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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Special Events
- PA Family Network Statewide Training Series through April 2020 - See ODP Announcement 19-122 for details.
- Self Advocacy Power Network for All (SAPNA): Let's Talk about Your Vision for Your Everyday Life trainings for self-advocates - February 10 (Pottsville) flyer, February 19 (Bedford) flyer, February 26 (Philadelphia) flyer, and March 3 (Reading) flyer.
- Office of Developmental Programs Training Needs Survey: ODP wants to learn more about training needs among providers across systems that support individuals with autism, intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, and their families throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Link to ODP Training Needs Survey
Health Risk Screening Tool (HRST) Process
- Effective January 2020, RNs and/or LPNs are permitted to complete a Clinical Review of the HRST. The process and steps required to complete a Clinical Review within the HRST web-based application remain the same.
- Guidelines for agencies assigning LPNs to complete Clinical Reviews
- Train RNs to complete Clinical Reviews so that oversight can be given to LPNs, as needed.
- When possible, choose LPNs who have experience working with people with I/DD.
- When possible, utilize LPNs who have obtained I/DD specific credentialing, such as Developmental Disabilities Certified (DDC).
- Guidelines for agencies assigning LPNs to complete Clinical Reviews
- RESIDENTIAL PROVIDER: To request addition, update, and/or removal of HRST users for the agency, please submit a revised or additional user spreadsheet to the HCQU HRST Gatekeeper (hrstgatekeeper@kepro.com), following the steps detailed in the HRST Best Practice Guide for PA Providers. New users receive HRST user profile credentials directly from HRS, via e-mail.
- Rater Requirements: Successful completion of the HRST Online Rater Training
- Clinical Reviewer Requirements: (1) RN or LPN licensure, (2) successful completion of the HRST Online Rater Training, and (3) participation in 1-day HRST Clinical Reviewer Training session. Contact pasupport@hrstonline.com for a current schedule of HRST Clinical Reviewer Training sessions and registration information.
- SCO: To request addition, update, and/or removal of HRST users for the agency, please submit a revised or additional user spreadsheet to the HCQU HRST Gatekeeper (hrstgatekeeper@kepro.com), following the steps detailed in the HRST Best Practice Guide for PA Providers. New users receive HRST user profile credentials directly from HRS. SCO users are encouraged but not required to complete the HRST Online Rater Training.
- For more information about the HRST process, refer to ODP Announcement 19-065 HRST Implementation Update; submit questions to hrstgatekeeper@kepro.com.
FATAL FOUR Training (available in online, online video-based, and instructor-led formats)
- Online Training Page – Select Fatal Four in the “Online Module” field
- Instructor-Led Training Packet/Overview
The KEPRO Health Care Quality Unit (KEPRO HCQU) is contracted to support the efforts of the Pennsylvania Office of Developmental Programs (ODP), Administrative Entities, and provider agencies within the intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD) service delivery system, family caregivers, and individuals with I/DD, to continuously improve the quality of life experienced by individuals throughout southwestern PA, including Allegheny, Bedford, Cambria, Fayette, Greene, Somerset, Washington, and Westmoreland counties.
Our goal is to enhance the health and wellness of people with I/DD through the sharing of information with individuals, agency and family caregivers, and community health professionals, thereby supporting the opportunity for individuals with I/DD to live everyday lives. To achieve this goal, we offer physical and behavioral health-related information that reflects current and accepted standards of care, evidence-based practices, and effective care strategies attuned to the specific needs of people with I/DD. This information is delivered in the form of training, technical assistance, capacity building activities, and general dissemination of informational materials and resources.
KEPRO Acquisitions, Inc. is the service provider on behalf of Westmoreland County Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
