Saturday, December 7, 2019

Recorded Webinar: Engaging Your Local Community Through Youth Oriented Programs

The third and final installment of the Community Health Needs Assessment Webinar Series hosted by Eide Bailly and the Oklahoma Office of Rural Health. Programming to positively impact youth is an effective approach for hospitals to engage the local community. Two hospitals in Oklahoma, Mercy Hospital Kingfisher and Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center (EOMC) in Poteau, present their efforts at fostering collaboration among their local youth population. Brian Denton, CEO of Mercy Hospital Kingfisher, discusses his hospital’s Student Careers Council and Tiffany Griffis, DNP APRN FNP-C from EOMC reviews how the hospital is leveraging telemedicine to provide school-based care in southeastern Oklahoma. The video lasts approximately 1 hour.

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Recorded Webinar: Emergency Department Transfer Communication (EDTC)

Recording of "Emergency Department Transfer Communication (EDTC)" webinar hosted by the Oklahoma Office of Rural Health on September 12, 2019. Robyn Carlson of StratisHealth provided an overview of EDTC for rural hospitals. The video lasts approximately 54 minutes.


Thursday, June 27, 2019

Recorded Webinar: The ABCs of Antibiotic Stewardship (Part 2)

Recording of "The ABCs of Antibiotic Stewardship Programs (ASPs) for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)" webinar hosted by the Oklahoma Office of Rural Health on June 26, 2019. Sarah Brinkman, MBA, MA, CPHQ of StratisHealth continued her discussion regarding the importance of antibiotic stewardship for critical access hospitals. She also shared national Annual Facility Survey findings as well as findings from their national focus groups. The video lasts approximately 44 minutes.


Thursday, March 28, 2019

Recorded Webinar: The ABCs of Antibiotic Stewardship

Recording of "The ABCs of Antibiotic Stewardship" webinar hosted by the Oklahoma Office of Rural Health on March 21, 2019. Sara Brinkman, MBA, MA, CPHQ of StratisHealth discussed the importance of antibiotic stewardship for critical access hospitals (CAH) and the related Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project (MBQIP) measure, examined the core elements of antibiotic stewardship as defined by the  National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Annual Facility Survey, and analyzed the current performance of Oklahoma CAHs with regard to the implementation of antibiotic stewardship as captured through the 2017 NHSN Annual Facility Survey. The video lasts approximately 43 minutes.


Thursday, March 14, 2019

Friday, February 22, 2019

Recorded Webinar: MIPS & Promoting Interoperability

Recording of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)/Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) webinar hosted by the Oklahoma Office of Rural Health on January 17, 2019. Jason Felts from the Oklahoma Foundation of Medical Quality (OFMQ) shared the latest updates and requirements for providers. The video lasts approximately 1 hour.


Thursday, February 21, 2019