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American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Kentucky Chapter: Building the Hospital of Tomorrow
2024-02-29
In today’s competitive marketplace, significant capital expenditure decisions can make or break a health care organization and the career of the executive(s) tasked with such decisions. No capital decision may be greater than the construction of a new facility or the substantial renovation of an existing one. After years of relative dormancy, the health care construction boom continues throughout the U.S. for a variety of reasons, many of which impact both small community hospitals and large urban health systems alike. The most common reasons for the renovations, expansions, and replacements include aging facilities, population growth, market demand, and the need to improve operational efficiencies. Additionally, competition moves organizations to incorporate the latest advances in care delivery, medical technology, new building codes and healing design elements to enhance the patient’s experience through the surrounding environment. Changes in building codes and patient safety standards also drive the need for construction and modification.
Join the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Kentucky Chapter on February 29 at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital Auditorium to earn 1.5 hours of face-to-fact credit, learn from an expert panel as they discuss building the hospital of tomorrow, tour Health Force One mobile unit, and enjoy a networking event following the educational session.
Member registration is $30, non-members are $40, and students are free.
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Advanced ICS Command & General Staff for Complex Incidents (ICS-400): HEART Region
2024-02-28
Audience: Hospital Emergency Management personnel
Location: WKU Innovation Campus (Room 129)
2413 Nashville Road
Bowling Green, KY 42101
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Webinar: Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH) Model
2024-02-28
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH) Model Overview webinar at 12 p.m. CT on Feb. 28. TMaH aims to improve maternal healthcare by partnering with state Medicaid agencies to develop a whole-person approach to pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum care that addresses the physical health, mental health, and social needs experienced during pregnancy. State Medicaid agencies and other interested stakeholders, such as maternity care providers and managed care plans, are encouraged to attend the webinar to learn more about the TMaH Model’s structure, care delivery transformations and resources available to participants.

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TMaH Model was announced in December 2023, and is intended to be a 10-year payment and care-delivery model that will support participating state Medicaid agencies in developing and implementing a whole-person approach to pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum care for women with Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage.

KHA Town Hall: Credentialing Overview with Verisys
2024-02-27 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Kentucky/Louisville)
Contact Tammy Wells at twells@kyha.com to be added to the education distribution list (with information on how to register) and to receive additional information on upcoming offerings via email.

KHA Quality Webinar: Walking the Walk: A Simulation of a (Highly Realistic!) RCAA, Part 1 of 2
2024-02-27 11:00 - 12:00
Your KHA Quality Team will simulate every step of a Root Cause Analysis and Action Plan process in a two-part special learning event. During the first part of this event, attendees will be able to observe as though in real-time the initial steps of discovery following a safety event, including the interviews with involved staff and the navigation of putting first things first in the RCAA process.
Targeted Audience: Executive leadership, Quality leaders, Safety leaders, Risk managers, Quality staff, Educators, Clinical management and leaders
Speakers:
Billie Delauder, DNP, RN
KHA Quality Process Improvement Specialist
Adam Isaacs, BSN, RN, HACP-CMS
KHA Quality Process Improvement Specialist
Please contact Tammy Wells for more information.

ASPR Medical Response Surge Exercise TTX: HERA HCC Region
2024-02-27
This exercise will focus on extreme (500+) surge, with patient placement within regional medical facilities as the main objective; both EMS and hospital-specific injects will be considered throughout the day’s “conduct,” and exercise play is digital with facility-level cells connecting via Zoom/phone calls/email. For more information, please join us at our upcoming regional coalition meeting (2/22/2024 1300 ET), using the Zoom registration link here: https://bit.ly/3NBsU8R

Advanced Instructor Training Course in Workplace Safety
2024-02-26 - 2024-02-28, 2024-01-29 - 2024-01-31
KHA has partnered with Joint Commission accredited company Personal Safety Training – AVADE, to offer a FREE Workplace Safety Train the Trainer education valued at over $1,800.00! This three-day course offering 24 ANCC Contact Hours is available on a first come, first serve basis for hospital representatives (one attendee per member hospital) per session.
Personal Safety Training is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Join one of the two available sessions this winter to learn important de-escalation techniques to help educate, mitigate and prevent workplace violence!
Attendees from KHA’s previous sessions in July and August 2023 were overflowing with compliments for the instructor, David Fowler, and the curriculum. Register now to reserve your spot! Please contact Tammy Wells for registration information.

