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Over the past year, many health care workers have been operating in overdrive to support their communities during the pandemic. Political events and civil rights efforts have added an additional emotional toll. As a result, many workers are suffering from burnout, compassion fatigue, and moral distress. In this session, participants will understand how this past year has impacted our workforce’s well-being and strategies to support our workforce in their recovery.

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Speakers:
Torey Mack, MD, Deputy Associate Administrator for Health Workforce, Bureau of Health Workforce, HRSA,
Matt Bennett, MBA, MA, Speaker, Trainer, Author, Connecting Paradigms,
Eileen Barrett, MD, MPH, FACP, FHM, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Continuing Medical Education University of New Mexico

Moderator:
Suzanne Speer, Senior Director, Workforce Development, ACU

• Breakout Group Subjects:
  • Legal Considerations for Remote Work
  • Telehealth/Hybrid Care Team Composition and Communication Hybrid Workplace Culture and Cohesion
  • Employee Policies for Hybrid and Remote Work
  • Going Hybrid: Building the Business Case and Communicating Change

Health center patients benefit from the integrated care that multidisciplinary care teams provide. Over the past year, health care teams have evolved to accommodate more virtual visits and hybrid work environments. In this health center highlight, representatives from Community Health Center, Inc. (CHCI) will discuss the evolution of their care teams and their vision for the future.

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Speakers:
Tim Kearney, PhD, Chief Behavioral Health Officer, CHCI,
Venna Channamsetty, MD, Chief Medical Officer, CHCI, and
Mary Blankson, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, Chief Nursing Officer, CHCI

Moderator:
Amanda Schiessl, MPP, Project Director/Co-Principal Investigator, CHC

Telehealth and new remote work opportunities are changing the way in which health centers operate. In addition to remote-work legal considerations, having staff who no longer share physical space changes the workplace dynamic. Given the benefits of remote work for employees, many health centers will be adopting hybrid work environments. In this session, participants heard about legal considerations for remote work and strategies to support team cohesion when staff are no longer co-located around the clock.

• Click here to access slides from the first part of this presentation by Molly Evans.
• Click here to access the slides from the second part of this presentation by Kemi Alli.

Speakers:
Molly Evans, JD, Partner, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP,
Kemi Alli, MD, CEO, Henry J. Austin Health Center

Moderator:
Brandon Jones, MHA, Director, Health Center Operations & HR Training, NACHC

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Administrators share their vision for the future health center workforce. Discussion includes how lessons learned from the pandemic will shape our workforce moving forward and opportunities to support health care workers in their recovery.

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Speakers:
James “Jim” Macrae, MA, MPP, Associate Administrator, Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC),
Tom Morris, MPA, Associate Administrator for Rural Health Policy,
Luis Padilla, MD, FAAFP, Associate Administrator for Health Workforce, Director of the National Health Service Corps

Moderator:
Donald L. Weaver, MD, Senior Advisor, Clinical Workforce, NACHC