January 2015 I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E : President s Report 1 President-Elect Report 2 KAMSS Annual Conference 3 Treasurer s Report 4 NAMSS..5 The Joint Commission..5 Doctor s Day.5 KAMSS Board 6 Photos from our November meeting 7 President s Report Jan Reed, CPCS It seems like such a short time ago that we had our November KAMSS meeting where we installed our new officers and recognized and thanked our outgoing officers. We recognized Harlene Hoyt (Outgoing Immediate Past-President term) and Stacey Wilkerson (Outgoing Secretary) for their service to KAMSS. They have done a GREAT job for our organization. We also recognized Becky Findley for her service as KAMMS President and who will now become the Immediate Past President. We also installed Karen Reed-Coffman as our new President- Elect/Program Chairman and Taylor Diefenderfer as our new Secretary. Danica Donecker continues on as our Treasurer. Rounding out the new board includes Ashley Boyer our new Western Kansas liaison, replacing Jeanne Hutton, and of course, myself, as President. Karen Reed-Coffman and I recently attended a NAMSS Leadership Conference. I ll talk about that some more a little bit later, but one thing we were asked to do is to think about someone who has impacted our professional lives and what did they do or did specifically that made you choose them. It didn t take me but a second to recognize that person for me as Becky Findley. I see in Becky a very knowledgeable, hardworking, highly organized and compassionate person that I desire to emulate. She will truly be a hard act for me to follow in the KAMSS presidency. One thing I do know: Becky will keep me on task and I know will help me along. I can count on that. Becky, thank you so very, very much for your awesome leadership and for being such an excellent KAMSS President-Elect, President, Newsletter editor, webmaster have I forgotten anything! You wear many hats and the organization and I are incredibly thankful for you. And we thank you! Thank you, Taylor Diefenderfer and the Kansas Heart Hospital for hosting the November meeting. You have a great facility. The March 2015 meeting is scheduled for Friday, March 20, 2015, at the McPherson Hospital, McPherson, Kansas. You will find more information on the March meeting on page 2. Thank you, Tara Sauder, for hosting this meeting. If you and your hospital/organization would like to host a KAMSS meeting, just let Karen Reed-Coffman know. The Board is also continuing to fine tune our annual conference in June. As you now know, the event will be held at the Drury Plaza Hotel Broadview, 400 West Douglas in Wichita, on June 11 th and 12th. We re excited about the change in venue and hope you will be, too. You will find more information regarding this conference on page 3. Continued on Page Two
Page 2 January 2015 President s Report continued As I noted earlier, Karen Reed-Coffman and I attended the NAMSS Leadership Boot Camp in WARM and BEAUTIFUL Tucson (if you like cactus!) January 15-16. Yeah, it was tough, but someone had to do it! It was a great conference. We covered a lot of area in a fast-paced environment. I believe 65 people attended and 31 states were represented. We went around the room and each person shared a success and a challenge for their state. Following are a few of the responses. I see all of these as pertinent to our own State organization. Membership retention and grown Leadership training and development (grooming people for leadership) Leadership opportunities encouraging members to volunteer Leaders being willing to delegate Providing education that isn t stale Professional growth As part of the leadership training, we had to write a personal mission statement. We used a tool where we listed our core values and core strengths, as well as considering what we are compassionate about to assist us in writing our mission statement. Try it for yourselves. We ll have you read yours at the next meeting!! Seriously, it wasn t easy, but it was a great exercise. And we only had to share with our table! Anyway, the Boot Camp was a great experience and I want to thank KAMSS for the opportunity to attend. Thank you for being a valuable member of KAMSS and we ll see you in March in McPherson. President-Elect Report Karen Reed-Coffman, CPCS, CPMSM The next KAMSS Business Meeting and Educational Program will be Friday, March 20, 2015 at McPherson Hospital in McPherson. The business meeting begins at 10:30 am, with lunch at Noon, and the educational program at 1:00 pm. Our guest speaker will be Charles Wheelen, Executive Director of the Kansas Healthcare Stabilization Fund. He will provide us with a comprehensive review of the Kansas Health Care Provider Insurance Availability Act. Information about this meeting/educational program will be sent out soon. If you and your facility are interested in hosting a future business meeting/educational program, please send an e-mail to KREEDCO@stormontvail.org or call 1-785-354-6245 Continued on Page Three
January 2015 Page 3 President-Elect Report continued Below is synopsis from the program evaluation for our November educational session Patient Safety Begins Here How, Risk Management and the Quality Department Work Together to Achieve this Goal. Thank you to everyone who completed the survey. KAMSS is affiliated with the National Association Medical Staff Services (NAMSS) whose goals are to promote quality patient care through the support of the medical staff and its functions and to share knowledge, foster educational opportunities and to encourage personal and professional growth through continued selfimprovement and application of current advancements in medical staff practice MARK YOUR CALENDAR!!! KAMSS Annual Educational Conference June 11 & 12, 2015 Drury Plaza Hotel Broadview Wichita, Kansas Guest Speaker Kathy Matzka, CPMSM, CPCS The KAMSS Board is working on finalizing the program and more information will be shared with you as details are made available.
