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SUMMARY:Community Service Event - DME Exchange
DESCRIPTION:Join fellow ACHENTX members at the DME Exchange and help clean\, repair or refurbish donated medical equipment to prepare them for their next use. Come out and help support the organization’s mission\, meet ACHENTX members\, donate unwanted equipment\, and even earn credit towards Fellow status while giving back to your community. \n  \nThe DME Exchange is a nonprofit agency that collects\, repairs and sanitizes durable medical equipment and then distributes them to individuals living in Dallas county who have a doctor’s prescription for the item\, are 200% below the poverty level\, have no insurance coverage or have a gap in coverage. DME equipment includes: canes\, crutches\, walkers\, rollators\, bedside commodes\, tub transfer benches\, manual and power wheelchairs\, Hoyer lifts\, hospital beds and mattresses. \n  \nIf you cannot attend the event and wish to donate supplies\, please contact Peter Blanchard at petermblanchard@gmail.com or 918-752-4249. \n  \n*Dress is casual. (Open toe shoes or sandals are not appropriate) \n  \nSign up now to help
URL:https://achentx.org/event/community-service-event-dme-exchange/
LOCATION:DME Exchange\, 12015 Shiloh Rd \, Dallas\, TX\, 75228\, United States
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SUMMARY:ACHENTX Annual Women's Breakfast
DESCRIPTION:Our highly successful annual women’s event is back and this year’s program promises to be even greater than before.  This year’s panelists will be focusing on the theme of Greatness Where it Matters to You\, with the structure of the event based on Stephen Covey’s book\, Primary Greatness. \nRegistration & Breakfast: 7.30AM | Program 8.00AM | Q&A: 8.45-9.15AM \nGarage Parking and Valet Available. \nRegistration Deadline is October 3. No refunds will be issued after this date.\nSubstitutions can be made at any time. \nOur highly successful annual women’s event is back and this year’s program promises to be even greater than before.  This year’s panelists are being confirmed and they will be focusing on the theme of Greatness Where it Matters to You\, with the structure of the event based on Stephen Covey’s book\, Primary Greatness. \nModerator \nKristen Jenkins JD\, MBA\,FACHE\nPresident\, Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation\nSenior Vice President\, Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council \nKristin Jenkins\, J.D.\, M.B.A.\, FACHE has worked in healthcare administration since leaving private law practice in 1997.  She is currently the President of the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation and Senior Vice President of the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council.  Her work includes facilitating collaborative health improvement projects across the North Texas region and leading multiple state and federal contract and grant activities benefiting patients and the community.  She has been a guest lecturer for the University of Texas at Austin and University of Texas at Dallas in both Leadership Theory and Uses of Technology as a Tool for Meaningful Healthcare Reform and a Teaching Quizmaster at the University of Texas School of Law.  She is currently an adjunct professor of Health Law and Health Regulation for UT Dallas in Richardson.   She was a clerk for the Texas Supreme Court in 1993-1994 for Justice Rose Spector. \nMs. Jenkins also serves as Chair of the Tarrant County American Cancer Society Advisory Board\, and is a member of the United Way of Tarrant County’s Health Programming Board and Tarrant County Komen Board.  She serves as Co-Chair of the MJ Neeley School of Business Alumni Board at Texas Christian University and volunteers with many other local and state healthcare service organizations. \nMs. Jenkins is a recipient of the Modern Healthcare Up & Comer Award\, the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council Young Healthcare Executive of the Year award\, Great Women of Texas and the 40 Under 40 award in Tarrant County\, Texas.  She has published and presented at numerous national\, state and regional conferences on topics ranging from healthcare compliance\, quality improvement\, community health design and engagement\, innovation and collaboration models\, health information technology\, leadership and healthcare workforce initiatives. \nPanelists \nElizabeth Asturi\nChief Nursing Officer\nTexas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen \nElizabeth Asturi\, M.S.N.\, R.N.