BestPractice Newsletter

This digital publication is intended to help you and your team enhance the management of your patients by keeping you informed of effective, efficient methods to coordinate care and improve health care outcomes, while reducing expenses. As your partner, we are here to help you meet and exceed quality and utilization metrics by providing information you can apply to your practice. Our goal is to share best practices, tool kits and patient education materials that may be useful in caring for your patients.

In this issue:

• Driving Quality Outcomes
  A Message from Steven R. Carson, MHA, BSN, RN
• Empowering Primary Care Offices with Innovative Strategies: Q&A with Dolores Espinal, MPH
• Case Study: Raising the Bar at Levyn Crawford Medical
• Educational Events in the Community

In this issue:

• Saving Lives and Tackling Disparities Through Lung Cancer Screening
  A Message from Steven R. Carson, MHA, BSN, RN
• Screening for Lung Cancer Can Be the Bridge to Better Care
  By Nathanial Marchetti, DO
• Educational Video Resources from Temple Specialists
• Lung Cancer Screening Shared Decision-Making Tool for Providers and Resources for Your Patients
• Programs Supporting Social Determinants of Health

In this issue:

• Beating the Odds in Hypertension Management
  By Steven R. Carson, MHA, BSN, RN
• Educational Video Resources from Temple Specialists
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• Setting Up Self-Monitored Blood Pressure (SMBP) for Empowered Care
  Learn best practices for implementing self-measured blood pressure through the AHA Target: BP program.
• Get Support Through Target: BP™
  Find out how to enroll in the AHA/American Medical Association Target BP program.
• Resources for Providers and Patients
  Access resources for providers and patients to improve hypertension management.
• Case Study: Connecting with Patients through Blood Pressure

In this issue:

• Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in Marginalized Communities
  A Message from Steven R. Carson, MHA, BSN, RN
• Acknowledge, Respect, Inform: Discussing the COVID-19 Vaccine with Hesitant Patients
  By Delana Wardlaw, MD
• Recorded Webinar: From Theory to Practice: Translating the Science on Vaccine Hesitancy to the Clinical Encounter
  This grand rounds presentation is presented by Sarah Bauerle Bass, PhD, MPH, Temple University College of Public Health and Whitney Cabey, MD, MSHP, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. View webinar.
• Introducing the Temple Health Vaccine Resource Website
  Temple Health just launched a new website with resources about COVID-19 vaccination for your patients. The site features FAQs, videos, and a library of other assets. Much of the content will soon be available in Spanish. View now.
• Encourage Your Patients to Subscribe for COVID Vaccine Updates
  Share this link with your patients.
• Monoclonal Infusion Clinic Aims to Give High-Risk COVID Patients a Better Chance
  More information about the clinic.
  Share this FAQ with your patients.
• Temple Post-COVID Recovery Clinic Offers Hope for “Long-Haulers”
  Learn more about this new clinic.
• Recorded Webinar: Monoclonal Antibody Infusions and Post-COVID Recovery Clinics
  Faculty members from Pulmonary and Thoracic Medicine discuss the details of Temple’s Infusion and Post-COVID Recovery Clinics and what you need to know to refer your patients for support. View webinar.

In this issue:

• Telehealth Getting Practices and Patients Back on Track
  By Chevonne DaSilvio-Nash, MBA, HCA, Project Manager, Temple Center for Population Health

• Putting Telehealth Into Practice: Case Study
  By Sanjay Upadhyay, MD, Family Practice, Temple Physicians, Inc.

• Prepare Providers and Patients for Telehealth Visits
  Download Provider and Patient Telehealth Education Materials [PDF]
• Ensure Specialty Care Continues
  View the Telemedicine for Specialty Care Video (and share with your patients)

In this issue:

• Opioid Use Disorder: Answering the Threat
  By Steven R. Carson, MHA, BSN, RN, Temple Center for Population Health, LLC
• Medications for Opioid Use Disorder: An Evidence-Based Approach to Managing OUD
  By Joseph D’Orazio, Temple TRUST Clinic
• Set up an OBOT Program in Your Office
  Download guidance document [PDF]
• Refer Your Patients for Medication-Assisted Treatment
  Get a list of treatment sites [PDF]
• Opioid Use Disorder: Linked to Higher Utilization
  An FAQ with David O’Gurek, MD, Temple Trust Clinic

In this issue:

• Managing Asthma and Allergy in Patients
• Help Your Asthma Patients Self-Manage Symptoms to Avoid Unnecessary ED Visits
  Download a sample Asthma Action Care Plan [PDF]
• Communicating with Patients to Encourage Self-Management
• Making Hospital Stays More Efficient and Personalized for Your Patients
  An FAQ with Rachel Rubin, MD, Chief of Hospital Medicine and Claire Raab, Chief Clinical Officer at Temple University Hospital
• TCIN 2020 TCIN Incentive Score Card: Now in Effect
• Increasing Patient Survey Responses

In this issue:

• Quality Care for Colorectal Cancer Screening
• Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: Best Practices for Patients with Diabetes
  By James F. McDonald Jr., DO, Temple Cardiologist
• Closing the Gaps in Diabetes Care
• Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Diabetes
  An FAQ with Rohit Soans, MD, Temple Director of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
• Prevent Amputations with the Support of the Temple Limb Salvage Center
  Download fact sheet [PDF]
• Help your patients with medication compliance. Know the benefits of the Temple Outpatient Pharmacy.
  Download fact sheet [PDF]

In this issue:

• Supportive Care Matters for Patients with COPD
  By Gerard J. Criner, MD, FACP, FACCP, Director of the Temple Lung Center
• BestPractice Tip: BP Check-In
• Building Better Schedules and Beating Burnout
  Spotlight: Quality Community Health Care
• Managing Medication for Congestive Heart Failure Post Discharge
• Safe Benzodiazepine Use and Preventing Related Falls
  An FAQ with the Temple Center for Population Health