Free Live Webinar: How SNFs Can Combat Burnout and Improve Nurse Retention
February 26, 2024 McKnight Long-Term Care News and Inovalon are offering a free podcast-style discussion where actionable tips are presented to address staff burnout and turnover that can be implemented today. This discussion will help identify how — with the right technology in place — SNFs can be best positioned to meet 2024 goals. Regulated staffing levels are likely to impact quality care scores and reimbursements in SNFs in the future. And with a CMS Minimum Staffing Rule looming on the horizon, SNFs are looking for answers on how to get ahead of the curve. Among the top strategies to address nurse burnout, many themes continue to stand out: improving communication, increasing flexibility, and supplementing staff. Learning objectives:
Laurie Laxton, RN,BSN,CMAS,CCFA,RAC-CT,IP-BC,QCP, Principal Clinical Trainer at Inovalon. Register for the Webinar Meet the CMS Requirement: Virtually Facilitated Tabletop Exercise for Skilled Nursing Facilities Superior Health Quality Alliance is hosting a series of facilitated, virtual, tabletop exercises with functional elements will meet the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requirement for one annual, full-scale, community-based exercise. The scenario will focus on a cybersecurity threat with information technology failure, a commonly identified hazard in a facility Hazard Vulnerability Analysis. Participants will be encouraged to take action to test a functional element of their plan, such as testing their communications plan (internal or external), completing the Incident Action Plan Quick Start form, or contacting community partners for clarification on their roles and responsibilities. The exercise will be controlled virtually while participants gather in their own skilled nursing facility with their leadership team and invited community partners. There are a number of opportunities to attend one of these exercises from now until September 2024. Please share with your skilled-nursing facilities. For more information and registration click the link below. NIST SP 800-66 Rev.2: Implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule: A Cybersecurity Resource Guide NIST published the final version of Special Publication (SP) 800-66r2 (Revision 2), Implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule: A Cybersecurity Resource Guide. This publication, revised in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights, provides guidance for regulated entities (i.e., HIPAA-covered entities and business associates) on assessing and managing risks to electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI), identifies typical activities that a regulated entity might consider implementing as part of an information security program, and presents guidance that regulated entities can utilize in whole or in part to help improve their cybersecurity posture and assist with achieving compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule. Dates and Registration State Plans Available in MIHAN for Review During 2023 and 2024, the Bureau of Emergency Preparedness, EMS and Systems of Care has been working hard to complete plans and training for Healthcare Coalitions and other partners to use in their own planning and training. Please review the documents in the MIHAN for resources that may be useful. Currently, all documents are found under “Resource Sharing”, “Operational Guidelines/Plans/Regions”. Updated documents with their titles are found in the picture below: Please contact Jessica Gould or Lauren Korte if you have questions about the documents. Reusable Health Care Textiles for Personal Protective Equipment March 4 and 5, 2024 The National Academies will host a public workshop to examine opportunities to increase the use of reusable health care textiles (HCTs) for personal protective equipment (PPE) used in health care settings. Technical experts, policy makers, manufacturers, PPE users in health care, and others will have the opportunity to explore the potential benefits and feasibility of integrating more reusable HCTs into health care operations. Learn more on the project page. Register Now Assessing the Burden and Potential Strategies to Address Antimicrobial Resistance March 4 and 5, 204 The National Academies Forum on Microbial Threats will host a virtual public workshop to address the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Millions of infections and deaths are associated with AMR annually, including resistant bacterial infections that are the leading causes of neonatal mortality worldwide. But there is a critical need to fully understand and consider how to quantify the impact of AMR throughout medical practice and everyday life, from treating cancer to optimizing food production. Speakers will touch upon current clinical hindrances and economic burdens of AMR, data availability and analytical methods, and emerging scientific breakthroughs. Discussions will reflect on potential new strategies that incorporate these insights to reduce the burden of AMR. Learn more on the event page. Registration Link 27th Annual Rural Health Conference April 25 and 26, 2024 The 27th Annual Michigan Rural Health Conference will take place Thursday, April 25, and Friday, April 26 at Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mt. Pleasant. This year's agenda is nearing the final stages, packed with dynamic presenters and programming, to deliver the best Rural Health Conference to date! View the draft agenda here. Register for the Conference 2024 Great Lakes Homeland Security Training, Conference, and Expo - Registration Now Open! May 7-9, 2024 The 2024 Great Lakes Homeland Security Training, Conference, and Expo will be held May 7 - 9 at the DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is hosted in partnership by the Michigan State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Plan to attend for a dynamic three-day event packed full of presentations, panel discussions, keynote speakers, and networking as we work to enhance the capabilities of those who protect our homeland. This conference presents an opportunity to choose from 30 breakout sessions, visit over 40 vendors, and to collaborate with more than 1,000 professionals across multiple disciplines including, emergency management, law enforcement, fire, schools, and community health. HHS/ASPR Project ECHO Clinical Readiness Rounds