\, NE-BC\, is the chief nursing officer of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen\, moving into that role in June 2015. \nPrior to that\, Asturi served five years as associate CNO of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas\, where she provided direct oversight of Nursing Administration\, Critical Care and Emergency Services. \nShe also supervised operation of the hospital’s Level II Trauma Designation program\, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program\, Heart Failure Clinic\, Women’s Heart and Wellness Clinic and Valve Clinic\, among other responsibilities. \nAsturi’s dedication to the Texas Health Resources mission is something to which she has devoted her career. She began as a nurse at Texas Health Dallas\, where she served as a clinical nurse and charge nurse before becoming a clinical education specialist for Critical Care / Cardiology. \nShe also served as director of Critical Care at United Regional Health Care System in Wichita Falls before returning to Texas Health Dallas as director of Nursing Administration for Critical Care and Emergency Services. From December 2009 to July 2010\, she served as interim CNO for Texas Health Dallas. \nAsturi is board-certified as a nurse executive by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She was nominated by Texas Health as an “Up and Comer” for Modern Healthcare magazine in 2014\, and she was named a finalist in 2013 for the Nursing Excellence in Leadership award from D magazine and for DFWHC Young Healthcare Executive of the Year in 2012. \nShe served on the board of directors for CareFlite from 2008 to 2013\, is an adjunct clinical instructor at the University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing and is treasurer for the North Texas Organization of Nurse Executives. She holds a Master of Science degree in nursing from Texas Christian University\, and an associate degree in nursing from Brookhaven College. \nAsturi lives in North Dallas with her husband\, Michael\, daughter\, Hailey\, and son\, Parker. They are active members at St. Andrew United Methodist Church in Plano. Asturi volunteers at Seven Loaves Food Pantry\, and she and Hailey are active volunteers in the National Charity League\, a group for mothers and daughters that focuses on philanthropic and leadership development activities. \n  \nLara Burnside\nChief Patient Experience Officer\nJPS Health Network \nLara has been a healthcare professional for twenty years. She works with all levels of hospital leadership implementing processes and systems to create a great experience for patients\, physicians\, and employees. Lara is currently the Chief Patient Experience Officer at JPS Health Network in Ft. Worth\, Texas. From 2008 to 2015\, she worked with Children’s Health in Dallas\, TX as a consultant and also as the Senior Director of Service Excellence. \nLara spent 10 years working for a large healthcare consulting firm focused on service and operational excellence. As a consultant\, Lara worked with thousands of hospital leaders and physicians at over 150 health care organizations. Her concentration on employee engagement\, patient experience\, and creating a culture of service has led to organizations achieving their highest outcomes in service\, quality\, finance\, human resources\, and growth.  Lara has experience with large for-profit and not-for-profit health care systems\, academic medical centers\, and small rural hospitals. \nLara has a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications/Public Relations and is currently enrolled in the MHA program at the University of Cincinnati. She is also the author of a book titled\, Believe in the Journey of Your Dreams. \n  \nJulie Menke\nVice President\nMolina Health Plan of Texas \nJulie has worked in Healthcare since 1980. She received her BSN from Harding University in 1980 and practiced as an RN in a hospital setting until 1992. At that time\, she joined the healthplan side of health care working in Managed Care. She earned her MBA in 1995 and has been on both the provider and plan side of healthcare administration. \nJulie started her healthplan career in operational development at Anthem Blue Cross\, and later worked for Dignity Health as Director of Managed Care\, at Kaiser as an administrator in the Continuum of Care\, at Sutter Health as Director of Managed Care\, and at Centene as Vice President of Network Development serving as one of five principles in the startup of a new managed Medicaid plan in California. She has worked in various markets and navigated healthcare dynamics across California\, Texas\, Oklahoma\, and Virginia. She settled in Texas last September from her home in California. \nToday she supports Molina as Vice President for Molina Health plan of Texas. She is responsible for the Dallas and El Paso Markets.  In her role\, she manages Medicaid\, Medicare\, and Exchange products. They experienced 30% growth in 2016 and an expect additional growth in 2017. Molina expects to exceed 400\,000 lives soon in their membership. \nJulie is a working mom with five adult children and two grandchildren spread far and wide across the US\, so she enjoys spending her weekends traveling. \n  \nVanessa Walls\nVice President\, Regional Specialty Care\nAdministrator of Our Children’s House\nChildren’s Health \nVanessa U. Walls joined Children’s Health System of Texas (Children’s Health) in 2011 as the Vice President of Ambulatory Care.  Since that time\, she has had many roles at Children’s Health leading to her current responsibilities\, including three years as the Administrator for Children’s Medical Center Plano.  Today\, Vanessa supports the mission of Children’s Health to make life better for children by leading delivery of specialty pediatric care in sites close to home while also leading Our Children’s House\, a 54 bed post-acute pediatric specialty hospital. \nVanessa received her undergraduate degree in Health Administration from Auburn University and her Master of Science in Health Administration from the University of Alabama in Birmingham.  Her career has spanned 26+ years as a leader in health administration\, including positions in both urban and rural hospitals and ranging in size from 100 beds to 900 beds. \n  \nRegister Now\n  \n 
