NOWS-NM is a pilot initiative implemented by Envision New Mexico 2.0 within the Department of Pediatrics at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center to provide training and quality implement (QI) support to healthcare providers for infants born with Neonatal Opiate Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS) and their mothers in rural communities. The pilot initiative entails preliminary assessment of current provider attitudes and practices concerning care for opiate-using pregnant women and NOWS infants. Local healthcare practitioners are then provided with instruction and training to increase their knowledge of NOWS and their capacity to implement best practices regarding assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. 

The SISS initiative is a three-year effort that began in January 2019 to build upon preliminary testing in 2014-2018 of the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) model, an evidence-based practice approach to identify, reduce, and prevent substance use in school-based health centers in New Mexico.

The Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) funded grant contributes to quality improvement focusing on improved management of adolescent chronic diseases in rural areas using telehealth, including provider education on evidence-based practice guidelines and direct patient specialty telehealth care.

ROAMS is a Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) funded grant that is expanding OB access to care in the north east region of New Mexico.

The Comprehensive Addiction Recovery Act (CARA) is a New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department (NM-CYFD) funded grant to provide telehealth and instructional design support for the new training modules.

Implementing School Nursing Strategies Reducing youth suicide in the United States is a national public health priority. Sexual and gender minority adolescents are at elevated risk for suicide. School nurses play a critical role in shaping healthy and supportive school environments, which can decrease the risk for suicide. Targeting school nurses enrolled in RLAS intervention schools, this course addresses evidence-based strategies for suicide prevention, management of depression and other behavioral health concerns, substance use/abuse management and bullying for LGBTQ students.

FRONTERAS (Facilitating Rural Opportunities with New TEchnologies, Resources and Services) is a rural, outpatient, school-based health center telehealth initiative focused on improved management of pediatric chronic disease. FRONTERAS is increasing access using telehealth applications for direct service delivery, case consultation, and provider, child and family education by pediatric sub-specialists at the University of New Mexico (UNM) in rural school based health centers in NM.

The Reducing Breastfeeding Disparities through Quality Improvement Initiative is a three-year effort funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. This project began in May of 2016 in response to the 2014-2015 assessment work, also funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The goals are to design and implement a statewide quality improvement initiative that leads to measurable progress in:

• Breastfeeding care and support practices of New Mexico hospitals
• Improving community clinic-based practices in support of breastfeeding
• Addressing racial and ethnic disparities in breastfeeding rates in NM

The objectives are to:

• Facilitate adoption of hospital and clinic-specific strategies for providers and staff to address breastfeeding disparities.
• Identify barriers and challenges experienced by pediatricians and family medicine providers in community clinics in their efforts to support breastfeeding.
• Engage community leaders and members throughout the initiative to ensure that quality improvement efforts are focused on, and responsive to, priority populations - Hispanic and native American women.
• Monitor improvements in hospital and clinic practices and breastfeeding rates among priority populations.

Improve Care Now (ICN) is a collaborative chronic care network of care centers across the United States (US). As a participating center we have access to standardized data in a collaborative database. This allows UNM to share and compare outcomes and best practice tools to improve the care of NM children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).