KHA is excited to salute all 93 hospitals who have joined the Kentucky Statewide Opioid Stewardship (KY SOS) so far.

A substantial grant from the Anthem Foundation has equipped physicians treating patients in emergency departments (EDs) across the state with new, state-of-the-art software to help make faster, more informed treatment decisions. The software, called EDie, was developed by Salt Lake City-based Collective Medical Technologies and is being provided at no cost to hospitals across the commonwealth by the Kentucky Hospital Association (KHA) thanks to the $250,000 grant.

The partnership enables KHA member hospitals’ access to the Collective Medical network and EDie solution, a real-time, risk-adjusted event notification and care collaboration platform. This helps KHA members identify and support high-risk patients in need and facilitates collaboration of providers across care settings. As a result, the partnership...

The Advisory Committee for the Kentucky Statewide Opioid Stewardship was recently named and held its first meeting. The Committee will develop standards for the program and is comprised of clinical experts in emergency medicine, addictions treatment, pharmacy and nursing, along with hospital administration and a former patient. These experts, along with KHA staff, will assist participating hospitals with implementation and will gather data to track their progress.

If a CMS surveyor showed up at your hospital tomorrow, would you know what to do? Two upcoming KHA seminars will cover the 2019 changes in the CMS Hospital Conditions of Participation (CoPs). Hospitals have seen a significant increase in survey activity by CMS, so this is a great way to educate everyone in your hospital on all the sections in the CMS hospital manual especially ones that apply to their department.

CMS Hospital Conditions of Participation Made Easy 2019 July 17-18 Brochure Online Registration is closed, but on site registration will be available at the venue.   Revised CMS CAH Conditions of Participation 2019: Ensuring Compliance July 18-19 Brochure...

The Ireland Army Health Clinic will change command of the Medical Activity at Fort Knox from Colonel Kevin R. Bass to Colonel Hugh McLean on Monday, July 8 at Haszard Auditorium in Fort Knox.

The Kentucky Society for Healthcare Public Relations and Marketing (KSHPRM) hosted its Spring Conference on Friday, June 7 at Shaker Village in Harrodsburg.

The conference welcomed public relations and marketers from hospitals and health systems across the state to learn about the rapid advancements in health care marketing.

The speakers for the event included Dr. Kathy Previs (Eastern Kentucky University), Rudy Fernandez (Creative Outhouse), Una Newman (Frederick Swanston) and Michael Cunningham.

“This year’s Spring Conference was one of our best ever! We had four terrific, nationally known speakers, and everyone seemed to enjoy the networking opportunities. We always hold our KSHPRM events in interesting and uniquely Kentucky venues, and Shaker Village may be my favorite yet,” stated...

Earlier today, KHA submitted comments to CMS regarding the proposed fiscal year 2020 inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system rule. The comments are available to members on the Policy page of the KHA website.

KHA specifically commented on the definition of a rehabilitation physician and the proposed weighted motor score.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Nancy Galvagni at KHA (ngalvagni@kyha.com).

A great way to keep up with KHA is via social media. The Association has a Facebook page, a Twitter Feed, a LinkedIn page and event an Instagram account. You can use the links and handles below to find KHA online:

Facebook @KYHospitals

Twitter @KYHospitals

LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/kentucky-hospital-association

Instagram @kyhospitals

Nurse leaders and HR professionals are invited to a series of brief webinars on the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) presented by NCSBN. Webinar topics include:

• Overview of the Nurse Licensure Compact
• Update regarding the status of pending legislation in various states
• Explanation of Nursys, the national nurse licensure database and E-Notify
• Requirements when changing primary state of residence
• Answers to Your Questions

For more information and registration, visit https://www.ncsbn.org/nlc-meetings.htm.

The Kentucky Institute for Patient Safety and Quality (KIPSQ) will host its summer deep dive and safe table meeting on July 16 at Baptist Health Lexington. The event will also include a legal update for KIPSQ members.

ECRI Institute PSO’s Deep DiveTM: Meeting Patients’ Behavioral Health Needs in Acute Care explores how hospitals can meet patients’ behavioral health needs in non-psychiatric areas of the hospital. Failing to meet patients’ behavioral health needs has implications for patient safety, quality of care, occupational health, patient and staff satisfaction, security and risk management, legal and regulatory compliance, public relations and the organization’s operations and finances. In acute care settings, leaders should analyze how well the hospital performs in meeting patients’ behavioral health...

KHA salutes Wayne County Hospital and its CEO, Joe Murrell, MHA, FACHE, for being the first hospital in the Cumberland District to join the Kentucky Statewide Opioid Stewardship (KY SOS). Murrell joined the program at the Cumberland District Meeting in March.

Opioid stewardship involves a coordinated effort to reduce opioid-related harm by developing alternative means to manage pain and, when opioids are used, assuring that opioid prescribing and patient monitoring aligns with evidence-based guidelines. KY SOS will focus on reducing opioid overprescribing and improving safe opioid use by providing hospitals and health systems with education and resources on how to attain the highest level of performance on opioid stewardship.

KHA is proud to lead the KY SOS program as hospitals commit to working...