February 2021 Final File

DATA

and analytics play an increasingly vital role in Evergreen's growth and success, helping us secure funding for new programs and improve the quality of existing ones. Jacob Perrello is Evergreen's

director of anyalytics, working with a team of developers, analysts and reporting specialists to compile and interpret the vast amount of data we collect about patients and the services we provide. "We're a hybrid data science group," explained Jacob. "This means we support centralized organizational business intelligence initiatives and operational efficiencies through collaborative dashboard development, report development and automation that align with the needs of the executive team and specific centers, departments and business areas."

Jacob has worn many hats in the ten years since he answered a Craigslist ad for an assistant case

manager position in the COBRA program. "I had barely enough professional experience to apply," recalled Jacob. "Maria LoTempio hired me and I worked as a community follow up worker for a month until I had the year of experience necessary to bill for services. Thanks Maria - I’ll always remember that." He worked in the Case Management program for three years during the transition from COBRA to the Health Home model. In 2013 Jacob left Evergreen to finish graduate school and returned in 2015 as a mental health counselor in the emerging Behavioral Health program. "We were nearing approval of our harm reduction OASAS license and I worked in both the Substance Use and Mental Health programs providing individual and group therapy."

In 2017 Jacob returned to the Center for Care Coordination. "It was an internal job posting and I thought

'Hey, the worst thing that happens is that I don’t get the position and still get to work at Evergreen.' Pro Tip, whenever you leave a position, leave well. You never know when opportunity will present itself."

As director of process development within the Center, Jacob provided support to the leadership team

with a focus on incident management. "This evolved to include all things data," said Jacob. "I began to maintain and continue development of the Health Home database to provide a single source of truth for

the department as the program utilizes multiple clinical systems. Before Kevin (Bidtah), started wearing a suit every day, he stopped by the Mathews building and we drew data models on white boards. That was a pretty cool moment."

In 2018, Jacob traveled to Toronto with the Information Systems team for an intensive week-long

training on the recently acquired business intelligence software Dundas BI. "After Toronto I continued to collaborate with the IS team on dashboard development and a bit of project management. In the summer of 2020 I began my current role dedicated to fully supporting the analytics team in the Info Systems department."

Jacob notes that his professional development at Evergreen has felt very organic, as new roles

appeared where he found opportunities to get involved and develop new skills. "It has always felt particularly motivating to work at an organization that itself was simultaneously growing." he said.

"Remember all those months of construction and the ear plugs?!"

Although his team develops dashboards and reports, most of the work with data is done behind the

scenes. Jacob compares it to an iceberg. "What you see as it relates to Evergreen’s data is but a small part of the underlying structure," he notes. "And that underlying structure requires a lot of ongoing maintenance, attention, development and fine tuning. We're continually looking at and taking advantage of opportunities to improve our data warehouse so that we're poised to respond to business, make predictions and generate recommendations." The team consolidates large quantities of information and provides digestible views that give insight and answers to specific questions. This has required development of data models ranging from financial to clinical. "For example, the team has developed finance dashboards that are used by the finance and executive teams, in addition to dashboards that track COVID testing and COVID vaccination in as close to real time as possible." The team has also developed dashboards that track and consolidate the demographics of all patients who receive services at Evergreen. This helps leadership understand our population and identify opportunities to improve and ensure we continue to serve communities that

are underserved by the healthcare system. One example is the recently developed ‘patient lookup,’ which provides access to approved data from Medent to staff who are involved in patient care, but unable to fully access Medent due to account restrictions and limitations. Right now this is used by phone operators and care coordinators, in compliance with strict governance and security oversight. This directly impacts the patient experience. For example, phone operators use it when patients call and are unsure when their next appointment is or who their provider is. Operators can now assist the patient without having to transfer the call. Patient lookup also promotes continuity of care in the Care Coordination space, providing access to shared/mutual patients’ upcoming appointments in the Behavioral Health and Medical spaces at Evergreen. "It's our hope to continue to build out this tool to include medications and pharmacy fills and other metrics that point to a patient’s social determinants of health, such as housing status, food insecurity, program enrollments and patient engagement with services."

