Nursing Leadership Workshop

Special Opportunity:

Nursing Leadership Workshop (May 2014)

The Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence is in the third year of offering a HRSA-funded Nursing Leadership workshop, and have a situation where we need to fill open seats in a May workshop or we will be forced to cancel. We are sending out this notice because this may represent an opportunity for yourself or someone that you know. We know that it's short notice, but it never hurts to ask!

The final workshop dates under this grant are May 22-23 and May 28-30 (a total of five days in two segments), here in Denver. This free workshop includes six months of weekly coaching by trained coaches. We have had 193 workshop participants since 2011, and they have given it very positive reviews. The focus is improving skills related to: change management; diversity and culture; effective communication; conflict resolution; negotiating and setting boundaries; and creating excellence in the workplace.

We had eight students scheduled for the May workshop, but due to a management change on their part, four students dropped out yesterday, leaving us with only four students. It's not possible to run the workshop for four students.

However, rather than just assume that we must cancel the workshop, we are sending out this invitation to you. We believe that the workshop content, experience and coaching is very useful for all types of nurses in other practice settings ranging from acute care to community clinics, nursing school graduate students, and others.

The normal workshop fee is $100, but in this situation we will waive this fee. This HRSA-funded workshop was created to focus on Directors of Nursing and Assistant Directors of Nursing in the long term care sector, but the leadership development and coaching content is applicable to multiple positions and settings.

Click here for more information on the workshop, or to sign up. If we don't sign up at least an additional 4 students signed up by May 16, we will have to cancel. For more information, call Ingrid Serio at 303-715-0343 #21 or email her at Ingrid@ColoradoNursingCenter.org

Rural Behavioral Health Conference

SAVE THE DATE!  

Rural Behavioral Health Conference

Friday October 24, 2014 

REMOTE GROUP SITE: WICHE Mental Health Program in Boulder, CO
LIVE EVENT: University of Minnesota-Morris, Morris, MN

The health care environment increasingly calls for behavioral health practitioners to integrate our services with primary care and other medical practitioners in a variety of health care settings. In rural settings this is particularly important due to rural stigma about mental health, difficulty accessing services, and the shortage of rural practitioners, both behavioral and medical. This conference will show you practical ways to work with the medical community and will give APA-approved continuing education at a reasonable price. We’ll send further announcements in about 3 months, but please plan to join us and mark your calendar now!

Registration: $100 general, $80 for someone belonging to/working for a partner organization, $20 for students, volunteers, poster presenters. 6.5 APA-approved CEs.

 

Conference for Safety Net Providers and other healthcare professionals!

The 14th Annual Forum will be held next month, April 9-11th at the Sheraton Denver West in Lakewood.  The Forum serves as an essential educational, training, and networking conference for all safety net clinics and other interested parties.

Click here to register!  
Agenda

SPECIALS & DISCOUNTS

• Members can receive group discount at checkout ($24.50 off/person) when registering 3 or more attendees
• Clinics participating in CRHC's iCARE program are eligible for travel, lodging and registration reimbursement!
• Certified Rural Health Clinics can receive up to $1,000! Funds are limited and special requirements must be met.

CRHC Sponsored Events

• The Forum 2013  -
• Disaster Recovery and EHR Systems Workshop  -
• Coding Certification Bootcamp in Rifle, CO  -
• Future events posted on our website at www.coruralhealth.org/events  -

The Forum 2013

April 3-5th

Sheraton Denver West

360 Union Blvd. - Lakewood, CO

Register online today!

This 13th Annual Forum offers a forward-looking and relevant agenda designed to engage participants in discussion about health policy, advocacy, exchange marketplace navigation, community collaboration, mental and oral health, and much more. Click here for further details. For event updates, follow our events blog. We invite your organization to be a sponsor or exhibitor at this year’s conference. Click here for further details or to access a registration form.

