Tuesday July 30

EMTALA Regulatory Series

Session 2

Medicare-certified hospitals must follow CMS regulations and interpretative guidelines for the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. This three-part series will focus on problematic areas of EMTALA concepts, adequacy of medical screening and on-call physician issues.
 
Part Two will discuss EMTALA issues such as:

• Adequacy of medical screening examinations.
• Appropriate transfers. 
• Certification of false labor.
• EMTALA sign issues.
• Observation, inpatient and outpatient.

 

Tuesday August 06

2024 WHA Post-acute Care Seminar

WHA’s 8^th annual Post-Acute Care Seminar, which will focus on innovative care models, will be held August 6 from 10 am to 2 pm. Attendees will participate in the new format virtually.
 
Attendees will hear about Froedtert Health’s groundbreaking work with Homecare Hub to build a local network of group homes and create a search engine that helps locate appropriate discharge options for patients needing post-acute care and residential services in southeast Wisconsin. SSM Health will be presenting on a brand new service being offered to appropriate patients in their Madison market: Recovery Care at Home. This program, launched earlier this year in April, is the first of its kind in Wisconsin and provides patients with advanced, personalized care within the comforting walls of their homes.
 
Finally, a panel of hospital leaders from around the state who are focused on securing appropriate post-acute care services for hospital patients who are ready to be discharged will discuss some of their key practices, share their insights and irritations, and describe actions they’re taking to support their patients and organizations.
 

 

Tuesday August 13

EMTALA Regulatory Series

Session 3

Medicare-certified hospitals must follow CMS regulations and interpretative guidelines for the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. This three-part series will focus on problematic areas of EMTALA concepts, adequacy of medical screening and on-call physician issues.
 
Part Three will focus on physician involvement with the EMTALA process including on-call physician schedules, on-call physician rules, when an on-call physician must appear in the emergency department and how to deal with difficult patient situations such as leaving against medical advice and leaving without being seen.

 

Wednesday September 18

2024 Annual Wisconsin Organization of Nurse Leaders Conference

Join nursing leader colleagues for this annual event focusing on leading and developing nurses. Throughout the conference, you will learn how leadership is changing, ways to affect that change, and principles that leaders can use to empower, energize and inspire themselves and those they lead. 

Click here for the conference brochure: 2024 WONL Conference Brochure

 

Monday September 23

2024 ACHE-WI Annual Conference

2024 ACHE Annual Conference - Please click here for more information, including registration. All questions regarding this conference should be directed to
ache-wi@badgerbay.co

 

 

Tuesday October 08

2024 Annual WCMEW Summit

Moving Forward with Our Workforce Strategies

The 2024 Wisconsin Healthcare Workforce Summit is scheduled for Tuesday, October 8 at the Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin Dells.
 
“Moving Forward with Our Workforce Strategies” will feature updates from WCMEW’s two key planning work groups, together with success stories on meeting workforce challenges, including:

• Creating Excellent Clinical Learning Environments
• Home Based Hospital Care: An Opportunity for Clinical Professional Fulfillment
• Optimizing Primary Care
• Interprofessional Competencies: Implications for Current and Future “Learners”
• Integrating Soft Skills into Medical Education
• Men Can HEAL: Evidence Of the Need to Promote Healthcare Careers Among Young Men
• Recruiting, Engaging, and Retaining a Rural Physician Workforce

 
Last year’s Summit drew attendees from all parts of Wisconsin in virtually every area devoted to our workforce.
 
Why should I attend?
The Summit will highlight:

• Wisconsin’s current and future workforce challenges.
• Real-world examples of innovations in our education and training pipeline.
• How communities are finding ways to attract and retain their healthcare workforce now and into the future.
• How we can work together to build the future workforce we need.
• Provide interdisciplinary, cross-sector attendees with ample opportunities to network, share successes and challenges, and participate in forming new and creative solutions.