Graphic Medicine and Universal Design Webinar: Using Graphic Arts to Reduce Barriers in Health Care
2024-02-23 13:00 - 14:00
Join the University of Kentucky’s Human Development Institute on February 23 at 1:00 p.m. (ET) for their webinar on Graphic Medicine and Universal Design: Using Graphic Arts to Reduce Barriers in Healthcare presented by Erin Fitzgerald.

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KHA Sepsis Webinar: Training Resources for Reducing Blood Culture Contamination
2024-02-22 13:00 - 14:00
Since we are all working towards reducing our blood culture contamination rates, our February KY Sepsis Consortium webinar will be sharing resources you can use in your facility to help you meet your goal.
Please join KHA on Thursday, February 22, at 1:00pm ET (12 noon CT) for an overview of the use of simulation to promote best practice when collecting blood cultures. By focusing on likely moments when contamination might occur, these simulated experiences demonstrate best practices to prevent contamination.
Speaker: Kirsten Trudeau, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
A completed registration will be required to attend all educational offerings. After registering, please download the meeting hold for your calendar.
KHA hosts a series of monthly sepsis webinars. Please contact Tammy Wells to be added to the education distribution list.

KHA Day at the Legislature
2024-02-22
KHA’s Day at the Legislature is the perfect opportunity for hospital leaders to impact the work going on in the Capitol. You’ll hear from lawmakers about legislation that will affect your hospital and have a chance to meet with your senators and representatives.
Save the date now to help ensure state leaders are educated about how their work in Frankfort will impact your facility and the community you serve.
KHA Members: Click here to register.
Non-members: To register, please contact Claire Riley, MPH, at criley@kyha.com, or click on the button below.

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Kentucky HFMA 2024 Annual Conference
2024-02-21 - 2024-02-22 | Hyatt Regency Lexington
Register today for the Kentucky HFMA 2024 Annual Conference on February 21-22 in Lexington, where KHA’s Carl Herde and Melanie Landrum will be amongst the presenters! There will also be the opportunity to earn 1.5 ACHE face-to-face credits.
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Webinar: Overview of Cyber Threat Landscape Panel
2024-02-20 13:00 - 14:00
Hospitals across the United States continue to be targets of ransomware and other types of cyberattacks. Not only can these events result in significant and costly breaches of patient information, but they also threaten hospital operations and patient outcomes. System encryption can result in denial of access to life-saving information and medical equipment, while recovery diverts resources from essential operations. Enterprise-wide education on risks and prevention continues to be critical to an organization’s cyber defense strategy. The Kentucky Hospital Association is proud to partner with the American Hospital Association and Stites & Harbison to provide this important series of educational opportunities.
Featured Speaker:
John Riggi
National Advisor of Cybersecurity and Risk
American Hospital Association
This joint presentation with John Riggi and local FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) representatives will cover the various security cyber threats being investigated on a global, national, and regional level. Participants will discover how best to work with government agencies prior, during, and post cyber incidents.
This event is part of the Cybersecurity Crisis Management: Strategies for Health Care Executives series.
Target Audience:
Technical and non-technical professionals including CEOs, CNOs, CFOs, CMOs, CIOs, CROs, COOs, senior leadership, nursing leadership and IT department staff.

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Contact: Tammy Wells

Public Health Emergency Unwinding Stakeholder Meeting
2024-02-15 11:00 - 12:00
Join the Kentucky Department for Medicaid Services for the next Public Health Emergency (PHE) Unwinding Stakeholder Meeting on February 15 at 11:00 a.m. (ET). Monthly PHE stakeholder meetings are an excellent opportunity to receive updates and gather information. If you are a Medicaid stakeholder, such as providers, kynectors, or insurance agents, these forums could be beneficial to you in assisting clients.

