Category: Webinar

Webinar: Optimizing Capital and Construction Spend: Strategies for Rural Healthcare Leaders, July 16

June 21, 2024

Webinar: Optimizing Capital and Construction Spend: Strategies for Rural Healthcare Leaders, July 16

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 stress in the healthcare industry. 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.

Cost: Free

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

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Webinar: Driving Change: Implementing Health Equity Processes in Rural Healthcare, July 11

June 21, 2024

Webinar: Driving Change: Implementing Health Equity Processes in Rural Healthcare, July 11

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from a leading expert and gain actionable strategies to drive change and advance health care equity in your rural healthcare facility.

Join Dr. Christina Cordero, Project Director for Healthcare Standards Development at The Joint Commission, for an educational session on advancing healthcare equity in rural healthcare settings.

With her extensive expertise in healthcare standards and public health research, Dr. Cordero will empower rural health clinicians with the knowledge and tools needed to establish processes that support equitable care delivery.

This session will cover essential topics such as:

  • Prioritizing health care equity
  • Assessing patients for health-related social needs
  • Identifying disparities across patient groups
  • Implementing effective action plans

Through real-world examples and practical insights, attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how these practices can be specifically applied to rural hospitals.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, July 11, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. CT

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Webinar: Safeguarding Rural Health: Environmental Responsibility Strategies for Healthcare Leaders, July 9

June 21, 2024

Webinar: Safeguarding Rural Health: Environmental Responsibility Strategies for Healthcare Leaders, July 9

In this webinar Rebecca Hou, Environmental Sustainability Program Manager at Vizient, shares her extensive expertise in advancing sustainability in healthcare.

With a background in improving supply chain sustainability for 60% of acute care hospitals across the United States, Rebecca will address the unique environmental challenges faced by rural healthcare leaders.

Learn how rising temperatures, extreme weather events and exposure to harmful chemicals threaten patient health in rural areas. Discover how rural hospitals contribute to these issues and, more importantly, how they can lead the charge in promoting health inside and outside their walls.

This session will provide actionable strategies tailored for rural healthcare systems to advance human and environmental health.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, July 9, 2:00 p.m. CST

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NRHA Webinar: Building a Culture of Excellence Nine Principles®, June 27

June 18, 2024

NRHA Webinar: Building a Culture of Excellence Nine Principles®, June 27

National Rural Health Association (NRHA) partner, Huron Consulting Group is hosting a webinar on building a culture of excellence using the Nine Principles framework.

Huron’s Market Segment Leader for Rural/Critical Access Hospitals, Tad Hunt and Rudy Martinez, a Senior Healthcare Leader, will share their extensive expertise in driving significant improvements in clinical operations and patient care.

Learning Objectives:

  • Implement the Nine Principles® of excellence to create and sustain a high-performance culture in your organization
  • Leverage real-world examples of sustained success tailored to the unique challenges and opportunities in rural healthcare settings
  • Improve operational performance and patient care, specifically in Critical Access Hospitals, enhancing both patient outcomes and staff engagement

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, June 27, 2:00 p.m.

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NRHA Webinar: State and Congressional District Profiles Dashboard for Rural Health, June 26

June 18, 2024

NRHA Webinar: State and Congressional District Profiles Dashboard for Rural Health, June 26

National Rural Health Association (NRHA) partner, Stroudwater Associates, is hosting a webinar on state and congressional district profile dashboards for rural health.

Join Keith Bubblo, Senior Analyst with Stroudwater Associates, for an exclusive demonstration of the newly unveiled State & Congressional District Profiles Dashboard.

Developed in collaboration with the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) and NRHA, this integrated data visualization tool provides insights into health care infrastructure, workforce, outcomes, and equity/SDOH.

This session will guide you through the dashboard’s capabilities and show how it can support rural healthcare leaders in making informed decisions.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, June 26, 1:00 p.m.

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Webinar: Secrets of the Staffing Fix – Stop the Bleeding, Find and Retain Quality Staff, June 21

June 17, 2024

Webinar: Secrets of the Staffing Fix – Stop the Bleeding, Find and Retain Quality Staff, June 21

Join Custom Learning Systems for this webinar.

Who Should Attend:

  • C-Suite
  • Executives
  • Senior Leadership and managers
  • Supervisors or team leaders

You Learn How To:

  • Reduce perpetual costly turnover
  • Stop pressuring staff for overtime
  • Eliminate excessive costs and inconsistencies of agency
  • Reduce vacancies
  • Avoid excessive sign on bonusing

Cost:  Free

When: Friday, June 21, 11:00 a.m.

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Webinar: Combatting the Rise of Syphilis Through State Communication Campaigns, June 20

June 13, 2024

Webinar: Combatting the Rise of Syphilis Through State Communication Campaigns, June 20

The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) will be conducting a webinar focused on the development of targeted, state specific communication blueprints for syphilis prevention.

Historically, communication campaigns play an important role in addressing public health issues. In partnership with CDC, this webinar will provide an overview of a year-long project to update communication campaigns to address rising syphilis rates.

Each jurisdiction will share their campaign

S target audience, draft messages and creative concepts, and planned next steps for testing and implementation.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, June 20, 2:00 – 3:00 ET

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**Please note you will need to login to the ASTHO website to complete the registration process.

CDC Webinar: Learn About COVID & Fatiguing Illness, June 13

June 10, 2024

CDC Webinar: Learn About COVID & Fatiguing Illness, June 13

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funds this monthly webinar-style ECHO learning session to rapidly disseminate findings about Post-COVID Conditions (PCC) and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS).

The series offers:

  • Presentations by subject matter experts
  • Examples of emerging best practices and models of care
  • Facilitated Q&A

This program is intended primarily for providers who care for patients with PCC and ME/CFS but is open to all healthcare professionals and all Long COVID and ME/CFS patient-lived experience experts interested in learning more about the treatment of Long COVID and ME/CFS.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, June 13, 3:00 p.m. ET

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CDC Webinar: What Rural Clinicians Should Know about Influenza A (H5N1), June 18

June 10, 2024

CDC Webinar: What Rural Clinicians Should Know about Influenza A (H5N1), June 18

Consider joining this webinar to hear experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) discuss clinical features of influenza A (H5N1), recommendations and considerations for influenza testing and treatment, and strategies for culturally competent patient evaluations for possible exposure to influenza A.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, June 18, 2:00 p.m.

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Upcoming MRHA Webinar: Nephrology Services for Rural Hospitals, June 20

June 10, 2024

Upcoming MRHA Webinar: Nephrology Services for Rural Hospitals, June 20

Consider joining this webinar to learn how rural hospitals are serving their community by providing Nephrology services.

In the past, patients on dialysis were being transferred out, as rural hospitals had no Nephrologist, nor the dialysis equipment needed to provide dialysis.

In this webinar, you will learn how a rural CAH implemented a Tele-Nephrology solution that saw over 100 patients in the first 12 months. You will also hear directly from the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) that implemented the program with no prior dialysis experience on her nurse team. She will share the impact it had on the hospital and community and discuss lessons learned by the clinical team since its implementation over 4 years ago.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, June 20, 12:00 p.m.

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