Doing significant amount of grant writing within Region. Region is considering a request of Janis Jensen to do a Quality Assurance presentation. Getting ADRs that weren't getting before. Information technology training scheduled for Region 5 staff. One nurse attended National Safety Conference.
Immunizations continue to be a key issue and staff time is a growing problem.
Funding and dollars remain a major concern. Empowerment is a concern because of time, cost and lack of funding for staff time. Goals for empowerment - education. Staff retention is a problem. Discussion of empowerment and the variability of success region by region followed Teri's report.