Collaboration is especially important in the world of data and analytics. "The work we do is enhanced

by our users and their data acumen," noted Jacob. "We focus on building relationships with departments and users to promote data literacy. Seriously, we love talking about data and brainstorming what is possible within a given program based on their access to and availability of information. I can think of no greater example than Heather Wilson, one of our data analysts who is passionate about democratizing data and equipping all those interested with the skills they need to interact with and better understand their data. Be on the lookout for an informal analytics resource group led by Heather."

Because of COVID-19, the entire team went remote in March. Jacob noted that finding new rhythms

and ways to interact and stay up to date and connected as a team was an adjustment. "I think the team has done an excellent job of staying flexible, adjusting to change and being open about their experience as a result of organizational changes," he said. "This has helped ensure a positive, engaging work culture."

Jacob's many roles here have given him a unique perspective on Evergreen and its culture. "It's

amazing! It is rich, vibrant and energizing. Evergreen is a special place to me because I feel like I can truly

be myself here and that I am accepted for who I am. I love working at Evergreen and early on it made sense to me that this is a place where I can have a career. I find that my work here instills a sense of purpose, that I am working to support something that is greater than myself and impacts the community around me in a positive way. I value the mission and goals of the organization and enjoy all of the people and personalities I have had the ability to work with over the years. It’s like all the things that make humanity vibrant and special are distilled in the microcosm of the Evergreen community. When I worked in Care Coordination, one thing that regularly brought us together was food. I remember the potlucks and soup contests like they were yesterday. Organizationally, we have always found togetherness around tables; remember staff lunch!? I miss that. Working in different departments over the years, I have found the notion of togetherness continues to extend throughout; it affects us and creates a space for deep acknowledgement of our patients’ experiences as well as the human element that is integral to the work that we carry out each day. We are Team Evergreen."

With so many changes in the way we collect and use data over the past few years, it's hard to predict

what the future holds. But Jacob has dreams. "I want to use data for good! It is my goal to continue to invest in efforts that develop the organization’s data infrastructure and analytics capabilities to directly support initiatives that identify and address disparities in health outcomes, ultimately reducing those disparities and improving health outcomes. If I get my wish, I’ll get to witness our analytics culture at Evergreen develop in a way that encourages our technical and non-technical stakeholders to collaborate in such a way where the integration of medicine, social work, behavioral health care and technology at Evergreen shines through the data stories that are shared and resound within the community as a standard of excellence and a model for treatment and care."

Jacob grew up in Lancaster, but actually graduated from high school in Hong Kong. "I attended Hong

Kong International School after moving there for my dad’s job with Mattel/Fisher Price," he said. "My dad worked in Global IT. See the connection there? Does the apple fall far from the tree?" After graduating he

moved back to Buffalo and studied at UB. When people ask why he moved back to Buffalo, Jacob tells them: "I missed the food."

Jacob is also busy when he's not at work. "I’m settling into #dadlife. I’m married and my partner and

I recently brought a sweet baby girl into the world. Her name is Greta Jane and she has absolutely stolen my heart. We also have an adorable and rambunctious Rhodesian Ridgeback named Kya, she will turn nine this fall. I enjoy cooking, watching movies and streaming series, reading, listening to records and restoring vintage mopeds. I am also a car guy, and enjoy both wrenching on and maintaining my vehicles and ogling at high performance machines that are probably way outside of my budget."

Jacob also follows Formula One, the world’s premier class of open-wheel racing. "It is by far my favorite

sport due to the drivers, the drama, the changing track layouts race to race, not to mention the limit pushing engineering and high level of technical development. For example, current F1 cars are powered

by V6 turbo hybrid engines. In recent years, the automotive industry has been scaling down engine displacement and adding turbo chargers and electric power to road cars; that was first implemented in F1. Another cool feature of F1 is the analytics. There are thousands of data points that are collected and analyzed in real time as the cars operate that are used by engineers and drivers to respond to operating and track conditions and car setup. It’s such a cool implementation of data driven decision making. Hmm, that was a fun unintentional pun, data driven, race cars."

