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October 28, 2005
This week's issue of AONE eNews Update is made possible in part by the support of API Software, Inc.
1. CDC, ASHE Offer Tips for Cleaning, Reopening Hospitals.
2. Administration, HHS Soon to Issue Pandemic Preparedness, Response Plans.
3. CMS Announces New Implantable Defibrillator Registry.
4. Survey Shows Hospitals Are Re-Evaluating Disaster Recovery Plans Following Hurricanes.
5. AAMC Reports Major Increase in U.S. Medical School Enrollment.
6. Federal Commission Urges Immediate Action on Development of National HIT Infrastructure.
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1. CDC, ASHE OFFER TIPS FOR CLEANING, REOPENING HOSPITALS. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released guidelines for the remediation and reopening of healthcare facilities closed due to extensive water and wind damage, such as that inflicted by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The documents, which were developed by the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE), provide an overview of the steps involved in remediation as well as links to government agency Web sites offering best practices for removing mold, disinfecting water, repairing electric utilities and medical equipment, cleaning ventilation systems, and other infection control tasks. They also include a comprehensive checklist to help healthcare facilities prioritize and organize their efforts, from the initial safety evaluation to post-reoccupation surveillance. The checklist covers all areas of the hospital, from the emergency department and burn units to the laundry and food service areas. (SOURCE: AHA News Now, October 25, 2005)
2. ADMINISTRATION, HHS SOON TO ISSUE PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE PLANS. The Bush Administration soon will issue a national flu pandemic preparedness plan that will be followed up by a public health and medical response plan from the Department of Health and Human Services, HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt announced yesterday. Addressing a National Press Club audience, Leavitt said the department's plan will focus on intensifying surveillance and response to outbreaks of avian flu overseas, stockpiling vaccines and retroviral drugs, and creating a "seamless network" of federal, state and local officials to communicate public health information and address surge capacity. He said HHS also is developing criteria for prioritizing the distribution of limited vaccine supplies among the states and localities in the event of a pandemic. The agency also announced a $65.2 million contract with Chiron Corp. to manufacture vaccine designed to protect against the H5N1 virus, which causes avian flu. (SOURCE: AHA News Now, October 27, 2005)
3. CMS ANNOUNCES NEW IMPLANTABLE DEFIBRILLATOR REGISTRY. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the creation of a new national registry for implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) in an effort to learn more about their use for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death among Medicare beneficiaries. The American College of Cardiology's National Cardiovascular Data Registry's (ACC-NCDR) ICD RegistryTM will become the new repository of information from more than 1300 hospitals nationwide, effective April 1, 2006. The registry was created by a partnership between ACC and the Heart Rhythm Society, and has support from the ICD manufacturing industry, private health plans and payers, and hospital groups. In January, CMS announced that it would expand Medicare coverage of ICDs, increasing the number of eligible Medicare beneficiaries by one-third to nearly 500,000, and require hospitals to submit data to an ICD registry as a criterion of coverage. Since then, CMS has been gathering data using its QNet platform. CMS will require hospitals to transition their current ICD data reporting activities from QNet to the ACC-NCDR ICD Registry by April 1, 2006.
4. SURVEY SHOWS HOSPITALS ARE RE-EVALUATING DISASTER RECOVERY PLANS FOLLOWING HURRICANES. A survey conducted by VHA, Inc. among its member hospitals shows that nearly half of those who responded are planning to modify their disaster recovery plans in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. More than 350 hospital leaders and managers, ranging from CEOs and CNOs to materials managers, pharmacists and emergency department coordinators, responded to the survey. Larger hospitals are more likely to modify their plans, as are hospitals from the Central Atlantic, New England and West Coast regions. Some modifications that hospitals are considering making to their plans include establishing formal arrangements to receive food via helicopter, adding a section on how to treat patients when the hospital has no electricity or functioning communication devices, and exploring alternative evacuation sites that are on higher ground.
