AHAP members: Working group call update!

AHAP members: Summer has arrived, and it’s time for our latest AHAP Working Group Calls. This quarter we’re focusing on Joint Commission Stroke Certification, and we’d like to invite you to join us on one of our two upcoming conference calls.

This time, we’re excited to announce two new guest facilitators who will each take part in one of the upcoming calls. First we have Dean Pearson RN, BSN, CSHA, healthcare accreditation coordinator at Memorial Hospital at Gulfport, who will join us at 1 p.m. EST on June 30th. Next we’ll be joined by Deborah L. Bergman, MS, RN, FNP-BC, nurse practitioner with the stroke program/neurology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, who will join us on July 8th at 1 p.m. EST.

Working groups are FREE to AHAP members but SPACE is LIMITED; I encourage you to sign up for your first choice now. We have a limited number of lines for this conference call. Therefore, we can only provide one phone line for each facility.

These calls last about an hour and are free; we just ask that you answer a few questions (below) related to our working group topic in preparation for the call. To RSVP, please email your completed questionnaire (below) and preferred date (and 2nd choice) to skearns@hcpro.com. Remember, SPACE IS LIMITED. We require all questions to be submitted before your RSVP is confirmed. Once you have sent us your questionnaire, we will send you a confirmation email.
Interested in participating in a working group on another topic? Please send your topic ideas for future working groups to the same email.

Please take a few minutes to answer the following questions and submit with your RSVP. We’ll use these questionnaires to prompt discussion during the working group call.

Name:
Title:
Facility:
City, State:
Email:

PREFERRED WORKING GROUP (please designate a first and second choice)

• Tuesday, June 30th, 2009, 1 p.m. EST with Dean Pearson
• Wednesday, July 8th, 2009, 1 p.m. EST with Deborah Bergman

Are you currently a certified stroke center?
If no, are you in the process of applying to become a certified stroke center?
If yes, what was your biggest obstacle in becoming a certified stroke center?
If yes, how has becoming a certified stroke center impacted your facility?

*Members are invited to submit forms or tools with this form. We will compile all tools and provide to AHAP members.

We’re looking forward to an active, lively discussion both days. Hope you can join us! To sign up, email Sarah Kearns at skearns@hcpro.com, and if you have any questions about the calls themselves, please feel free to contact me at mphillion@hcpro.com. Looking forward to speaking with you!