Disaster Recovery and EHR Systems Workshop

Tuesday April 2, 2013
10:30 am - 3 pm
Colorado Rural Health Center
3033 S. Parker Road, Suite 606
Aurora, CO 80014
Click Here to Register

Why your IT staff or leadership MUST attend this workshop:

• We will present the latest innovations and concepts in developing and deploying an affordable and appropriate disaster recovery plan for your facility
• Disaster recovery and contingency plan policies and procedures will be reviewed. Every participant will leave with an up to date HIPAA DR and Contingency plan policy and procedure template you can quickly adopt at your facility!
• Take a virtual tour of a Data Center that would provide the highest level of data security
• We will facilitate several roundtable discussions with industry experts on solutions for each participant's DR planning issues and concerns

Fee: There is a nominal $25 fee to cover lunch and refreshments. Recognizing the burden attending may pose to our rural facilities DASH is offering a limited number of $200 scholarships to defray travel costs. These will be issued on a first come/first serve basis. Details on signing up for these scholarship is included on registration forms. For more information email David Ginsberg, Senior Advisor at dg@coruralhealth.org

Coding Certification Bootcamp in Rifle, CO
May 21, 22 & 23, 2013
Grand River Hospital Conference Center
501 Airport Rd, Rifle, CO
Click here to register

Questions?
Contact Danette Swanson ds@coruralhealth.org
Registration Assistance: Samantha Hiner at 720.248.2757

Happy National Rural Health Day!

The National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) and State Offices of Rural Health have set aside November 15, 2012 as National Rural Health Day to showcase Rural America; increase awareness of the unique healthcare issues facing rural communities; and highlight the efforts of State Offices of Rural Health and others to address those issues.

Help CRHC Celebrate National Rural Health Day!

CRHC has organized a number of events to celebrate National Rural Health Day. We will be hosting a luncheon at St. Vincent Hospital in Leadville, followed by a tour of the facility. Charles Reyman, Vice President of Communications at the Colorado Health Foundation, will be speaking as well.

Congratulations to our coloring contest winners Izzy, age 8, and Fiona, age 7! Their winning drawings depict how they stay healthy in their community. Both are students at Cressen Elementary School in Cripple Creek, CO. Click here to view the entire collection of drawings submitted from the second and third grade classrooms at Cressen Elementary.

Thank you to everyone who participated in our photo contest! The winners will be announce on Friday, November 16th. One winner per category (Colorado Landscape, Rural Life, Health Facilities) will be selected to receive a $25 gift card.

Annual Rural Health Conference Wrap-up

Thank you to everyone who attended the 21st Annual Rural Health Conference on October 25-26 at the Antlers Hilton in Colorado Springs! We had great presenters, record attendance and appreciate all the positive feedback we have received so far. Please click here to complete the Post-Conference Evaluation to help us continue to improve the event for all our attendees, exhibitors, sponsors and presenters.

Click here to view session photos from the conference. New to this year, we set up an area with prop for attendees to dress up and take fun photos. We got some great photos as a result - thank you to everyone who took a photo for your enthusiastic participation! Check out some of the photos here.

(From left to right) 2012 CRHC Board President Robert Omer, CRHC Board Member Karen Tomky, CRHC CEO Michelle Mills, 2013 CRHC Board Secretary Sheryl Hieber, 2013 CRHC Board Treasurer Jason McCormick

All session presentations have been posted online - access them by visiting CRHC's homepage and logging on with the username and password found in your conference program. If you need assistance, please contact ga@coruralhealth.org.

See you next year!

Save the Date: April 3-5, 2013

The Forum is a two-day conference that will bring together participants from all over Colorado and the surrounding states. It serves as an essential educational, training, and networking event for all safety net clinics, members of the clinic team, and other interested parties. This is the 13th annual Forum, and the fourth year in which Colorado Rural Health Center has partnered with ClinicNET to put on the event. This partnership allows an expanded reach which includes other states and clinic types in order to address the issues facing all safety net providers.

More information will be released as the event nears - registration will open at the end of December.

Location Information

Sheraton Denver West Hotel
360 Union Boulevard
Lakewood, CO 80228

Gov. Hickenlooper Proclaims October Family Health Month

Governor John Hickenlooper proclaimed October Family Health Month, honoring family medicine physicians and members of the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP), the largest specialty medical society in Colorado. CAFP’s 2,000 members are at the forefront of advancing quality health care for all Coloradans and are strong proponents of Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMH) that will transform and enhance the delivery of primary care.

Read the full press release here.

21st Annual Rural Health Conference: Oct. 25-26

Only one more week until the 21st Annual Rural Health Conference in Colorado Springs, October 25-26!

Event Info:

• Date: October 25-26, 2012
• Registration: Click here to register
• Hotel and Location:

  Antlers Hilton Colorado Springs
  Four South Cascade
  Colorado Springs, CO 80903
  Discounted rate starts at $132/night - use group code COHC12
  Hotel Website

• Agenda: Click here to view the agenda (subject to change)

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Thank You to Our Sponsors!

