Clinical Resources

The resources on this website are intended to help NM SBHCs strengthen the quality of their clinical services. The following documents and websites can help you learn more about applicable laws and standards of practice. Please work with your sponsoring agency and/or provider(s) to tailor the below resources to your particular needs and requirements.

National Assembly on School-Based Health Care
www.nasbhc.org

• Operations Tool Kit- Whether you are planning to open a school-based health center, or have been operating/working in one for years, the Operations Tool Kit is designed to make it easier for you to more efficiently carry out your day-to-day job responsibilities!  Over 600 pages of reference materials! http://www.nasbhc.org/TAT/1TATTools.htm
• Behavioral Health Tools and Resource
  http://www.nasbhc.org/TAT/2Behavioral_Health.htm
• Practice Management Tools and Resource
  http://www.nasbhc.org/TAT/2Pratice_management.htm
• Continuous Quality improvement (CQI) Tools for SBHCs
  http://www.nasbhc.org/EQ/EQ_Improvement1.htm

NM Human Services Department, School Health Office School-Based Health Center (SBHC)/ Managed Care Organization (MCO) Project
http://www.hsd.state.nm.us/mad/schoolhealth.html

• Includes SBHC/ MCO clinical guidelines for: EPSDT, Asthma, Depression, Obesity and Care Coordination and Communication among SBHC, PCPs, MCOs and Parents
• Information on how to become a SBHC MCO provider.

NM Department of Health, Office of School and Adolescent Health Resources

• Suicide Crisis Plan
• Standards and Benchmarks with Behavioral Health Guidelines

NM SBHC Programs, Policies and Procedures
Thank you very much to Chris O'Donnell from the UNM SBHC Program; Linda Filippi and Jay Mortensen from the Mountainair SBHC and; Mary Jo Devine and Peggy Chavez from the Belen SBHC for sharing these policies and procedures.

Consider these policies and procedures drafts (all 3 SBHC program are continually revising theirs) and adapt them to your SBHC as needed.

• UNM SBHC Program Standard Opertaing Procedures. Summer 2006. (coming soon)
  
• The Mustang Health Center Policies and Procedures, Mountainair SBHC. August 2006.
  
• Belen SBHC Policies and Proedures. June 2006.

University of New Mexico SBHC Program, Continuing Education Manual for SBHC staff on Crisis Management Plan, First Aid, HIPAA, Infection Control, Medicaid, Reporting Abuse, 504/IDEA, Suicide Prevention and Intervention
Thank you to Chris O’Donnell from the UNM SBHC Program for sharing this manual

• Continuing education manual (PDF)
• Continuing education employee acknowledgement sheet (Word)
• Continuing education personnel file checklist

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) (PDF)

• Search for “bloodborn pathogens regulations”-
  http://www.osha.gov/

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)

• Information on CLIA waiver
  http://www.cms.hhs.gov/CLIA/
• NM Department of Health CLIA Program- 505-222-8646 http://dhi.health.state.nm.us/CLIA/index.php
• NM Department of Health, Office of School and Adolescent Health CLIA Laboratory test information Form

NM Board of Pharmacy

• NM Pharmacy rules and application packet-
  http://www.state.nm.us/pharmacy/
• Class B sample policies and procedures for a SBHC (Word)
• Class C sample policies and procedures for a SBHC (Word)

NM Children, Youth and Families Department

• Information on how to report abuse: 
  http://www.cyfd.org/

Adolescent Health Resources

• Sexual Health – an Adolescent Provider toolkit
• AMA – Delivering Culturally Effective Health Care to Adolescents

Links to more Clinical Resources related to School-Based Health Centers.

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