Next Health Equity Now Huddle is June 6

June 1, 2023

Next Health Equity Now Huddle is June 6

Be sure to attend next week’s (June 6) Health Equity Huddle (HEH). Health Quality Innovators’ (HQI) Health Equity Manager Temi Olafunmiloye, BS, will lead a discussion about the May 23 Learning Session on “Assessing Disparities in Readmissions.” Click HERE to review the May 23 session if you missed it.

Also, the next Learning Session is a continuation of “Addressing Disparities in Readmissions,” which will be held on June 20. Building on the previous session, participants will focus on developing strategies to respond to common issues in disparities in readmissions, including providing early discharge planning and follow-up for high-risk patients, eliminating language and literacy barriers, and facilitating culturally competent patient education.

When: Tuesday, June 6, 12 pm ET

Future HEH Sessions:

June 27
August 1

Future Learning Sessions:

June 20
July 18

Click HERE to learn more about the Health Equity Now series.

Register Now for June 8 Office Hours: “Post Fall Management: Getting to Types of Falls, Repeat Falls and Determine Preventability”

June 1, 2023

Register Now for June 8 Office Hours: “Post Fall Management: Getting to Types of Falls, Repeat Falls and Determine Preventability”

Join Office Hours next week for a session on “Post Fall Management: Getting to Types of Falls, Repeat Falls, and Determine Preventability”. This session will be hosted by nationally recognized fall prevention expert Pat Quigley, PhD, MPH, APRN, CRRN, FAAN, FAANP, FARN.

Attendees will learn how to:

Examine post fall practices as a key intervention to reduce repeat falls
Differentiate post fall intervention strategies
Apply quality improvement principles to ensure positive safety outcomes

When: Thursday, June 8, 12:00 – 12:45 p.m. ET

NRHA Webinar – Ready or Not, Here They Come: New Graduate Nurse Practice Readiness

May 25, 2023

NRHA Webinar – Ready or Not, Here They Come: New Graduate Nurse Practice Readiness

Join the National Rural Health Administration (NRHA) for an engaging webinar where expert Nicole Weathers, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, Program Manager for the University of Iowa College of Nursing – Online Nurse Residency Program, will provide practical recommendations on the challenges that nursing professionals face in transitioning new graduate nurses from school to the clinical environment, particularly in rural healthcare organizations. We will explore the latest research on the transition to practice experience of new graduate nurses, identify the factors that influence practice readiness, and offer insights to enhance preparation programs and support new nurses in meeting the demands of the constantly evolving healthcare landscape.

When: May 31, 2 – 3 p.m. CDT

Webinar – Addressing the C in ACEs Roundtable

May 22, 2023

Webinar – Addressing the C in ACEs Roundtable

The American Public Health Association (APHA) is hosting its second Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) roundtable, Addressing the “C” in Aces: Building Community Resilience. This two-day event will bring together experts and community organizations to discuss the essence of building community resilience to combat ACEs. The webinar will focus on efforts to prevent and respond to the ACEs crisis. The roundtable allows attendees to gain new insights and leave with actionable strategies to address the ACEs crisis.

Topics Include:

Building Community Resilience – Child Welfare, Domestic & Community Violence Prevention
Building Community Resilience – Restorative Practices, Healing Circle and Justice
Building Community Resilience through Strategic partnerships with Culturally Specific Organizations
The Power of Healing: Supporting Children to Overcome Trauma
The Way Forward

Agenda

All sessions will be recorded and available a week after the meeting. This event is free for APHA members and non-members thanks to a grant.

Webinar – Secrets of Compassionate Accountability

May 18, 2023

Webinar – Secrets of Compassionate Accountability

Join Custom Learning Systems for their webinar “Secrets of Compassionate Accountability” on June 9, 10 a.m. CT.

You will learn how to:

Build stronger, more trusting relationships while maintaining high standards of accountability

Implement leadership behaviors that uplift and empower your people

Continuously affirm the principles that all people are valuable, capable and responsible

Ask 3 questions that will guarantee a new and valuable perspective on culture change and engagement

Practical Take-away Action Tools:

Compassionate Accountability Culture Assessment

Building Compassionate Cultures in Healthcare

Webinar – Moneyball for Medicine: How Seattle Children’s used self-serve HER data to empower clinicians, drive efficiency, and dramatically increase revenue

May 10, 2023

Webinar – Moneyball for Medicine: How Seattle Children’s used self-serve EHR data to empower clinicians, drive efficiency, and dramatically increase revenue

As healthcare emerges from COVID-19 disruptions, proactive organizations are using lessons learned to improve efficiency, increase capacity, enhance clinical effectiveness and reduce disparities in outcomes. Seattle Children’s Hospital acted on a key area that is too often untapped: the treasure trove of data captured in the Electronic Health Record (EHR).

Join Becker’s Hospital Review webinar to learn how Seattle Children’s increased the value of its data and made it available to all clinicians via a self-service clinical management tool – enabling clinical leaders to quickly and easily monitor, evaluate and adapt care across patients, treatments, teams and workflows.

You will also learn more about the hospital’s successes, including:

Improve GI lab efficiency increasing annual revenue of over $2M
Increase OR capacity 150,000 minutes per year without changing staffing
Reduce anesthesia-related carbon emissions by 90%
Diagnose and eliminate racial and language inequities in care

Date: May 31, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. CT

HRSA IEA Maternal Health Webinar Series: Highlighting Maternal Mental Health Month

May 1, 2023

HRSA IEA Maternal Health Webinar Series: Highlighting Maternal Mental Health Month

HRSA IEA invites you to a webinar highlighting Maternal Mental Health Month. This webinar is part of HRSA IEA Region 5 and 7’s Maternal Health Webinar Series. The series’ goal is to highlight HRSA programs and resources, as well as innovations and promising practices to promote and further maternal health and well-being across the lifespan. For more information about the webinar, contact Curtizia Alexander at calexander@hrsa.gov.

