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<h5>November 23, 2022</h5>
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<h2>Webinars on Long COVID and Health Care Worker Behavioral Health Support </h2>
<p>The Washington State Department of Health is offering three upcoming sessions that may be of interest to some WSMA members.</p>
<h3>The Landscape of Post-COVID-19 Conditions - Where We Are Now?</h3>
<p>Dec. 2, noon<strong>-</strong>1 p.m. Free.</p>
<p>In this presentation, we will cover the known epidemiology and clinical considerations of post-COVID-19 conditions. We will review updates to case definitions, discuss the current understanding of the clinical spectrum, and explore possible underlying causes and risk factors.</p>
<p>Speaker: Dr. Eric J. Chow, MD, MS, MPH, chief of communicable disease epidemiology and immunization for Public Health-Seattle and King County and clinical assistant professor in the Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and in the Department of Epidemiology at the UW School of Medicine.</p>
<p><a href="https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8047956050867195405">Find more information and register for the webinar</a>.</p>
<h3>Moral Injury and Personal Coping for Health Care Professionals</h3>
<p>Dec. 16, noon<strong>-</strong>1 p.m. Free.</p>
<p>Part 3 in the series: "Behavioral Health Support Refresher for Health Care Workers." Moral injury is a workplace term with origins in combat medicine that has recently been identified across work sectors with significant implications for physicians and health care professionals. This webinar will define and share more about how moral injury can "show up" at work, how some of the underlying causes can be effectively addressed, and how to recognize and divert unhealthy coping patterns to reduce symptoms of moral injury.</p>
<p>Speaker: Kira Mauseth, PhD, Washington State Department of Heath's Behavioral Health Strike Team.</p>
<p><a href="https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5627802314613278219">Find more information and register for the webinar</a>.</p>
<h3>The Work Starts Here: Supporting Employees with Long COVID</h3>
<p>Jan. 13, noon<strong>-</strong>1p.m. Free.</p>
<p>This lecture serves to establish ways that employers can help identify, accommodate, and support employees with ongoing COVID-19 symptoms.</p>
<p>Speaker: Kyla Haggith, BSN, RN, PCCN-K, employee health services clinic and exposures team, Harborview Medical Center.</p>
<p><a href="https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/9123738018847843853">Find more information and register for the webinar</a>.</p>
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<h5>November 11, 2022</h5>
<h2>In Direct Appeal, Washington's Secretary of Health Urges Health Care to Promote COVID-19 Booster</h2>
<p>The WSMA continues to encourage physician practices and clinics to incorporate the COVID-19 vaccines into practice workflows and employ effective strategies to talk with their patients about the vaccine, <a href="https://wsma.org/wsma/education/on_demand_webinars/covid-19-vaccines-webinar-series.aspx">offering education and resources to help</a>. This week, Washington Secretary of Health Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, issued a letter to physicians and the health care community regarding bivalent COVID-19 boosters, underlining the need for greater attention and availability of these life-saving vaccines, noting that many patients are having difficulty scheduling timely appointments to receive it.</p>
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The letter goes on to request the following actions:
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<li>"Encouraging your patients and staff members alike to get the bivalent booster if they are eligible by:</li>
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<li>Contacting and/or sending reminder notices to your patients who are eligible.</li>
<li>Offering walk-in hours or clinics for patients in addition to scheduled appointments.</li>
<li>Holding employee vaccine clinics, offering work time of other benefits for your employees to get vaccinated to ensure your workforce stays healthy this winter.</li>
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<li>Making it easier for your patients to find appointments. <a href="https://doh.wa.gov/emergencies/covid-19/healthcare-providers/vaccine-information-healthcare-providers/toolkit-and-resources#AppointmentAccess">Find a guide on doing this here</a>.</li>
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<li>Identify strategies to increase availability of appointments for your patients, especially in locations with high demand (in some areas, this can mean the next available COVID-19 booster appointment is several weeks out).</li>
</ol>
<li>Offering the COVID-19 booster to patients who are in your facility for other types of appointments. Remember, you can administer COVID-19 vaccine at the same time as the flu shot, and we strongly encourage you to recommend both vaccines to your patients. Combining appointments is convenient for your patient and can save staff time and resources.</li>
<li>Joining the <a href="https://doh.wa.gov/emergencies/covid-19/vaccine-information/power-providers-initiative">Power of Providers (POP) Initiative</a> launched last year and enlisting over 60,000 members of Washington's health care community since its inception. Please share POP resources available on our website with your patients and staff, including links to clinical information, patient handouts, and training videos."</li>
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<h3>Let the WSMA help</h3>
<p>If you haven't already, it's time to embed the COVID-19 vaccine into routine preventive care in your practice and engage patients in conversations about the vaccine. To help, the WSMA offers a two-part WSMA/DOH COVID-19 Vaccines Webinar Series. <a href="[@]wsma/education/on_demand_webinars/covid-19-vaccines-webinar-series.aspx">Begin CME activity</a>. This activity has been approved for <em>AMA PRA Category 1 Credit</em>â„¢.</p>
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<h5>October 28, 2022</h5>
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<h2>How You and Your Practice Can Help Encourage COVID-19 Booster Uptake</h2>
<p>While updated COVID-19 booster eligibility in Washington state has been <a href="https://doh.wa.gov/newsroom/updated-covid-19-booster-eligibility-expanded-people-ages-5-and-older">expanded</a> to people ages 5 and older, <a href="https://doh.wa.gov/emergencies/covid-19/data-dashboard#Vaccination">uptake remains low</a>. With respiratory virus season here, physicians play a crucial role in talking with their patients about the importance of staying up to date on their COVID-19 vaccination. The WSMA has joined with the Washington State Department of Health to help physician practices and clinics employ effective strategies to engage patients in conversations about the vaccine, as well as access the tools and information they need to incorporate the COVID-19 vaccines into their practice workflows. This activity has been approved for <em>AMA PRA Category 1 Credit</em>â„¢.</p>
<p>The two-part WSMA/DOH COVID-19 Vaccines Webinar Series meets the following learning objectives:</p>
<h3>Strategies to Discuss the COVID-19 Vaccine with Your Most Reluctant Patients</h3>
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<li>Use effective strategies to engage patients in conversations about the COVID-19 vaccine by addressing their questions, fears, and concerns.</li>
<li>Review real-world examples of how to discuss the pediatric and adult vaccines, as well as booster vaccines.</li>
<li>Outline the key elements of Power of Provider (POP) and the resources included in the toolkit.</li>
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<h3>How to Embed COVID-19 Vaccines into Routine Preventive Care</h3>
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<li>Bill for COVID-19 vaccine counseling and administration.</li>
<li>Access small, more manageable quantities of COVID-19 vaccines from vaccine depots across the state.</li>
<li>Join the more than 65,000 Washington physicians, PAs, and health care professionals who have already committed to educating and empowering their patients to vaccinate.</li>
<li>Leverage the physician toolkit and public-facing resources to help protect the health and well-being of your community.</li>
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<p><a href="[@]wsma/education/on_demand_webinars/covid-19-vaccines-webinar-series.aspx">Begin CME activity</a>.</p>
</div> | 10/27/2022 12:00:00 AM | 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM |