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Leaders must adapt and respond to change as the health care environment evolves. This conference brings together health care leaders to collaborate, learn and network. Conference sessions will provide participants with research-based strategies, concepts and best practices for professional application and development.Program AgendaWednesday, May 21st - The Meadows Events & Conference Center, Altoona, Iowa7:45 a.m. Registration and Breakfast8:15 a.m. Welcome8:30 a.m. Shed or You're Dead® — How to Stay Alive and Thrive Amid Health Care Change; Kathy Dempsey, President, Keep Shedding, Scottsdale, Arizona9:30 a.m. Awards and Business Meeting10 a.m. Break and visit the exhibit hallConcurrent Breakout Sessions10:30 a.m. IONL - From Traditional Nurse Leader to Nurse Leader Coach; Rose Sherman, Ed.D, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Nursing Leadership Development Expert and Author, Florida10:30 a.m. IAHQ - Shattering the Status Quo: Transforming Patient Care Through Sustainable Improvement; Scott Burgmeyer, Founder and CEO, BecomeMore Group, Des Moines10:30 a.m. BHAI - Redesigning Patient Care in Inpatient Behavioral Health Units; Carol Meade, MSW, LISW, Director of Behavioral Health, UnityPoint Health, Cedar Rapids; Megan L. Simpson, MSW, LISW, Director, Behavioral Health Services, UnityPoint Health, Des Moines11:30 a.m. Lunch and visit the exhibit hall12:30 p.m. IHA Advocacy Update; Erin Cubit, Vice President, Federal & Regulatory Affairs, Iowa Hospital Association, Des Moines, and Clare Kelly, Chief Government and External Affairs Officer, Iowa Hospital Association, Des MoinesConcurrent Breakout Sessions1 p.m. IONL – Accountability and the Power of One: You Play a Bigger Role Than You Might Think!; Colleen McCrory, MBA, FACHE, Senior Director, International Speaker and Coach, Huron Consulting Group, Florida1 p.m. IAHQ – Directed Payment Program Quality Measures and Your Role: A Panel Discussion; Moderator: Shawna Forst, IAHQ President, Performance Excellence, Quality and Risk Coordinator, MercyOne Newton Medical Center; Panelists: Beth Besecker, MD, MBA, SSGB, Chief Quality Officer and Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety, Broadlawns Medical Center, Des Moines; Angi Ellsworth, RN, BSN, CPPS, Director of Quality and Risk and Compliance Officer, Boone County Hospital, Boone; Lance Schmitt, RN, BSN, MBA, Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Nursing, Broadlawns Medical Center, Des Moines; Christin Pritchard, Vice President of Quality, Great River Health, West Burlington1 p.m. BHAI – Implementing the New Behavioral Health and Disability Service System in Iowa; Jeni Hanselman, Chief Behavioral Health Officer, Iowa Primary Care Association; Zach Rhein, Division Director of Aging and Disability Services, Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Des Moines2 p.m. Break and visit the exhibit hall2:30 p.m. Prize drawings2:45 p.m. Building Resilience to Cross Your Finish Line; Rebekah Gregory, Speaker, Founder of Rebekah's Angels Foundation and Public Speaking Coach, Florida3:45 p.m. Adjourn CONTINUING EDUCATION IHA (Iowa Board of Nursing provider No. 4) will award 4.5 Nursing contact hours. Contact hours will not be issued unless your Iowa license number is provided on the certificate completed the day of the conference. To receive contact hours or a certificate of attendance, you must attend the entire conference. No partial credit will be granted.NAHQ is pending approval for this program.View full conference details.Contact Autumn McGill with questions about this event.
Leaders must adapt and respond to change as the health care environment evolves. This conference brings together health care leaders to collaborate, learn and network. Conference sessions will provide participants with research-based strategies, concepts and best practices for professional application and development.
Program AgendaWednesday, May 21st - The Meadows Events & Conference Center, Altoona, Iowa
7:45 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
8:15 a.m. Welcome
8:30 a.m. Shed or You're Dead® — How to Stay Alive and Thrive Amid Health Care Change; Kathy Dempsey, President, Keep Shedding, Scottsdale, Arizona
9:30 a.m. Awards and Business Meeting
10 a.m. Break and visit the exhibit hall
Concurrent Breakout Sessions
10:30 a.m. IONL - From Traditional Nurse Leader to Nurse Leader Coach; Rose Sherman, Ed.D, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Nursing Leadership Development Expert and Author, Florida
10:30 a.m. IAHQ - Shattering the Status Quo: Transforming Patient Care Through Sustainable Improvement; Scott Burgmeyer, Founder and CEO, BecomeMore Group, Des Moines
10:30 a.m. BHAI - Redesigning Patient Care in Inpatient Behavioral Health Units; Carol Meade, MSW, LISW, Director of Behavioral Health, UnityPoint Health, Cedar Rapids; Megan L. Simpson, MSW, LISW, Director, Behavioral Health Services, UnityPoint Health, Des Moines
11:30 a.m. Lunch and visit the exhibit hall
12:30 p.m. IHA Advocacy Update; Erin Cubit, Vice President, Federal & Regulatory Affairs, Iowa Hospital Association, Des Moines, and Clare Kelly, Chief Government and External Affairs Officer, Iowa Hospital Association, Des Moines
1 p.m. IONL – Accountability and the Power of One: You Play a Bigger Role Than You Might Think!; Colleen McCrory, MBA, FACHE, Senior Director, International Speaker and Coach, Huron Consulting Group, Florida
1 p.m. IAHQ – Directed Payment Program Quality Measures and Your Role: A Panel Discussion; Moderator: Shawna Forst, IAHQ President, Performance Excellence, Quality and Risk Coordinator, MercyOne Newton Medical Center; Panelists: Beth Besecker, MD, MBA, SSGB, Chief Quality Officer and Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety, Broadlawns Medical Center, Des Moines; Angi Ellsworth, RN, BSN, CPPS, Director of Quality and Risk and Compliance Officer, Boone County Hospital, Boone; Lance Schmitt, RN, BSN, MBA, Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Nursing, Broadlawns Medical Center, Des Moines; Christin Pritchard, Vice President of Quality, Great River Health, West Burlington
1 p.m. BHAI – Implementing the New Behavioral Health and Disability Service System in Iowa; Jeni Hanselman, Chief Behavioral Health Officer, Iowa Primary Care Association; Zach Rhein, Division Director of Aging and Disability Services, Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Des Moines
2 p.m. Break and visit the exhibit hall
2:30 p.m. Prize drawings
2:45 p.m. Building Resilience to Cross Your Finish Line; Rebekah Gregory, Speaker, Founder of Rebekah's Angels Foundation and Public Speaking Coach, Florida
3:45 p.m. Adjourn
CONTINUING EDUCATION IHA (Iowa Board of Nursing provider No. 4) will award 4.5 Nursing contact hours. Contact hours will not be issued unless your Iowa license number is provided on the certificate completed the day of the conference. To receive contact hours or a certificate of attendance, you must attend the entire conference. No partial credit will be granted.
NAHQ is pending approval for this program.
View full conference details.Contact Autumn McGill with questions about this event.