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Pneumococcal Vaccine Update for Physicians and Clinicians – April 30

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.

careLearning Informational Webinar - May 1

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.

KARQM Education Program - May 2

The Kansas Association of Risk and Quality Management was created to promote the delivery of quality health care and the practice of risk management in Kansas health care facilities. Membership includes risk and quality management professionals in health care facilities or health-related organizations.

Educational Webinar: How Do Your Hospital Finances Measure Up? – May 2

Join Healthworks and KHA for an educational session at 2:00 p.m. on May 2 to learn how to utilize QHis 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.

Opioid Educational Webinar: Partnering to Increase Access to SUD Treatment – May 3

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.

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CEO Staffing Changes

CEO Staffing Changes (Jan. 5, 2024) – The Kansas Hospital Association would like to inform you of the latest member hospital administrator changes since our last hospital list printout in November:

Leonard R. Hernandez, chief executive officer, SCK Health, Arkansas City
Benjamin Anderson, MBA, MHCDS, president and chief executive officer, Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson

Kevin Faughnder, chief executive officer, Norton County Hospital, Norton
Jessica Eckels, interim chief executive officer, CKF Addiction Treatment, Salina
Sarah Ragsdale, RN, BSN, chief executive officer, Smith County Memorial Hospital, Smith Center

Our Kansas Hospitals and Health-Related Facilities list is available on the KHA website in PDF (Adobe Acrobat Reader format) at www.kha-net.org. A username and password are required. Click on Kansas Hospitals, CEO Directories, Kansas Hospital List and Kansas Hospitals and Health-Related Facilities List. Please contact Cheryl Carson at (785) 233-7436 if you have updates and provide the start date of the new administrator/chief executive officer, picture, birthday and press release/bio.
--Cheryl Carson

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