October 2021
Ethical Challenges in Healthcare
Ethical challenges arise in all aspects of healthcare and service, from the bedside to the boardroom. Hospital leaders and boards set the ethical compass of the organization by making decisions about priorities, policies, and resource allocation as they determine the best ways to meet the needs of their communities while respecting their staff and the populations they serve. Understanding the expanding paradigm of planning, creating, and maintaining an ethical healthcare organization is crucial to help identify strategies for implementing ethics initiatives within your own organization and how an organization has addressed ethical challenges. Healthcare leaders must “walk the talk” and demonstrate their commitment to ethics throughout their organization.
September 2021
COVID-19: What We Learned: Staffing/People Resources
In September we returned with another NMHE-SAHA Panel Series Event exploring COVID-19: What We Learned: Staffing/People Resources. Our panelists, Barbara Perez Deppman, FACHE, Helen Nielsen, and Correen Bales, explored how human resource challenges are being addressed in a pandemic-impacted the workplace.
April 2021
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Healthcare
The communities for which healthcare organizations operate are extremely diverse. Not only do they provide care for a diverse population of patients and families, but their workforce is also changing, and at times does not reflect the patient community. Diverse communities often require different care needs, improved quality, new or modified operational processes and services, and strategic planning for a varied patient demographic. This panel discussion will provide insights on what local healthcare organizations are pursuing to both understand and embrace the healthcare needs of New Mexico’s diverse communities.
March 2021
COVID-19: What We Learned – Supply Chain
We were joined by esteemed leaders from local, state, and healthcare organizations who provided insights on what their respective organizations were able to accomplish to protect their employees and to optimize care delivery for their patients and community in direct response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Hear from Kimberley Medley (Dir. Materials Mgmt, Artesia General Hospital), Stephen Stoddard (Executive Dir., NM Rural Hospital Network), Renee Ayala (Quality Mgr. and Infection Preventionist, UNM Medical Group), Mark Hayden (CPO and State Purchasing Division Director), Donnie Quintana (Division Director, Local Government Division) as they share their experiences on this critical topic.
February 2021
Sustainability of Healthcare Organizations: A Plan of Action
We were thrilled to host a virtual education event, in collaboration with SAHA. Hospital executive, Jamie Silva Steele discussed the sustainability of healthcare organizations and shared how her hospital is taking action to remain sustainable utilizing a LEAN Management approach for day-to-day and strategic operations. She provided a brief presentation and then was joined by Stetson Berg, Interim Director at the UNM Center for Telehealth for a panel discussion.