AHCA/NCAL Conference Coming Up

Rachel Bennett, COO of Country Villa Health Services, and I will be presenting at AHCA/NCAL's 61st Annual Convention and Expo in Long Beach on October 11. We're going to be talking about Leading for Quality and everyone who attends will walk away with a comprehensive tool to promote the kind of leadership we'll be presenting.

Our premise is that quality leadership arises from and is supported by ethical culture. Therefore, quality and compliance are inseparable sides of the same coin in long-term care.

You can download a graphic that shows in detail a big-picture perspective of compliance and quality in long-term care on our website at http://healthcareqc.com/upcoming-events/.

This symbiosis between quality and compliance may be a marriage of necessity rather than romance, and it is not made in heaven, but what we have demonstrated is that everyone has a role in ethical culture, that when everybody does their part, quality and excellence are the rule of the day. We will show that it is possible to build infrastructure and systems and lead in such a way that these results are fostered. We'll give you a detailed, real-life example that shows how to do it.

Of course, what we really want to do is talk with all of you about what you think is important.

What you think the most important leadership strategy is right now for long-term care leaders? 

Considering everything happening right now--like MDS 3.0 and RUGIV--just to name two, and what you see coming in the near-term, what do you think industry and facility leaders should be focused on?

Post your comments here and bring them to the Convention--it promises to be a good one all-around.