HealthPOWER! Prevention News (Fall 2011)—News Updates
News Updates
- The Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Operations and
Management released T21 Transformational Initiatives Field Guidance for
Fiscal Year 2012
(http://vaww.prevention.va.gov/docs/VHA_FY12_T21_Network_Implementation_Guidance.pdf).*
Much of the guidance is similar to what was issued in FY 2011; however, there is
some new guidance for Prevention in FY 2012. The section related to the
Preventive Care Program goals is located on pages 6-10. The guidance was
recently discussed on the monthly/quarterly national calls involving VISN MOVE!® Coordinators, HBCs, VHECs, and Facility MOVE!® Coordinators.
- TeleMOVE! Interactive Voice Response (IVR) will not meet the
target release date of October 2011. An updated release will be provided by NCP
shortly.
- The continuing support live meeting for TeleMOVE! is on the
first Wednesday of the month at 2pm ET (phone number: 1-800-767-1750; Access
Code 81572#).
- NCP staff and 39 facility HPDP Program Managers, HBCs, and VISN HPDP leads from
pilot sites attended the National Telephone Lifestyle Coaching
Orientation Meeting held at Alere Wellbeing Inc. headquarters in
Seattle from September 19-22, 2011.
- Patient Education: TEACH for Success—From October
2010 through July 2011, 7,615 people have participated in 621 local TEACH
classes.
- Million Hearts, a national initiative to prevent 1 million
heart attacks and strokes over the next 5 years, began on September 18th. The
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and private sector have
teamed up to offer proven heart attack/stroke interventions that are effective
and inexpensive. (http://millionhearts.hhs.gov/?source=govdelivery).
- Questions are the Answer, a new initiative from the
HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Ad Council, helps
clinicians and patients communicate more effectively. The AHRQ Web site
(http://www.ahrq.gov/questions) features brochures, notepads, tools, and videos
to help patients and clinicians better ask questions and share information.
- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has invited public comment
on the following draft recommendation statements:
- Screening for Coronary Heart Disease with Electrocardiography (ECG)
- Screening for Hearing Loss in Older Adults—Screening for Prostate Cancer
Comments can be provided at
http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/tfcomment.htm until October 25
(ECG), November 1 (hearing loss), and November 8 (prostate cancer), 2011.
*Intranet site is only accessible by VA staff.
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