He also notes that the sport was very vocal in support of the Racial Justice Movement, with one team

going as far as to change their entire racing livery in direct support of the Black Lives Matter Movement. "It was encouraging to see this group of athletes use their voice to stand up in support of racial justice."

all the things that make humanity vibrant and special are distilled in the microcosm of the Evergreen community

Evergreen staff began receiving COVID-19 vaccinations in January. According to Christine Kemp, director of population health, as of January 21 nearly 60 percent of staff have received their first dose of the vaccine. Second doses are on the way and will be administered in the next few weeks. "Staff from all Centers have been dropping what they’re doing to help out with this effort," noted Christine. "We are so grateful for their support!" Kudos to Christine and everyone who worked hard to develop and implement an effecient vaccine distribution system at a moment's notice.

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SAMSHA defines trauma as individual trauma resulting from an event, series of events or set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or threatening and that has lasting adverse effects on the individual's functioning and physical, social, emotional or spiritual well-being.

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Trauma can take many forms including abuse, natural disaster, racism, sexism (and any other “ism”s) or historical trauma.

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Racial trauma is what happens in response to individual and systemic racial discrimination which may include threats of harm, events aimed at shame and humiliation, witnessing racial discrimination or society being dismissive and callous towards POC’s needs and worth, usually in an ongoing manner since birth.

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Historical trauma is both cumulative and collective. Both racial and historical trauma can be understood by applying the concept of epigenetics.

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Epigenetics is the expression of our genes and what we’ve discovered is that our behaviors and environment can impact how our genes are expressed. We know this to be true in the development of some forms of cancer, schizophrenia and other health issues. Evidence suggests that the way genes work in our body is strongly influenced by our experiences, including trauma. Our gene expressions then get passed on to our children, resulting in them being more susceptible to an excessive stress response even if they’ve never experienced trauma themselves.

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What we do today really does matter in the long run. Making space for self-compassion and intentional self-care time can be life changing - literally.

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HOUSING FIRST

retention counselor, Eva Baez has a passion for her work that is absolutely contagious. In her almost three years at Evergreen, she has worked as a care coordinator and currently focuses on getting chronically homeless individuals into homes of their own. Her personal experience seeing her uncle, who is schizophrenic, deal with barriers to housing and the stigma of having a mental illness influenced her decision to dedicate her profession to helping others.

Can you tell me about the work you do at Evergreen? Absolutely. I’m a housing first retention counselor, so our program is unique in that it is designed to meet people where they’re at. We service individuals who have been chronically homeless, so homeless for over a year or more. In order to qualify, they would have to have a substance use disorder or a mental health diagnosis. So, we take these individuals, we place them into a unit and we pay their rent in full for the first year. Within that year, we help them get the benefits they need, whether it’s health insurance, cash benefits, SNAP, linkage to care coordination, so if they’re interested in receiving treatment they can do so.

Do the patients go into treatment after they are housed? We’re not forcing our patients to go into treatment because we’re meeting them where they’re at. Many of them have just been focusing on where they’re going to sleep for the night for the past two years. Now they have what they need: a home. Now they can start thinking about their treatment and things like that. is there continuing supportive help for these patients? Pre-COVID, we conducted monthly visits just to check out that everything’s going well and they’re adjusting well, if they have any apartment concerns or questions, we would communicate that to the landlord. It’s a really great program because we’re meeting people where they’re at. We still continue to do the visits and actually after the first year, they only begin to pay a portion of the rent. We base their rent on their income. Whatever they’re receiving at that moment, we complete a form and put in the numbers and the computer’s a beautiful thing, it will spit out a number to us. We still continue to pay the rent in full to the landlord, so there’s no discrepancy. We love to have a good rapport with our landlords because they’re important — they work with us. We have some really amazing landlords who really understand our patients.

Is it hard to locate apartments for patients? Do you have a network of landlords to pull from? Yes, it difficult to place people now with the increasing price of rent. We do have to fall within a reasonable price. We have a limit. If it

includes utilities, it can be a little higher. With the increasing price of rent, it can be difficult. A lot of times we work with the landlords we already have because sometimes they have more than one unit, more than one building. That’s part of why it’s so important to engage with the landlords because from there we can obtain more resources.

