Thursday, January 15, 2015

NAMI Fundraiser at El Chico

On March 23, I will be having a fundraiser to support NAMI. It is going to be located at El Chico at the intersection of 71st and Mingo. It will be from 5pm to close. I need 100 people to show up, and if that is so, 10% of the evening's sale will go to NAMI. So the staff will know that you are there for the fundraiser, there will either be a sign in sheet, or you will need to tell the host/hostess that you are there for the fundraiser. If you have any questions, call Bucky Rodkin at 918-978-1984.

Friday, January 2, 2015

January Education Meeting: Health Homes w/ Chris Flanagan


Oklahoma is a very recent participant in Health Homes. This poster has info.

Health Homes: The New World of Behavioral Healthcare


  Beginning this month, the State of Oklahoma has instituted the most significant change in behavioral healthcare in the last decade with the creation of Health Homes for behavioral health providers.  Health Homes allow providers to more readily focus on promoting the overall health of persons as well as their full potential for a life in the community rather than just keeping people from being sick.
  This service delivery model also creates important opportunities for NAMI, family members, and other community institutions and organizations to directly contribute to the wellbeing of persons and create healthy communities.  Still, this way of providing service is so completely new that it will demand the full and conscious participation of NAMI, family members, and the entire community for its success. 
  Come learn what the Health Homes mean specifically for Tulsa and how you can support behavioral healthcare providers as well as your loved ones.  There will also be a discussion of important service transformation paradigms such as Mind-Body Medicine, Person-Centered Philosophy, and the Public Health perspective of behavioral health.

Time & Date: January 8th, 7pm
Location: Fellowship Congregational Church, 2900 S. Harvard Ave, Tulsa, OK
For more information on the "Health Homes" concept, Read about it on the HHS Medicaid website, here.
Chris Flanagan, Director
Organizational Development, CREOKS

PRESENTER:

 Chris Flanagan is the project manager for integrated care for CREOKS Behavioral Health.  Chris has been a national consultant to the states of Texas and Pennsylvania for service transformation and has designed programs that have received state and national recognition for service excellence as well as for outstanding outcomes. Mr. Flanagan is also the President & Founder of Chris Flanagan & Associates, LLC