• The Arizona Transition to Practice Program starting the second cohort.
• Registration info for the upcoming Healthcare Social Media Exercise.
• Setting the record straight on the latest Arnold Ventures-funded study.

• 👩‍⚕40 new graduate nurses
• 👩‍🏫38 preceptors and 9 mentors
• 🏥10 participating facilities

“The detailed curriculum and training provided by the Arizona Transition to Practice Program has exceeded my expectations. Through generous support from the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association, our new graduate nurses at Mount Graham Regional Medical Center have been able to participate in an innovative, specialized program that not only provides evidence-based practice education among various learning styles, but also collaboration within a network of hospital agencies. In just a few short months, our new grads have already demonstrated increased knowledge, confidence and collaboration in the workplace. The program has already proven valuable for our group of nurses in the first cohort, and we’re moving forward with another group that has just started with the second cohort. I would absolutely recommend this program to other facilities who are looking for an in-depth program for their new graduate nurses.”

-Kristin Grimes, MSN, RN, CIC, assistant nurse manager at Mt. Graham Regional Medical Center and site champion for the Arizona Transition to Practice Program

• AzHHA has partnered with national curriculum vendor, OpusVi (Latin for workforce), who has developed a transition to practice program that enables health systems and organizations to upskill and retain top talent, to implement a statewide 12-month program.

• Learn more and apply now.
• The application deadline is Sunday, June 30, 2024.

• Implement social listening to gauge the public’s perception of incident response and recovery efforts.
• Deliver credible and actionable messages to inform the public through social media platforms in response to a catastrophic incident.

• Learn more and register.
• The deadline to register is Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024.

• The study blames hospital prices for a host of societal issues, including job losses outside of healthcare and increased suicide rates.

• Hospital prices do not cause suicide; no single thing does.
• The hospital is – or should be – a place of last resort for individuals in need of ongoing psychiatric care.
• And hospitals are the only part of the healthcare system that are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week to be there when needed, regardless of whether someone has insurance or the ability to pay.

• The reports can also assist in preparing budgets or benchmarking results with other similar organizations.

• 1Q2024 Quality Measure Trends Analysis (sent Wednesday, June 5, 2024)
• 1Q2024 Financial Indicators Analysis (sent Wednesday, June 12, 2024)

• What's next: The event program is from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday, July 12, 2024.

• Attendees will also learn more about Northern Arizona Healthcare’s next steps, Arizona’s rural healthcare landscape, and the roles and responsibilities of Arizona’s health information exchange.