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2024
 
February 28 — KHC Office Hours - The Kansas Medicaid Presumptive Eligibility Program
February 15  — Updates on Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) Designations Featuring KDHE’s Office of Primary Care & Rural Health Webinar Recording | Handouts (pdf) | Navigating Rural Health Flyer (pdf) | RHIG Flyer (pdf) | HPSAs Proposed for Withdrawl (Excel)
January 24 — KHC Office Hours - HQIC Priorities to Improve Star Ratings in 2024
 
2023
 
January 25 — KHC Office Hours for HQIC Hospitals - What's New in HQIC for 2023?
February 22 — KHC Office Hours for Clinics - Kansas Quitline - Resources and No-cost Opportunities for Your Patients
March 22 — KHC Office Hours for HQIC Hospitals - It's All About Data - 
April 5 — Syndromic Antimicrobial Stewardship: Focused Initiatives for the Prevention and Treatment of UTI
April 26 — KHC Office Hours for Clinics
May 3 - Syndromic Antimicrobial Stewardship: Focused Antibiotic Stewardship Initiatives for Wounds, Skin and Soft Tissue Infections 
May 24 — KHC Office Hours for HQIC Hospitals - It's All About Data Part II - Applying HEOA Concepts
June 7 - Syndromic Antimicrobial Stewardship: Focused Antibiotic Stewardship Initiatives for Upper and Lower Respiratory Infections
June 28 — KHC Office Hours for Clinics - Improving Cardiac Outcomes through Cardiac Rehabiliation Programs
July 12 - Syndromic Antimicrobial Stewardship: Focused Antibiotic Stewardship Initiatives Directed Towards Sepsis
July 26 — KHC Office Hours for HQIC Hospitals
August 2 - Syndromic Antimicrobial Stewardship: Focused Antibiotic Stewardship Initiatives Directed Towards Shorter Courses and Reducing Prophylactic Antimicrobial Use
September 27 — KHC Office Hours for HQIC Hospitals - Coding for Sepsis and Beyond
October 25 — KHC Office Hours for Clinics - Project Firstline Infection Prevention and Control  Webinar Recording | Handouts (pdf)
November 15 - USAAW Week - The Other Side of Stewardship: Antibiotic Roots in the Midwest Webinar Recording | Handouts (pdf)
 
2022

Antibiotic Use and Resistance in Kansas: MIght we be doing more harm than good? (11/17/2022)
Webinar Recording |  Handouts

Operationalizing Health Equity Practices, with Kellie Goodson, Part 3 of 3 (10/26/2022)
Webinar recording | Handout (pdf)

Operationalizing Health Equity Practices, with Kellie Goodson, Part 2 of 3 (9/28/2022)
Webinar recording | Webinar handout (pdf) | REAL Data Stratification template | "Understanding Health Equity through Data Disaggregation"

Operationalizing Health Equity Practices, with Kellie Goodson, Part 1 of 3 (8/24/2022)
Webinar recording | Webinar handout | Homework spreadsheet

Summit on Quality — 2022 (8/19/2022)
Event recordings to be posted

Antibiotic Stewardship: Practical Implementation for Kansas Hospitals — Session #4 (7/7/2022)
Webinar recordingWebinar handout (pdf)

KHC Office Hours: Sepsis — Reaching and Engaging Physicians, with Dr. Steven Simpson (6/22/2022)
Webinar recording Webinar handout (pdf) | Webinar resource (pdf)

Antibiotic Stewardship: Practical Implementation for Kansas Hospitals — Session #3 (6/2/2022)
Webinar recording | Webinar breakout session on the basicsWebinar handout (pdf)

KHC Office Hours: Hospital sharing on improving sepsis bundle compliance (5/25/2022)
Webinar recording  Webinar handout (pdf)

Antibiotic Stewardship: Practical Implementation for Kansas Hospitals — Session #2 (5/5/2022)
Webinar recording  |  Webinar handout (pdf)

KHC Office Hours: Improving Care of the Sepsis Patient throughPatient and Family Engagement (4/27/2022)
Webinar recording  |  Webinar handout (pdf)

Antibiotic Stewardship: Practical Implementation for Kansas Hospitals — Session #1 (4/7/2022)
Webinar recording  |  Webinar handout (pdf)