February 20, 2024 The HHS/ASPR Project ECHO Clinical Readiness Rounds are a new, virtual, peer-to-peer learning series which will focus on sharing clinical challenges and successes in preparing for and responding to disasters from all threats. The Clinical Readiness Rounds will build off of successes from ASPR and Project ECHO’s previous partnership to hold the HHS/ASPR Project ECHO COVID-19 Clinical Rounds between March 2020 and February 2022. The Clinical Readiness Rounds will serve as a critical mechanism for a multidisciplinary audience of clinicians to rapidly share promising practices for medical preparedness and response to disasters. Registration and Connection Information Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Updates Hospital Guidance on Texting Patient Information CMS has updated its guidance for hospitals and critical access hospitals to permit health care team members to share patient information and orders with each other through a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)-compliant secure texting platform that complies with Medicare and Medicaid conditions of participation. CMS acknowledged that improvements in technology and encryption now allow secure texting that will transfer data into electronic health records. Read the full guidance from CMS. Facility Safety and Security in Health Care Virtual Convening Recording
The AHA’s Hospital Against Violence initiative presents a 75-minute virtual convening exploring facility safety and security strategies and the technologies that aim to mitigate workforce and workplace violence. Learn about new and innovative approaches to prevent targeted violence, improve physical and psychological safety and increase collaboration with law enforcement. Watch the Recording Here Michigan Center for Rural Health Education Available The Michigan Center for Rural Health has various training programs available for providers through the Project ECHO® Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) program. Project ECHO®'s mission is to develop the capacity to demonopolize knowledge and amplify the capacity to provide best practice care for underserved people. Education series are available on infectious disease, one health and geriatrics. Additionally, EMS Continuing Education is available, and free to all participants. Project ECHO Information and Registration 2024 EMS Education Schedule HHS/ASPR Project ECHO Clinical Readiness Rounds Sessions
Starts February 6, 2024 ASPR's Office of Health Care Readiness (OHCR), in partnership with Project ECHO and dozens of other collaborating organizations, is planning to launch a new, virtual, peer-to-peer learning series, the HHS/ASPR Project ECHO Clinical Readiness Rounds. The series will focus on sharing clinical challenges and successes in preparing for and responding to disasters from all threats and will build off of the successes from the prior partnership between OHCR and Project ECHO in conducing the COVID-19 Clinical Rounds between March 2020 and February 2022. Clinical Readiness Rounds sessions will occur every other Tuesday from 12:00 - 1:00 PM ET, with the first session, entitled "Where Are We? Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?" to take place next Tuesday, February 6. Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) credit will be available to participants in future Clinical Readiness Rounds sessions, however neither CME nor CNE credit will be available for the initial sessions in February 2024. Registration for the Clinical Readiness Rounds is open. Select here to register. FEMA Releases New Exercise Starter Kits February 13, 2024 Exercises help the whole community to prepare for disasters and emergencies by providing opportunities to shape planning, assess and validates capabilities, and address areas for improvement. The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Exercise Division (NED) has developed ten new Exercise Starter Kits to support exercise practitioners and emergency managers at all levels of government, the private sector and nonprofit organizations as they plan, conduct, and evaluate their exercises. The ten new kits cover the following topics:
The new kits align with FEMA’s 2023-2026 National Exercise Program Principals’ Exercise Priorities. Each kit contains a sample exercise facilitator and evaluator guide, sample conduct slides, a sample situation manual and a customizable placemat. All Exercise Starter Kits are available in the Emergency Management Toolkit section of FEMA’s Preparedness Toolkit. FEMA will host a series of webinars to discuss the new kits. All webinars will offer the same content. Registration is not required to attend. Visit FEMA’s Adobe Connect Room for the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) during one of the times listed below to participate:
If you are unable to attend one of the webinars listed above, a recorded version of the webinar will be available on the Preparedness Toolkit HSEEP Webinars page starting Feb. 1. If you have any questions, please email [email protected]. American Medical Association (AMA): What Value-Based Care Is, and Why Everyone Is Talking About It What is value-based care? Interest in value-based care is at an all-time high. The latest episode of the AMA Update podcast gives an overview of this payment model and explores what's driving this growing interest in it and where the conversation about value-based care is headed in 2024. Listen to the full podcast episode from AMA. Listen to the full podcast episode from AMA. |
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