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Monday, April 5, 2004
8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Crown
Plaza North Phoenix
2532
W. Peoria Avenue, Phoenix
Presenters
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Gregory
Bonk, national expert on rural health networks
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Robin
Keith, President, Nevada Rural Hospital Partners
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Laverne
Dallas, Hopi Tribe, HRSA Network Development
Planning
Grant
- Arizona
Flex
staff
Register
by March 22!
It’s free - lunch and breaks provided.
Simply
contact
Jim Laukes, RHO at 520-626-7946 ext. 245 or
email directly to jlaukes@u.arizona.edu.
Sponsored
by
Arizona Rural Hospital Flexibility Program,
Rural Health Office
Tentative
Agenda
(updated February 25, 2004)
8:30-9:00 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions
Alison Hughes, RHO/Flex
·
Why Flex is hosting this meeting?
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Who
we invited and why?
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Goals for the day and anticipated
outcomes
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Description of process
9:00-9:15 a.m.
Rural Health Network Development: Show Me the Money
and Other Resources
Lynda Bergsma, RHO/Flex
9:15-10:15 a.m.
Doing Business Better with Rural Health Networks
Greg Bonk, HMS Associates
·
What is a rural health network?
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Who participates in rural health
networks and why?
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What are some examples of successful
networks?
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How do you know if you need
a network?
10:15-10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30-11:15 a.m.
Nevada Rural Hospital Partners: 16 Years of Experience
Robin Keith, Nevada Rural Hospital Partners
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Why was NRHP formed?
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How does NRHP operate today?
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What are the benefits and
challenges?
11:15a.m.-12:15
p.m.
Determining the Compelling Need(s) for an
Arizona Rural Health
Network
Facilitated group process
12:15-1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30-2:30 p.m.
Arizona Regional Rural Health Networks: Past,
Present and Future
Joyce Hospodar, RHO/Flex
Laverne Dallas, Hopi Tribe, HRSA Network Development
Planning
Grant
Greg Bonk
2:30-3:30
p.m.
Determining Compelling Need(s) for
Regional Health Networks in
Arizona, Assessing Willingness to Collaborate, and Defining
Action
Steps
Facilitated regional small group process
3:30-4:00 p.m.
Regional Group Reports
Facilitated by Alison Hughes
4:00 p.m.
Adjourn
Meet the Presenters
Alison Hughes is director of the Rural Health Office in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman
Arizona College of Public Health at the University of Arizona also
directs the Arizona Rural Hospital Flexibility Program. Her professional
interests focus on promotion of innovative programs to increase access
to quality health care for rural and communities.
Lynda Bergsma, PhD, directs the HRSA Office of Rural Health Policy
funded State Office of Rural Health Program in the Rural Health Office,
and has extensive experience providing grant application assistance and
review for both Rural Health Outreach and Rural Network Development grants.
Dr. Bergsma is also an assistant professor in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman
Arizona College of Public Health.
Greg Bonk has worked over the past twenty years to assist rural
communities and special needs service providers in managing change
through collaborative efforts. He has distilled his practical,
business-oriented approaches into numerous publications, including,
most recently, Principles of Rural Health Network Development and Management.
Robin Keith began her career as a critical care nurse and then moved
into hospital administration. Working with rural hospital administrators
and the Nevada Office of Rural Health, Robin helped establish Nevada
Rural Hospital Partners (NRHP) in 1987. She served as President
until 1992 and returned to that position in August 2000.
Laverne Dallas is a grant writer and health planner of the Hopi Tribe.
The Hopi Regional Health Care Network is a 2003 recipient of a Rural
Health Network Development Planning Grant from the Office of Rural Health
Policy. She worked in Hopi behavioral and mental health services throughout
the 1990's.
Joyce Hospodar, Rural Health Office, works with the rural hospitals
seeking Critical Access Hospital designation and provides technical
assistance to them in updating their strategic plans and implementing
performance improvement initiatives, i.e., Balanced Scorecard framework.
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