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Arkansas Department of Health
Office of Rural Health and Primary Care

Critical Access Hospital Administrators Quarterly Meeting

March 10, 2009
Agenda

9:30-9:45 Welcome/Introductions Bill Rodgers
9:45-Noon Lean Thinking in Healthcare

Michael Ricard, Director
PMC Healthcare Services
Dearborn, Michigan

Noon-12:30 Lunch

 

12:30-1:00 Lean — One Hospital's Perspective

Joe Mitchell, CEO
River Valley Medical Center
Dardanelle

1:00-1:20 HHI Update – Bradley County

Diane Fowler, LHU Administrator
Bradley County Hometown Health

1:20-1:40

USDA Update
- USDA Grant Info
- USDA Direct Loan Info
- USDA Guaranteed Community Facility Loan

Stephen Lagasse
USDA

1:40-2:00 AHA Update

Don Adams/Paul Cunningham
Arkansas Hospital Association

2:00-2:30 AFMC Patient Safety Quality

John Ferguson/Scott Edwards
Healthcare Quality Improvement Projects
Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care

                                   
2:30-3:00 ORHPC Update Wrap-Up

Bill Rodgers & Jacqueline Gorton