How did you get into this type of work? I love working in the mental health field. I have an uncle who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and I can recall one time being at the store with him and someone just kind of giving him a nasty look, not really understanding him. With his barriers, with his diagnosis, he was still my uncle, my uncle who I love very much. And I felt like, this is what I want to do with my life. I want to service people with these same diagnoses, same barriers, because they’re human beings, they didn’t ask for this, right? When someone has cancer, we feel bad for them, we give them sympathy. When someone has mental illness, just because we don’t see it, we don’t necessarily give them that sympathy. And for me, in that moment, I understood I wanted to help people like this. This led me into going to school for psychology and going to work in the field. I did care coordination for several years. It was definitely a learning experience. I always think my patients have taught me more than any book could ever teach me. For that, I’m always indebted to my patients. I’m grateful for my them because they teach me so much. I did care coordination for four or five years then I saw a posting for housing. I could always see that the issue in the field with helping a lot of people is that they unfortunately don’t have safe, affordable housing. So I said, ‘Wow. I would love to do that because this is such a big barrier where I can help them.’ Previously I worked a lot with people with mental health diagnoses, not necessarily substance use, so I definitely wanted to take the opportunity to learn more about that, as well.

Did your uncle have trouble being homeless or keeping a home, or was it more so the stigma that influenced you to pursue this kind of work? Actually, he did have trouble with housing. Initially, as a family, we tried to step in. He lived in one of my grandmother’s units but that led to other problems because of his behavior. He was linked to a housing program. They did an amazing job of keeping him housed, no matter what his barriers were. I know it’s a little personal but I share this from a family standpoint because I know what it’s like to see someone I love go through those obstacles.

When I come in to work I want the best for my patients. I want them to know there’s someone who cares about them.

It must be really rewarding seeing people placed into their homes for the first time. What have those reactions been like? I think it’s definitely an adjustment. For the first time in a long time people have some place to go without worry and when they first get the keys reality really sets in. The average person may think they should be happy, but that

person hasn’t had to be in survival mode. Now our patient can let their guard down. It’s an adjustment. It’s definitely an emotional moment when you have a patient for the first time and you place them into housing. That’s the only way I can describe it. You see it in their face, like ‘Wow. I got through it and I’m here now.’

How long does the process normally take from start to finish? We try to keep available units on hand so when we get someone, we can get the paperwork completed. Every situation varies because sometimes you don’t even get in contact with the patient for a couple of weeks, then they need to come in to do the intake. I’ve had turnaround times as quickly as five days and I had one that took a month or so.

Do many people get hooked up with medical and supportive services afterwards? Absolutely! I like to meet them where they’re at. First, I want to get them placed into the housing. If they are interested in other services, I will put in those referrals. The vast majority of people we help, yes, they do become linked.

What is your favorite thing about working for Evergreen? I love my coworkers. I think they’re amazing. They’re willing to help when needed. They make you feel comfortable. I just think it’s a great group of people who work for Evergreen. We have such knowledgeable people in the supportive service staff and everyone is so friendly and great.

I would encourage anyone who has questions to reach out. I am big about teamwork and our patients having a strong team. I think that is so vital. If we share the same patients, you will hear from me!

When you're not at Evergreen what kind of things do you like to do? Well I have two beautiful twin daughters.

They will be 10 in February. I love them and I love to bake. It’s definitely a passion. And my family, staying in touch with my family. 2020 was definitely a trying year but baking and being with my family makes me happy.

What is your favorite thing to bake? Cookies!

Do you have any hopes or plans related to 2021? 2021…you know what I learned in 2020? It was a trying year but so much greatness for me came out of it. I think being appreciative for all that I have and the little things in life. I definitely want to come up with a better morning routine for myself this year, including a little bit of meditation time. I also thinking I might want to start yoga.

