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In this issue: Registration Now Open for Monoclonal Antibodies and COVID-19 Webinar | HAH Advocacy Day Reminder  | Watch Your Mouth! Three Problems of Language in Palliative Care | Community Calendar

 August 19, 2021

500+ Healthcare Staffers to Aid Hospitals Statewide

More than 500 experienced healthcare professionals from out of state will be deployed to 19 hospitals statewide in the coming weeks with funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Hawai`i will receive $46 million in federal funding to bring in traveling healthcare workers through staffing services from ProLink Healthcare. They are expected to work in Hawai`i for eight weeks each.

This is the second time during the pandemic that Hawai`i has received surge staff support. Last September, the Hawai`i Department of Health in collaboration with the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, secured $14 million in federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds to bring in 140 traveler staff for hospitals, and secured another $3 million to bring in 70 healthcare staff to assist long-term care providers.

In the first round of staffing last fall, more than 200 out-of-state nurses and other specialists were deployed to hospitals over a four-month period to supplement local hospital staff. Dr. Elizabeth Char, director of the Department of Health, served as lead medical advisor on the initial contract with ProLink Healthcare, a Cincinnati, Ohio-based healthcare staffing company. The earlier contract with ProLink has been extended to meet the current staffing needs.

“The needs in the hospitals have dramatically increased primarily because of the highly transmissible delta variant. Our emergency rooms, medical-surgical units and intensive care units are being overwhelmed with patients who have not been vaccinated,” said HAH President and CEO Hilton Raethel. “Access to staffing resources is critically important for all of the acute facilities to improve access to care. The speed at which this has come together has been outstanding, and we are grateful for the continued partnerships.”

Specialized personnel will augment local healthcare staff at Kuakini Medical Center, The Queen’s Medical Center (in Honolulu, West O`ahu, Molokai General, and North Hawai`i), Adventist Health Castle, Hilo Medical Center, Hale Ho`ola Hamakua, Kona Community Hospital, Maui Memorial Medical Center, Wahiawa General, Kaiser Permanente Moanalua Medical Center, Straub Medical Center, Kapi`olani Medical Center for Women and Children, Pali Momi Medical Center, Wilcox Medical Center, Kaua`i Veterans Memorial Hospital, Samuel Mahelona Medical Center, and Hawai‘i State Hospital.

Registration Now Open for Monoclonal Antibodies and COVID-19 Webinar

HAH members and other healthcare providers can sign up for a session on monoclonal antibodies and other therapeutics used to treat patients with COVID-19.

The online webinar will start at 9 a.m. on Aug. 26. It will be taught by Dr. Michael Anderson with the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.

He will share the latest information on the available COVID-19 therapeutics and address important updates such as the efficacy of the medications, new administration routes and novel treatments in the pipeline, fee reimbursement resources, and provider and patient tools and fact sheets.

He will also be available for providers’ questions about these important COVID-19 therapies.

The webinar is free for HAH members and $35 per person for non-members. To register, click here. Participation in the live webinar is limited to the first 100 participants. This session will be recorded and made available on the HAH website for on-demand viewing within one week of the live webinar date.

HAH Advocacy Day Reminder

As HAH’s Advocacy Day approaches, registered participants are reminded that the issue briefs, legislator videos, and other materials are uploaded to the HAH web site for their review, using the password sent to registrants.

Advocacy Day is Tuesday, Aug. 24, and those who have registered should have received a link for the event, as well as the password to access the materials in advance.

HAH reminds participants to please ensure that their computer connections are working, and they are in a place where respectful discussion can take place without background noise or other distractions.

Please direct questions about technical issues to Jamie Velasco at jvelasco@hah.org. Please direct questions about advocacy to Paige Heckathorn Choy at pchoy@hah.org.

This event is for full HAH members only. Members in other categories may observe the proceedings but are not allowed to vote.

Watch Your Mouth! Three Problems of Language in Palliative Care

All are welcome to attend the Kokua Mau webinar with nationally known speaker Jennifer Moore Ballentine.

The webinar is on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021 from 3 pm - 4:30 pm.

Jennifer is Executive Director of the CSU Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care, which provides high-quality online education for clinicians and program administrators in palliative care nationally and across the globe. Ballentine is a longtime palliative care educator and advocate, frequent conference speaker, published author, and failed anthropologist who retains an interest in how humans use—and abuse—language to shape reality.

Click here to register for the webinar.

Community Calendar


Kokua Mau Webinar
ICD-10 Coding Updates, Revisions & Challenges: FY2022 for Hospice & Home Health
Sep. 1, 9 am - 10:30 am
More information

Kokua Mau Webinar
2021 Hospice Billing Series: Hospice Billing
Part 1 Eligibility Requirements & Notice of Election

Sep. 2, 9 am - 10:30 am
More information


Kokua Mau Webinar
Hospice 201: A Deep Dive into CMS & Payment Model Updates for CY2022, Compliance, Regulations & Targeted Probes
Sep. 9, 9 am - 10:30 am
More information

HAH Events

The Critical Role of Monoclonal Antibodies as the COVID-19 Pandemic Continues Webinar
Aug. 26, 9 am - 10 am HST
Registration
 

Meet the Challenges of your Infection Prevention & Control Program Post COVID-19
3-Part Webinar Series

Registration
  • July 14, 11 am - 12 noon HST
    Part 1: Surveillance and Antibiotic Stewardship
  • Aug. 11, 11 am - 12 noon HST
    Part 2: The Team Approach to Infection Prevention & Control
  • Sep. 8, 11 am - 12 noon HST
    Part 3: Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms
 

2021 Cultivating Long Term Care Leaders 12-month Webinar Series
Click here for more information and registration
  • Sept. 1 The Operator’s Guide to Understanding the (Tremendous!) Impact of the MDS
  • Oct. 6 Fundamentals of Defense (Part 1): Falls, Infection Control/COVID-19 Outbreak Management, Pressure Ulcers, Elopement, Wrongful Death
  • Nov. 3 Fundamentals of Defense (Part 2): Falls, Infection Control/COVID-19 Outbreak Management, Pressure Ulcers, Elopement, Wrongful Death
  • Dec. 1 Lessons from Headlines: Case Reviews 2021


2021 Standards of Care: Master the Core Elements of LTC Clinical Excellence Webinars
Click here for more information.
  • Sept. 15 Pain
  • Oct. 20 End of Life Care - Hospice and Palliative Services
  • Nov. 17 Nutrition, Hydration, and Weight Loss
  • Dec. 16 Incontinence, UTI, and Catheters
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