ASHRM's Barton Certificate Program in Healthcare Risk Management, a cornerstone of ASHRM's professional development opportunities, covers key aspects of risk management while providing valuable continuing education credits. Leading experts, professional contacts, powerful tools and impactful lessons are just some of the valuable ways in which participants and their employers can benefit from attending the Barton Modules. Learn more...
Here's how one recent attendee summed up the experience:
“I feel I am going from good
to great.”
-- Barton Modules attendee
2012 Schedule
Program Information
Accommodations & Travel
Continuing Education Credits
Washington D.C., National Harbor
Thursday, October 4 7:00 AM-5:00 PM
Friday, October 5 7:00 AM-5:00 PM
Saturday, October 6 7:00 AM-12:00 PM
Location is pre-conference at the Gaylord
National, room to be announced.
Audience
Risk and quality managers, insurance and claims professionals, safety officers, administrators, financial officers, clinicians, attorneys, consultants and other healthcare professionals from all levels of experience.
Curriculum
| Essentials | Applications | Advanced Forum | |
| Schedule* October 4 October 5 October 6 |
Registration/Breakfast: 7 - 8 a.m. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.(Lunch provided) 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Lunch provided) 8 a.m. - noon |
Registration/Breakfast: 7 - 8 a.m. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.(Lunch provided) 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Lunch provided) 8 a.m. - noon |
Registration/Breakfast: 7 - 8 a.m. 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Lunch provided) 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Lunch provided) 8 a.m. - noon |
| Objective | Establish core competencies and understand emerging trends for a successful program | Gain insights for building forward-looking strategies to enhance a program’s effectiveness | Share challenges and successes with other leaders to drive organizational and personal growth |
| Subject areas | • Enterprise risk management principles • Risk identification and analysis • Risk control, risk financing • Claims management • Statutes, standards and regulations • Program development |
• Risk trending • Laws and regulations • Accreditation • Credentialing • Corporate compliance • Clinical risk management • Emergency preparedness |
• Handling hospital acquired conditions and never events |
| What participants are saying | “I feel very comfortable now beginning my risk management career.” | “I liked the translation of theory into real life case stories. They helped me gain insights I can apply in my daily work.” | “I learned a great deal about the process of ERM which I will be able to utilize.” |
| Recommended reading |
Essentials (PDF) | Applications (PDF) | Advanced Forum (PDF) |
*Schedules are subject to change
Faculty
Barton Modules faculty are seasoned leaders from a variety of settings. They are healthcare risk management professionals who practice in risk financing, claims administration, insurance, patient safety, ethics, compliance and other domains covered in the courses.
Essentials faculty (PDF)
Applications faculty (PDF)
Advanced Forum faculty (PDF)
Format
Methods of instruction for the modules include lecture, discussion, classroom exercises, a case study and an optional final exam.
Sequence
ASHRM recommends that you take the modules in sequence as information expands from one module to the next. Essentials is an ideal educational base for new risk managers, and an excellent up-to-date refresher for more experienced professionals. As the next step, Applications shows how principles described in Essentials actually work in the real world. The Advanced Forum consists of expertly guided, small-group analysis of complex challenges and is most beneficial when all participants are able to share their proven solutions.
Program Cost
Pricing is discounted for ASHRM members. The registration cost covers materials as well as breaks, continental breakfast and lunch on each full day.
| Essentials Module | Earlybird - Sept. 24 | Regular |
| ASHRM member | $600 | $650 |
| Non-member | $700 | $750 |
| Applications Module | Earlybird - Sept. 24 | Regular |
| ASHRM member | $600 | $650 |
| Non-member | $700 | $750 |
| Advanced Module | Earlybird - Sept. 24 | Regular |
| ASHRM member | $675 | $725 |
| Non-member | $775 | $825 |
ASHRM members are entitled to reduced prices for most ASHRM educational programs, publications and member services. Join as a member online or call (312) 422-3980 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. CT weekdays.
Join us in Washington D.C., National Harbor on October 4-6, 2012 for our Pre-Conference Modules.
Educational Grants
The ASHRM 2030 Fund
Learn more about Individual Educational Grants (PDF)
Learn more about Chapter Educational Grants (PDF)
Barton Modules: Essentials
This program is approved for 16.75 contact hours of continuing education credit toward fulfillment of the requirements of ASHRM designations of FASHRM (Fellow) and DFASHRM (Distinguished Fellow), and toward CPHRM renewal. This CNE activity is approved for 16.75 contact hours.
Barton Modules: Applications
This program is approved for 13.25 contact hours of continuing education credit toward fulfillment of the requirements of ASHRM designations of FASHRM (Fellow) and DFASHRM (Distinguished Fellow), and toward CPHRM renewal. This CNE activity is approved for 13.25 contact hours.
Barton Modules: Advanced Forum
This program is approved for 16.5 contact hours of continuing education credit toward fulfillment of the requirements of ASHRM designations of FASHRM (Fellow) and DFASHRM (Distinguished Fellow), and toward CPHRM renewal. This CNE activity is approved for 16.5 contact hours
Illinois Nurses Association
The American Society for Healthcare Risk Management is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Illinois Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Upon completion of all three modules of the Barton Certificate in Healthcare Risk Management Program, ASHRM is pleased to award a certificate of completion for the entire program. Candidates must complete and return the certificate of completion application (Microsoft Word Document), along with copies of each module's certificate, to ASHRM to be eligible for the certificate of completion. Once received, ASHRM will process and send back the certificate of completion to the successful participant.
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