February Clinician's Lounge | Coffee Series with NIHD members serving on the 2026 HGRC.

 

Meet us in the Clinician's Lounge. Fill your cup of coffee or tea and join your NIHD colleagues who are serving on the Health Guidelines Revision Committee (HGRC). The HGRC is a select multidisciplinary consensus body of about 140 clinicians, administrators, architects, engineers, and representatives from authorities having jurisdiction that is convened to revise and update the FGI Guidelines documents.

They will cover the following:

 

1. The importance of the FGI Guidelines and how they are used in the industry.

2. The role of clinicians on the HGRC.

3. The upcoming proposal period, how to submit a proposal, what happens after you submit it, and why it is important.


Thursday February 16, 2023
9:30am-10:30am CST Discussion


NIHD Member Discussion leaders:

 

Kathryn Gallagher, MS, BSN, RN, NE-BC, Clinical Liaison, University of Pennsylvania Health System

Brooke A. Karlsen, MSN, BSN, RN, NEA-BC, EDAC, Principal, BK Healthcare Concepts

Susan O’Hara, PhD, MPH, BA, RN, EDAC, FNIHD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing, The Ohio State University

Teri Joy, RN, BSN, CEN, TCRN, EDAC, Director of Planning/Senior Healthcare Operations Planner, BSA Lifestructures

Kate Newcomb-DeSanto MSN, RN, MSW, EDAC, President, Connected Healthcare Resource Advisors


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