February 22, 2012 |

Clinical

Clinicians serving at IPHCA member CHCs are engaged with the Association through a variety of activities:

 
The Clinical Support Committee is comprised of senior-level clinical leaders of Organizational members.This Committee is responsible for recommending clinical performance outcomes, PCMH and recruitment and retention activities. 
 
The CPSS providers opportunity to individual clinicians from health centers to network, exchange information and share best practices with their peers. The CPSS meets once a year at the IPHCA Annual Leadership Conference.
 
The Medical Directors' Roundtable provides a forum to promote peer to peer communications among medical/clinical directors at member CHCs. The meetings take place four to five times per year and participants can attend at either the Chicago or Springfield office of IPHCA or via telephone.

Behavioral Health Discussion Group
The IPHCA Behavioral Health Discussion Group offers periodic meetings to promote information sharing, learning, and networking among behavioral health clinicians and other interested staff at member CHCs.

Oral Health TIPS Project 
IPHCA is one of the five PCAs funded through the DentaQuest Foundation to implement its Oral Health Enhancement through Training, Integration, Policy and SNS Consultation (TIPS).

Continuing Education & Training for Clinicians
IPHCA hosts a variety of training and educational events related to clinical quality, clinic operations, risk management, coding, etc. 

The PCMH Interest Group meets bi-monthly via conference call to discuss and learn about topics related to practice transformation and medical home recognition. This group is targeted toward health center staff who are working on operations or quality improvement initiatives related to patient-centered medical home. 

IPHCA staff offer assistance for: developing Quality Improvement plans, Peer Review protocols, PCMH recognition and practice transformation processes, UDS data collection & reporting, Illinois Health Connect data benchmarking, Joint Commission Accreditation, and other clinical quality improvement related activities. For additional information, contact Rajesh Parikh at rparikh@iphca.org.

Recruitment & Retention

IPHCA provides complimentary recruitment services resulting in the placement of qualified clinicians in health centers.
IPHCA has been funded by the National Health Services Corps (NHSC) to implement the Illinois/Student/Resident Experiences and Rotations (SEARCH) program that offers training opportunities to qualified health professional students at community health centers.  
 
Health Source
Clinicians' Corner, a section of IPHCA's monthly newsletter, is dedicated to clinical matters. IPHCA staff and clinicians serving at member centers contribute timely articles for this section.
  

Staff Contact

Rajesh Parikh, M.D.
Vice President of Clinical Services & Workforce Development
(312) 692-3032
rparikh@iphca.org

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