Register now and plan to attend the Cybersecurity Risks and Prevention Strategies for hospitals and health systems., April 23, in Kansas City, KS. Hosted by the Kansas Hospital Association, American Hospital Association, Missouri Hospital Association and K.U. Medical Center, the conference will be at K.U. Medical Center in the Health Education Building, 2146 W. 39th Ave., Kansas City, KS 66103. The cost to participate is $25.

During the webinar, we provide an overview of the REH model, share updates on the implementation, highlight technical assistance available and discuss the suitability of the REH for your community.

Please join us for a pneumococcal vaccine update webinar on Tuesday, April 30, noon - 1:00 p.m. and hear from Lynn Fisher, MD, family physician and Gretchen Homan, MD, pediatrician, who will provide updates impacting adult pneumococcal vaccine recommendations for adult and pediatric patients, respectively; and Monica Pando, RN, VFC coordinator, who will discuss navigating these updates from a clinic perspective.

In this webinar you will gain practical knowledge of how the careLearning system will help you organize and manage your education. careLearning is non-profit member service of The Kansas Hospital Association and over 40 other state hospital associations.

Join Healthworks and KHA for an educational session at 2:00 p.m. on May 2 to learn how to utilize QHi’s financial benchmarking tool effectively. Shannan Flach, vice president health care finance and reimbursement and Sally Othmer, vice president data and strategic analytics will be joined by Wes Garrison, founder, Databasically to walk through the tool including the easy-upload process, reviewing the QHi financial measures available and to demonstrating how to run and schedule reports.

Please join us on May 3 to hear how hospitals and communities are partnering to increase access to substance use disorder treatment and harm reduction. The program has been approved for 1.0 contact hours of continuing nursing education and pending approval for 1.0 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education. There is no charge to attend as this program is funded through a grant from our partners at DCCCA.

Register now and plan to attend the Health Care Preceptor Academy on May 23, in Hays, KS. The health care preceptor academy is designed to engage and grow current and future preceptors with key education tools and strategies to foster a strong preceptor/orientee relationship. This interactive program provides information and practical tools to improve preceptor abilities.

We are now accepting nominations for the 2024 KHA Leadership Institute. We expect the class to fill quickly, so we would encourage you to return your enrollment materials soon.