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February is Black History Month, which commemorates and celebrates contributions to our nation made by people of African descent. As a healthcare organization, we recognize Black History Month as an opportunity to highlight health equity and the impacts of health disparities. Unfortunately Black people are affected by heart disease, cancer and stroke to a disproportionate degree. Evergreen is committed to addressing health disparities and working toward equity for all communities and in all aspects of life, including healthcare.

Approximately one third of deaths in the United States are due to cardiovascular disease, with Black

people and older individuals at higher risk. Nearly half of all Black adults have some form of cardiovascular disease. 40 percent of Black adults have high blood pressure, a contributing factor to heart attack and stroke.

Cancer is the second leading cause of death among Black people in the United States. Black women are

40 percent more likely to die of breast cancer than white women. This is partially due to having fewer social and economic resources. Prostate cancer tends to start at younger ages and grow faster in Black men than in men of other racial or ethnic groups. The reasons for this are not understood.

Black people are nearly 1.5 times as likely to be obese as compared to non-Hispanic Whites. From 2011-

2014, the prevalence of obesity among Black people was 48 percent compared to 35 percent of non-Hispanic Whites.

Evergreen Health believes that achieving health equity is essential to achieving racial equity. This requires

fundamental changes in our management practices and organizational culture. In early 2020, Evergreen’s Board of Directors and Executive Team unanimously approved a three-year Racial Equity Action Plan, a multifaceted approach to ensure we move closer to the goal of making Evergreen a more equitable organization for patients and employees. We have established an internal “Health Equity & Health Disparities Taskforce� that will guide the agency in anchoring actions in disaggregated data, understanding social factors of patients of color, identifying non-clinical and supportive services and embedding cultural humility in our service delivery.

The United States is quickly approaching a time when people from communities of color will become the

majority of the national population. We believe that adopting these inclusive practices is essential to curbing the growth of health disparities at this same time. We must earn the respect of our community to continue to provide services for years to come.

Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi, Patrisse Cullors | Black Lives Matter Founders | In 2013, #BlackLivesMatter, a Black-centered political will and movement building project, was co-founded by Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi and Patrisse Cullors in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer, George Zimmerman.

Tarana Burke | Founder of the MeToo Movement | A decade after its founding, Burke's MeToo slogan became the hashtag #MeToo, which millions of women all over the world have used to share their sexual abuse stories, bringing down several powerful men in the process.

Wes Moore | Author, Veteran, Social Entrepreneur | CEO of Robin Hood, an organization focused on improving the living standards for low income residents of New York and member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Moore gave a TED Talk on How to Talk to Veterans About the War. Esmeralda Simmons | Civil Rights Lawyer | Simmons has been engaged in the fight for equal rights for over three decades. Simmons currently runs the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, providing legal services to people facing voter suppression and discrimination.

Laverne Cox | Actor, LGBTQ Activist | Cox has been actively involved in the transgender movement. She has been vocal about her struggles as a child in Alabama and her suicide attempt. She has overcome many obstacles to forge a successful acting career.

Van Jones | CNN Commentator, Co-founder of Color of Change | Jones is a human rights activist and CNN commentator on racial inequality and police brutality against Black Americans. Jones helped found the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and Color of Change, which gives a voice to vulnerable communities.

Stacey Abrams | American Politician, Lawyer, Voting Rights Activist | Abrams became the first Black woman and Georgian to become the gubernatorial nominee for a major party in the United States in 2018. She launched Fair Fight 2020 and other organizations devoted to voting rights, training, and hiring young people of color.

Charlene Carruthers | Founding National Director of Black Youth Project 100 | Carruthers has years of racial justice, feminist and youth leadership work. Black Youth Project 100 works with young Black activists to create a national base of Black 18-35-year olds dedicated to creating justice and freedom for all Black people.

Communities of Color Resource Group invites you to attend the following Black History Month programming: February 12 @ 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: CoC Resource Group Meeting featuring Pivotal Paradigm Project CEO Jasmine Fluker February 13-21: Buffalo Urban League Young Professionals presents Black Restaurant Week February 23 @ 12 p.m.: "Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy" Documentary Discussion Check the intranet and your email every Monday during the month of February for more information!

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