Advancing Health Care: A Combined Conference for BHAI, IAHQ and IONL

As the health care environment evolves, leaders must adapt and respond to change. This conference is designed to bring 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 Agenda
Tuesday, May 21st - The Meadows Events & Conference Center, Altoona, Iowa

7:30 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

8 a.m. Welcome, Awards and Business Meetings; Kelley Blackburn, IONL President, Executive Director Nursing Operations & Clinical Professional Development, UnityPoint Health- Des Moines, Des Moines

8:30 a.m. Great Iowa Nurses; Amy Dagestad, MBA, M.S.N., RN, NE-BC, RNC-OB, Director, Maternal Child Services, Mary Greeley Medical, Center, Ames; Amanda Lass, Chief Nursing Officer, Greene County Medical Center, Jefferson; John Meyer, Executive Director of Business Development, Mary Greeley Medical Center, Ames

9 a.m. IHA Advocacy Update; Erin Cubit, Senior Director of Advocacy, Iowa Hospital Association, Des Moines; Clare Kelly, Chief Advocacy Officer, Iowa Hospital Association, Des Moines

9:30 a.m. Patient Safety and System Failures; RaDonda Vaught, BSN, Speaker, Tennessee

10:30 a.m. Break and Visit Exhibit Hall

11 a.m.  Breakout Sessions

IONL - Professional Governance: Leveraging the Power Given to Realize Health; Rachel E. Start RN, MSN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Associate Vice President, Patient Care Services, Hospital Operations, Medicine, Behavioral and Emergency Services at Rush University Medical Center, Illinois

IAHQ – Leading with Quality to Achieve Health Care Excellence: Advancing the Health Care Quality Profession and Discipline; Patricia Resnik, MJ, MBA, RRT, FACHE, CPHQ, CHC, CHPC, President of the Board of Directors, National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ), Florida

BHAI – Innovation and Excellence in Health and Human Service Delivery; Kelly Garcia, Director, Iowa Department of Health and Human Services; Marissa Eyanson, Director, Division of Behavioral Health, Iowa Department of Health and Human Services; Robert Kruse, MD, MPH, FAAFP, Division Director, State Medical Director, Iowa Department of Health and Human Services

Noon Lunch and Visit Exhibit Hall

1 p.m. Breakout Sessions

IONL – The Future of Nursing: From Novice to Expert and From Burnout to Engagement; Vikki Choate, DNP, MSN, R.N., NEA-BC, CPHQ, CPPS, National Speaker, Huron Consulting Group, Maine 

IAHQ - Hospital Quality – A Standardized Approach to Implementing, Managing, and Sustaining an Effective Quality Management Program; Doug Johnson, RN BSN, CPHQ, LSSBB/President, DcJ Solutions, New Mexico

BHAI – Exploring Challenging Behaviors Through a Patient Centered Lens; Stephanie Weatherly DNP, PMH RN-BC, FACHE, Chief Clinical Officer, Psychiatric Medical Care, Tennessee

2 p.m. Break and Visit Exhibit Hall

2:30 p.m.  Prize Drawings

2:45 p.m. Dare to Lead; Natalie Johnson, Co-founder and Chief Visionary, ViDL Work, 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 approves this program for 4.5 CPHQ continuing education credits. You can use your certificate of attendance to self report your license.

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Contact Autumn McGill with questions about this event.