Matt Guy to join Beth Katzenberg and others on a breakout session panel!

Matt Guy will join Beth Katzenberg and a panel of clinic professionals to discuss Improving Communication in Transitions of Care and Reducing Readmissions. This panel is scheduled for Thursday April 4th from 11:00-12:00. Improving Communication and Readmissions (iCARE), a CRHC initiative, began two years ago with Colorado’s Critical Access Hospitals looking at improving communication in transitions of care, reducing avoidable readmissions, and improving clinical processes that contribute to readmissions – all important state and national topics. Now in its 3rd year, the program has expanded to include hospital’s provider-based rural clinics as we broaden the spectrum of these goals and examine the important role clinics play and the impact clinic/hospital communication and processes can have in these areas. This session will provide a brief overview of the iCARE project, the work done to-date, lessons learned, as well as experiences of participants.

Matt Guy is the Executive Director of the Southeastern Colorado Area Health Education Center (SECAHEC). SECAHEC serves 16 counties in southeastern Colorado providing health education resources and support for current and future medical professionals.



Matt Guy, 2012 Annual
Rural Health Conference
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Matt has also worked for the Colorado Rural Health Center working with safety net and rural health clinics in Southeastern Colorado to improve the quality and effectiveness of their practices, including offering assistance with National Committee for Quality Assurance’s Patient-Centered Medical Home recognition program.

Beth Katzenberg to discuss "Optimizing Workflow Processes to Maximize Clinic Efficiency and Operations"

On Friday, April 5th, 2013 from 9-11am Beth Katzenberg, EdM, MBA, CPHQ, CCE will lead a breakout session on Optimizing Workflow Processes to Maximize Clinic Efficiency and Operations.  The session will focus on the design of processes that will directly determine whether they occur successfully, smoothly, and without rework.

Beth Katzenberg is a Senior Advisor at Colorado Rural Health Center and a health care quality and compliance consultant.  Since 2000, she has worked with Colorado critical access hospitals and other rural health care organizations to improve their quality systems, processes, and outcomes.  Her experience includes assessing, developing, improving, and overseeing quality management processes and tools.