Gold Level

Silver Level

• Avreo, Inc.
• Centura
• CoBiz Insurance
• Colorado Access
• The Colorado Trust
• Community Hospital Corporation
• COPIC Companies
• Cyberscience Corporation
• Data Services for Health Care (DASH) Foundation
• Kaiser Permanente

Celebrate National Rural Health Day November 15!

The National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) and State Offices of Rural Health have set aside November 15, 2012 as National Rural Health Day to showcase Rural America; increase awareness of the unique healthcare issues facing rural communities; and highlight the efforts of State Offices of Rural Health and others to address those issues. Click here to learn more about National Rural Health Day and access resources.

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Help CRHC Celebrate National Rural Health Day!

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CRHC has organized a number of events to celebrate National Rural Health Day. We will be hosting a luncheon at St. Vincent Hospital in Leadville, followed by a tour of the facility. Chuck Reyman, Vice President of Communications at the Colorado Health Foundation, will be speaking as well. Please RSVP to th@coruralhealth.org if you plan to attend this event.

We are also holding a coloring contest in elementary school classrooms across Colorado. Drawings will be posted online in a gallery and a winner will be chosen from each community.

We invite everyone to participate in our photo contest!

Rules:

• Photos must be a minimum 72 dpi, preferably 300 dpi
• Accepted file formats are .jpeg, .png, .eps, or .psd
• Categories include Colorado Landscape, Rural Life and Health Facilities
• Photos must be taken in Colorado
• Entrants may submit one photo per category

Enter by November 9th to win! Email your photo submission(s) to ga@coruralhealth.org. One winner per category will be selected to receive a $25 gift card. Please include your name, contact information, location of photo and a photo caption with your submission.

By submitting your photo you give Colorado Rural Health Center permission to use and distribute your photo in print, web and other publications and marketing materials without further compensation.

Last Chance for Earlybird Registration for CRHC's Annual Rural Health Conference!

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Hurry, only one week left for earlybird registration!
Click here to register by September 23 and save $50!

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The 21st Annual Colorado Rural Health Conference will be October 25-26, 2012. The agenda has been released - click here to view! This year’s conference will again provide participants with a wide range of educational topics including healthcare reform nationally and locally, innovative solutions to access to care, networking and resource opportunities and much more.

In order to better serve our members and reduce time spent traveling we are combining this year's annual conference with the Annual CAH Workshop.

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Reserve your room by October 3 using group code
COHC12 to get the discounted group rate!

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Event Info

• Date: October 25-26, 2012
• Registration: Click here to register - earlybird ends September 23!
• Hotel and Location:
  Antlers Hilton Colorado Springs
  Four South Cascade
  Colorado Springs, CO 80903
• Discounted room rate starts at $132/night - use group code COHC12 before October 3. Reserve today online.
• Agenda: Click here to view (subject to change)

Meaningful Use 'Boot Camp' Presented by CORHIO

CORHIO is hosting a free half-day "boot camp" seminar for health care professionals who are in one of the following stages of EHR adoption:

• Considering the purchase of an electronic health record (EHR) system
• Need assistance understanding or achieving Meaningful Use objectives (have already purchased an EHR system)

At the conclusion of this boot camp you will be able to:

• Select the right certified EHR technology for your practice
• Complete your HIPAA Security Risk analysis as part of the 15 core measures of Meaningful Use
• Incorporate Meaningful Use in your practice's workflow

When:
September 27, 2012
1:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Where:
Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Denver - Thornton
83 E. 120th Avenue
Thornton, CO , 80233

Agenda:

• 1:00pm to 2:45pm - "Meaningful Use 101"
• 3:00pm - Concurrent sessions (please choose one):
  • "Completing Your HIPAA Security Risk Analysis" presented by David Ginsberg, Colorado state's leading authority on HIPAA Privacy & Security Compliance
  • "Selecting an EHR Vendor" presented by Tracy Rue, Health IT Transformation Consultant
• 4:30pm to 7:00pm - EHR vendor showcase & demos

Registration is required to attend this event. Click here to register. Click here for more information.

Update from the Interim CEO

This summer has flown by and it appears to be one of the busiest that I can remember in a long time. During July, I had the opportunity to attend the Office of Rural Health Policy FLEX Conference and listen to Mary Wakefield. She spoke about access to high quality healthcare in rural areas and the challenges that our rural communities face with older populations and higher rates of chronic disease. She explained how care coordination, quality improvement, the Triple Aim and patient centered care will drive the payment delivery system in the future. Mary’s challenge to all of us was for the need to inform key stakeholders and share our stories.