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For more information about the unwinding process, visit https://khbe.ky.gov/Enrollment/Pages/PHEUnwinding.aspx

CBRNE Medical Surge TTX: Bluegrass HCC Region
2024-02-15
The Bluegrass Healthcare Coalition will be hosting a CBRNE TTX on Thursday, Feb. 15th at UK’s 90 building – 440 Hilltop Ave, Lexington, KY. This exercise will test first responders actions and emergency response plans to a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) real world event. Registration is required. Lunch provided. $0 cost. Due to seating we are limiting this exercise to 2 persons per agency.
Tentative schedule:

11:30 am Sign-in & Lunch
11:45 am Welcome & Room introductions
12:00 pm Exercise begins
2:30 pm TTX ends – Hot Wash Begins
3:00 pm End Ex

REGISTRATION LINK
If you have questions please don’t hesitate to reach to Dave Carney – davidn.carney@ky.gov or JT Moore – Jordan.Moore@ky.gov.
Registration DEADLINE IS Feb. 9th.

KHA Town Hall: How Responsible Medical Surplus Supply Management Supports Healthier Communities
2024-02-13 15:00 - 16:00
Please join KHA on Tuesday, February 13 at 3:00 p.m. ET for a virtual Town Hall presentation with Supplies Over Seas (SOS) International! Denise Sears, President and CEO of SOS International, will review best practices for responsible medical surplus management. This session will also detail the impact that SOS and recycling partner hospitals are making by changing and saving lives through the local, international and disaster relief programs. Learn the cost effectiveness and community impact of a responsible hospital recycling program with SOS (one of only six organizations nationally accredited by the MedSurplus Alliance!).
Speaker:
Denise Sears
President and CEO
SOS International
Contact Tammy Wells at twells@kyha.com to be added to the education distribution list (with information on how to register) and to receive additional information on upcoming offerings via email.

KHA Quality Webinar: KHA Quality Metric Updates Part 2 - Standardized Antimicrobial Administration Ratio (SAAR) All Antibacterial Agents
2024-02-12 10:00 - 11:00
The Center for Medicare Services (CMS) announced the final ruling of the updated Public Health and Clinical Data Exchange Objective, which adds the AUR measure to the 4 required reporting domains starting with the CY 2024 reporting period. The CDC prioritizes AU tracking and reporting to NHSN to achieve compliance with the core elements of hospital ASP. A SAAR, Standardized Antimicrobial Administration Ratio, is a summary measure of antimicrobial use (AU) for hospitals in the AU Option of the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Antimicrobial Use and Resistance (AUR) Module. NHSN originally developed the metric as a quantitative tool for hospitals to make comparisons of AU within and across facilities to help guide antimicrobial stewardship efforts. Pease join the KHA Quality team for a brief presentation in which we will discuss the updates in KQC, including what the measures entail, the CMS definitions of them, and the process for enrolling your hospital in these measures to report the data.
Targeted Audience:
Quality leaders and All hospital or healthcare organization leaders responsible for quality data entry include but not limited to: Pharmacy leaders, Physician leaders, Infectious Disease Pharmacists
Featured Speakers:
Jessica Covington, PharmD, BCPS graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy with a Doctor of Pharmacy in 2003, then obtained Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy in 2017. Her expertise includes direct patient care in acute care hospitals and long-term care as a clinical pharmacist. Covington works as a Quality Program Pharmacist at Kentucky Hospital Association (KHA) providing support for the Kentucky Hospital Research and Education Foundation (KHREF) quality program and initiatives. She assists the quality team in reducing rates of preventable harm through promotion of best practice.
Quality Improvement Areas include but not limited to: Adverse Drug Events, Antibiotic Stewardship, C. Difficile, Sepsis, Readmissions, Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis
Shafrin Choudhury, MPH, joined the Kentucky Hospital Association in 2021 as a Quality Improvement Data Analyst. In 2014, she received her Bachelor’s of Science in Biology from Centre College and later pursued her Master’s in Public Health, concentrating in Biostatistics in 2018. She has over 7 years of experience working with health care data in different capacities and continues to pursue her passion of helping patients through the use of data analysis and the ultimate goal of improving quality.
Please contact Tammy Wells for more information.

