Join API Healthcare specialists, clients and industry experts for our upcoming webinars exploring topics and trends exclusive to the healthcare industry.

Creating and Integrating a Finance Structure within Nursing

Presented by
Pat Grunwald, MSN – Chief Nursing Officer, Meriter Hospital
Carolyn Krause, PhD, RN – Director of Patient Care Systems Support, Meriter Hospital
Randy Malmquist, MBA – Senior Finance Manager, Meriter Hospita

For the last 2½ years, Meriter Health in Madison, WI has benefitted from having an integrated finance structure within nursing. Following leadership and organizational changes in 2007 and 2008, nurse managers became more involved with the budget process.  That involvement and accountability brought a steep learning curve and created the opportunity to bring financial expertise onto the nursing team.

Learn how Meriter Health developed the Senior Manager of Nursing Finance position on the nursing team as a liaison to the finance department. The Meriter team will share the early steps they took to ensure that the nursing team saw the Senior Finance Manager as a non-intimidating, friendly face of finance that they felt comfortable asking questions and collaborating with. Take a look at the projects, discoveries and successes Meriter Health achieved during the first year with finance expertise embedded within the nursing structure.  Gain a better understanding of how this structure has impacted both clinical and financial goals and what their plans are moving forward.

This educational activity is co-provided by API Healthcare and Corexcel.

Corexcel is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Corexcel designates this educational activity for 1 contact hour.

Quality of Care, Satisfaction & Financial Outcomes with an EER

Presented by J.P. Fingado, President and CEO of API Healthcare

At the core of every healthcare business strategy is the basic yet constant effort to improve patient care while maintaining an edge in an increasingly demanding and competitive field. Many organizations are searching for ways to reduce operating costs and boost shrinking profit margins, all while working to improve the quality of care they provide.

Learn how an Electronic Employee Record (EER) can help your organization overcome this challenge.

• Connect your workforce, financial and clinical data
• Staff based on patient care needs
• Synchronize productivity with budget
• Control overtime and manage contingency staff
• Leverage the power of integration

Change Doesn't Have to be Scary:
Best Practices For Identifying and Implementing System Solutions

Presented by Renee Broadbent, Associate CIO and Deb Gogliettino, Vice President of Human Resources, Eastern Connecticut Health Network

Change can be scary but the thought of losing millions of dollars a year on inefficient processes is scarier. Regardless of what type of system your organization is looking for, it is likely you will be investing a sizeable chunk of your budget into the process. Eastern Connecticut Health Network’s Renee Broadbent, Administrative Director-Information Services and Deb Gogliettino, Vice President of Human Resources share their secrets behind the process of system selection and the smooth implementation process their organization experienced while transitioning from manual processes to API Healthcare solutions. No matter how large or small your organization, Renee and Deb's best practices demonstrate how to make the entire process easy and pain-free.

Talent Optimization: The Key to Making Healthcare Reform
Work for Hospitals

Presented by J.P. Fingado, President and CEO, API Healthcare

With all the attention healthcare reform is getting from the media, one key component is not being discussed nearly enough; the looming shortage of healthcare workers. With the passage of healthcare reform, the United States will invest $940 billion into the healthcare industry, yet it is unclear if there will be enough healthcare professionals to provide the care that will be needed to accommodate the influx of the newly insured.

With the bulk of reform creating a greater demand for healthcare services scheduled to take place over the next 10 years, a perfect storm is brewing and unless something is done now, there is potential for significant consequences in the future. Hospitals must strategize now and develop new workforce management processes that enhance efficiency, workforce satisfaction and patient outcomes.

In this webinar you will learn which processes to evaluate when developing a strong workforce management program for your organization.

Staffing Legislation: Be in the Know

Better prepare your hospital for staffing legislation.  On March 10, 2010, Sharon Canariato, MSN, MBA, RN, Deputy Executive Director and stakeholder in the Illinois Staffing by Patient Acuity movement with the Illinois Nursing Association and Gail Mulrooney, MSN, RN of API Healthcare discussed legislation and regulations pertaining to staffing by acuity, staffing plans and committees, and mandated ratio staffing.

Data-Driven Staffing for Improved Outcomes

From the webinar presented on November 4, 2009, Dr. Kathy Malloch, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, the author of several well-regarded books on the topic of data driven staffing, discusses what data-driven staffing is, the challenges in creating effective systems to measure and monitor safe staffing, and how to overcome the challenges healthcare organizations face when applying this methodology.  Learn more about how to apply this data and effectively put this knowledge into play at your organization.  We're giving you opportunity to view the recorded presentation.

Labor Management Webinar: Cut Workforce Costs by Using New Streamlined Hospital and Agency Workflow Process 

From the web presentation on January 20, 2010, API Healthcare discusses communication and data sharing between providers and agencies. This is often a manual, time-consuming and error-prone process. API Healthcare’s acquisition of Clearview Staffing Software gives providers and agencies the opportunity to fully automate their workflows, making it easier to place the right temporary workers in the right place at the right time. View the recorded session to hear J.P. Fingado, CEO of API Healthcare explain how this innovative solution will re-engineer the working relationship between agencies and hospitals.

Effectively Managing Overtime Costs at Your Facility

From the webinar presented on January 28, 2010, Lisa Lewis, Vice President of Patient Care Services and CNO of Holy Spirit Hospital, and API Healthcare discuss proven methods used to limit expenses for overtime hours throughout a healthcare facility.  With labor costs comprising up to 60% of the typical hospital's budget, finding more efficient ways to manage labor resources is critical to maintaining a strong bottom line. View the recorded session to learn how your facility can use the presented concepts to develop a cost effective process for controlling overtime hours.

Data-Driven Staffing: Making the Model Work for You

From the webinar recorded on February 2, 2010 in continuation of her first session, Dr. Kathy Malloch, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, presented effective ways to make the DDS Model work at your facility. Dr. Malloch shared proven techniques and methods of working with the DDS Model, and more on how to effectively measure, monitor, and utilize safe, optimal staffing at your facility.