One of the best ways to inform and share is to participate in the third annual Safety Net Clinic Week, August 20 – 24, 2012, Strengthening Colorado’s Health Care Safety Net!

Safety Net Clinic Week is a collaborative effort between CRHC and ClinicNET and is intended to raise a greater awareness through education of the public and policy makers about the vitally important role of federally certified Rural Health Clinics (RHC) and Community-Funded Safety Net Clinics (CSNC). CRHC and ClinicNET have received a Governor’s proclamation for Safety Net Clinic Week 2012.

Currently, we have 53 RHCs that serve approximately 175,000 rural Coloradans in 47 counties. RHCs can be provider based or free standing and must, at a minimum, provide outpatient healthcare services, emergency care for common life-threatening conditions and a limited number of in-house lab tests. It is a common saying that “all health care is local” and in rural communities this is especially true. RHCs are defined by the histories and cultures of the communities in which they are located.

By having RHCs in our rural communities, community members have great access to primary care. RHCs not only provide access to care, but work tirelessly to improve the quality of care provided and to reduce the costs of that care. As you know, the Triple Aim (improved quality, increased access and reduced cost) is a critical component to healthcare now and will become how we are all measured in the future.

Many of Colorado’s RHCs are leaders and last year, one of our RHCs achieved Level 3 NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home recognition and many others are also working towards recognition. Of the 53 RHCs, approximately 95% are currently working with CRHC to implement electronic health records and achieve meaningful use. Despite the fact that many do not qualify for the incentive funding, they all have the commitment to ensure connectivity and are proceeding without federal grant funding. CRHC is highly committed to advocating for rural communities and all safety net providers and we hope that you will get involved by playing an active role in Safety Net Clinic Week, August 20-24, 2012.

Thank you to all of our safety net providers for everything you do!

For more information on Safety Net Clinic Week visit the CRHC website.

J-1 Visa Waiver Webinar: Tuesday Sept. 11

You are invited to join us Tuesday, September 11, 2012

J-1 Visa Waiver Webinar
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

To register please click here!

Join Colorado Rural Health Center's Colorado Provider Recruitment team along with presenters from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's Primary Care Office for a free informative live presentation on the J-1 Visa Waiver Program and how it’s another option for your provider recruitment needs. The webinar covers background and program basics and will also feature testimony from a current J-1 sponsor and a J-1 provider.

Includes an interactive question and answer session.

Speakers Include:

• Brooke Wagenseller, Workforce Retention Specialist, Primary Care Office
• Amber Galloway Stephens, Workforce Programs Manager, Primary Care Office
• Jamie Groy, Recruitment Coordinator for the Colorado Rural Health Center
• Mendi Choat, Medical Practice Administrator for Prowers Medical Center and our J-1 Sponsor Spokeswomen
• J-1 Provider, TBA!

There is no charge to attend this webinar. To register please click here!

Safety Net Clinic Week 2012 is August 20-24!

In an effort to raise awareness of Colorado's health care safety net providers, we encourage your clinic to participate in the second annual Safety Net Clinic Week, August 20-24, 2012. Sponsored by ClinicNET and the Colorado Rural Health Center, the week is devoted to educating the public and policy makers about these vitally important health care clinics - Community-Funded Safety Net Clinics (CSNCs) and federally certified Rural Health Clinics (RHCs). We have created a “toolkit” to help clinics participate in Safety Net Clinic Week 2012.
To celebrate, many clinics across the state are inviting legislators and community members to open houses at their facilities. Below are the events already planned:

• Monday August 20:
  - Safety Net Clinic Week Kickoff at Prowers Medical Center, Lamar
  - Chaffee People's Clinic Open House, Salida
• Wednesday August 22:
  - Chaffee People's Clinic Open House, Buena Vista

- Mission Medical Clinic Open House, Colorado Springs
• Thursday August 23:
  - SET Medical Clinics Open House, Colorado Springs

Contact Charlotte Kaye at 720.863-7805 or charlotte.kaye@clinicnet.org to RSVP for any of the upcoming events or for more information on Safety Net Clinic Week!

ICD 10 Online Training - Rural Health Organizations

ICD-10 Online Training for Coders, Billers, Auditors, & All Healthcare Professionals

• Too busy to go to ICD-10 training?
• Perhaps, you’ve attended ICD-10 Workshops, but would love additional training?
• Is your budget stretched thin already -- and you wish you could find an unbelievable bargain for your staff to learn ICD-10 and how to become proficient with the rules and regulations of the future?
• If you answered yes to any of the above questions, CRHC can help now!!

