by PNTC Webmaster | Aug 2, 2016 | Blog
The ECHO Colorado Program Center located at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is currently looking to hire a Project Associate. The ECHO-CO Project Associate position will be responsible for technical support and general management of ECHO sessions....
by PNTC Webmaster | Jul 27, 2016 | Blog, Denver Metro, Upcoming Events
Medicaid is designed to provide health coverage for our nation’s most vulnerable individuals and families. Medicaid makes it possible for millions of children, parents, pregnant women, people with disabilities and seniors to get the health coverage they need to get...
by PNTC Webmaster | Jul 25, 2016 | Blog
Through an innovative scholarship program, the Colorado School of Public Health is offering graduate level Maternal and Child Health (MCH) courses that address the current educational and training needs of practicing MCH professionals working in hard-to-reach areas of...
by PNTC Webmaster | Jul 21, 2016 | Blog
As of June 27, 2016, Medicaid, Colorado’s public health insurance program for low-income Coloradans who qualify, is called “Health First Colorado.” The new name reflects the significant improvements that have been made to modernize Colorado’s Medicaid program to...
by PNTC Webmaster | Jul 15, 2016 | Blog, Denver Metro, Level 1, Patient Navigator Training Collaborative, Upcoming Events
Registration is now open for our upcoming Level 1 course, Patient Navigator Fundamentals. This course will cover PN basic skills such as patient communication, health promotion, professional conduct and motivational interviewing. This course will fill up fast, so sign...
by PNTC Webmaster | Jul 15, 2016 | Blog, Online, Upcoming Events
The Colon Cancer Alliance Conversations Webinar Series will be hosting its first webinar geared specifically toward Spanish speakers. The webinar will discuss the importance of starting the conversation about colon cancer, early detection and treatment options. The...
by PNTC Webmaster | Jul 11, 2016 | Blog, Patient Navigator News, Patient Navigator Training Collaborative
More than 110 people from around the state participated in the Patient Navigator, Community Health Worker and Promotor de Salud Alliance Summer Meeting on July 8. The conference room at the COPIC insurance offices in Lowry was packed, and dozens more people joined via...
by PNTC Webmaster | Jul 1, 2016 | Blog
The Colorado Health Foundation and a number of partners recently launched a tool to help healthcare stakeholders with messaging around health insurance literacy. The tool uses unified messaging about health insurance literacy that is based on topics which are aligned...
by PNTC Webmaster | Jun 29, 2016 | Blog, Denver Metro, Patient Navigator News, Upcoming Events
Native American Cancer Research (NACR) proudly announces a training course on Native Patient Navigation that includes American Indian Cultural Competency training, along with other sessions that address competency standards for patient navigators. Date: Aug. 15-17,...
by PNTC Webmaster | Jun 17, 2016 | Blog, Patient Navigator News
Andrea (Andi) Dwyer, a trainer for the Patient Navigator Training Collaborative and co-director of the Colorado Colorectal Screening Program at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, recently visited Washington, D.C., and met with White House officials to discuss...
by PNTC Webmaster | Jun 16, 2016 | Blog, Denver Metro
The Community Health Liaison (CHL) is a frontline health educator who has an in-depth knowledge of the community he/she serves. The CHL serves as a link between health and social services and the community to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and...
by PNTC Webmaster | Jun 14, 2016 | Blog, Denver Metro, Patient Navigator News, Upcoming Events
You are invited to the Community Health Worker, Patient Navigator, Promotor de Salud Alliance meeting to be held July 8 from 1-4 p.m. The tentative agenda is below. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the Alliance work to-date and our plan to advance our...
by PNTC Webmaster | Jun 9, 2016 | Blog, Online
June is all about the guys: It is Men’s Health Month, and June 13-19 is Men’s Health Week. The purpose of Men’s Health Month is to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and...
by PNTC Webmaster | Jun 7, 2016 | Blog, Online, Upcoming Events
The Northwest and Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Centers invite public health professionals from around the country to participate in a unique, online training series, which will cover core concepts like: defining public health issues conducting community...
by PNTC Webmaster | Jun 3, 2016 | Blog, Online, Upcoming Events
Maria Casaverde Marin and Taylor Miranda, Quality Improvement Specialists at Colorado Community Health Network, will discuss how care coordinators within community health centers are well positioned to address social determinants of health (SDoH) among their patients....
by PNTC Webmaster | Jun 1, 2016 | Blog, Denver Metro, Upcoming Events
The Colorado Community Health Worker (CHW), Patient Navigator (PN) and Promotore de Salud (PdS) Alliance is hosting a meeting on Friday July 8, 2016, from 1-4 p.m, in Denver. Meeting Goal: Convene the CHW, PN and PdS Community to shape vision and direction of the...
by PNTC Webmaster | May 23, 2016 | Blog
Flip over your favorite packaged snack food and you’ll be sure to spot the nutrition facts label, detailing serving size, calories, fat and other key clues to the item’s nutritional content. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced key changes to this...
by PNTC Webmaster | May 17, 2016 | Blog, Level 2, Level 3, Upcoming Events
The Patient Navigator Training Collaborative is holding two advanced workshops in Pueblo at the beginning of June. See more details and links to sign up below! Advanced Health Behavior Change (Level 2) is a must if you work with clients on behavior change. This...
by PNTC Webmaster | Apr 22, 2016 | Blog, Denver Metro, Spanish
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains is recruiting part-time, hourly, Promotoras de Salud. The role of the Promotora is critical to the successful community outreach and delivery of reproductive health knowledge, while increasing the access to community and...
by PNTC Webmaster | Apr 13, 2016 | Blog, Denver Metro, Upcoming Events
The Patient Navigation Training Collaborative (PNTC) is collaborating with researchers in other states to conduct focus groups around the country on patient navigator skills and knowledge needed for the patient navigator role. This will help inform patient navigator...