5. AAMC REPORTS MAJOR INCREASE IN U.S. MEDICAL SCHOOL ENROLLMENT. U.S. medical schools are seeing a significant increase in enrollment levels and applicants, according to new data released this week by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). AAMC reports that the 2005-06 entering class is the largest on record, with more than 17,000 first-time enrollees, a 2.1 percent increase over the 2004 total of 16,648 students. Twenty-two of the nation's 125 allopathic schools (institutions that grant the M.D. degree) expanded their class size by five percent or more during the past year, with seven of them boosting first-year enrollment by more than 10 percent. The total number of applicants for the 2005-06 school year also increased by 4.6 percent to 37,364. Driving this increase were more Hispanic and Asian applicants. Overall, applications from Hispanic students rose by 6.4 percent, with applications from Mexican-Americans up almost eight percent over 2004. The number of Asian applicants increased by 8.1 percent to 7,286. The number of black applicants was essentially unchanged at 2,809, and black enrollment declined slightly to 1,068 from the 2004 total of 1,086. There were more male applicants than female applicants for 2005-06, putting men in the majority for the first time in two years.
6. FEDERAL COMMISSION URGES IMMEDIATE ACTION ON DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL HIT INFRASTRUCTURE. The federal government should develop a nationwide patient authentication standard that protects individuals' information and lead an effort to offer financial incentives to providers in order to foster the electronic exchange of health information, said the Commission on Systemic Interoperability in its report released this week. In all, the Commission describes 14 steps for creating a connected system of instantly accessible health records for every American. To address confidentiality concerns, the commission recommended a patient authentication system that would serve the dual purpose of both connecting and protecting information. The Commission, authorized by the Medicare Modernization Act, was appointed by the president and Congressional leaders to develop a strategy to make healthcare information instantly accessible at all times to consumers and their healthcare providers.
AONE CONDUCTING SEARCH FOR DIRECTOR OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE. AONE is conducting a search for a Director of Professional Practice, a new staff position within the organization. The director will develop and evaluate the AONE professional practice initiative; implement tools and programs, including patient safety and quality and the Elder-Friendly Hospital; serve as staff liaison to JCAHO and other assigned nursing associations; serve as staff liaison to the AONE Regulatory Monitoring Committee; develop and monitor the annual operational plan to support the AONE strategic plan; and other assigned responsibilities. Interested individuals can click here to view the job posting.
REGISTER NOW FOR THE NURSING LEADERSHIP CONGRESS WEBINAR SERIES. The first Nursing Leadership Congress, produced last summer by McKesson and Intel in collaboration with AONE, Joint Commission Resources, National Patient Safety Foundation, and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, focused on collaborative approaches to patient safety. A new webinar series is now available to offer new findings and best practices from some of the Congress roundtable discussions -- as well as CEU credit. The first of this four-part series, entitled "Nurses as Leaders in Patient Safety," will be presented on Wednesday, November 30, at 1:00 pm EST by AONE board member Linda Knodel, MHA, MSN, FACHE, senior vice president/CNO, St. Alexius Medical Center, Bismarck, ND. Click here to learn how you can attend this free Webinar and earn 1.0 hours of continuing education credit.
AONE EDUCATION CALENDAR
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| November 3-4 |
Hawaii Organization of Nurse Executives Annual Dinner and Conference
Honolulu, HI |
millerc003@hawaii.rr.com
(808) 956-5429 |
| November 3-5 |
Aspiring Nurse Leaders Workshop
American Organization of Nurse Executives
Baltimore, MD - SOLD OUT
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www.aone.org
(312) 422-2800 |
| December 9 |
Massachusetts Organization of Nurse Executives
Winter Quarterly Meeting
Burlington, MA
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www.massone.org
(781) 272-3500 |
| January 12-15, 2006 |
Aspiring Nurse Leaders Workshop
American Organization of Nurse Executives
Scottsdale, AZ |
www.aone.org
(312) 422-2800 |
| January 22-26, 2006 |
Illinois Organization of Nurse Leaders
14th Annual Midwestern Institute for Nursing Leadership
Evanston, IL
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www.ionl.org
(847) 251-1400, x0 |
| February 5-8, 2006 |
Association of California Nurse Leaders
Annual Conference
Los Angeles, CA
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www.acnl.org
(916) 552-7529 |
| March 8-9, 2006 |
Organization of Nurse Executives/New Jersey
Annual Meeting
Absecon, NJ
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www.njha.com/onej
(609) 275-4011 |
| April 5-6, 2006 |
Idaho Association of Leaders in Nursing
Spring Conference
Idaho Falls, ID |
www.nurseleaders.org
(208) 367-1171 |
| April 19-22, 2006 |
American Organization of Nurse Executives
2006 Annual Meeting and Exposition
Orlando, FL
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www.aone.org
(312) 422-2800 |
| April 26-28, 2006 |
Wisconsin Organization of Nurse Executives
Annual Convention
Wisconsin Dells, WI |
www.w-one.org
(608) 268-1806 |
Here are this week's featured job opportunities:
Assistant Vice President, Clinical Services, Stratford, NJ
Associate Director/Director, H*Works, Washington, DC
Branch Director, Various Locations
Care Coordinator/NP, Augusta, GA--
Chief Clinical Officer/CNO/COO/DON, Los Angeles area, CA
Chief Nurse Executive, Arizona
Chief Nurse Executive, Northern Virginia
Chief Nursing Executive, Virginia NEW!
