NW Regional Critical Access Hospital Conference
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
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Speaker presentations from the 8th annual meeting are listed here in order of appearance. We are Going Green! Attendees should print handouts of sessions they are interested in before the conference. Copies of handouts will not be available at the conference.
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Time |
Speaker |
Presentation |
| 8:45 | Kristin Martinsen, MP | OPENING PLENARY
SESSION: Office of Rural Health Policy Federal Update |
| 10:30 | Elizabeth Baskett, MPA | RACs Are Live Nationwide:
2010 Hospital Experience and Beyond Add'd Handout 1; Add'l Handout 2 |
| 10:30 | Bonnie Burlingham,
MPH; Lynn Barrett, RN; Linda Odlin, DNS; Debbie Hellinger, RN; Tiffanie Meeks, RN |
Transforming Inpatient Care and Culture |
| 10:30 | John Hoyt,
MHA |
Trends and Glimmers in
Healthcare IT and Meaningful Use . . . How it All Fits Together |
| 11:30 | David Schulke | LUNCH PLENARY
SESSION: Satisfying Demands for Improved Rural Health Care |
| 1:00 | Charles Wells, Jr, MBA,
CPA |
Accessing the Capital
Markets for CAHs in the Current Environment |
| 1:00 | Kathy
Wilcox, BS Kitty Strowbridge, RN |
CAH Clinical Care
Improvement Studies: A Network and Facility Perspective to Improve Patient Care Add'l Handout |
| 1:00 | David Ginsberg | Meaningful Use and Stimulus Funds: Implications for CAHs and Practical Steps to Ensure a Successful EHR Selection and Implementation |
| 2:30 | Alma Hardy | CMS Program Update |
| 2:30 | Dave Gallison,
MS, LPC; Matthew Chandler, MSN; Jim Bishop, MS |
A Prescription for Rural
Performance Measurement: Transparent, Unified, Real-Time Data |
| 2:30 | Elizabeth
Floersheim, BSN, JD; Andrea Perkins-Pepper, RHIA, CCS; Roger Harrison |
Bridging the Gap - Building a Health Information Exchange in Rural Western Washington |
| 3:45 | Charles
Wells, Jr., MBA, CPA |
CLOSING PLENARY
SESSION: Strategies for CAHs in Transformational Times |
| 5-6:30 | N/A | Reception with NW Regional Rural Health Conference |