COVID-19 Lessons Learned from Missouri Hospitals

This session summarizes the COVID-19 lessons learned to date from more than 300 Missouri hospital leaders and clinicians.

Date: Wednesday, Aug. 12
Time: 2 to 2:45 p.m.

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Infection prevention and control practices that protect the well-being of patients and staff necessitate restricting visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Policies may vary from hospital to hospital depending on the spread of the disease in the community, region and state; the type of care provided and the conditions for which the patient is being treated; the patient population and subsequent rick factors; and adequacy of space, supplies, staff and testing capability. Please join your peers on this opportunity to hear from Hannibal Regional Healthcare System and Cox Medical Center Branson teams about what their visitor screening and reintroduction processes and policies are.

Date: Wednesday, Aug. 19
Time: 2 to 2:45 p.m.

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Federal and state waivers provided much-needed flexibility for hospitals to prepare for and respond to the COVID-19 crisis. With fewer regulatory impediments, hospitals have been able to hone operations to better serve patients and relieve burdens on staff. This session will focus on key waivers employed by hospitals to plan for and manage the pandemic and discuss those which should be made permanent to improve access to and better provision of care.

Date: Wednesday, Aug. 26
Time: 2 to 2:45 p.m.

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In partnership with the Hospital Industry Data Institute, MHA has developed interactive COVID-19 dashboards to provide decision-making support to hospitals, government officials, public health and business owners on local and statewide mitigation policies using the latest available data. Join us for a webinar to review this interactive tool designed to provide near real-time situational awareness on the impact of the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in Missouri using a variety of complementary data sources.

Date: Wednesday, Sept. 2
Time: 2 to 2:45 p.m.

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On Wednesday, Sept. 2, a new regulation making hospital compliance with evolving federal COVID-19 data submission requirements a Medicare Condition of Participation was published in the Federal Register, effective immediately. Join us for this webinar to gain a better understanding of the regulation, opportunities for public comment and targeted technical assistance within the TeleTracking platform to achieve data compliance with all priority measures identified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Date: Wednesday, Sept. 9
Time: 2 to 2:45 p.m.

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As organizations throughout Missouri find themselves in different phases of managing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, identifying and implementing the right employee policies and smart approaches are critical success factors in workforce sustainability. Please join your peers from Cox Health and Missouri Baptist Medical Center as they share strategies and best practices implemented by their organizations.

Date: Wednesday, Sept. 16
Time: 2 to 2:45 p.m.

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As the COVID-19 pandemic affects every Missouri community, MHA continues to work closely with Gov. Parson’s team to advocate for sound approaches to prevention, treatment and management of this disease. With federal agencies requiring each state to accelerate detailed plans to administer an anticipated COVID-19 vaccine as early as late October, Missouri state agency staff provided an informational webinar to MHA member hospitals, providing guidance for potential vaccinators.

Date: Wednesday, Sept. 23
Time: 2 to 2:45 p.m.

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Alex Garza, M.D., MPH, Chief Community Health Officer at SSM Health, will provide lessons learned from the spring COVID-19 surge in the St. Louis region. As director of the Saint Louis Pandemic Taskforce, Dr. Garza will explain how they identified challenges, developed solutions and positioned the region for recovery.

Date: Wednesday, Sept. 30
Time: 2 to 2:45 p.m.

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Treating patients during COVID-19 has presented a host of challenges for hospitals and their staff. The behavioral health population presents with a unique set of needs, treatment requirements and discharge planning demands that have proven especially challenging during the COVID-19 response. Join this virtual session to discuss lessons learned in treating the behavioral health patient during a pandemic.

Date: Wednesday, Oct. 7
Time: 2 to 3:30 p.m.

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Creating a safe and secure environment of care is an important role in health care during normal operations, even more so during times of response. During this presentation, two Missouri health system security leaders will share their strategies to implement access controls to secure the environment and screen employees, patients and visitors for symptoms of COVID-19. Panelists also will review their approach to simultaneously managing civil unrest within their communities during spring 2020.

Date: Wednesday, Oct. 14
Time: 2 to 2:45 p.m.

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Incident management is critical to ensuring an effective health care response to any event impacting hospital operations. Management of COVID-19 required unique and flexible structures to coordinate hospital-wide, community-aligned actions throughout a lengthy and constantly evolving response. Join this session to hear emergency management leadership from Mercy Health discuss their approach and execution of effective hospital incident management. Discussion will include how they developed actionable plans for their hospitals, within their communities and across their multi-state ministry.

Date: Wednesday, Oct. 21
Time: 2 to 2:45 p.m.

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As COVID-19 spread throughout Missouri in late spring and continues to do so this fall, hospitals throughout the state deployed surge strategies to serve their communities. Join Fitzgibbon Hospital and Lake Regional Health Care System to learn about challenges related to industry outbreaks and tourism activity that led to innovative partnerships and solutions to expand capacity and enhance their capabilities.

Date: Wednesday, Nov. 11
Time: 2 to 2:45 p.m.

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COVID-19 has had unique impacts on special populations. Hospitals treating those populations, including in pediatric and long-term care facilities, had to make special considerations when revising plans and addressing challenges that arose during early pandemic response. Join this session to hear from Children’s Mercy about their experience treating pediatric patients throughout the COVID-19 response and from BJC Healthcare about their experience in their long-term care facilities.

Date: Wednesday, Nov. 18
Time: 2 to 2:45 p.m.

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Plan to join this complimentary virtual Q&A session to learn about Missouri’s plan for the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. Jennifer VanBooven, Chief of the Bureau of Immunizations at the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, will provide information and answer your questions from 2 to 2:30 p.m. Then, MHA staff will be available from 2:30 to 2:45 p.m. to provide additional information and guidance.

Questions may be submitted in advance when registering in Zoom or via chat during the event.

Date: Wednesday, Dec. 2
Time: 2 to 2:45 p.m.

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Plan to join this complimentary virtual Q&A session to learn about Missouri’s plan for the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. Jennifer VanBooven, Chief of the Bureau of Immunizations at the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, will provide information and answer your questions from 2 to 2:30 p.m. Then, MHA staff will be available from 2:30 to 2:45 p.m. to provide additional information and guidance.

Questions may be submitted in advance when registering in Zoom or via chat during the event.

Date: Wednesday, Dec. 9
Time: 2 to 2:45 p.m.

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Plan to join this complimentary virtual Q&A session to learn about Missouri’s plan for the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. Jennifer VanBooven, Chief of the Bureau of Immunizations at the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, will provide information and answer your questions from 2 to 2:30 p.m. Then, MHA staff will be available from 2:30 to 2:45 p.m. to provide additional information and guidance.

Questions may be submitted in advance when registering in Zoom or via chat during the event.

Date: Wednesday, Dec. 16
Time: 2 to 2:45 p.m.

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