AHHA Quality Learning Summit & Committee Meetings

Event Recap and Resources:

AHHA hosted staff from member facilities for a Quality Learning Summit with sessions on high reliability, SDOH screening, patient family engagement, and Alaskan epidemiological data. A networking lunch and reception offered attendees a chance to connect with colleagues from across the state. The following day, our Long-Term Care and Nurse Leadership committees met individually in the morning and then together in the afternoon. 

QUALITY LEARNING SUMMIT, April 16

Caring Reliably - Glenda Battey, Director of Patient Safety for Providence Health & Services, shared her expertise in high reliability organizing and culture of safety. Dr. Glenda Battey is currently the Director of Patient Safety for Providence, overseeing enterprise-wide projects focused on advancing high reliability care and conducting cause analysis. She holds a BS in Biopsychology & Community Health from Tufts University, a MA in Outdoor Adventure Education from the University of Northern Colorado, and a PhD in Exercise and Sports Psychology emphasizing Experiential Education from Oregon State University. She has been a professor, health researcher, mental health therapist, and wilderness therapist.

SDOH Screening from A to Z - Natalie Graves, Director of Research & Implementation at Convergence Health, explored how hospitals can maximize their SDOH screening data to improve care and outcomes at both the individual and community levels. Natalie brings more than a decade of experience leading programs to transform healthcare by leveraging quality improvement strategies and promoting peer-to-peer learning. She has collaborated with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, hospitals, accountable care organizations, state Medicaid agencies, and patient and family advocates to translate ambitious goals into concrete action plans for improvement. Her areas of expertise include social drivers of health, value-based care, payment reform, and quality improvement.

The Funfetti Approach to Patient Family Engagement - Libby Hoy, Founder and CEO of Patient & Family Centered Care Partners, shared her Funfetti approach to family engagement that expands beyond the traditional PFAC and resident/family councils. In 2010, Libby founded PFCCpartners to create a community of patients, families and health care stakeholders committed to the shared learning of Patient & Family Centered Care practice. PFCCpartners​ also​ ​​supports the PFANetwork, inclusive of more than ​1000 Patient Family Advisors in active partnership with health systems, measure developers, policy, quality improvement teams and researchers across the country to improve the quality, safety, experience, and design of healthcare.

Alaska Data from 1 to 1000 - Anna Frick, Research Analyst for Alaska Section of Epidemiology, took us on a journey of data visualization and surveillance. Anna is an epidemiologist with the state of Alaska, where she runs the syndromic surveillance program. She obtained her MPH from the University of Michigan School of Public Health and was a CSTE Applied Epidemiology Fellow.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS, April 17

AHHA Nurse Leadership Committee Meeting | AHHA LTC Committee Meeting

• LTC: Health Facility Licensing, "Welcome to F563 Crash Course 101" - Matthew Thomas > Download the presentation
• Protecting the LTC Workforce - Lynda Enos
• Nurse Leadership: Board of Nursing Update - Patty Wolf; Resilience for Nurse Leaders > Download the presentation

Joint sessions:

• Legislative Update - Jared Kosin
• ICAR & Needs Assessment - Rebecca Hamel
• Psychological Safety - Glenda Battey
• Workforce Safety, Wellness & Burnout Collaborative - Jeannie Monk