KHA Quality Webinar: KHA Quality Metric Updates Part 1
2024-02-08 11:00 - 12:00
The Center for Medicare Services (CMS) has restructured their metrics for events involving severe hypoglycemia and severe hyperglycemia. To support the work of our Kentucky hospitals in tracking, trending, and improving performance in these areas, as well as to avoid duplicate work for our hospital quality leaders, KHA has aligned with the new CMS design by updating the metrics in Kentucky Quality Counts (KQC.) Pease join us for a brief presentation in which we will discuss the updates in KQC, including what the measures entail, the CMS definitions of them, and the process for enrolling your hospital in these measures to report the data.
Target Audience:
Quality leaders, Nursing Leaders, and Pharmacy Quality Reporting Leaders
Featured Speakers:
Jessica Covington, PharmD, BCPS graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy with a Doctor of Pharmacy in 2003, then obtained Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy in 2017. Her expertise includes direct patient care in acute care hospitals and long-term care as a clinical pharmacist. Covington works as a Quality Program Pharmacist at Kentucky Hospital Association (KHA) providing support for the Kentucky Hospital Research and Education Foundation (KHREF) quality program and initiatives. She assists the quality team in reducing rates of preventable harm through promotion of best practice.
Quality Improvement Areas include but not limited to: Adverse Drug Events, Antibiotic Stewardship, C. Difficile, Sepsis, Readmissions, Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis
Shafrin Choudhury, MPH, joined the Kentucky Hospital Association in 2021 as a Quality Improvement Data Analyst. In 2014, she received her Bachelor’s of Science in Biology from Centre College and later pursued her Master’s in Public Health, concentrating in Biostatistics in 2018. She has over 7 years of experience working with health care data in different capacities and continues to pursue her passion of helping patients through the use of data analysis and the ultimate goal of improving quality.
Please contact Tammy Wells for more information.

CISA Live!: Boosting Water Sector Cybersecurity
2024-02-07 11:30 - 12:30
On Wednesday, February 7, CISA will host a CISA Live! – Boosting Water Sector Cybersecurity event on LinkedIn Live where CISA Deputy Director Nitin Natarajan and Director of Environmental Protection Agency Water Infrastructure and Cyber Resilience Division David Travers will chat about the critical importance of water sector cybersecurity. During the discussion, these experts will cover topics related to the current water sector cyber risk environment, the importance of partnerships, sector challenges and provide information on how stakeholders can improve their cybersecurity. CISA will also share information related to resources that may be helpful to the Water Sector. Live event viewers can participate in a Question & Answer session.

KHA Town Hall: Recruiting and Retaining Staff using Universal Design and Learning Principles
2024-02-06 15:00 - 16:00
Please join KHA on February 6 at 3:00 p.m. ET for a virtual Town Hall presentation. Christina Espinosa will discuss how to assure your hospital is maximizing its environment to avoid overlooking any opportunity to recruit and retain everyone who can contribute to the care of patients in any way, in all locations, and in all capacities. In today’s world, leaders MUST think creatively about ways to keep the current expertise and experience and attain more whenever possible.
Speaker:
Christina Espinosa, MRC, CRC
Division Director, Community Education
University of Kentucky Human Development Institute
Contact Tammy Wells at twells@kyha.com to be added to the education distribution list (with information on how to register) and to receive additional information on upcoming offerings via email.

Decoding Denials: Chart A Course Towards Financial Prosperity
2024-01-31 14:00 - 15:00
KHA Solutions Group Affinity Partner CorroHealth will host a virtual session on January 31 at 2:00 p.m. (ET) on “Decoding Denials: Chart A Course Towards Financial Prosperity” presented by Annabelle Seippel, CorroHealth’s Vice President of Denial Management. Denials often emerge as missteps that disrupt the rhythm of cash flow. But what if these denials were more than just setbacks? What if they were signals pointing to deeper systemic issues? And what if you could decode these signals with the precision of analytics?
In this workshop, CorroHealth goes beyond the surface-level challenges to explore the layers beneath the 835, using data analytics as a guide. Together, CorroHealth will chart a course using data-driven insights to help navigate denials, steering toward a future of financial prosperity and operational efficiency.
To register, contact Laura Penton (469-768-0075 or Laura.Penton@CorroHealth.com).