Take advantage of this opportunity to enroll in the following online courses that will prepare you and your organization for the successful transition to ICD 10. These courses will provide you with history, structure, functions, guidelines and the terminology needed to ensure accurate and efficient billing processes. Whether you are a new coder, an advanced coder with years of experience, or a health care provider -- you will find value in this timely information. For more information on a specific course, please click here. If you are employed by a Colorado Critical Access Hospital (CAH) or a rural PPS hospital with less than 49 beds, you are currently participating in the FY2011 SHIP Grant Program – and -- your online classes are FREE to all hospital staff! Click here to get started now! If you are a Rural Health Center (RHC) or other rural health care facility in Colorado, please click here for a class listing and the opportunities available to you! CEU’s are available for all classes. Don’t wait. . .get started today! For more information or questions, please contact Danette Swanson, HIT Program Coordinator, at ds@coruralhealth.org

Safety Net Clinic Week: Aug. 20-24, 2012

In an effort to raise awareness of Colorado's health care safety net providers, we encourage your clinic to participate in the second annual Safety Net Clinic Week, August 20-24, 2012. Sponsored by ClinicNET and the Colorado Rural Health Center, the week is devoted to educating the public and policy makers about these vitally important health care clinics - Community-Funded Safety Net Clinics (CSNCs) and federally certified Rural Health Clinics (RHCs).

We have created a “toolkit” to help clinics participate in Safety Net Clinic Week 2012 - check it out online here!

For more information, contact:

Charlotte Kaye
Project Coordinator, Safety Net Clinic Week 2012
720.863.7805
charlotte.kaye@clinicnet.org

Save the Date for the 3rd Annual Safety Net Clinic Week!

In an effort to raise awareness of Colorado's healthcare safety net providers, the Colorado Rural Health Center and ClinicNET are pleased to announce the third annual Safety Net Clinic Week, August 20-24, 2012. The week will be devoted to educating the public and policy makers about these vitally important health care clinics - federally certified Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Community-Funded Safety Net Clinics (CSNCs).

Colorado has 53 federally certified RHCs that provide health care in rural and remote areas of Colorado, and there are currently 35 identified CSNCs in Colorado that are free and charitable clinics, community clinics and family medicine residency clinics. These safety net facilities provide primary care and chronic care services to low-income, uninsured, and underinsured Colorado residents.

Safety Net Clinic Week Project Coordinator, Charlotte Kaye, will be collaborating with clinics to make this year’s Safety Net Clinic Week a great success! Are you interested in hosting a public official or candidate for office for a site-visit? Do you have an event or activity the same week that could be highlighted by Safety Net Clinic Week? Please contact Charlotte directly if you are interested in participating in Safety Net Clinic Week. She can be reached at

2012 Rural Health Excellence Award Nominations

The Rural Health Excellence Award is given annually by Colorado Rural Health Center to honor those who have made a notable contribution to health, healthcare, or a healthcare delivery system in rural Colorado. For 2012, the award will be presented during the 21st Annual Colorado Rural Health Conference October 25-26, at the Antlers Hilton in Colorado Springs. The winner and their family will be invited to attend the conference as guests of CRHC. The person submitting the winning nomination can help plan the presentation and personally present the award if s/he wishes to participate.

To be eligible for the award, a candidate must have made a significant contribution to the health, healthcare, or a healthcare delivery system in a rural Colorado community, area, or region. Healthcare providers, board members, administrators, volunteers and others are eligible for nomination. Despite their enormous contributions, CRHC Board Members are not eligible for nomination while serving on the Board.

Click here for more information and to download the nomination form.

Community Connect Grant Program Webinars

On May 14th and May 24th the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) will host webinars focused on the Community-Oriented Connectivity Broadband Grant Program (Community Connect Grant Program). These webinars will inform participants about the major eligibility and regulatory requirements of the program and will provide detailed guidance on how to submit a successful grant application. There will also be time for participants to ask the speakers specific questions about putting together an application.

Due to the limited amount of room available for each session, interested parties must preregister with the RUS Broadband Division. Seats for each session will be reserved in the order in which requests are received by the RUS. To preregister, please contact Nicole Payne or Carla Johnson by phone at 202.720.2281 or 202.720.0667 or by email at Carla.Johnson2@wdc.usda.gov or Nicole.Payne@wdc.usda.gov.

Questions? See the flyer for more details or contact the RUS at community.connect@wdc.usda.gov with any questions about these events.