KHC Office Hours: Deep Dive Into KHIN (3/23/2022)
Webinar recording  |  Webinar handout (pdf)

KHC Office Hours: Strategies for Effective Care Coordination (2/23/2022)
Webinar recording  |  Webinar handout (pdf) | Community Care Pathway Mapping Tool (xlsx)

KHC Office Hours: Creating a Bright Spot: Collaboration Across the Continuum (1/26/2022)
Webinar recording Webinar handout (pdf)

2021

KHC Office Hours: Antibiotic Stewardship -- Practical Implementation for Kansas Facilities (11/24/2021)
Webinar recording  |  Webinar handout (pdf)

 

KHC Office Hours: Hospital Strategies to Reduce Opioid Misuse (10/27/2021)
Webinar recording  |  Webinar handout (pdf) | Additional handouts (zip)

 

KHC Office Hours: Beyond the Sepsis Bundles (9/22/2021)
Webinar recording  |  Webinar handout (pdf) 


KHC Office Hours: Focus on Fall Prevention
(8/25/2021)
Webinar recording  |  Webinar handout (pdf) 

 

KHC Office Hours: Compass HQIC Program Update (8/25/2021)

 

Electronic Case Reporting 101 (8/4/2021)

 

KHC Office Hours: Compass HQIC Program Update (7/28/2021)


March 24, 2021 - KHC Webinar

Advance Care Planning III
Part 3 of a 3-part series co-sponsored by KHC, the Health Quality Innovation Network, and KFMC Health Improvement Partners.
   * John G. Carney, MEd, President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for Practical Bioethics
   * Maria Fox, DNP, MSN, BSN, APRN-CNS, ACPHN, CCRN, Clinical Ethics Affiliate, Center for Practical Bioethics
   * Matthew Pjecha, Director of Technology and Research Associate and TPOPP Coordinator, Center for Practical Bioethics

January 27, 2021 - KHC Webinar
Advance Care Planning II
Part 2 of a 3-part series co-sponsored by KHC, the Health Quality Innovation Network, and KFMC Health Improvement Partners.
   * John G. Carney, MEd, President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for Practical Bioethics
   * Maria Fox, DNP, MSN, BSN, APRN-CNS, ACPHN, CCRN, Clinical Ethics Affiliate, Center for Practical Bioethics


2020

November 18, 2020 - KHC Monthly Webinar
Lung Cancer Screening
This is a critical topic as lung cancer kills more people than the next 4 types of cancer combined. While LCS with low-dose CT (LDCT) can reduce lung cancer mortality by 20% or more, only a small percentage of patients at high-risk for this disease are being screened.

October 28, 2020 - KHC Monthly Webinar
Improve Anything in Six Meetings or Less
This session is for improvement leaders who are looking for an effective solution for improvement teams to implement change quickly. Stephanie Sobczak, MS, MBA, project manager of UW Health, Madison, Wisc., shares a structured approach which marries elements of project management along with established improvement methods.

September 23, 2020 - KHC Monthly Webinar
Advance Care Planning I
Part 1 of a 3-part series co-sponsored by KHC, the Health Quality Innovation Network, and Kansas Foundation for Medical Care
   * John G. Carney, MEd, President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for Practical Bioethics
   * Maria Fox, DNP, MSN, BSN, APRN-CNS, ACPHN, CCRN, Clinical Ethics Affiliate, Center for Practical Bioethics

August 26, 2020 - KHC Monthly Webinar
Preparing for CMS Appropriate Use Criteria Program: The Basics and Beyond
   * Kathryn Keysor, BS, Senior Director - Economic Health Policy, American College of Radiology
  * Christine Waldrip, RN, MHA, Director - Appropriateness Criteria, American College of Radiology
  * Louis J. Capponi, MD, FACP, Vice President and Chief Medical Informatics Officer, SCL Health

July 22, 2020 - KHC Monthly Webinar
K-TRACS:  Kansas' Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
   * Alexandra Blasi, MBA, JD, Executive Director, Kansas Board of Pharmacy
  * Jennifer Donelly, MPH, K-TRACS Assistant Director
  * Reyne Kenton, K-TRACS Program Manager