URL:https://achentx.org/event/achentx-annual-womens-breakfast/
LOCATION:La Cima Club – Las Colinas\, 5215 North O'Connor Boulevard  #2600 \, Irving\, TX\, 75039\, United States
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SUMMARY:2016 BOG Review Course: Fundamentals of Healthcare Management
DESCRIPTION:ACHE Board of Governor’s Exam Review Course:\nFundamentals of Healthcare Management \n   \nAre you planning to advance to Fellow before the end of the year? Let us help you prepare to sit for the Board of Governors Exam. ACHE of North Texas is offering a one-day study course to help you prepare. National courses are more than $1\,300 plus travel expenses and are two and a half days. Stay close to home\, pay a fraction of the cost\, and spend a third of the time to learn test taking tips and review knowledge areas. \nConducted By: \n\nPaula M. Zalucki\, FACHE\nBerkeley Research Group\nPast Regent | Dallas-Fort Worth Area \nRegistration closes Tuesday\, October 18. Unfortunately\, no late registrations or walk-ins permitted. \n8 Qualified Education Credits (Cat II) Apply \nRegistration and light breakfast begins at 7:30am. Course begins at 8.00am.\nFee includes study materials\, light breakfast\, and lunch. \nRegister Now
URL:https://achentx.org/event/2016-bog-review-course-fundamentals-healthcare-management/
LOCATION:Texas Health Resources\, 612 E Lamar Blvd.\, Arlington\, TX\, 76011
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SUMMARY:4th Quarter Education Event - Two-Panels
DESCRIPTION:Two Panel Education Event:\nPanel 1:  Diversity & Inclusion\nThe communities for which healthcare organizations operate are rapidly diversifying. Not only do they provide care for a diverse community of patients and families\, but their workforce is also growing more diverse. This diversity is exhibited in a number of ways\, including nationality\, race\, religion\, language\, age\, sexual orientation and physical ability. The business implications and imperatives healthcare organizations face concerning diversity and inclusion are immense. Diverse communities will demand different care needs\, improved quality\, new or modified operational processes and services\, strategic planning for a diverse patient demographic and continuum of care. It is incumbent on healthcare organizations and their leaders to both understand and embrace the needs of diverse populations. Their ability to respond to the needs and preferences of a broader customer base will be critical to their financial and operational survival. \n  \n \nModerator:\nGuwan Jones\nChief Diversity Officer\nBaylor Scott & White Health \nGuwan Jones is the Chief Diversity Officer of Baylor Scott & White Health. She is an ongoing advocate for underserved and vulnerable patient populations. Through her work with three healthcare systems and other not-for-profits\, she has worked on issues such as funding to increase access to health insurance for children\, focusing community resources on providing health care access for low socio-economic populations\, organizing resources for HIV/AIDS patients\, designing meaningful interventions for minority diabetes patients\, and designing analytic dashboards to measure human capital investment and patient outcomes. Guwan has helped advance Baylor’s work around access and health care improvement and produced the Baylor Health Care System Health Equity Performance Analysis. She participated in the nationally recognized Disparities Leadership Program designed to tackle racial and ethnic disparities in health care lead by the Disparities Solutions Center at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston\, MA\,. She served on the CitySquare board\, an organization supporting basic needs for lowsocioeconomic Dallas families and homeless communities. She was featured as a case study in the 2014 book “Be the one to start change at work and in life: Make Waves” because of her reputation of marrying the business case for working in parallel on the diverse needs of both talent and patients’. Guwan holds a Master of Public Health from the University of North Texas Health Science Center\, Fort Worth and a Bachelor of Science in Health Science from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Guwan is also a Certified Health Education Specialist and received the 2008 U.S. Surgeon General’s Healthy Youth for a Healthy Future Champion Award. \nPanelists: \n \nIldemaro Gonzalez\nVP & Chief Inclusion & Diversity Officer\nParkland Health & Hospital System \nIn his current role Mr. Gonzalez seeks to develop and oversee programs that enhance both the employee and patient experiences. Specifically\, his team is focused on enabling culturally competent and equitable care.  