Tag: VGM Education
OPGA members gain access to more education
April 18, 2024HME News Staff
WATERLOO, Iowa— OPGA members can now access 20 complimentary CE courses through VGM Education. “OPGA is very grateful to have worked with VGM Education to expand this educational offering to serve our members’ need for education while also enhancing the value of OPGA membership,” says Adam Miller, president of OPGA. “This offering is an exclusive benefit for OPGA members and adds significant value to membership.” Worth more than $1,000, these courses are intended...
Onboarding: Equip employees
November 8, 2023Cindy Diehl Yang
Q. How can we improve patient outcomes with the right employee onboarding?
A. Employee satisfaction and career longevity are directly tied to a positive onboarding experience. Additionally, we know in health care, engaged employees provide excellent patient care and impact successful patient outcomes. Health care onboarding encompasses a diverse set of intricate tasks, such as mastering crucial regulations and navigating the intricacies of an advanced electronic health record (EHR) system....
Onboarding: Create solid first impression
September 13, 2023Cindy Diehl Yang
Q. Why is the onboarding experience crucial to long-term employee and company success?
A. According to a CareerBuilder and SilkRoad Technology survey, 9% of employees have bid farewell to a company due to poor onboarding. Even more concerning is that 37% of employees said their managers failed to play a critical role in supporting their onboarding process. However, when a company implements stellar onboarding procedures, 69% of employees will likely stay with the company for at least three...
VGM hosts latest installment in leadership series
August 17, 2022HME News Staff
WATERLOO, Iowa – VGM Education will host a virtual women’s breakfast, “Preserving our Teams,” Sept. 14, featuring Amanda Schara, director of Outpatient Behavioral Health at UnityPoint-Allen Hospital in Waterloo and Kendra Richman, senior consultant in talent management and organizational development at UnityPoint. The two-hour session will provide leaders with guidance in navigating an ever-changing environment, says Cindy Diehl Yang, vice president of VGM Education. “As...
VGM Education to host Women in Health Care Leadership Breakfast series
June 22, 2022HME News Staff
WATERLOO, Iowa – VGM Education is hosting a Women in Health Care Leadership Breakfast series, a quarterly virtual webinar to empower women, create meaningful connections and build community. “The idea behind the webinar series is to build a virtual community that focuses on the specific needs of women both in the workplace and at home,” said Cindy Diehl Yang, vice president of VGM Education. The next virtual Women in Health Care Leadership Breakfast takes place June 29 at 9:30 a.m....
There's something special that happens at Heartland™
April 29, 2022Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WATERLOO, Iowa – Come to this year’s VGM Heartland Conference for the education, stay for that “whole Iowa experience,” says Jill Blaser.
This year’s event – totally in-person – takes place June 13-15 at the newly renovated Waterloo Convention Center at Sullivan Brothers Plaza in downtown Waterloo.
“We’re excited about getting the community back together – there’s something special that happens at Heartland,”...
Associations host events with VGM platform
June 1, 2021HME News Staff
WATERLOO, Iowa – Nine state and regional associations have leveraged VGM Education’s virtual conference platform called SABA to host events during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanks to support from a number of VGM divisions, plus vendor partners like GCE, Medline, SoClean, Brightree, Philips Respironics and NCART, the events were held with little cost to the state associations. “The only cost that the associations had to absorb was the cost of the CEUs, which was $10 per person,”...
Register now for Heartland at Home
May 7, 2020HME News Staff
WATERLOO, Iowa - Registration is open for VGM”s virtual Heartland at Home Conference. The event takes place June 15 through July 10 and will feature five tracks covering billing and reimbursement, business operations and leadership, respiratory, rehab and accessibility. One day each week will feature a session from the five tracks. Speical sessions include a keynote address, “HME in the Post-Pandemic Era: Analysis & Commentary,” from Mark Higley, VGM's vice president of regulatory...
VGM announces Heartland schedule
March 12, 2020HME News Staff
WATERLOO, Iowa - VGM has announced the schedule for its annual Heartland Conference, including 70 sessions on topics such as respiratory, rehab, marketing, accessibility and business leadership. New additions to the event, June 15-17, include pre-conference sessions with registration. “The Heartland 2020 schedule has some great new additions this year,” said Jill Blaser, design and development manager at VGM Education. “We're always looking for ways to make Heartland an even...