Governor DeSantis appoints former NCSF President to
FL Board of Nursing |
The Nursing Consortium of South Florida congratulates our former president and Memorial Healthcare System senior vice president and chief nurse executive, Maggie Hansen, MHSc, RN, on her recent appointment by Governor Ron DeSantis to the Florida Board of Nursing. |
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Maggie who is now one of nine current FLBON board members, will serve a four-year term in the Nurse Executive Seat. She served as a Consortium director from 2013 through 2019 and as president in 2016 and 2017 guiding the Consortium through a period when existing programs were improved and expanded and new ones were successfully initiated. "Maggie is a strong leader and skilled convener and facilitator, we were blessed by her service and delight at the knowledge that she is now contributing to the important work of the Florida Board of Nursing," remarked Ralph Egües, NCSF executive director. For additional information, please click here. |
Johnson & Johnson invites
nurses to participate in QuickFire Challenge for new ideas in care for COVID-19
patients
Up to $100,000 awarded in grant funding. Johnson & Johnson has established a new “Nurses Innovate QuickFire Challenge in COVID-19 Patient Care.” The goal of the challenge is to seek innovative ideas from nurses on how to improve COVID-19 patient care. The challenge is looking for nurse-led ideas from nurses and nursing students around the world with specific interest in, for example: facilitating remote patient monitoring and communications, data and reporting, resiliency and self-care, supporting a safe return to work or school, supporting sharing of best practices, and addressing racial disparities and inequities in healthcare. The nurse innovators with the best idea(s) will receive up to $100,000 in grant funding, mentoring from experts across the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, and access to the Johnson & Johnson Innovation –JLABS ecosystem to help bring their ideas to life. Johnson &Johnson has the scale, resources and know-how to help move the ideas forward. This new QuickFire Challenge is being developed together with the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) and the Society of Nurse Scientists, Innovators, Entrepreneurs & Leaders (SONSIEL). Applications close September 29, 2020. To apply, or for more info, click here. |
RWJF partners with
Avalere Health for proposals to fund health equity research for Medicaid–eligible
individuals
The Health Systems Transformation Research Coordinating Center (HSTRC)—a new partnership between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and Avalere Health--aims to transform health system care to promote health equity for Medicaid-eligible individuals. The partnership is looking for proposals that will fund research on health systems models of care to better understand which model components are essential to promoting health equity. Up to $2.7 million will be available for this opportunity, and all proposed research studies must include a plan to translate findings into practical recommendations for health systems.Deadline for applications is September 2. Please click here to read more.
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Seven to nine COVID-19 vaccines could be available within two years
According to a report by McKinsey & Company, there could be seven to nine vaccines for COVID-19 available over the next two years, based on current vaccine candidates in progress. The outlook is even better if the full pipeline of candidates advances toward clinical trials—tripling the likely number of successful vaccines. The report is part of McKinsey’s “Charting the path to the next normal” series which offers a daily chart of key issues in today’s changing world, during the pandemic and beyond. |
HCA Miami-Dade hospitals recognized by AHA for quality
stroke care
The American Heart Association has recognized HCA East Florida’s Miami-Dade facilities with its coveted “Get With the Guidelines” achievement awards for quality care. The three hospitals receiving the awards: Aventura Hospital and Medical Center and Kendall Regional Medical Center, all Consortium members, received Get With The Guidelines® Target: Stroke Honor Roll Gold Plus Elite Quality Achievement Award. Mercy Hospital was recognized with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. Aventura Hospital also achieved the Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll Quality Achievement Award. The awards recognize each hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence. |
HHS and DOD collaborate with Moderna to obtain 100
million doses of COVID-19 investigational vaccine
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Defense (DoD) have made an agreement with Moderna, Inc. to manufacture and deliver 100 million doses of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate. The federal government will own these vaccine doses. Moderna will manufacture the vaccine doses while clinical trials are underway. Manufacturing in parallel with clinical trials expedites the traditional vaccine development timeline and builds toward the U.S. government’s Operation Warp Speed goal to begin delivering safe and effective vaccines to the American people by the end of the year. If the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorizes use as outlined n agency guidance, the vaccine doses would be distributed and used as part of a COVID-19 vaccination campaign. Please click here to read more. |