Date: Thursday, May 18, 2023

Time: 11 am – 12 pm CT / 12 pm – 1 pm ET

Reasonable Accommodations: If you would like to request an auxiliary aid such as Sign Language Interpretive Services, please contact the HRSA Office for Civil Rights, Diversity, and Inclusion at RA-Request@hrsa.gov at least five business days prior to the date of the event.

Webinar – Engaging Patients on their Payment Journey

May 9, 2023

Webinar – Engaging Patients on their Payment Journey

The world of patient responsibility payments can be complex. If your solution is broken, why make a change? Sometimes the reason revolves around the patient experience while other times it is simple economics.

Azalea and its partner, RevSpring, will help you explore the benefits of making a change vs. the effort it takes to switch.

In this webinar you will learn from payment experts how:

A personalized payment experience increases pay rates, self-service rates and eBill adoption
Key merchant services concepts to help you decide if you have the right terms and rate structure
To cut your manual reconciliation time in half
To overcome perceived switching barriers

Speaker: Marlen Prato, Sr. Product Manager

Marlen brings over 20 years’ experience in payment processing with various roles supporting eCommerce Products and Strategic Operations for Enterprise customers. Marlen is responsible for the strategic product direction for RevSpring’s merchant services offering including processing services and gateways, hardware devices, and automated reconciliation tools.

When: Wednesday, May 24, 2:00 EST

USDA Mental Health Awareness Month Workshop Series Starts in May

May 2, 2023

USDA Mental Health Awareness Month Workshop Series Starts in May

You’re invited to the USDA Mental Health Awareness Month Workshop Series taking place on Tuesdays starting May 9 through June 6, 2023 from 2:00-3:30pm ET. The workshop series convenes farmers and ranchers, faith leaders, rural health providers, USDA employees, and Federal, state, and university partners to dialogue and discuss mental health challenges, stressors, and the resources and services available to address them. Click here and see below for more information and to register.

Farm Stress and Suicide Prevention: Data, Challenges, and Opportunities co-hosted by the American Farm Bureau Federation
Tuesday, May 9, 2023, 2:00 – 3:30 PM ET
Register

This session provides context for the issue of farm stress and suicide by focusing on available data, challenges, and opportunities for farm stress researchers, practitioners, and service providers. Panelists include the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, the American Farm Bureau Federation, Farm Aid, and others to discuss the state of the field and offer insights into their respective partner programs, resources, and emergent needs.

Veteran’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Workshop
Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 2:00 – 3:30 PM ET
Register

Rural Veterans experience a significantly increased risk of suicide. In this workshop, you will learn how to act with care and compassion if you encounter a Veteran who is in crisis or experiencing suicidal thoughts.

Rural Mental Health Matters: Challenges, Opportunities & Resources for Communities cohosted by the National Association of Behavioral Health and Development Disability Directors
Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 2:00 – 3:30 PM ET
Register

This session focuses on the resources and tools that are available in rural places, where over 60% of Americans live in mental health provider shortage areas. Speakers will examine current programs focused on giving rural and frontier communities the tools they need to thrive through creative problem solving. With perspectives rooted in rural services, behavioral health, and technology, the presentations and follow-on conversation will explore the importance of increasing the efficiency of providers in rural areas and other solutions, to challenges that rural communities face to ensure community wellbeing and economic prosperity.

Farm Stress and Suicide: Faith, Place, and Community Health
Tuesday, May 30, 2:00 – 3:30 PM ET
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This session provides an overview of the USDA Center for Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and highlights the challenges faced by many Americans during Mental Health Awareness Month. A training on farm stress, health and wellbeing will be provided by The Well Church Initiative of Texas A&M Extension, to discuss and highlight tools and resources available to faith and community-based organizations as they support their congregants and communities.

LGBTQ+ Mental Health in Rural Communities
Tuesday, June 6, 2023, 2:00 – 3:30 PM ET
Register

This session will focus on the lived experienced of LGBTQ+ identifying folks in rural communities across the country. Discussion and dialogue will focus on mental health, the relationship to stress, and more.

These meetings will be conducted virtually using Zoom.gov. A link to the workshop will be provided upon registration; please contact center@usda.gov with any questions.

NRHA Webinar – Keeping Care in our Communities: Telehealth as a Lifeline for Rural Healthcare

May 2, 2023

NRHA Webinar – Keeping Care in our Communities: Telehealth as a Lifeline for Rural Healthcare

Thursday, May 4, 2:00 – 3:00 pm CST

Join healthcare experts Steve Barnett (President and CEO, McKenzie Health System), Corey Scurlock (CEO and Founder, EQUUM Medical), and Rodney Buchanan (Hospital Administrator, Westfield Memorial Hospital) in an informative webinar on telehealth for rural healthcare facilities. With their combined experience of over 60 years in successful rural hospital operations, healthcare management, financial analysis, strategic planning, and business development, the panelists will provide tangible insights into implementing telehealth solutions that are both successful and profitable.

In this discussion-driven webinar, the panelists will share how to identify where telehealth can fit in your organization and how to get started. They will debunk myths about the cost and complexity of telehealth and provide best practices for implementation. Additionally, the benefits of ongoing program measurement and goal communication will be discussed to help you gain buy-in over time.

As a rural healthcare facility, you will learn how to evaluate telehealth as a solution for your organization by outlining its components and understanding its potential benefits.

Category: Webinar