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Tuesday, April 21, 2020
COVID-19 Advocacy Update #6* |
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Link & Learn |
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Don't forget:
you'll need to be logged into the APHA
membership site to access some of these links:
www.myAPHA.org |
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APHA Expert Call-in
Your Clients and Medical Cannabis – Assessing Interest
and Providing Resources
Tuesday, April 28 <- next
week!
Has the topic of medical cannabis (marijuana) come up in
conversations with clients or prospective clients? Did
you feel informed enough to carry on that conversation?
Do you know the laws in your state or province?
Or, is the medical cannabis train leaving and you
haven’t yet hopped aboard? |
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As more and more states legalize
medical cannabis, questions arise as they regard its fit
and appropriateness as a treatment for challenges from
pain to mobility, from suffering to comfort. It’s
possible your clients know even more about it than you
do. And it’s possible you know enough that you should be
raising the topic with them if they don’t.
Josephine Krehl is the Founder of MMJ Knowledge, LLC and
serves in the role of Statewide Clinical Community
Relations for OnePlant, a medical cannabis business in
Florida. As our guest for this call-in, she’ll guide us
through the basics we need to know to help our clients,
ranging from legality, to knowing when cannabis may be
appropriate, to finding recommenders, to delivery
mechanisms, to insurance coverage, plus how to carry on
the conversation with our clients. |
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You may register up to
3 hours prior to the call.
Register for this call. |
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Connect with Anne!
Making Wellness Services Part of Your Advocacy
Offerings
Thursday, May 7
Join Anne Llewellyn as
she talks with Nurse Advocate Rajitha Bommakanti, BSN,
RN, CCM founder of the Healthy You Lifestyle Center. We
will discuss how you can add/incorporate wellness into
your practice. Learn the strategies and be a change
agent in making a positive impact on your client's
behaviors that are impacting their health and wellness.
Meet Anne, and learn more about Connect! with Anne calls. |
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Register early!
A reminder that we
limit registration for Connect! with Anne calls.
Registration will close as soon as we reach capacity.
You may register on the
day of the call up until
3 hours prior to the call.
Register for this call. |
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Congratulations
to these
AdvoConnection
Directory-Listed members who have achieved and
received 5 star reviews for their work!
Remember - these stars were awarded by clients for whom they have saved lives,
health, or money, and improved the quality of life
for
the person who provided the
review. |
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A job very well done. Congratulations! |
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Hold the Date!
Our APHA Sister Site, PracticeUP! presents
Personalized Small Group Learning:
One Weekend, Great Skills!
Become the independent advocate you want to be.
Bootcamp Orlando has been
rescheduled!
September 18 & 19
8.5 CEs for BCPAs will be
available.
Invest in Yourself. Invest in Your Success.
Join us in Orlando!
Learn more about
bootcamps here.
We will alert you when we are ready
to begin registration.
(Bootcamps will not be held if there is continued danger from COVID-19.) |
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Updates
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Online Courses for Advocates |
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PracticeUP! online is a sister site to APHA. APHA
members may take courses for free or at a discount.
www.PracticeUPOnline.com |
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A reminder of another
place to search: |
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We noticed this week that several of you searched for a
topic that had been discussed in the Discussion Forum -
except - you didn't search in the Discussion Forum. You
searched in the main content of the site.
Unfortunately, our main site
SEARCH mechanism won't search Discussion Forum
conversations. (Believe me, we have tried to make
that work! And tried, and tried....)
But - you can still search and
find the conversation!
You just need to do a
search on any one of the Discussion Forum pages!
We're sorry to make you look in two places. Someday
we'll find someone who can make that work for us. But
until then, you can always
search in both places to find articles (or podcasts, or
webinars, or videos or...) AND discussion forum
discussions. |
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A special section for
AdvoConnection
Directory
Listed
members. |
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Reminders for
+ADL members: |
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March Directory profile stats are available!
Here's how to retrieve yours. |
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Note:
This is a great opportunity to ask clients and
previous clients to add ratings and reviews to your directory
listing!
Here's how. |
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Did you see your invitation?
AdvoConnection is
looking for guest bloggers. We have invited +ADL
members to submit. Invitations went out Monday
and are good only through May 15. Let us know if
you are listed in the directory, but did not
receive your invitation and we'll send it along. |
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Monitor requests for
help!*
Patients need you!
Recent requests have come from: |
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Nevada |
New York |
Ontario |
Virginia |
Indiana |
Minnesota |
... and other states and
provinces! |
*We are
beginning to see a big uptick in
requests for help,
and a surge in directory searches...
please keep your eye on the Unmet Needs
list. Patients need you! |
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ADVERTISEMENT |
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Reviews found on Amazon: |
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While the information in the book is basic - good for someone
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information for businesses in this field. I recommend it without
reservation. |
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Learn more about
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Coronavirus / COVID-19 Forum |
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Master List of COVID-19 Resources for Advocates |
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COVID-19 and Surprise Bills – Lobbyists at Work |
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Telehealth and Clients who are not tech savvy |
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Providing helpful information during COVID-19 Pandemic |
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Webinar: Protecting Older Adults from the Harms of
Social Isolation |
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Navigating Loss in the Time of COVID-19 |
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Great EOL Questions and a Video Opportunity |
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Sounding the Alarm – DNRs and Rationing |
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Reality Check on Ventilator Treatment |
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Invitation to a COVID-19 Webinar for Advocates |
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HIPAA Guidance re: COVID 19 |
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New Course: PANDEMIC! Earn 2.5 CEs – free to APHA
members |
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General
Conversation |
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electronic signature |
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On-Line Palliative Care Courses FREE |
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Any other cancer-only advocates? |
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Any experience with Fall Alert Systems? |
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E&O Insurance |
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Providers Refusing to Deal with Third Party Advocates |
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Sharing: Rants of a Patient Safety Advocate |
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Hipaa and privacy forms |
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+ADL Member Forum |
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Insurance Advocate Needed |
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Communicating with clients |
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Media Request – Bloomberg |
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Patient Advocate Designation Form |
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SBA Loans – Help for Determining Eligibility and
Obtaining One |
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Media Request - Wall Street Journal |
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* The APHA Tuesday Agenda
and Coronavirus / COVID-19
We continue to identify the many
ways we can support you
in an effort to balance your need to stay safe with your desire
to grow your patient-service practice during this critical time.
Our Tuesday Agendas will continue to reflect this focus
as long as need be.
Of course, if at any time you can think of any way we can
support
your needs, please do reach out! Your success is our success. |
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Many of our members with clinical
credentials - doctors, nurses, advanced practice nurses, physician
assistants, and others -- are working on the front lines to defeat this
virus and end this pandemic.
Many others are volunteering their time to make others' lives easier and
allay some of their fears in the midst of this horror.
Our sincere thanks to each of you for
helping others through this crisis. |
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Alliance of Professional Health
Advocates
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