HealthTec^dl - Distance Learning for Georgia Health Nonprofits

This session will provide a review of the factors that cause patients to be readmitted to the hospital shortly after discharge and effective strategies to improve the transition process.

The Georgia Free Clinic Network, with support from Healthcare Georgia Foundation, hosted the first of a four part series on Developing Effective Boards. In this first online session, the following topics are presented by non-profit consultant Terri Theisen of Theisen Consulting LLC: Where do you find them?; Equal expectations of Board members ; Select and orient new members; Assessing performance ; the Board building cycle; Identifying needs.

The Georgia Free Clinic Network, with support from Healthcare Georgia Foundation, hosted the first of a four part series on Developing Effective Boards. In this first online session, the following topics are presented by non-profit consultant Terri Theisen of Theisen Consulting LLC: Where do you find them?; Equal expectations of Board members ; Select and orient new members; Assessing performance ; the Board building cycle; Identifying needs.

This update (EPR—3: Full Report 2007) makes a stronger distinction than previous guidelines between classifying asthma severity and assessing asthma control. Interpretation of previous asthma guidelines raised questions about applying the severity classifications once treatment is established and also resulted in placing more emphasis on severity than on ongoing monitoring of whether therapeutic goals were met.

Dr. Tammie Quest shares details regarding palliative care and current palliative care models. She describes the role of primary care providers in palliative care best practices. During the presentation she defines four illness trajectories common to the end of life.