve — deserve a special kind of support. So we help them to care smarter. Liberating them to focus on the people they serve. Providing solutions that make work flow, integrate insights, and update effortlessly. So they're able to anticipate — and exponentially increase — the impact of care.
People who choose a life of caring — and the organizations and communities they serve — deserve a special kind of support. So we help them to care smarter. Liberating them to focus on the people they serve. Providing solutions that make work flow, integrate insights, and update effortlessly. So they're able to anticipate — and exponentially increase — the impact of care.
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