Health Resources and Services Administration Update Chronic Fatigue - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Health Resources and Services Administration Update Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Council May 17-18, 2016

Erin R. Fowler RN, MS Senior Advisor Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

HRSA’s Bureau of Health Workforce Vision & Mission

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MISSION – Improve the health of underserved and vulnerable populations by strengthening the health workforce and connecting skilled professionals to communities in need. VISION – From education and training to service, BHW will make a positive and sustained impact on healthcare delivery for underserved communities.

Education Training Service

Institutional Grant Programs Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs Support for Service and Retention

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HRSA/BHW Funding Opportunities

Our vision seeks to realize the full potential

• f combining health workforce functions

such as awarding grants, loan repayment, and scholarships with health workforce research and health workforce monitoring.

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• The University of Arizona Center for Integrative

Medicine (AzCIM) and the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine & Health (The Consortium) in cooperation with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)1 created the National Center for Integrative Primary Healthcare (NCIPH).

• The project was fully funded for 3 years on September

1, 2014. The end of the project period is Aug. 31, 2017.

National Center for Integrative Primary Healthcare Project

• To advance the incorporation of competency-

and evidence-based integrative health (IH) curricula and best practices into primary care education and practice

• Develop a set of competencies and

educational materials relevant to primary care practioners

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Purpose of NCIPH

• One of the grant objectives for the NCIPH is to develop a set
• f patient education materials for use in the primary care

setting discussing the integrative approach to a wide variety

• f common health problems, including Chronic Fatigue
• Syndrome. Current CFS handout in draft.
• Library of patient handouts will be available:
• in both online and print versions
• at a sixth grade literacy level in both English and Spanish
• either from primary care practitioners or directly to

patients through a patient portal on the NCIPH website

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Patient Education Materials Under Development

QUESTIONS?

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