Page 4 Treasurer s Report Danica Donecker KAMSS EXCKAMS January 2015 NEW MEMBERS Charlotte Barten Memorial Health System - Abilene Jill Hedger Sherri Tolleson Tamra Quinn Isabel Gibbs Kansas Hospital Association Jennifer Schubert Newman Regional Health - Emporia I have new contact information please update your records to reflect this The change Kansas - Danica Hospital Donecker Education and Wesley Research Medical Foundation Center is accepting Wichita, Kansas applications 316-962-2653 for one of thirty or e-mail scholarships danica.donecker@wesleymc.com available to all Kansans pursuing a degree or certificate in healthcare To find out more information about these scholarships, go to www.kha-net.org/aboutkha/kherffoundation/ Published quarterly by the Medical Staff Services Becky Findley, CPMSM, CPCS Editor Kamss.kamss@aol.com The KHA Annual Convention and Trade Show will be held November 14-15 at the Hyatt Regency and Century II Convention Center in Wichita. For more information about KHA and the convention, go to www.kha-net.org
January 2015 Page Page 5 5 NAMSS We re on the web www.kamss.org Mark your calendar for the 39 th Educational Conference and Exhibition October 3 7, 2015 Washington State Convention Center Seattle Washington The Joint Commission Proposed Standards Field Review has been posted for Revisions to Existing Standards and Elements of Performance for the Nursing Care Center Program. To review these proposed standards, go to http://www.jointcommission.org/standards_information/field_reviews.aspx Don t forget, Doctor s Day Monday, March 30!
Page 6 January 2015 2014-2015 KAMSS BOARD President Jan Reed, CPCS (785)452-7119 Salina Regional Health Center Salina, KS e-mail: reedj@srhc.com President-Elect Karen Reed-Coffman, CPCS, CPMSM (785)354-6245 Stormont-Vail HealthCare Topeka, KS e-mail: KREEDCO@stormontvail.org Immediate Past-President Becky Findley, CPMSM, CPCS (316) 962-2029 Wesley Medical Center Wichita, KS e-mail: rebecca.findley@wesleymc.com Secretary Taylor Diefenderfer (316) 630-5030 Kansas Heart Hospital Wichita, KS e-mail: tdiefenderfer@kansasherat.com Treasurer Dania Donecker (316) 962-2653 Wesley Medical Center Wichita, KS e-mail: danica.donecker@wesleymc.com Western Kansas Liaison Ashley Boyer (620) 225-1863 Western Plains Medical Complex Dodge City, KS e-mail: ashley.boyer@lpnt.net
January 2015 Page 7 Photos from our November meeting Presentation of KAMSS Board Pictured left to right Danica Donecker, Taylor Diefenderfer, Jan Reed, Becky Findley & Harlene Hoyt (NOT PICTURED Karen Reed Coffman) Pictured left to right Becky Findley, Stacy Wilkerson, Harlene Hoyt & Jan Reed Francie Ekengren, MD - speaker Pictured left to right Harlene Hoyt, Jan Reed and Becky Findley