Connect with Patients\, Partner with our Community\, and Engage our People are the three strategic imperatives that guide his work at Parkland. \nMr. Gonzalez previously worked at Newell Rubbermaid where he was the Global Director of Inclusion & Philanthropy\, as well as Senior Manager\, Learning & Development\, for the company’s Latin American operations. At Newell he focused on “Global Readiness” ensuring the organization understood the nuances of diverse global markets and transformed that knowledge into high performing teams and category leading products worldwide. \nPrior to his work with Newell Rubbermaid\, Gonzalez worked for The American Cancer Society in Atlanta. There he served as Managing Director of the Talent Solution Center and Managing Director of Diversity Strategy\, amongst other positions. In addition to focusing on an inclusive work environment\, Mr. Gonzalez and his team worked on increasing the effectiveness of the Society’s programs within diverse communities. \nMr. Gonzalez holds a Master of Business Administration in Management from Georgia State University in Atlanta\, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Venezuela. \n \nKimel Hodges\nAssistant Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion and Equal Opportunity\nUT Southwestern Medical Center \nKimel Hodges is the Assistant Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion and Equal Opportunity at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas\, Texas. She joined UT Southwestern in September 2012 and oversees several divisions including Diversity & Inclusion\, Equal Opportunity\, and Supplier Diversity/HUB. \nKimel leads the development of the organization’s Diversity and Inclusion strategies by providing and coordinating leadership for diversity issues institution-wide. She oversees the Affirmative Action Planning as well as other internal processes for promoting and ensuring compliance with laws\, regulations\, organizational policies and contracts investigations of discrimination\, harassment or retaliation. Kimel also provides strategic direction in the development of initiatives for the Supplier Diversity/Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUB) program\, and enterprise-wide Minority\, Women\, Service Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise (MWSDVBE). \nBefore joining UT Southwestern\, Kimel served as Director of Diversity & Inclusion at CHRISTUS Health. Prior to that\, she had over 10 years with the Kellogg Company in various leadership positions including Diversity Business Partner\, EEO/AA Manager\, and Human Resources Manager in both the corporate and manufacturing. \nKimel is a member of several executive committees at UT Southwestern\, and represents the Institution at various community events. Kimel is involved with the Youth Motivational Task Force (YMTF) at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff\, where she serves on the planning committee. She also is a member of the American Heart Association’s Compensation\, Benefits and Human Resources Advisory Committee and a Board member of the Alfred William (A.W.) Harris Faculty-Alumni Center Corporation. \nKimel earned a bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University\, and master’s degree in Human Resources Management from Central Michigan University. Kimel also holds Certified Diversity Executive (CDE) credentials from the Society for Diversity and a Senior Certified Affirmative Action Professional (Sr.CAAP) from the American Association for Access\, Equity and Diversity (AAAED). \n \nPaula Turicchi\, FACHE\nAdministrator\, Women and Infant’s Specialty Health (WISH)\nParkland Health & Hospital System \nPaula Turicchi\, FACHE is the Administrator of Women and Infant’s Specialty Health (WISH) at Parkland\, oversees women and infants health services including one of the largest maternity services in the U.S. She is responsible for the business operations of labor and delivery\, inpatient postpartum\, newborn nursery services\, neonatal intensive care unit\, 12 women’s ambulatory clinics\, OB/Gyn Sonography\, Genetics\, and an obstetrics and gynecology emergency care center. She is board certified in Healthcare Administration and holds a Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration and Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.  She first joined Parkland as administrative resident in 1988. \nPanel 2:  Fostering Inclusion of LGBT Patients and Employees\nLesbian\, gay\, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) patients face many challenges in accessing knowledgeable\, unbiased and welcoming healthcare in all practice settings. The potential and/or fear of receiving derogatory remarks\, unequitable care\, or being turned away from treatment often deters some of the LGBT community and their families from seeking healthcare services. Healthcare equality for all people is a guiding principle of the healthcare management profession. However\, discrimination towards the LGBT community continues in the healthcare environment today. This panel discussion will focus on the need to strengthen the pursuance of equity of care and to foster inclusion of LGBT patients and employees. \nModerator: \n \nDresdene Flynn-White\, FACHE\nManaging Director\nAcquired Leadership Solutions \nDresdene Flynn-White is no stranger to success as both a business owner and a strategic business partner in the corporate world.  