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Upcoming Events

Health Educators Calendar - Updated Monthly

• March

Educational Programs

March
22: Trustee Webinar: Managing Safety Crisis - How the Best Boards, Executives, and Physician Leaders Respond to Never Events

30: The Link Between Quality and Survey Readiness for Small, Rural and Critical Access Hospitals - Part 1: Preparing for a Medicare Conditions of Participation (Webinar)

April
6: IHA Small & Rural Quality Improvement Series - Session 1 (Information will be posted when finalized)

9: IHA Management Institute 101: Change Management

13: The Link Between Quality and Survey Readiness for Small, Rural and Critical Access Hospitals - Part 2: The Essential Building Blocks of a Great Quality Program (Webinar)

May
5: Trustee Webinar: Understanding and Interpreting Hospital Financial Reports - Tools for Trustees (Information will be posted when finalized)

6: IHA Management Institute 101: Conflict Management

June
4: IHA Management Institute 101: Basic Financial Management

22-24: IHA Small & Rural Hospitals Constituency Section 31^st Annual Meeting: Teaming Up for Success, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Springfield
- Contact: Anne Stilwell (217) 541-1163
- Sponsorship Opportunities

30: Trustee Webinar: Achieving Margin and Mission Through Clinical Quality - The Board's Role in Quality Improvement (Information will be posted when finalized)

July
16: IHA Small & Rural Quality Improvement Series - Session 2 (Information will be posted when finalized)

August
4: Trustee Webinar: Oversight Dashboards to Support Effective Governance (Information will be posted when finalized)

September
23-24: IHA Leadership Summit; Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa, Galena (Information will be posted when finalized)

October
15: IHA Small & Rural Quality Improvement Series - Session 3 (Information will be posted when finalized)

December
15: IHA Small & Rural Quality Improvement Series - Session 4 (Information will be posted when finalized)

Workshops and Conferences

Past Programs

• Small & Rural Hospitals 30th Annual Meeting Presentations (Held on June 23-25, 2009)
  - Sponsor List
  - Living Great Leadership (Todd Linden, President & CEO, Grinnell Regional Medical Center, Iowa)
  - AHA Federal Update (Tom Misfeldt, Associate Regional Executive on Advocacy, American Hospital Association)
  - Governance Never Events (Larry Walker, The Walker Company)
  - Health Care Trends (Maureen Swan, principal, MedTrend Inc.)
  - IHA Honors State Representative Roger Eddy (6/24/09)
  - Costs of Health Reform Could Impact Rural Patients (FarmWeek, 6/29/09)
   

• Interventions for Working with Substance Using Patients in Hospital Settings (September 8, 2008)
  - Substance Use Screening and Brief Interventions in General Healthcare Settings (Jennifer Smith, MD)
  - Addiction 101 and Medication Treatment for Substance Use Disorders (Seth Eisenberg, MD)
  - Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much: A Clinician's Guide
  - NIDA Site
  - World Health Organization Site - Assist Guidelines for Use, 2003; Brief Intervention for Substance Use Manual for Use in Primary Care, 2003
  - World Health Organization Site - AUDIT, 2001
  - Web site: Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers
  - Web site: Individual Screening and Feedback Online
  - HBO "Addiction" Series
  - Project Cork
   

Staff Contact:
Abby Radcliffe
(217) 541-1178
aradcliffe@ihastaff.org