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August 23, 2024

President's Perspective – Get Involved in KHA Advocacy Efforts
Earlier this month, Kansans engaged in civic duties and participated in the 2024 Kansas Primary Elections. Candidates from across the state worked feverishly by participating in community parades, attending local forums and walking door-to-door in the humid Kansas summer heat.

KHA Annual Convention – Welcome Reception and Registration
We look forward to seeing you at the 2024 KHA Annual Convention and Trade Show. This year's theme, Champions of Change, promises to educate, enlighten and entertain you with award-winning speakers, networking opportunities and exhibitors displaying state-of-the-art products and services. 
 

Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan's Rising Star Tanya Brabender
KHA's Heart of Health Care Worker Award highlights hospital employees who have made a significant contribution to the betterment of their hospital. This week, KHA honors Tanya Brabender, Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc., for her service and contributions to health care.

Balancing Act Registration Open for Sept. 4
Hosted by the Kansas Association of Health Care Executives, this event is the day before the KHA Annual Convention and Trade Show at the Sheraton Overland Park Hotel, so you can enjoy both events.

Preparing for FY 2025 Broadband Opening – Sept. 11
This free webinar is for current and new Kansas Health-e Broadband Consortium members. Questions will be answered, and clarity will be provided for the 2024 USAC funding window to prepare for the 2025 funding year.

Register Now: Strategies for Building and Sustaining Effective Coalitions – Sept. 17
This event will explore the essentials of building and sustaining an effective health coalition. Addressing social determinants of health is a collective endeavor, and hospitals play a crucial role in this community effort.

Health Care Transformation Is in Connection, Not Credentials – Sept. 19
This Noon Briefing examines one intervention that reduces burnout and improves patient outcomes: compassion. Integritas will demonstrate how compassion improves patient care, patient satisfaction, finances and changes lives.

Register Now! Cyrano Video Educational Webinar: You Created a Video… Now What? – Aug. 27
This presentation provides health care professionals with valuable insights into distributing and maximizing the impact of their video content.

Environmental and Linen Services Workshop for Your Staff – Sept. 26-27
Learn about laundry and linen processes, HCAHPS and EVS, Pathogens and policies and procedures at KHELSA's Environmental and Linen Services Workshop. 

KHA HIDI Advantage Optics Update and HIDI Academy Learning
This week, Advantage Optics was updated with the June 2024 data and now contains October 2018 – June 2024 inpatient, outpatient and emergency department discharges. This includes Executive Snapshot Dashboards, located under Market Optics.

APS Welcomes Ni2 Health, Inc. to Its Roster of Services Provided to Hospitals
APS is hosting an introductory webinar for its new vendor,
Ni2 Health, Inc., at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11.

CMS Issues Revised EMTALA Signage Guidance
CMS regulations require Medicare-participating hospitals to post signage outlining patients' rights under EMTALA in the emergency department and areas where patients will be examined or treated, or wait to be examined or treated.

Position Available
Administrator at Prairie Senior, Citizens Health, Colby.

Federal and National News
This week's topics include Court Overturns FTC Noncompete Rule, Health Advisory for Increased Oropouche Virus Activity, MLN Connects Provider eNews.