First as an administrator in higher education\, then on to a fifteen-year healthcare career with Kaiser Permanente. Leaving a lucrative career in corporate human resources and consulting\, she started on her five-year entrepreneurial journey as an executive and business coach\, advising and supporting small business owners. \nDresdene returned to corporate human resources as Vice President for Human Resources at JPS in 2010. She assumed the role of the network’s first Diversity Officer in January 2012. In this capacity she is responsible for the execution of the Hospital District’s Diversity strategies relating to the provision of culturally competent care for patients\, the education and retention of a diverse workforce and an expansion of engagement with M/WBE and HUB VENDORS. \nHaving retired from the position of Chief Diversity Officer as of February\, 2015\, Dresdene has returned to healthcare consulting by establishing a boutique consulting practice focused on strategic leadership development/ \nDresdene is a unique health care professional\, having experienced both corporate operational and business ownership roles. She is a credentialed manager responsible for establishing\, consolidating and realigning critical business areas (quality\, utilization and risk management and performance reporting) to enable the initiation of new systems\, definition of new business processes and responses to litigation and regulatory compliance issues. \nDresdene serves on several community boards including the Fort Worth Metropolitan YMCA\, Health Babies\, Healthy Moms\, Healthy Communities (H3); is the current president of the North Texas Chapter of American College of Healthcare Executives\, and Co-Chair of the Tarrant County Cancer Disparities Coalition. \nPanelists: \n \nRafael McDonnell\nCommunications and Advocacy Manager\nThe Resource Center \nRafael McDonnell is the Communications and Advocacy Manager for Resource Center\, the LGBT community center serving North Texas. At the Center\, he works on external and internal communications as well as education\, advocacy and policy issues involving the LGBTQA community. Since June 2010\, he has successfully participated in or led community advocacy for new or expanded LGBT employment protections for nearly 50\,000 public sector employees in North Texas\, as well as partner benefits at Dallas County and Dallas Area Rapid Transit. \nMcDonnell has also worked on and advocated for anti-bullying and non-discrimination policies covering more than a quarter-million students at Dallas ISD\, Dallas County Community Colleges and Uplift Education.  He was chosen to be the one of the grand marshals for the 2014 Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade\, better known as the Dallas Pride Parade. In March 2015\, he was named “Best LGBT Community Leader” by the readers of the Dallas Voice. \nMcDonnell has conducted presentations on non-discrimination and other LGBT issues at the Texas Transgender Non-Discrimination Summit\, the Texas Gay-Straight Alliance\, the Equality Texas’ State of the State Public Policy Conference\, the Stonewall Democrats of Texas annual meeting\, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s annual Creating Change conference among others. \nMcDonnell’s over 25-year career as a professional communicator includes working at radio and television stations in Dallas\, Houston and Oklahoma City\, where his work was honored by the Texas AP Broadcasters\, the Dallas Press Club and the Texas Public Health Association. Prior to joining the Center in 2008\, he was a member of the news office at the University of North Texas and participated in UNT’s Allies program. McDonnell is a former president of Lambda Pride Toastmasters and vice president of Dignity/Dallas\, a former board member of the Trinity Valley School alumni association\, and has been a volunteer for the Tanqueray AIDS Rides and the Lone Star Ride Fighting AIDS. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Texas Christian University and a master’s degree from the University of North Texas. \n \nScott Phillips\nSenior Director of Patient Access Services\nTexas Health Resources \nScott Phillips is currently Senior Director of Patient Access Services at Texas Health Resources. In his current role he has oversite of the Patient Access functions at the 14 wholly owned THR hospitals.  Scott has over 22 years of Patient Access experience with 12 of those years serving as Director of Patient Access Services at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas. Scott has served as President of NORTEX and is involved with NAHAM and HFMA. \n \nPeter Triporo\nNurse Practitioner\nUptown Physician Group \nPeter Triporo RN\, ACNP-BC\, attended the University of Texas at Arlington\, where he received his Masters of Nursing with Honors (Sigma Theta Tau and Phi Kappa Phi). He is board certified through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and licensed by the Texas Board of Nursing as an Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. As a Nurse Practitioner\, Peter excels in health promotion\, counseling\, prevention and disease management. He believes in building a strong\, collaborative partnership with patients to improve their access and quality of care they receive. \n  \n  \nRegister Now
URL:https://achentx.org/event/4th-quarter-education-event-two-panels/
LOCATION:Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas\, 8200 Walnut Hill Ln\, Dallas\, TX\, 75231
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