C&A Monthly Newsletter: July 2017
  

Summer is now in full swing!  We at C&A hope that you and your family recently enjoyed the 4th of July celebrations.  We hope you enjoy this month's jam packed edition featuring a  new Were You Aware, New CMS Expectations for Emergency Preparedness, an recent CMS update regarding Legionella Disease as well as an article on Hospital Acquired Infections.   In this month's edition we also feature two new exciting announcements.  Our partnership with Verge Health and a community outreach project.

Enjoy! As always, you can send your feedback and ideas to us at info@courtemanche-assocs.com.
Read This Month's Featured Articles:


Were You Aware:
July 2017

The latest accreditation and regulatory information.
  

Winds of Change
Part III 

The New CMS Expectations for Emergency Preparedness.

 


Legionella
Update

CMS Guidance on Expectations for Healthcare Facilities

New Expectations for HAIs

TJC Requirements for 2018 & more 

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C&A's Exciting Announcements In July
Courtemanche & Associates & Verge Health Announce Partnership
Courtemanche & Associates and Verge Health Collaborators from left: Kenneth Slifer - Kerrie Bellisario - Sharon Dills - Amy Goyer - Ashley Worrall - Daniel Freeman (Not Pictured)
We are excited to share some news about an expansion in our service offering through a partnership with Verge Health, a risk management software company with a focus on governance, risk and compliance for healthcare (GRCH).

Part of the core philosophy at C&A is the building of partnerships with organizations to foster trust and empower leaders and staff to believe in their abilities, enhance their synergy and achieve strategic and organizational goals. We encourage linkages among our clients to enable networking and sharing of best practices.

C&A has a hands-on approach to assisting healthcare organizations on their journey to high reliability.  Our partnership with Verge Health only strengthens our position to better help our clients reach their patient safety goals.

We are thrilled to officially announce this partnership with Verge Health.

We invite you to view Verge Health's official press release. Click Here to View.
C&A Community Outreach Collaboration Results in Interactive Real Life Superhero Theme Website for Pediatric Patients
A Presentation of Real Life Super Heroes Pediatric Patient Activity Kit from Alexander Hamilton Elementary School (Morristown, NJ) 5th Graders and C&A team members to the Atlantic Health System Goryeb Children's Hospital Child Life Team
As part of Take Your Child to Work Day, Kerrie Bellisario's (Chief Strategist) son Nate Ross asked, "how can kids his age (11) help other children who are sick or injured in hospitals have fun and know they are loved?"  Kerrie and Nate interviewed C&A Consultant, Sharon Dills, who spent years as a nurse working pediatrics. She explained about the role of child life specialists and the kinds of activities and formats that would benefit children. Nate then brainstormed with Sharon and his Mom about ideas about games, puzzles and ways kids could have fun. Nate spent the day in the C&A office making a maze, word search, puzzle and built a to do list that was so long and exciting he knew he couldn't do it alone.  Thanks to Mrs. Christine Carey, Nate's fifth grade school teacher and the Morris School District, Nate's whole class got involved...


Click Below to Access the
Real-Life Super Heroes Pediatric Activity Site
Thank You.  We Hope You Enjoyed This Month's Edition.
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