In a year that has been anything but familiar, the Kansas Healthcare Collaborative’s Summit on Quality is different, too. We recognize that everyone in the health care system has been deeply impacted by COVID-19. This year’s Summit is fully online and may be accessed at your convenience. The three one-hour sessions are designed to equip Kansas’s health care professionals to thrive in our “new normal.”
Free registration: www.khconline.org/summit-registration
As with previous Summit events, the programming is tailored to physicians, hospital leaders, quality improvement professionals, clinic managers, risk managers, infection preventionists, long-term care providers, and other interested health care professionals—practicing in both urban and rural settings throughout our state.
Shortly after registering, you will be emailed access to the videos. Don't delay—access to these videos will remain available only until early summer! If you have any questions, please contact Phil Cauthon at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
2021 Summit on Quality Programming
SESSION 1) “Return to New, Not Just to Normal,” by Craig Deao of Studer Group (1 hour session)
A big-picture look at how disruptions to everyday life in the past have created opportunities for initiating change, and how today’s transition to a post-COVID return to everyday life presents an opportunity for significant change in our quality improvement and patient safety work.
SESSION 2) “Change Under Pressure, Leveraged for the Future,”
a panel conversation (1 hour session)
- Jennifer Bacani McKenney, MD, Wilson County health officer
- Jenny Niblock, Chief Clinical Officer, Citizen’s Medical Center, Colby
- Bobby Olm-Shipman, President and CEO, South/East Region at Saint Luke's Health System
- Ed O’Malley, President and CEO, Kansas Leadership Center (facilitator)
A physician leader in quality improvement and in public health, a hospital leader in nursing and health care quality, a hospital executive leader in innovation and collaboration will discuss post-pandemic health care in Kansas, with facilitator Ed O’Malley, an expert in facilitating change through effective leadership. Panelists will discuss changes their organizations and others made amid the pandemic with an eye to how such changes present an opportunity for improvements in post-pandemic health care.
SESSION 3) “You Can’t Pour from an Empty Cup,” by Ryan Estis, CEO, Ryan Estis and Associates (1 hour session)
Wellness has taken on increased importance during this uniquely challenging time. Two-thirds of people report increased stress during the pandemic and 54% report feeling emotionally exhausted. For those working in health care, the numbers are even higher. Ryan Estis will provide the information and inspiration attendees need to care for themselves, so they are best equipped to add value and thrive in their organizations.
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