Addressing Hospital Needs and Goals in the Era of the Affordable Care Act and Meaningful Use: What Librarians Need to Know

When
11/20/2013
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Location
Room 425 (Film Studies Classroom) Dietrich Library Center, Van Pelt Library, 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
Registered
8 registrants

Registration

MLA Member (And Philadelphia SLA member) – $10.00
Member of any MLA Chapter or member of the Philadelphia Special Libraries Association
Non-Member – $20.00
Not a MLA member/Philadelphia Chapter SLA member
Student – $10.00
Student membership in Philadelphia Regional Chapter of MLA is free.

Registration is closed

The Affordable Care Act, meaningful use, and greater scrutiny of not-for-profit status have brought on some significant changes in the way hospitals provide health care.

Hospitals must meet specific goals to avoid penalties and receive maximum reimbursement for care. They are repositioning staff and budgets to deal with these changes to improve patient care, increase patient satisfaction, and meet meaningful use of the electronic health record (her) system.

Libraries are departments within the hospital, and like all other departments, they must illustrate clearly to administration specifically how they help their hospital achieve these goals. This webinar will look at these changes and how they affect our institutions and how librarians can meet them head on.

Presenter - Michelle Kraft, AHIP

Michelle Kraft, AHIP, is the senior medical librarian, at the Cleveland Clinic Alumni Library, Cleveland, OH. Prior to her work at the Alumni Library, she was a community hospital librarian at South Pointe Hospital, where she wore many library and outreach hats. Kraft has spoken often on the use of technology in medical libraries and on evolving medical libraries. Kraft received her masters of library science from the University of Missouri-Columbia and is member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals, MLA, the Midwest Chapter of MLA, and the Ohio Health Sciences Library Association.