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SUMMARY:MHA's 2026 Communications Summit
DESCRIPTION:$149  Per Person$129  Groups of 3+  \n\n\n\nBreakfast\, lunch\, and networking opportunities included!  \n\n\n\nThis event is closed-press. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\nEVENT CONTACT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTERFAX 781-262-6136 \n\n\n\nMAIL – Check Payable to MHAMHA Education Department500 District AveBurlington\, MA 01803-5096 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you are experiencing any difficulties with the site or registration\, please email Laurie Snelson at lsnelson@mhalink.org for assistance. In your correspondence\, please include the registrant’s name\, title\, organization\, and email for confirmation \n\n\n\nMassachusetts healthcare has a powerful story to tell\, led by a vibrant and deeply experienced network of communications professionals. MHA’s second Communications Summit will bring those leaders together in one place to explore some of the topics defining today’s landscape\, from crisis management to the role of AI to a rapidly changing policy landscape. This event is a valuable opportunity for healthcare communicators to hear from experts across the state\, discuss shared challenges and opportunities\, and build lasting connections with peers. Whether you are a VP or an emerging leader\, this forum is built for you! \n\n\n\nWhen Crisis Calls: Lessons from the Past Year \n\n\n\nHear from local communications leaders about how they navigated the unexpected\, keeping workers\, patients\, and local communities informed through real-life events over the past year. \n\n\n\n\nJohn Looney – Vice President\, Marketing and Communications\, UMass Memorial Health\n\n\n\nBeth MacNeill – Vice President\, Marketing and Development\, Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital\n\n\n\nMODERATOR: Rich Copp – Executive Vice President\, Issues Management Group\n\n\n\nAdditional panelists to be announced\n\n\n\n\nKEYNOTE – Prompts and Circumstance: How AI is Shaping Public Communications  \n\n\n\nJohn Wihbey\, Professor of Media & Communications Technology\, Northeastern University \n\n\n\n\nWith the arrival of AI facets of healthcare\, communications teams are navigating how to best explore\, utilize\, and monitor automated technology while maintaining the trusted\, authentic voice their organizations rely on. This session\, led by Professor John Wihbey of Northeastern University\, will provide attendees with an inside look at how AI is being adopted across the broader public communications landscape. \n\n\n\nProfessor Wihbey has conducted nationally-recognized research on AI’s emergence in media and public-sector communications – with important takeaways for credibility-driven sectors like healthcare. \n\n\n\n\nState of the Art: A Roundtable of Government Communications Leaders \n\n\n\nMuch like the healthcare sector\, state government is responsible for sharing essential messages to mass audiences – all while maintaining trust and transparency in a fast-moving environment. This panel will feature the communications leaders who help make it happen. \n\n\n\n\nOlivia James – Deputy Communications Director\, Massachusetts Executive Office of Health & Human Services\n\n\n\nMolly McGlynn – Communications Director\, Office of Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell\n\n\n\nStacey Nee – Director of Communications\, MassHealth\n\n\n\nMickey O’Neill – Communications Director\, Massachusetts Health Policy Commission\n\n\n\n\n2026 Leadership Panel: The Voices Behind the Mission \n\n\n\nHear from local hospital and health system communications leaders as they discuss their career journeys and explore the trends\, priorities\, and dynamics shaping their work today. \n\n\n\n\nTerri Febo Robinson – Senior Director of Communications and Content\, Hebrew SeniorLife\n\n\n\nMarcia Emerson – Vice President\, Communications\, Beth Israel Lahey Health\n\n\n\nJennifer Wills – Chief Marketing and Communications Officer\, Baystate Health\n\n\n\nAdditional panelists to be announced\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nCancellation Policy (for in-person events only): Full refunds will be recognized when cancellations occur at least 5 business days prior to an in-person event. Any cancellation notices received after this time will result in $50 administrative fee. To avoid this penalty\, you may send someone in your place by forwarding their full name\, title and email address to the Director of Healthcare Education\, Amy Smalarz at asmalarz@mhalink.org. No shows will be responsible for payment in full.
URL:https://www.mhalink.org/event/mhas-2026-communications-summit/
LOCATION:MHA Conference Center\, 500 District Ave\, Burlington\, Massachusetts\, 01803\, United States
CATEGORIES:MHA Conferences
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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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