Care Innovation and Transformation
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| Created by Provena St. Joseph Hospital, two months after joining the CIT program in March 2012. |
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Experience AONE's Care Innovation and Transformation initiative
When: February 26-27, 2013
Location: Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina
Cost: Registration is $499 and includes breakfast, lunch, and materials. Attendees will receive the negotiated rate of $189 for both singles and doubles at the hotel.
Meeting Summary
Curious about the AONE Care Innovation and Transformation (CIT) initiative and interested in experiencing one of the four face-to-face meetings? This meeting brings together nursing teams from 23 hospitals across the country, halfway through their two-year journey, to learn conflict engagement techniques and share their innovations by means of presentations and an interactive poster session. Nurse leaders from Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, University of Kansas Hospital, and Barnabas Health will also explain how they have overcome obstacles to process improvement and change fatigue. Attendees will receive up to 11.25 continuing education contact hours.
Featured Speaker
Conflict engagement expert and mediator, Debra Gerardi, RN, MPH, JD will kickoff the meeting by describing how to foster a culture of conflict engagement and exploring effective strategies for addressing “disruptive” behavior.
How to Register
Both AONE membersand non-members are welcome to register by clicking here. Non-members will need to create an account. Reservations for your stay at the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel may be made by calling 1-888-789-3090 or accessing the website here. Space is limited. The deadline for registration and hotel reservations is February 3.
Overview
Since January of 2007, AONE has been involved in the education and dissemination of Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) to over 150 hospitals across the country. In an effort to redesign care delivery, TCAB began as a frontline, staff driven process improvement program for medical/surgical units. Expanding upon the success of TCAB, AONE has developed Care Innovation and Transformation (CIT), a new initiative whose foundation will be the basic tenets of TCAB, but will further support the nurse leader in driving innovation, culture change, and health care reform implementation.
Care Innovation and Transformation is closely aligned with AONE’s strategic goals as well as the American Hospital Association’s Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence program. The CIT initiative will serve as a resource for nurse leaders seeking to transform not only the way care is delivered, but also the culture in which they find themselves working, so that innovation and transformation become a daily pattern.
This newly expanded initiative could come at no better time. Health care leaders everywhere are planning for the implementation of health care reform. What better way to organize the future of health care than by participating in an initiative that captures the essence of innovation and transformation? Care Innovation and Transformation will enable hospitals to take the necessary steps now to prepare for the future.
The Care Innovation and Transformation initiative improves patient care, hospital performance, and employee satisfaction through the engagement of frontline staff, collaboration, innovation and leadership development. Care Innovation and Transformation participants meet face-to-face four times over a period of two years. However, the participants interact regularly through monthly conference calls, webinars, the CIT listserv and other communication tools. Each CIT cohort is a collection of hospitals and nursing teams from across the nation that moves together as a learning community through the two-year program.
Read personal reflections from nurse leaders who have participated in the program in the September 2012 issue of Voice of Nursing Leadership.
The application is now available for hospitals hoping to participate in the next cohort of Care Innovation and Transformation (CIT). If you have questions about the program or the application process, please contact Amanda Stefancyk at astefancyk@aha.org or (312) 422-2813.
