Programs and Seminars

Throughout the year, the Association offers various Webinars, Audioconferences, on-site programs and on-line education (carelearning.com) that focuses on health care issues which affect Virginia health systems.

Click on the program title below to download the brochure and registration materials. Unless otherwise noted, all brochures are in PDF format. To register for a program, print the PDF version and submit to VHREF.

Download this list of nearby hotels (PDF) if overnight room reservations are required in Glen Allen, Virginia, as well as directions to VHHA headquarters in Glen Allen.

For more information on any program listed below, contact the director of education.

Be sure to visit www.carelearning.com for your online educational courses.

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ICD-10 Webinar Series

Webinar Series
January 12 - September 20
Fee: $200 per connection, per session

This year-long webinar training series will offer five webinars designed to get members prepared for the mandatory ICD-10 conversion on Oct. 1, 2013.

 

Target audience: Patient billing, coding and financial professionals

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NoCVA Educational Conference

Seminar
June 11 - June 12
Fee: $65 per person - cost includes lunch on Monday, continental breakfast both Monday and Tuesday and all educational sessions

Educational Meeting - Virginia Participants of the NoCVA Hospital Engagement Network - June 11 - 12, 2012

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When Community Benefit and Finance Meet, and How to Make it Successful

Webinar
June 12
Fee: $200 per connection

Schedule H has created a scenario where, at the very least, a hospital’s Community Benefit program staff and its Finance staff have to interact. Ideally, they need to work as a team to build a successful Community Benefit program and accurately address the IRS Schedule H requirements. When these two groups work as a team the whole process becomes easier and more productive. In this webinar we will explore these two worlds. We will look at how each responds to new directives, approaches the tasks at hand, works with those around them, and views each other. We will try to help each side better understand what works for the other and why each side is necessary to the process. And, most importantly, how they can work jointly in support of the hospital’s mission and its community. 

Target audience: Community Benefit Staff, CFOs, Finance Staff, Directors and Executives overseeing Community Benefit or the completion of the Schedule H

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2012 Virginia Healthcare Emergency Management State Forum

Seminar
June 13 - June 15
Fee:

Presentations will cover legal issues, healthcare operations, homeland security and health department initiatives. For a complete list of session topics, please view the agenda.

Target audience: Healthcare senior management personnel with emergency management responsibilities, emergency planners, facility operations and safety/security managers, infection control personnel, clinicians, Health Department officials, EMS personnel, long term care personnel, public safety professionals

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Now Lead This! Wake Up and Smell the Innovation

Webinar
June 13
Fee: $200 per connection

The challenges facing health care leadership today will not be solved with the solutions and knowledge of today and yesterday. Successful leaders understand the power of igniting passion and energy throughout an organization. This webinar will focus on proven performance and a demonstrated track record of the most innovative thinking in America that is currently being successfully implemented in today’s health care organizations.

Target audience: Hospital CEOs, Senior Management Staff, Department Leaders

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The Power of Empowerment: Coaching for Quality Performance

Webinar
June 14
Fee: $200 per connection

Learn strategies to direct, develop and inspire your team.  The techniques are easy and practical.  You will be able to incorporate motivational techniques and sound management planning.  As a manager, you will be able to give more responsibility to your employees with greater success.  You will begin to implement an empowerment action plan during the workshop.

Target audience: COO, CNO, Nursing/Hospital Leadership, The Joint Commission Coordinators, Nursing Home Administrators and others interested in management

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Restraint and Seclusion: Complying with CMS CoPs and Joint Commission Standards

Webinar
August 2
Fee: $200 per connection

Restraint and Seclusion is a significant compliance issue with both CMS and the Joint Commission. The restraint policy is one of the hardest to write and understand for hospitals. This program will simplify and take the mystery out of the restraint and seclusion interpretive guidelines. It will also provide a crosswalk to the Joint Commission standards. 

Target audience: CEO, COO, CMO, CNO, All Clinical Nursing Leadership, ED Director, ED Physicians, Medical Staff coordinator Professional Staff Nurses, Department Directors, The Joint Commission Coordinators, Performance Improvement Directors, Risk Managers, Safety Officers and Compliance Officers

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Creating Service Excellence and Patient Relations

Webinar
August 9
Fee: $200 per connection

Service excellence starts with understanding the needs and wants of your patients and then developing strategies to accomplish service delivery. It also is a collaborative effort between your team and other internal partners. Clinical quality and productivity are important measures of success. Patient and family member satisfaction with service and care is equally important. 

Target audience: COOs, CNOs, nursing leadership, hospital leadership, department heads, Joint Commission coordinators, safety officer and staff, performance improvement staff, risk managers, patient advocates, those interested in management, professional staff nurses and nursing home administrators.