I’m joined by Emma Kelley, who’s our manager of workforce development, as well as my occasional co-host. We chat about how her work supports Illinois’ health centers, and she shares memorable stories from her time at IPHCA.

On today’s episode, we spoke with Jon-Michial Carter, CEO and founder of ChartSpan about their proactive, full-service Chronic Care Management (CCM) program. They handle patient enrollment, education, care plans, and prescription refills, allowing healthcare staff to focus more on in-person care. We also discussed how ChartSpan supports community health centers' unique needs, especially for social determinants of health screenings and care gap assists.

In this episode, podcast host Raj Savalia talks about the social determinants of health (SDOH). He discusses how SDOH impacts community healthcare, online resources to improve SDOH, and previews a new podcast series that aims to drastically improve SDOH.

We spoke with Dr. Arif Kamal from the American Cancer Society and discussed the evolution of cancer care, and how improving the social determinants of health are key to better outcomes.

Today's episode is the third of four in the peer recovery series. Our guests, Dr. Thomas Huggett and Dan Weigman from Lawndale Christian Health Center along with a patient who is currently in recovery share the impact of peer recovery support. We would like to personally thank the patient for their journey of recovery and how they are now paying it forward to others as peer in recovery in the community.

Resources Mentioned:
https://helplineil.org/app/home
https://www.rethinkrecoveryil.com/

Today's episode is the fourth and final episode in the peer recovery services. Our guest, Michelle Kavouras, is a Peer Doula at PCC Community Wellness. In this episode, Michelle shares the role of a peer doula and how they can help pregnant and postpartum patients who have experienced substance use disorder.

Resources Mentioned:

HB 1468 Summary - Creates the Family Care Plans for Infants and Families Act:
https://legiscan.com/IL/bill/HB1468/2023

Never Use Alone hot-line/Website - https://neverusealone.com

If you have any other questions, or need any clarification please feel free to contact Michelle Kavouras at 815-388-7051.

Today's episode focuses on increasing harm reduction services in primary care. Our guests, Joan Liautaud and Colleen Ryan from Heartland Alliance Health, share how their health center has implemented harm reduction services for substance use disorder treatments. They also touch on ways to reduce stigma around harm reduction, while increasing Nacran education among staff and patients.

Today's episode is one of two on Harm Reduction and Narcan Education for FQHCs. Our guest, Kathleen Monahan is the State Opioid Response Project Director for IDHS/SUPR, and shared information on the Drug Over Dose Prevention Program (DOPP). Ms. Monahan spoke about how FQHCs can enroll in the DOPP and receive free Narcan to distribute to health center patients, as well as the communities they serve.

To learn more about DOPP, please click on the link below. Please note that FQHCs should then click on the Hospital and Clinics button to fill out the form to enroll. https://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=58142.

Today, Sarah Miller and Jennifer Schindl from Shawnee Health Services join us to talk about community health worker training program. We discuss how CHWs address social determinants of health and the importance making heart-to-heart connections with people to improve outcomes.

We’re joined by Emily Higgins and Sabrina Wilson from Eagle View Community Health System, Inc. in rural Illinois. Learn about how this health center’s community health workers (CHW) program improves community healthcare. We discuss the social determinants of health, making heart-to-heart connection’s with people, and integrating CHWs into each department of a healthcare organization.