UHealth starts Televigilance program to monitor COVID-19 patients
after discharge from hospital |
The University of Miami Health System has initiated a UHealth Televigilance program that involves arming discharged COVID-19 patients with TytoCare home health devices, which allow caregivers to electronically transmit timely health status information. Providers monitor patients’ vital signs and can quickly address problems or triage patients who need higher levels of care. “The UHealth Televigilance program intends to decrease length of hospital stay and prevent readmissions while freeing up hospital beds,"said Sabrina Taldone, M.D., M.B.A., medical director of the UHealthTelevigilance program and associate program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the Miller School of Medicine. UHealth is a Consortium member. Please click here to read more. |
Despite high unemployment, companies still struggling with employee
turnover
Despite record unemployment due to the pandemic, 81% of hiring decision-makers say their company has extended job vacancies, according to a Harris Poll survey of 1,005 hiring decision-makers conducted for Express Employment Professionals. Respondents say better offerings at other companies are the main reason employees say they are leaving, citing pay and benefits(35%), perks (35%), or advancement opportunities (34%). Of the hiring decision-makers who say their company has extended job vacancies, 82% say the extended vacancies have had a negative impact, including less motivated employees (25%), loss in revenue (24%), work not getting done (23%), lower employee morale due to employees being overworked (23%), and delays in delivery times (22%). "For South Florida employers the high cost of housing relative to wages is an additional challenge to employee retention," noted Consortium executive director Ralph Egües. |
AHA and other groups release update to roadmap for maintaining essential surgery during COVID-19 pandemic
With many healthcare facilities near or at bed and intensive care unit capacity, their ability to meet surgical patients’ ongoing needs may be stressed by new influxes of COVID-19 patients being admitted. To ensure health care organizations, physicians, and nurses remain prepared to meet these demands to care for patients who undergo recommended essential operations, the American Hospital Association joined with the American College of Surgeons, American Society of Anesthesiologists and the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, and released an updated "Joint Statement: Roadmap for Maintaining Essential Surgery During COVID-19 Pandemic." The previous joint statement was released in April. The new joint statement provides a list of principles and considerations to guide physicians, nurses and hospitals and health systems as they provide essential care to their patients and communities. |
SAMHSA
reports Opioid Crisis an Urgent Issue for Hispanic/Latino Population
The Opioid Crisis and the Hispanic/Latino Population: An Urgent Issue, a new issue brief: SAMHSA’s Office of Behavioral Health Equity includes findings that the opioid crisis has not abated and has had a significant impact on Hispanic/Latino communities in the U.S. This issue brief presents recent data on prevalence of opioid misuse and death rates in the Hispanic/Latino population; contextual factors and challenges to prevention and treatment; innovative outreach and engagement strategies to connect people to evidence-based treatment; and the importance of community voice. Banyan Health Systems CEO Vincent Carrodeguas added, "The COVID-19 pandemic has placed a tremendous strain on everything we do. In treating those with addictions, providers are challenged by more unpredictability, less compliance,and more anxiety, and must expend a lot more effort to attain similar results."
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Webinar August 27 on reducing barriers to patient care: A
cross-industry case study on migraines, a hard-to-diagnose condition
Optum healthcare system is presenting a one-hour webinar on August 27,1:00 – 2:00 p.m that will bring together cross-industry experts to share a case study detailing how an employer, provider, payer and pharmaceutical company worked together to address migraines, a hard-to-diagnose condition. Learn how this team started with a model to risk stratify, predict undiagnosed, misdiagnosed and mismanaged members and how those analytics were used to enrich engagement for treatment and diagnosis optimization. presenters will share their data-driven approaches to accelerating appropriate diagnosis, treatment optimization and improved patient outcomes. For more info or to register, please click here.
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