Chief Nursing Officer, Aventura, FL
Chief Nursing Officer, Perry, FL--
Chief Nursing Officer, St. Petersburg, FL
Chief Nursing Officer, Augusta, GA
Chief Nursing Officer, Miami, FL
Chief Nursing Officer (Hospital), South Carolina RE-POSTED!
Chief Nursing Officer, Brownsville, TX NEW!
Chief Nursing Officer, Houston, TX
Chief Nursing Officer, Southeastern TX NEW!
Chief Nursing Officer, Richmond, VA
Chief Nursing Officer/VP, Patient Care Services, Plattsburgh, NY NEW!
Children's Hospital Director of Nursing, Madison, WI--
Clinical Director Cardiac Services, Flushing, NY
Clinical Director of Geriatric Services, South Central Indiana--
Clinical Director of Orthopedics, South Central Indiana--
Clinical Educator-MSN, Eugene, OR
Clinical Manager Surgical/Oncology, Longview, WA--
Clinical Nurse Specialist-ER, Augusta, GA
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Kennett Square, PA
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Midwest--
CNO, Arizona--
CNO - Chief Nursing Officer, Los Alamos, NM
CNO, Director & Manager Postings, Nationwide NEW!
Director - Emergency Services, Nashville, TN
Director Care Management, Augusta, GA--
Director Medical and Surgical Nursing Services, Texarkana, TX
Director of Evidence Based Practice, High Point, NC
Director of Medical Surgical Services, St. Louis, MO
Director of Nursing Education and Development, Madison, WI
Director of Patient Care Services - Sun Valley, Ketchum, ID
Director of Professional Practice, Chicago, IL
Director of Quality & Performance Improvement, Columbus, GA
Director of Quality and Case Management, Gulf Coast of Florida NEW!
Director, Emergency Department, Central New Jersey
Director, Health Services, Elk Ridge, MD NEW!
Director, Med/Surg, Duluth, MN
Director, Medical Management, Elk Ridge, MD
Director, Medical/Surgical Nursing, Austin, TX NEW!
Director, Nursing Practice and Development, Grand Rapids, MI NEW!
Director, Surgical Services/Service Line Executive, Detroit, MI
Emergency Department Director, Puyallup, WA
Executive Director, Illinois
Executive Director, Milwaukee, WI
Hospital Chief Nursing Officer, Houston, TX
Interim Director of Critical Care, Nationwide
Interim Nursing Leaders - Immediate Availability
Nurse Manager, Nashville, TN
Nurse Manager, Rehabilitation, Springfield, IL
Nurse Managers, Nationwide
Nursing Director - Adult Care, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Nursing Services Manager/CNO/DON, Greater Stockton, CA area
OR Nurse Manager, Knoxville, TN
Patient Care Director - Psych, Northern VA/Suburban Washington, DC
Perioperative Services Administrator, Utica, NY
Risk Management Analyst, Scottsdale, AZ
Senior Clinical Director--Emergency Department, Cincinnati, OH--
Senior Director of Nursing, Rockville, MD
Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer, Concord, NC--
Vice President for Patient Care Services, Michigan--
Vice President, Health Services, Houston, TX
Vice President Patient Care , Arcadia, FL
Vice President - Patient Care Services, Cleveland, OH
Learn about these and and more than 45 additional job opportunities--including CNO and VP-level positions--in the AONE Online Job Center.
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