Friday, March 30, 2012: 10:40 AM-12:00 PM
Pacific B (San Francisco Marriott Marquis)
Presentation Format:
Innovative/Promising Practice Program Report
Learning Objectives:
- Identify how a health plan can facilitate improvements in DV programming for their members
- Recognize how enhancements to DV provider programming can be implemented with limited resources
- Identify the challenges that exist to improving DV supports in the current environment
The report will review the role of Boston-based managed care organization Neighborhood Health Plan (NHP) in the implementation/enhancement of domestic violence programs at three community health centers in Massachusetts. The presentation will provide attendees with an understanding of one approach health care organizations can use to both assess its current domestic violence (DV) resource needs and implement an improvement project through enhancement of resources, policies and protocols and provider trainings. Methods to overcome financial and time-constraint barriers will be discussed.