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February, 2012

Volume 11, Number 2
 

 

HEALTH CARE OBSERVANCES

Click on the link below for a complete listing of health care observances for the month:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



NHA 2012 Advocacy Day

NHA’s Advocacy Day highlights the 2012 legislative issues impacting Nebraska hospitals and health systems, and how they deliver quality and affordable care to their communities.

Additionally, Advocacy Day provides health care advocates and leaders with the opportunity to visit with and educate state senators about how health care legislation will affect them.

Your participation is important! Having a strong understanding of legislative issues and how they impact your hospital and community is critical for health care executives. Your knowledge of the legislative issues and state health care policy allow you to effectively be a voice and advocate. We will be the most successful when legislators and policymakers hear your grassroots stories describing the realities of health care in Nebraska.

Please plan to join us on Wednesday, Mar. 21, 2012, at The Cornhusker Marriott in Lincoln for NHA 2012 Advocacy Day.

Click here for more information Click here to register online


2012 Nebraska Health Care Administrative Professionals Conference

In appreciation of their valuable support and dedication to the health care leaders of Nebraska, the Nebraska Hospital Association offers this program, specifically designed for administrative professionals.

This event will honor the special dedication of Nebraska’s hospital and health care administrative professionals. Every day, administrative professionals in hospitals across the state set and exceed standards of excellence by providing support in their facilities. We encourage all NHA member hospitals and health systems to support their administrative professionals in attending this conference, which will increase levels of knowledge and standards in health care administration, foster professional growth and provide networking opportunities through sharing of ideas.

Stay tuned for further details in the coming weeks.

Save the Date!: April 25, 2012.

 

Webinar Preview Pick

Hospital and Physician Alignment: 20 Critical Bylaws Touchstones

February 15, 2012
10:00 am - 11:30 am CT

Overview:
Many physicians are seeking either employment or contractual relationships with hospitals. Simultaneously, hospitals are pursuing closer ties with private physicians in order to better collaborate on clinical product line development designed to improve both quality of care and service and to meet community needs as ED on-call coverage. Many sets of existing medical staff bylaws have not recognized the changing nature of the hospital physician relationship and/or do not address critical issues that MSPs, CMOs, Medical and Senior Management Leaders struggle with while implementing alignment approaches. This webinar will address these issues and suggest proven strategies for mid-course correction.

Target Audience:
CMOs/VPMs, Medical Staff Officers, Medical Staff Bylaws Committee Members, VP Human Resources and Medical Staff Professionals.

Faculty:
Albert L. Fritz, MHA - HG Healthcare Consultants, LLC

Objectives:
• Advise and influence medical staff and senior management leaders on the 20 critical bylaws provisions that should be considered and addressed when planning and implementing various alignment strategies and approaches.
• Recognize the key reasons driving and alternative approaches for responding to the need for greater alignment between hospitals and physicians.
• Draft bylaws language that is practical in reducing existing barriers that have traditionally been found in bylaws.
• State a proven approach and process for designing alignment language in the bylaws and gaining approval by both physician and hospital leadership.

Click here for more information.

 

February 2012 Education Programs

Click on any program title to be taken to the full program description, date and time.  

Preventing Avoidable Hospital Readmissions

Medicare Provider Enrollment and the CMS-855 Forms: Ensuring Compliance

Positioning Hospitals and Physicians for Success: Understanding How Providers and Payers are Responding to Health Care Reform

Advance Directives Update 2012

Mission/Market Critical: Moving from All-Things-to-All-People to a High-Value Hospital

Hospital and Physician Alignment: 20 Critical Bylaws Touchstones

The Basics of PCI Compliance/Credit Card Processing for Hospitals & Health Care Associations Webinar

EMTALA and Physician On-Call Requirements: Ensuring Compliance




Click here to view even more health care-related educational Webinars offered by careLearning.


New e-Learning Courses

Responder®: STEMI Recognition

Responder® is a web-based, amazingly interactive Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) and STEMI education and competency program addressing the needs of first responders, both pre-hospital or in hospital.

ST elevation training and STEMI recognition is promoted through the presentation of interactive case study ECG's and ECG STEMI drills!

The Responder® course includes:
• ACS Recognition
• Indications for a 12 Lead ECG
• Obtaining a 12 lead ECG
• ECG Interpretation
• ECG Case Studies and Drills
• Pre-hospital management and Disposition of the ACS patient
• Components of STEMI Systems of Care

For more information, including continuing education credit, go to www.carelearning.com and click on the Course Catalog. Click on “Nursing CE Credit Courses” and scroll to the desired course. Quantity discounts and a 30-day trial are available.
 

Rights and Responsibilities Series

Does your organization struggle to efficiently and effectively offer mandatory training?

Rights and Responsibilities Series includes:
• HIPAA
• Sexual Harassment (Employee and Supervisor)
• EMTALA

Workplace Diversity
FACTA Red Flags
• Patients’ Rights
• Pain Management

For more information about the courses listed above, including a description, go to www.carelearning.com and click Course Catalog. Click “Rights and Responsibilities Series” and scroll to the desired course. Contact your state hospital association or support@carelearning.com or 866-617-3904) to request more information or a free 30-day trial.


 

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