June 24, 2020 - KHC Monthly Webinar
Don't forget your PFAC: Strategies for engaging patients and family advisors during times of pandemic
   * Tanya Lord, PhD, MPH, Director of Patient and Family Engagement, Foundation for Healthy Communities
   * Cody Utz, RT (R), RDMS, RVT, RDCS, Director of Patient Care Services and Quality, Holton Community Hospital

May 20, 2020 - KHC Monthly Webinar
Beyond HIIN:  Moving  Forward in 2020
-- HQIN Program Update
-- Update on CMS National Initiatives:  HQIN, CQIC and HQIC
-- KHC HIIN Wrap-Up, including hospital recognition, data FAQs, and summary of KHC HIIN Hospital Feedback Survey

No webinar held in April.

March 25, 2020 - KHC HIIN Webinar
-- Hospital Success Stories:  Hand Hygiene Collaborative
   * Community Healthcare System, Inc., Onaga, KS
   * Ness County Hospital District No. 2, Ness City, KS

February 26, 2020 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Sepsis
-- Hospital Success Story:  Coffeyville Regional Medical Center
-- Best Practices in Sepsis by Maryanne Whitney, Cynosure Health

February 4, 2020 - KHC HIIN Anticoagulation Safety Mini-Sprint

January 22, 2020 - KHC HIIN Webinar
KHC HIIN Hospital Success Stories
-- How Labette Health slashed readmissions by 43 percent since 2012
-- How Osborne County Memorial Hospital dramatically reduced patient falls from 2018 to 2019

2019

December 18, 2019 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Anticoagulation Safety:  Avoiding High INRs:  What's the Secret?
Mini-Sprint Kick-off:  Anticoagulation Safety

December 10, 2019 - KHA De-escalation Webinar Series (Part 3 of 3)
S E C U R I T Y: Who Is Responsible?  (Hint:  It's Someone You Know)

November 20, 2019 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Antibiotic Stewardship in Kansas -- Part 2 of 2:  Hospital Sharing

November 12, 2019 - KHA De-escalation Webinar Series (Part 2 of 3)
All Patients Are Unique (Just Some More than Others)

October 23, 2019 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Antibiotic Stewardship in Kansas -- Part 1 of 2:  Statewide Hospital Progress

October 22, 2019 - KHA De-escalation Webinar Series (Part 1 of 3)
Sticks and Stones and Getting Along:  Controlling Conflict with Communication

September 25, 2019 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Age-Friendly Health Initiative and the 4M Framework

August 28, 2019 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Overview of new KHC HIIN data analytic reports for hospitals;
Four Key Strategies for Reducing Avoidable Readmissions

July 24, 2019 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Patient and Family Engagement -- Beyond the Metrics:
Implementing PFE Strategies that Improve Quality and Safety

June 26, 2019 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Reducing burden - Measures to be removed from HEN 1.0, HEN 2.0 and HIIN measure sets in QHi

May 22, 2019 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Adverse Drug Events - Hypoglycemic Management

April 24, 2019 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Bringing Fun to Patient Safety and HIIN Option Period Updates

March 27, 2019 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Kansas Falls Sprint Summary and Hospital Sharing
Sharing of hospital project summaries

March 21, 2019 - KHC HIIN Falls Prevention Sprint - Session #6
Sustainability, Sharing of hospital project summaries

February 28, 2019 - KHC HIIN Falls Prevention Sprint - Session #5
Additional strategies and resources for preventing falls with injury

February 27, 2019 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Journey to Health Equity

January 24, 2019 - KHC HIIN Falls Prevention Sprint - Session #4
Post-fall huddles

January 23, 2019 - KHC HIIN Webinar
HAPI Update for hospital-acquired pressure ulcers/injuries:
Data, prevalence studies and best practices


2018

December 19, 2018 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Workplace Violence

December 13, 2018 - KHC HIIN Falls Prevention Sprint - Session #3
Validating patient/family understanding, conducting bedside hand-offs

November 30, 2018 - KHC HIIN Falls Prevention Sprint - Session #2
Developing an aim statement, Top 10 checklist, conducting bedside observations

November 28, 2018 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Accelerating Progress on Disparities

October 24, 2018 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Kick-off of the KHC HIIN Falls Prevention Sprint (Session #1)

October 22, 2018 - KHC HIIN PFA/PFAC Collaborative Webinar
KHC quarterly webinar for PFA/PFAC Collaborative and launch of six-month extension of cohort 4.

