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SUMMARY:Understanding the Midterm Election Results: A Healthcare Outlook
DESCRIPTION:A bipartisan team of lobbyists from MHA’s member firm in D.C.\, Alston & Bird\, will break down the election results and provide some early intel on what it means for hospitals. There will be a summary of the November 2026 election\, a focus on the Massachusetts delegation\, and implications for healthcare policy. \n\n\n\nKey Takeaways: \n\n\n\n\nSummary of November 2026 election\n\n\n\nMassachusetts delegation highlights\n\n\n\nImplications for health care policy
URL:https://www.mhalink.org/event/understanding-the-midterm-election-results-a-healthcare-outlook/
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SUMMARY:2026 Healthcare Safety & Violence Prevention Summit
DESCRIPTION:$229  Member Rate$329   Non-Member Rate \n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\nEVENT CONTACT\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTERFAX 781-262-6136 \n\n\n\nMAIL –  Check Payable to MHAMHA Education Department500 District Ave.Burlington\, MA 01803-5096 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin healthcare leaders\, safety professionals\, clinical experts\, and workforce champions for this year’s Healthcare Safety & Violence Prevention Summit. While the full agenda is still being finalized\, attendees can expect timely updates on the latest trends\, challenges\, and solutions shaping healthcare workplace safety. \n\n\n\nBuilding on the success of last year’s program\, this year’s event will revisit key topics including violence prevention strategies\, staff support and recovery\, behavioral health challenges\, risk assessment\, security innovations\, and organizational culture. We will also share new data\, emerging insights\, and practical approaches that healthcare organizations can implement to create safer environments for patients\, visitors\, and staff. \n\n\n\n**Agenda is still in development; speakers and session details are subject to change.** \n\n\n\nAGENDA: \n\n\n\n8:30 – 9 a.m.: Networking Breakfast \n\n\n\n9 – 9:10 a.m.: Opening Remarks \n\n\n\n\nMichael Sroczynski – President & CEO\, Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association; President\, Hospital Association of Rhode Island\n\n\n\n\n9:10 – 9:30 a.m.: Opening Keynote: Strengthening the Legal Response to Violence in Healthcare \n\n\n\n\nMarian Ryan – District Attorney\, Middlesex County\n\n\n\n\n9:30 – 10:00 a.m.: From Incident to Justice: Navigating the Legal Response to Violence Against Healthcare Workers \n\n\n\n\nMarian Ryan – District Attorney\, Middlesex County\n\n\n\nThomas Brown – Chief of Police\, Burlington MA\n\n\n\nModerator: Brendan Riley – Executive Director\, Security\, Parking & Transportation\, Facilities\, Environmental Services\n\n\n\n\n10 – 10:45 a.m.: When Security Isn’t Enough: Exploring the Role of Hospital Police Departments \n\n\n\n\nCraig Forcina – Executive Director\, Division of Police & Public Safety\, Southcoast Health\n\n\n\nGreg Irvine – Chief of Police\, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center\n\n\n\n\n10:45 – 11 a.m.: Break \n\n\n\n11 – 11:45 a.m.: Re-establishing Safety: Patient & Staff Debriefing Following an Incident of Violence \n\n\n\n\nFiona McCaughan\, RN – Associate Chief Nursing Officer for Inpatient Psychiatry\, Cambridge Health Alliance\n\n\n\nGina Cugno\, DNP – Nurse Manager\, Cambridge Health Alliance\n\n\n\nChristi Barney\, RN – Vice President Quality and Patient Safety\, Chief Health Equity Officer\, Emerson Health\n\n\n\nSusan Uhl-Miller – Chief Human Resources Officer\, Emerson Health\n\n\n\nModerator: Kimberly Stevenson – Director\, Workforce & Clinical Affairs\, Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association\n\n\n\n\n11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Lunch \n\n\n\n12:30 – 1:20 p.m.: Breakout Sessions \n\n\n\nA: Safety in Uncontrolled Environments: Preparing Teams for Home-Based Healthcare Risks \n\n\n\n\nEric Hanley – Workplace Violence Prevention Coordinator\, Tufts Medical Care at Home\n\n\n\n\nB: You’re Not Alone: Harnessing the Power of Peer Support After Workplace Violence \n\n\n\n\nJen Coutts – HR Project Administrator\, South Shore Hospital \n\n\n\nLinda Kenney – Director\, Peer Support Programs\, The Betsey Lehman Center for Patient Safety\n\n\n\n\n1:20 – 2 p.m.: Decreasing Incivility Through Education and Prevention \n\n\n\n\nJaceline Fianza\, BSN\, RN\, Boston Medical Center\n\n\n\nNneka Nwokeji\, BSN\, RN\, Boston Medical Center\n\n\n\nYetunde Oyenuga\, BSN\, RN\, Boston Medical Center\n\n\n\nZandra Williams\, BSN\, RN\, Boston Medical Center\n\n\n\n\n2 – 2:15 p.m.: Break \n\n\n\n2:15 – 3 p.m.: Balancing Compassion and Safety: Caring for Patients with Dementia\, Alzheimer’s Disease\, and Related Conditions \n\n\n\n\nSarah D. Berry\, MD – Senior Scientist\, Hebrew SeniorLife; Chief\, Gerontology\, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center \n\n\n\n\n\nAlice Bonner\, PhD\, RN – Chair\, Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition; Adjunct Faculty\, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing \n\n\n\n\n\nSakhonh (Shack) Kheuamun – Director of Security & Emergency Management\, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center\n\n\n\nJackie Mello\, RN – Director of Professional Practice and Educational Programming\, Hebrew SeniorLife\n\n\n\nAnnie O’Brien\, RN – Education Specialist\, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center\n\n\n\nModerator: Pat Noga\, PhD\, RN – Vice President\, Clinical Affairs\, MHA\n\n\n\n\n3 – 3:45 p.m.: Safe by Design: Creating Healthcare Environments That Protect Patients and Care Teams \n\n\n\n\nDavid Corbin – Owner & Principal Consultant\, Dynamic Security Strategies\, LLC\n\n\n\n\n3:45 p.m.: Closing Remarks
URL:https://www.mhalink.org/event/2026-healthcare-safety-violence-prevention-summit/
LOCATION:MHA Conference Center\, 500 District Ave\, Burlington\, Massachusetts\, 01803\, United States
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