| ANNUAL RURAL HEALTH CONFERENCE UPDATE: October 14, 2010
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CSRHA's 10th Annual Rural Health Conference is less than one month away. Are you registered? You do NOT want to miss this year's event, so be sure to register today.
This year's Conference will conclude with two special joint Plenary Concurrent Sessions: The Rural Workforce Summit & Rural eHealth Summit on Thursday, November 11, 2010.
Rural Workforce Summit
November 11, 2010
2:30p-6:00p
The purpose of the Rural Workforce Summit is to identify current workforce needs, priorities, challenges and solutions. The issues of existing rural workforce disparities, as well as impact of eHealth and Meaningful Use, federal health care reform and state budget impacts on health care workforce will be addressed. Participants will work directly with workforce experts and their peers to engage not just in dialogue, but action planning that can be applied at the local and state level, including policy and program institutions focused on health care workforce development.
- Summit Overview and Opening Remarks (15 minutes)
This presentation will provide a “big picture” up to date overview of the new federal, state and foundation health workforce resources, policies, and programs on the landscape. The speaker will also identify major players and key organizations who are leading the way on health workforce issues in California.
Speaker: Steve Barrow, CSRHA Policy Director
- Summit Opening Panel of Experts (60 minutes)
Panelists will provide updates and thought provoking challenges on three levels of workforce issues: 1) Providing an economic development and investment perspective; 2) Offering an overview of the education and training opportunities and promising new directions in workforce education, and; 3) Providing a front-line human resource viewpoint on healthcare recruitment and retention
Panelists will also touch on the workforce side of federal health care reform implementation, ARRA, health information technology, and other new opportunities on the landscape.
Panelists: Barbara Halsey, Director, California Workforce Investment Board; Linda Zorn, Director, Regional Health Occupations Resource Centers, Butte College; Dave Jones, CEO, Mountain Valleys Health Centers, Board of Director CSRHA & Chair CSRHA’s Workforce Advisory Committee; and Tamarra Harris, Director of Human Resources, Trinity Hospital
Moderator: José Millan, Vice Chancellor, Economic Development and Workforce Preparation, Chancellor’s Office California Community Colleges
- Table Breakouts and Reaction Plans (120 minutes)
After the Opening Panel discussion, participants self select breakout workgroups where they will focus on a variety of workforce issues. The breakout issues will be selected prior to the Summit through a survey of the registrants to the Workforce Summit and our workforce policy experts.
Each table breakout will:
a) Clarify the specifics of the workforce issue(s) assigned to their table
b) Identify the challenges, opportunities and action steps needed to move California forward on the issue(s), including identifying the lead organization and lead person(s) on the issue
c) Identify what needs to be accomplished in the next year or two and identify who will do what in the next six months to keep the issue moving forward
d) Reporting out - At the end of the Breakout Worktable Session a representative from each group will report to the whole plenary the highlights of the work accomplished at the work session and recommendations for action
e) Reaction Panel - A panel of workforce experts will provide reactions, commentary and lead discussions on the Breakout Session recommendations and suggested next steps
Panelists: Barbara Halsey, Director, California Workforce Investment Board; Angela Minniefield, MPA, Deputy Director, OSHPD, Healthcare Workforce Development; and Kevin Barnett, MCP, Dr.PH Senior Investigator, Public Health Institute & Co-Director California Health Workforce Alliance
Moderator: Steve Barrow, CSRHA Policy Director
Click here to view the full Conference Agenda,
To register or apply for a scholarship, please click here.
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Hotel Information:
CSRHA has reserved a limited number of rooms at the Hilton Arden West at a special discounted rate. For a single rate, reserve your room now for only $84, and for a double rate only $94! This rate has been reserved for the nights of Tuesday, November 9, 2010; Wednesday, November 10, 2010; and Thursday, November 11, 2010. To reserve your room please call 1-800-344-4321 by Tuesday, October 19, 2010 and identify yourself as a CA State Rural Health Association Conference attendee.
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We would like to thank our 2010 Conference Sponsors!
Please contact Shannon Means if you have any questions.
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