September 26, 2018 - KHC HIIN Webinar
KHC HIIN progress through Year 2, information about the HIIN Extension, resources and upcoming events

August 22, 2018 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Peer-to-peer sharing featuring two of the projects (one on falls and one on readmissions) conducted by graduates of the 2018 HRET HIIN Quality Improvement Fellowship: Tina Capeder, MBA, Anderson County Hospital, and Tammy Cunningham, RN, BSN, Olathe Health System

July 25, 2018 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Follow up to June 27 Sepsis Champion Workshop: Advancing Your Knowledge
Plus, Sepsis Transfer SNAP Learnings and an introduction to KFMC's new Sepsis-Readmissions Report for Kansas hospitals

May 23, 2018 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Bringing the Board to Quality

May 15, 2018 - Kansas Workshop for Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs
Held in Manhattan, Kansas, featuring Dr. Steve Tremain, physician improvement advisor, Cynosure Health

April 25, 2018 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Preventing Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers/Injuries:  Building Skill and Will at the Bedside

March 28, 2018 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Post-fall Management:  Getting to Types of Falls, Repeat Falls and Determining Preventability

February 28, 2018 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Patient and Family Advisor Programs

January 31, 2018 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Reducing Sepsis Readmissions

 2017

December 20, 2017 - KHC HIIN Webinar
A Fresh Look at Fall Injury Prevention

November 15, 2017 - South Central HIINergy Partners
Sepsis: Nursing and Front-Line Staff Empowerment for Early Identification and Prompt Treatment

November 14, 2017 - HRET HIIN Roadshow, Salina, KS
This day-long workshop conducted by the Health Research & Educational Trust brought national faculty to central Kansas. With a focus on readmissions and healthcare disparities, it was customized to meet the needs of hospitals participating in the KHC Hospital Improvement Innovation Network (HIIN). 


 October 25, 2017 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Antimicrobial Stewardship

September 27, 2017 - South Central HIINergy Partners
The Next Frontier: Health Care Disparities

August 23, 2017 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Focus on Readmissions

August 2, 2017 - South Central HIINergy Partners
Transforming Cultures for Safety

June 28, 2017 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Coffeyville Regional Medical Center quality program
#123 Equity Pledge and KFMC’s new Readmissions Disparities Report

May 24, 2017 - South Central HIINergy Partners
Patient and Family Engagement:  Courting Patients and Families

April 26, 2017 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Introducing the new HRET HIINprovement Calculator and Communicating value in patient safety

March 22, 2017 - South Central HIINergy Partners
The UP Campaign: UP Your Game with HIIN, with a focus on Get UP

February 22, 2017 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Power of Storytelling

January 25, 2017 - South Central HIINergy Partners
Getting Started in HIIN

January 31, 2017 - KHC HIIN PFAC Kickoff

2016

December 2016 - KHC HIIN Webinar
Getting HIINergized

November 2016 - KHC HIIN Data Office Hours

October 2016 - KHC HIIN Webinar Kickoff
Kickoff meeting for the new Hospital Improvement Innovation Network initiative

August 2016 - Kansas HEN 2.0 Webinar
Award-winning patient safety initiatives at Holton Community Hospital and Newton Medical Center

July 2016 - Kansas HEN 2.0 Webinar
Follow-up to regional PFE workshops from June 2015

June 2016 Kansas HEN 2.0 Webinar
2016 Leadership in Quality Award Winner - Labette Health

April 2016 - Kansas HEN 2.0 Webinar
Fall Prevention and Medicare Quality-Based Payment Reform 

March 2016 - Kansas HEN 2.0 Webinar
Health Literacy and Teach Back 

 2015

 

September 2015 - Kansas HEN Webinar
Patient & Family Engagement

June 2015 - Kansas HEN Webinar
Health Care Personnel Influenza Immunization

April 2015 - Kansas HEN Webinar 
Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative; Kansas HEN Data and Reports update

March 2015 - Kansas HEN Webinar
Early elective delivery prevention; Kansas HEN Data update

February 2015 - Kansas HEN Webinar
Patient and family engagement, Tiffany's story, KHC PFAC Collaborative