KHA Webinar: Strategy or Just Surviving?
2024-01-30 14:00 - 15:00
It’s easy to get lost in day-to-day demands. Over time, this stalls organizational progress. “Being strategic” is easy to say, but how well do you understand strategy and how strategy either creates or destroys value? This session provides an introductory framework to recognize an organization’s strategic readiness, elements of a successful strategy, when to change strategy and steps to design future strategy.
Objectives

Describe a definition of health care strategy versus survival
Discuss how to recognize when it’s time to reevaluate strategy
Identify steps to design future strategy
Outline methods of assessing strategic readiness in health care organizations

Audience
C-Suite, health care leaders, hospital trustees
Speaker
Doug Morse is a former rural hospital CEO, network system executive and lifelong rural health care zealot. He knows small hospitals and clinics are the engines that drive communities’ ways of life. Today, he helps leaders and boards achieve exceptional scorecards and strong community support through nimble strategic planning, operational improvements and leadership training. The author of “You Got This: How to Make Big Decisions at Small Hospitals,” Moore was twice recognized as a college faculty teacher of the year. He also was recognized with the 2005 Iowa Hospital Association Young Executive Achievement Award.
KHA is partnering with the Iowa Hospital Association to provide this webinar. Please contact Tammy Wells for more information.

CANCELLED: Monthly Sepsis Webinar
2024-01-25 13:00 - 14:00
NOTE: The January Sepsis Consortium webinar that was scheduled for Thursday, January 25 has been cancelled.
Information on the February Sepsis Consortium webinar will be shared shortly.

Contact: Tammy Wells

Webinar: Mitigating Hospital Cyber Risks – Ransomware’s Impact on Operations and Outcomes
2024-01-23 13:00 - 14:00
Hospitals across the United States continue to be targets of ransomware and other types of cyberattacks. Not only can these events result in significant and costly breaches of patient information, but they also threaten hospital operations and patient outcomes. System encryption can result in denial of access to life-saving information and medical equipment, while recovery diverts resources from essential operations. Enterprise-wide education on risks and prevention continues to be critical to an organization’s cyber defense strategy. The Kentucky Hospital Association is proud to partner with the American Hospital Association and Stites & Harbison to provide this important series of educational opportunities.
Join this webinar to gain crucial insights into the impact of ransomware on hospitals and best practices to mitigate ransom risks. In this session, participants will learn the role hospital leadership can play in improving an organization’s cyber defenses.
Featured Speaker:
Sarah Cronan Spurlock
Member
Stites & Harbison, PLLC
This event is part of the Cybersecurity Crisis Management: Strategies for Health Care Executives series.
Target Audience:
Technical and non-technical professionals including CEOs, CNOs, CFOs, CMOs, CIOs, CROs, COOs, senior leadership, nursing leadership and IT department staff.

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Contact: Tammy Wells

Webinar: KHA Workforce Survey
2024-01-18 14:00 - 15:00
KHA will host an informational webinar to kick off the annual KHA Workforce Survey data collection on Thursday, January 18, at 2:00 p.m. (ET).
In the webinar, KHA Associate Vice President of Workforce Development J.P. Hamm and Director of Health Information & Analytics Maik Schutze will provide an overview of the survey, review best practices, and answer your questions. The annual report of survey findings has been instrumental to KHA’s hospital workforce advocacy and strategic workforce planning initiatives. The annual workforce survey captures information about inpatient hospital direct care positions, and the webinar is only available to KHA members.
Please contact Maik Schutze (mschutze@kyha.com) to join the informational webinar.
You can find recent workforce publications at https://www.kyha.com/kha-data-center/workforce-data/

