July 11, 2024

Webinar: Emergency Preparedness – The Benefits of a Comprehensive Plan

A robust emergency preparedness plan is fundamental for any rural healthcare provider.

The lessons learned from the COVID era are starting to fade and that can lead to a lapse in focus for CAHs.

This presentation will cover the core elements of an emergency preparedness plan and empower rural hospitals to ensure the lights stay on and patients are safe regardless of the scenario.

Learning Objectives

• Understand and know how to apply the core components of Emergency Preparedness in a rural healthcare setting:
  • Planning
  • Procedures
  • Communication
• Training & Testing
• Learn the elements of a strong Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA)
  • Engagement with the local or state emergency planning commission
  • Understanding vulnerabilities within your community
  • Stay vigilant in the post-COVID era
• Gain a clear picture of how the day-to-day decisions at the executive level affect Emergency Preparedness
• Establish the framework for practical and effective drills

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, August 21, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. CT

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July 11, 2024

NRHA Webinar: Questions Answered – Healthcare Architecture Experts and Rural Administrators Panel

This Q&A panel will focus on the critical nuances of healthcare facilities architecture and how they affect your organization’s funding, reimbursement models and programming.

HFG is experienced with CAH replacements, master planning, construction administration and everything in between.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how your facility’s architecture and interior design affect business operations
• Identify stages of the design-build process that rely on your input
• Prepare for any construction projects on the horizon

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, August 13, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. CT

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July 11, 2024

NRHA Webinar: Enhancing Rural Health in Colorado – Innovations in Hospital Transformation Program (HTP)

This webinar includes an in-depth exploration of Colorado’s Hospital Transformation Program (HTP) and covers how a population health platform can overcome key challenges hospitals face with:

• Manual reporting
• Increasing reimbursement revenues
• ACO/HIE data

Discover why provider orgs need to participate in new quality programs and hear about the successes made by Lincoln Health, leading the way to effective and result driven outcomes after they implemented a population health platform.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, July 18, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. CT

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July 11, 2024

NRHA Webinar: Optimizing Capital and construction Spend: Strategies for Rural Healthcare Leaders

As rural health systems expand to meet patient needs, rethinking capital strategies is crucial to delivering projects that are operationally efficient and cost-effective.

This presentation will focus on developing integrated and comprehensive strategies to:

• Enhance planning
• Design
• Execution of building projects

Learn how to manage unexpected cost increases and delivery delays, ensuring both short-term performance and long-term resilience against:

• Shortages
• Unexpected events and
• Market fluctuations

Join Mark Webb, Principal at Vizient, as he shares his extensive expertise in capital and construction management within the healthcare sector.

With over 25 years of experience in hospital administration, operations, and construction, Mark will provide valuable insights into managing rising building material costs and financial costs and financial stress in the healthcare industry.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, July 16, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. CT

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July 2, 2024

Webinar: Cybersecurity for Rural Hospitals, July 16

The Missouri Hospital Association (MHA) and the Missouri Rural Health Association (MRHA) invite you to join this webinar for a conversation with the National Rural Health Association (NRHA).

The discussion will focus on the new White House initiative, in partnership with Google and Microsoft, to provide a range of free or discounted cybersecurity services to rural hospitals across the country to help them in their efforts to prevent cyberattacks.

Rural hospitals and clinics face a unique challenge in cybersecurity, balancing limited resources with the increasing sophistication of cyberthreats, which puts patient data and critical healthcare infrastructure at risk.

Registration is required.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, July 16, 12:00 p.m.

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June 21, 2024

Webinar: Swing Bed Culture and Attention to Wellness Vital to Rural Healthcare, A Transitional Care Model, July 25

Allevant, a joint venture between Mayo Clinic and Select Medical, helps Critical Access Hospitals by developing post-acute Transitional Care programs using available Swing Beds. Focused on helping patients transition to their highest level of independence, Transitional Care is a program that involves the patient and family, makes available the full resources of the Critical Access Hospital and focuses on measured outcomes and evidence-based processes to ensure patients get the best care possible.

Allevant has supported approximately 100 Critical Access Hospitals across 22 states including both independent and part of health systems. Our clients have cared for over 12,000 patients representing more than 158,000 swing bed days.

With a strong focus on quality, outcomes, and growth, our clients saw an average growth in swing bed days of 55% by the second year. 64% of patients were categorized as complex medical or complex surgical which is a growing patient population, and only 7% of Transitional Care patients were discharged directly back to acute care during a program stay of less than 30 days. 76% of patients were discharged from Transitional Care back to independence. The average patient rating was 4.83 out of 5 when asked if patients would “recommend the program to others”.

Cost: Free

When:  Thursday, July 25, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. CT

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