Conferences, Seminars, and Resources
on Operational Topics

Updated 09/25/2006

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2nd Annual Nemours Conference on Child Health Promotion

Nemours Health & Prevention Services (NHPS) will host the Second Annual Nemours Conference on Child Health Promotion October 12-13, 2006, at the DoubleTree Wilmington Downtown in Wilmington, Delaware. The conference theme is Nurturing Health: Reshaping the Future for Our Children and our keynote speaker will be David Katz, MD, Director and Co-Founder of Yale Prevention Research Center. The conference will feature presentations by many of the nation's thought leaders in child health promotion and provide important networking opportunities.

 

Conference sessions will cover a wide variety of timely topics, including

·         Culturally competent health communications

·         Youth resilience

·         Early child care

·         The evidence base for obesity prevention

·         The business case for health promotion and disease prevention 

An enhanced agenda is now available on the website. Check out these sessions and more!

 

This is one of the nation's only conferences dedicated to children's health promotion and disease prevention. Visit our conference website at www.Nemours.org/nhpsconf to learn more and to register online. Space is limited.

 

 

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Quality and Safety Partnerships Conference

The Delaware Association for Healthcare Quality cordially invites you to attend its second annual Quality and Safety Seminar – Quality and Safety Partnerships. Plan to spend Friday, November 3, 2006 with other healthcare, family and community colleagues discussing quality and safety partnerships.
TARGET AUDIENCE
This conference is designed for healthcare professionals and community representatives who are interested in learning more about collaborative relationships that support quality and safety improvement. Individuals from a variety of roles and settings including inpatient, outpatient, advanced practice, home care, long-term care, education, and the community would benefit from this seminar.

FEATURED PRESENTERS
Anna Marie Butrie MSN, MPH, CPHQ, FNAHQ– President NAHQ;
Deborah Sweeney MSN, MBA – Director Quality Improvement Blue Cross Blue Shield; and
Grena Porto RN, ARM, CPHRM – Founder and Principal QRS Healthcare Consulting, LLC.

Registration is required. Click here for more information.

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Center to Advance Palliative Care

The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) provides four key resources that have help thousands of health care providers put their hospital palliative care programs on the fast track.  Don't miss the opportunity to put them to work for you.  Log onto www.capc.org for information on:

    • CAPC Seminars.
    • Palliative care Leadership Centers.
    • A Guide to Building a Hospital-Based Palliative Care Program.
    • Clinical, Financial, and Administrative Tools.

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CDC Workbook for Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Sharps Injury Prevention Program

An effective sharps injury prevention program includes several components that must work in concert to prevent healthcare personnel from suffering needlesticks and other sharps-related injuries. This program plan is designed to integrate into existing performance improvement, infection control, and safety programs.  It is based on a model of continuous quality improvement, an approach that successful healthcare organizations are increasingly adopting.  The CDC can describe this model in a variety of terms, but the underlying concept is that of a systematic, organization-wide approach for continually improving all processes ( Processes Performance Improvement) involved in the delivery of quality products and services.  The program plan also draws on concepts from the industrial hygiene profession, in which prevention interventions are prioritized based on a hierarchy of control strategies.  To view the workbook, go to: http://www.cdc.gov/sharpssafety/index.html

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AHRMM Announces Online Materials Management Courses

The Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) has created six online materials management courses. The course offerings include:

  • purchasing and product value analysis;
  • inventory distribution management;
  • support services;
  • information systems;
  • finance and strategic planning; and
  • leadership.

Deborah Sprindzunas, AHRMM's Executive Director, said the online courses were requested by members and will allow materials management professionals to prepare for the Certified Materials & Resource Professional examination without the extra expense of travel and time away from the hospital. The courses are being offered in conjunction with CareLearning, a non-profit organization formed by more than 42 state hospital associations to provide its members with quality, cost-effective education and record keeping.

More information can be accessed at http://www.carelearning.com, under the materials management section of the course catalog.

AHRMM is an AHA personal membership group serving executives in the health care resource and materials management profession.

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If there is some information which you would like to see added to this page, please contact Christine Pauley at the Delaware Healthcare Association at christinep@deha.org