KHA Town Hall: KHA Introduces Partnership with Transformational Intervention Supporting Highly Reliable Communication
2024-01-16 15:00 - 16:00
Please join KHA on Tuesday, January 16 at 3:00 p.m. ET for a virtual Town Hall presentation, KHA Introduces Partnership with Transformational Intervention Supporting Highly Reliable Communication. KHA will share our offer to participate in a transformational partnership with the I-PASS Institute which is available to member hospitals. The guest speakers will discuss standardizing hand-off communications and systematically embedding the process into standard work across all disciplines, the entire hospital, and between hospitals.
Speakers:
Dr. Chris Landrigan
Chief of General Pediatric at Boston Children’s Hospital
Co-Founder of I-PASS Institute
Marshall Burkhart
Vice President of Client Experience
I-PASS Institute
Jeneen Carman
System Chief Nursing Officer
Appalachian Regional Healthcare
Deb Campbell
Vice President of Clinical Strategy and Transformation
Kentucky Hospital Association
Contact Tammy Wells at twells@kyha.com to be added to the education distribution list (with information on how to register) and to receive additional information on upcoming offerings via email.

Monthly Quality Webinar: RCA2
2024-01-11 11:00 - 12:00
RCA2: Demystifying the Purpose, Presentation, and Power of the Root Cause Analysis and Action Plan
This presentation will cover the basic elements of the Root Cause Analysis and Action plan, and will also define the best tools and methods to use as organizations walk through the RCAA process. Executive leaders, quality leaders, risk managers, nursing leaders, physician leaders, patient safety leaders, and compliance leaders are encouraged to attend.
Presenter: Casey Franklin, BSN, RN, CPHQ, WCC, HACP-CMS, KHA Director of Quality and Health Professions.
Casey has over 16 years of nursing experience, with a diverse health care background that includes hospital quality leadership, clinical management, long-term care, and home health and hospice services.
To better serve you, KHA has moved to a registration process for all educational offerings. After registering, please download the meeting hold for your calendar.

KHA hosts a series of monthly quality webinars. Please contact Tammy Wells to be added to the distribution list.

KHA Office Closed for Christmas
2023-12-25 08:00 - 2023-12-26 17:00
The KHA office will close Monday, December 25 – Tuesday, December 26 for the Christmas holidays.

MGT341 Disaster Preparedness for Healthcare Organizations
2023-12-13 | Barren River Area Development District, 177 Graham Avenue, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 42101
The National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) identified hospitals and healthcare organizations as CI. This course brings planning and management stakeholders from the hospital and healthcare sector together with supporting community leaders to ensure the resiliency of healthcare infrastructure services in the event of a high-consequence event. Participants will examine preparedness processes and activities, sector dependencies and interdependencies, and discuss resiliency strategies to ensure the sustainability of these facilities and organizations.
Registration: https://my.teex.org/TeexPortal/?MO=mClassRegistration&D=EU&C=MGT341&S=509
Audience: Hospital Emergency Management

Monthly Sepsis Webinar
2023-12-07 13:00 - 14:00
Please join KHA for our monthly Sepsis Consortium webinar on Thursday, December 7 at 1:00 p.m. ET entitled The New York Experience.
Speakers: Foster Gesten and Kathy Shure
Foster Gesten and Kathy Shure each had key roles in the development of the NY sepsis statewide initiative. Foster will provide background about how New York stated and implemented their sepsis initiative from the NY State Department of Health perspective. Kathy will discuss how she navigated the state agencies to issue the guidance that dealt with insurer payment issues from her position at the Greater NY Hospital Association.
Please Note: As the regularly scheduled date for Sepsis webinars in November and December fall near or on upcoming holidays, we will combine the two webinars into one to be held on December 7 at the usual time of 1:00 p.m. (ET). Again, we will not have a Sepsis webinar on November 23 or December 28, instead we will have a webinar on December 7. Reminders will be sent as the new date approaches.
A completed registration will be required to attend all educational offerings. After registering, please download the meeting hold for your calendar.
KHA hosts a series of monthly sepsis webinars. Please contact Tammy Wells to be added to the education distribution list.

Contact: Tammy Wells
