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Kiowa County Hospital District meeting minutes – August 28, 2018

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS BOARD MEETING

August 28, 2018

The Kiowa County Hospital District and County Board met in regular session on August 28, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. at the Bransgrove Building Meeting Room.

District Board members present were: Mary Eikner, Cathryn Anderson and Priscilla Waggoner. Absent: Sylvia Shields, Lori Shalberg (called)

County Board members present were: Dennis Pearson, John Negley and Craig Kerfoot. Absent: Ken Flory (called).

Others present: Shannon Dixon, Char Korrell, Cindy McLoud, Ellen Lane and Beth Spady.

CALL TO ORDER

The meeting was called to order by Priscilla Waggoner, Chairman of the Board at 6:30 pm.

COUNTY VOTING MEMBER SELECTION

Dennis Pearson, John Negley and Craig Kerfoot.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

A motion was made by Cathryn Anderson to approve the July 24, 2018 meeting minutes as presented and seconded by Mary Eikner. All aye.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

A motion was made by John Negley to approve the agenda as presented. Motion seconded by Craig Kerfoot. All aye.

PUBLIC COMMENT

No one was present for public comment.

CREDENTIALING

There were no providers to approve for credentialing privileges this month.

POLICIES & PROCEDURES

The Board reviewed and discussed the summary of revisions to policies regarding dietary and human resources. A motion was made by Craig Kerfoot to approve the policies as presented. John Negley seconded the motion. Allaye.

STANDING REPORTS

CEO

The transition to Athena started on August 14^thand has been a learning process but has been a positive move overall.

Char Korrell has been appointed to the Health Colorado Board which will focus on collaboration and work closely with Beacon Health.

The Next Fifty Initiative grant proposal is close to being finalized and submitted. KCHD is requesting approximately $294,000 for equipment and renovation expenses.

CFO

The July financials were reviewed and discussed by the Board.

KCHD made the 2017 Medicare Cost Report payment this month and turned several self pay accounts over to collections.

We currently have 16 patients in our care.

CNO

The Stop the Bleed class was well received by the community so we will be offering two additional classes on September 18th and 26th

Nursing staff will be attending an in-service regarding administration of a clot busting medication that will be instrumental in our stroke protocol.

Another educational opportunity that we will soon offer is "Stepping On" which is an evidence based, fall prevention program.

KCHD is looking at various hospice options.

HOSPITAL QUALITY & SAFETY

The Quality Report Scorecard was reviewed by the Board. We had no med errors. There were four falls of which three falls were the same individual.

Our HHCAPS vendor, Strategic Health send out surveys for five inpatient stays. Only one survey was returned but it indicated a positive experience at KCHD.

Our infection rate was less than 1% for the month.