Report To: ASCLS House of Delegates

Report to: ASCLS House of Delegates

Report of: Health Professions Network (HPN) Representative

Submitted for: July 2013 House of Delegates Meeting

Prepared by: Daniel Olson

Date: July 1, 2013 (Since 06/19/2012)

About the Health Professions Network (HPN):

The HPN represents 80 member associations and works to promote collaboration and serve the interests of allied health professionals from 200 different health professions as well as educators, regulators, accrediting agencies, and government agencies. Since its founding in 1995, HPN has worked to advance and explore current issues relevant to health professions.

I represented ASCLS at the following Health Professions Network (HPN) Conference and Summit:

·  Fall 2012 - HPN Fall 2012 Conference, “Health Care in Transition: A Look at Coming Trends in the New Delivery Systems,” held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on September 12-15, 2012. Speakers and topics included:

Ø  “From research to reality: New directions in health care”
Paul Kincade, PhD, Vice President, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Ø  “Physicians and non-physicians in the new world of practice”
Clese Erickson, PhD, Director of the Center for Workforce Studies, Association of American Medical Colleges

Ø  “Brave new world: Robotics, prosthetics,a nd other “ics””
David Adams, General Manager, Orthocare Innovations

Ø  “The Future of Nursing: Leading change, advancing health—The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report”
Tina Filoromo, RN, Vice President, Home Office Organization and Talent Effectiveness (Human Resources), Trinity Health

Ø  “Evidence-Based Skill Credentialing”
Bill Guest, Chief Solutions Architect, ACT Bridge, Inc

·  Spring 2013 – HPN Spring 2013 Summit, “Healthcare Workforce Development Summit,” held in Las Vegas, NV, Feb 26-Mar 2, 2013. Speakers and topics included:

Current and Pending Workforce Development Programs

Ø  Health Professions Pathways Project (H2P) (Marianne Krismer)

Ø  Health Care Talent Supply Chain Project (Bill Guest)

Educational Associations and Programs

Ø  Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC) (Anthony Knettel)

Ø  Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions (ASAHP) (Rick Talbott, Greg Frazer)

Ø  HOSA-Future Health Professionals (Jim and Karen Koeninger)

Ø  National AHEC (Area Health Education Centers) Organization (NAO) (Robert Trachtenberg)

Ø  National Consortium for Health Science Education (NCHSE) (Nancy Allen)

Ø  National Network of Health Career Programs in Two-Year Colleges (NN2) (Stacy Ocander)

National Strategic Leaders, Coordinating Programs

Ø  U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) (Dr. Marcia Brand)

Ø  American Hospital Association (AHA)(Veronica Riley)

Ø  American National Standards Institute (ANSI) (Roy Swift)

Ø  Boxwood Technologies (Terri Pla)

Ø  Health Workforce Information Center (HWIC) (Kristine Sande)

Ø  National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) (Teryl Eisinger)

Ø  Centers for Medicaid/Medicare Services (CMS) (Dr. Brenda Thompson)

I also represented ASCLS at the HPN Board of Directors monthly Conference Call Meetings and through the transitioning period for HPN to stand on its own. Effective November 1, 2011, HPN contracted Global Professional Services (GPS) to provide its association management services. I continue to serve as HPN’s Treasurer and Finance Chair.

Save the dates:

Fall – September 12-15, 2012 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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