Upper Peninsula Regional AHEC News

Upper Peninsula Human Trafficking Task Force

Shelby Santti, Program Director for the Upper Peninsula Regional Center (UPRC), has joined the Upper Peninsula Human Trafficking task force (UPHTTF). UPRC and host partner, Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center (UGL), are now partner affiliates with the UPHTTF. Together they plan to provide UGL clinical staff with education and training on how to help prevent, identify and treat victims of human trafficking.

Lippincott Solutions Advisor and Procedures Subscription

UPRC recently purchased a Lippincott Solutions Advisor and Procedures subscription as a resource for UGL clinical staff. The resource provides a suite of evidence based, best practice clinical decision support tools that are updated regularly related to diseases, diagnostic tests, drugs, patient teaching, step by step procedures, skills checklists, etc. This resource will also be used to improve the organizational competency management system for clinical staff at UGL and for the UPRC CCMA Employee Upskilling Program.

Upper Great Lakes Family Health Centers Wins Quality Recognition Awards from HRSA

HRSA has announced its annual Community Health Quality Recognition Awards and UGL, host partner for the UPRC, has hit a substantial milestone this year.

These awards recognize the highest performing health centers nationwide as well as those health centers that have made significant quality improvement gains from the previous year. This year, UGL is being recognized for achievements in the following categories:

• Health Center Quality Leader GOLD: Awarded to health centers that achieve the best overall clinical quality measure (CQM) performance among all health centers. Since 2017, UGL has received the silver badge in this category representing the top 11-20% of health centers overall. This year, UGL has received the gold badge which represents the top 10% of health centers nationwide! Some of the initiatives we've worked towards to achieve this accomplishment over the last year include:
  • Improving A1c labs for patients with Diabetes
  • Improving Breast Cancer Screening rates
  • Re-engaging children due for Immunizations
  • Improving processes for patients with Hypertension

For more information about UGLs Community Health Quality Recognition Awards, visit https://uglhealth.org/ugl-receives-health-center-quality-recognition-awards-from-hrsa/