January Updates:

Long-Term Care Infection Preventionist Essentials
Virtual Option: February 27-29, 2024
In Person: April 24-26, 2024
In partnership with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), MDHHS Surveillance for Healthcare-Associated & Resistant Pathogens (SHARP) Unit is offering complimentary Long-Term Care Infection Preventionist (LTC IP) Essentials Trainings. Training attendees will also receive a free one-year APIC membership; existing members will receive a one-year extension.

This training provides the foundation of the infection preventionist (IP) role and the practice of being an effective IP in a long-term care setting, including creating and managing successful IPC programs and mitigating risk at your facility. This training also covers CMS-required topics. 
A virtual and an in-person session will be offered.
Dates

• Virtual | February 27-29, 2024
• In-person (Livonia, MI) | April 24-26, 2024

In response to the substantial demand for the LTC IP Essentials courses, an application process has been implemented for the 2024 course offerings.
To express your interest and initiate an application for attending the LTC IP Essentials February session, click on the link below for application instructions. 
Learn more and to apply


Free Emergency Preparedness Training Available
The Advancing Resilience for Community Health in Emergency Response (ARCHER) program is a free series of resources and training on emergency preparedness topics designed for health center staff. 

Developed by Healthcare Ready and the Centene Charitable Foundation, ARCHER provides resources for those responsible for daily preparedness planning and individuals new to the field and interested in learning more. Training resources are provided to guide teams through: 

• Emergency response planning and preparation 
• Strengthening local partnerships for crisis response 
• Crisis communications 
• Supporting frontline staff through sustained disasters 
• Intro to cybersecurity preparedness 
• ARCHER is completely free and available today. Get started by exploring free resources.

Get started today by visiting or contacting the Healthcare Ready team to learn more at [email protected].

Free resources are available here!

Operation Shelter-in-Place: A HazMat Incident – Training & Exercise Program for Healthcare Facilities​
The Northeast Florida Healthcare Coalition (HCC) and Northeast Florida Local Emergency Planning Committee for Hazardous Materials (LEPC) partnered to create a training and exercise program intended to enhance the shelter-in-place capabilities of healthcare facilities in the event of a hazardous materials incident. The materials provided may be useful tools that you may use when creating similar education, training, and exercise items that meet the needs of our Michigan partners and facilities.

Operation Shelter-in-Place Training & Exercise Documents

Free On-Demand Webinars​
Available free of charge until January 19, 2024
In celebration of Health Law Week, the American Health Law Association (AHLA) is providing two on-demand, previously recorded, webinars at no charge January 8-19, 2024:

• The Future is Now: AI in Health Care
• Value-Based Care: Options, Barriers, Opportunities, and the New Normal