WISCONSIN CHAPTER
SOCIETY FOR
SOCIAL WORK LEADERSHIP IN HEALTH CARE
OF
THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
CHAPTER
MEETING MINUTES
JUNE
6, 2002
QUALITY
INN SOUTH, MADISON, WI
Introductions/Sharing
Safe Harbor -
Child abuse advocacy group. Video interviews of children abused.
B. Nelson reported positive outcomes: more cases pleaded out, children
do not need to go to court, county saves money.
St.Mary's Green
Bay - developing case management system.
St. Mary's Madison
- UR/DC planning done by both RN and SW - all staff identify quality
issues.
WPS now has SW
doing UR case management of behavioral health patients.
Rhinelander which
is critical access hospital had recent state and JCAHO survey. Emphasis
on documentation, esp. handwriting and abbreviations as patient
safety issue.
Monroe Hospice
provides free short-term grief counseling to anyone in their area.
Beginning to use animals (pet therapy) in hospice.
Columbus Hospital
has active end-of-life committee. Recently opened Memorial Room.
Adams-Friendship
hospital is critical access, working to increase Swing bed usage.
Several persons
talked about new requirement for MDS for swing bed and how they
were implementing.
Beaver Dam Hospital
- recently began regularly scheduling discharge planners on week-ends.
Marshfield doing
"major overhaul" of dept. based on West Hudson consultants.
BSW, UR RN's and D/C planning RN will all be trained to same function.
Gunderson LaCrosse
also working on nursing and care management re-design.
Bob Miller has
job descriptions for blended depts., and tools for measuring health
outcomes.
Stan Nielson
of Meriter reports increased emphasis on competencies for volunteers.
Hartford Hospital
- SW now part of CHF clinic.
UW SW working
on outpt. diabetes and osteoporosis programs.
NASW
UPDATE
Marc Herstand
reported new licensure bill goes into effect Nov. 1. Summary of
bill in last NASW newsletter and also on website www.naswwi.org.
Task force looking
at AODA issues, i.e. can clinical SW do AODA counseling and bill
for it. Any member of NASW who is interested in this task force
should call Marc. 866-462-7994.
Revised "Rules
for outpatient clinics" are due out in Sept. Also working on
SW being able to bill MA directly.
Temporary certificates
are available for SW coming from out of state.
NASW state conference
recently completed. Gubernatorial Forum successful. NASW not endorsing
anyone at this time.
Lobby Day 2003
- would like members of SSWLHC to participate in planning
Continuing Education
- several programs being offered. Check web site for details.
TREASURER'S
REPORT
Balance as of
6/6/02: $4,176.43
Membership application
has been revised.
HEALTH
POLICY COMMITTEE
Sharon Winter
chairs this and is looking for members who are interested in serving
on this committee. Meetings can be done through conference calls.
MEMBERSHIP
COMMITTEE
Board members
working on phone calls to potential new members
DISCUSSION
The group discussed
continuing affiliation with national SSWLHC organization vs. affiliating
with another organization, e.g. NASW or National Institute of Case
Managers. NASW is beginning a health care section of the organization.
Another possibility is becoming an independent organization in the
state or midwest.
An idea to broaden
education topics to attract other health care disciplines was also
discussed.
PLAN: Will develop
work group to address these issues and present recommendations.
If interested in being on this work group, please contact Mary Jo
Walsh (414-963-2600). Brian Thieler, Bob Miller, and Dave Schmidt
(?) are already interested.
WEBSITE
REPORT
BE
SURE TO CHECK OUT THE NEW WEB SITE:
Neil O'Connor
will be coming to next board mtg. to discuss further website possibilities.
NEXT
MEETING: FRIDAY, SEPT. 13, Educational
program on Complementary Medicine.
Respectfully
Submitted, Deb Hupf, Chapter Secretary