I. Call for Abstracts

The 2019 NWRPCA/CHAMPS Fall Primary Care Conference

Thank you for considering a presentation with us!

Northwest Regional Primary Care Association and Community Health Association of Mountain/Plains States invite you to submit an abstract for consideration to present at the 2019 NWRPCA/CHAMPS Fall Primary Care Conference.

General Information: The 2019 NWRPCA/CHAMPS Fall Primary Care Conference, in partnership with Western Clinicians Network (WCN), to be held in Seattle, WA, October 5-8, 2019, provides education and training, information and resource sharing, coalition building, and program and policy development for like-minded community health professionals and their partners. The audience of this conference is comprised of Regions 8, 9, & 10 states including: Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming.

Submission Deadline: Monday, July 8, 2019. Any abstracts submitted after Monday, July 8, 2019 may not be reviewed.

Abstract Notification: You will be notified by August 12, 2019, via email, whether your abstract is selected.

Abstract Selection: Abstracts are peer-reviewed on the basis of quality and clarity of the content, subject relevance (see relevant topics below), and strength of learning objectives. NWRPCA/CHAMPS prioritize presentations that are interactive and participatory. Abstracts should explain specific activities, methods or techniques that will be used to encourage participation in the session as well as any take home messages and/or tools that will be made available to participants.

Relevant Topics: Abstracts should examine current programs, practices, and/or policies related to Community Health Centers and Primary Care.



Topics we are especially interested in include (though are not limited to):

• Board Governance & Leadership: The Board Governance & Leadership track is designed to improve community health center (CHC) board members' understanding of governance skills, including the legal, fiscal, administrative, and strategic planning aspects of CHC governance.
• Clinical Care Innovations: The Clinical & Care Innovations track highlights best and promising clinical practices from CHCs and related health care organizations. In addition, this track features tools, resources, and recommendations for clinical practice from leaders in the industry.
• Fiscal Optimization: The Fiscal Optimization track is aimed to support financial management staff master the intricate challenges of fiscally managing a CHC. These sessions are tailored to CFOs, accountants, and finance managers.
• Healthy Communities: The Healthy Communities track offers sessions that focus on addressing social determinants of health and advancing health equity, with an emphasis on supporting the health of diverse populations, which include but are not limited to:
  • American Indian/Alaska Native
  • Latinx
  • African American
  • Asian/Pacific Islander
  • Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ)
  • Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers (MSFWs) and their families
  • Justice-involved
  • Refugee populations
  • People experiencing homelessness
• Integrated Care (Behavioral Health): The Integrated Care track will focus on helping health centers better provide their patients with a broad range of services and may include topics on behavioral health, substance use disorder services, and oral health care. Sessions will also focus on how health centers are working to more fully integrate these services into primary care to ensure coordinated and seamless transitions for their patients.
• Keynote
• Operational Excellence: The Operational Excellence track is aimed to assist CEOs, COOs, Practice Administrators, and other clinical and non-clinical managers and supervisors in the challenges of leading and managing the daily operations of a CHC.
• Policy & Environment: The Policy & Environment track offers updates on current and upcoming health care and public health policies and their implications for CHCs and the communities they serve. Sessions consider strategies for influencing local, state, and federal health care and public health policy including supporting policy that includes and serves populations from various ethnic, cultural, and language backgrounds.
• Population Health Management: The Population Health Management track addresses topics that support health centers' ability to develop more robust systems and policies that affect health care outcomes. Topics may include, evidence-based preventive services, patient-centered medical/health home, community clinical linkages, care coordination/case management, electronic health/medical records access, utilization, and integration, and participation in Accountable Communities of Health.
• Quality Transformation/Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH): The Quality Transformation track is intended to improve health center quality improvement programs and may include sessions on methodology for data analysis, community health assessments, action plans, accreditation efforts and related topics. This track may also feature successful health center quality improvement programs, new models of care, and innovative practices.
• Workforce & HR Optimization: The Workforce & HR Optimization track is aimed at helping CHCs identify and address the challenges of recruiting, training, and retaining a highly skilled workforce in this new, complex environment. The objectives are to support CHCs in growth and transformation efforts, implement and evaluate strategies to embed workforce talent and capability, and optimize the ability of CHCs to be high quality and high performing.

Speaker Honorarium*:
Each 90-minute session is eligible for a $350 honorarium. If there is more than one (1) speaker per session, the $350 is divided evenly among all speakers in that session.

On top of the $350 honorarium, one speaker per session (usually the Primary Speaker) is eligible for travel support for a one-night hotel stay + flight/transportation. Hotel maximum support is $215/night and flight and/or transportation support is based on location primary speaker is traveling from.

Sponsors and Exhibitors do not qualify for an honorarium or travel support. If your organization is a sponsor or exhibitor of our Fall Primary Care conference, then the speaker doesn’t qualify to receive honorarium or travel support.

*NWRPCA/CHAMPS reserves the right to alter honorarium and travel support based on location and need.

II. Submission Process

1. Step 1: Setup Session

   The following items are required.

   • Workshop Title
   • Submitter Full Name and Email
   • Conference Content Category: Choose the category that best fits your submission
   • Preferred Duration: 90 Minute Breakout Session or 3 hour Intensive Session
   • Comments: Explanation for duration selected, if needed. Can you make your presentation longer or shorter?

2. Step 2: Session Abstract

   Session Abstract Guidelines:
   
   Abstracts are peer-reviewed and will be evaluated based on quality and clarity of the content, subject relevance, and strength of the learning objectives.
   
   NWRPCA prioritizes presentations that are interactive and participatory. Abstracts should explain specific activities, methods or techniques that will be used to encourage participation in the session as well as any take home messages and/or tools that will be made available to participants.
   
   Abstracts pertaining to the CHW workforce should describe within the text of the abstract whether CHWs will be presenting and/or the role CHWs played in the development of the abstract and presentation.

3. Step 3: Learning Objectives

   Please enter one Learning Objective per box. Learning objectives should be clearly stated, measurable, and attainable. Below are examples of acceptable learning objectives:

   1. Assess the health care needs of farmworkers.
   2. Identify barriers to health care experienced by farmworkers.
   3. List three best practices for providing health care to farmworkers.

4. Step 4: Session Description

   The Session Description should be a short summary of the Session Abstract. It will be used for inclusion in the conference program and related marketing materials if the abstract is selected.

5. Step 5: Presenters

   One primary presenter is required.

   • Search for a presenter you would like to add by using email address or last name to find the names of presenters in the database.
   • If the person you are looking for is not found, select 'Not Found' from the search results, and enter the presenter's information.

6. Step 6: Resume

   All presenters are required to upload a resume.

7. Step 7: Confirmation

   • Review your submission on this page.
   • If you are satisfied, scroll to the bottom of the page and click the 'Conclude Submission' button.
   • If you would like to edit something, click the step you would like to edit on the left-hand menu on your screen. Please note that you are able to go back and edit your submission until the submission deadline.