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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/communications/calendar/">Health Care Observances Calendar</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="fdpc_odd fdpc_section fdpc_last communications_resources"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/communications/communications_resources/">Resources</a> <ul class="fdpc_level_2 communications_resources"> <li class="fdpc_odd fdpc_page electronic_archive"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/communications/communications_resources/">E-Publications Archive</a></li> <li class="fdpc_even fdpc_page print_archive"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/communications/communications_resources/print_archive.html">Print Publications Archive</a></li> <li class="fdpc_odd fdpc_page links"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/communications/communications_resources/links.html">Important Links</a></li> <li class="fdpc_even fdpc_page newslink_archive_dec13"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/communications/communications_resources/newslink_archive_dec13.html">Newslink December 2013</a></li> <li class="fdpc_odd fdpc_page fdpc_last newslink_archive_april14"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/communications/communications_resources/newslink_archive_april14.html">Newslink April 2014</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="fdpc_level_0 fdpc_odd fdpc_section fdpc_here advocacy"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/advocacy/" class="fdpc_level_0">Advocacy</a> <ul class="fdpc_level_1 advocacy"> <li class="fdpc_odd fdpc_page be_an_advocate"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/advocacy/">Be an Advocate</a></li> <li class="fdpc_even fdpc_section state_issues"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/advocacy/state_issues/">State Issues</a> <ul class="fdpc_level_2 state_issues"> <li class="fdpc_odd fdpc_section fdpc_last legislature_2013_14"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/advocacy/state_issues/legislature_2013_14/">103rd Legislative Session 2013-14</a> <ul class="fdpc_level_3 legislature_2013_14"> <li class="fdpc_odd fdpc_page state_issues"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/advocacy/state_issues/legislature_2013_14/">Issues</a></li> <li class="fdpc_even fdpc_page state_bills"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/advocacy/state_issues/legislature_2013_14/state_bills.html">Bills of Interest</a></li> <li class="fdpc_odd fdpc_page state_testimonies"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/advocacy/state_issues/legislature_2013_14/state_testimonies.html">Testimonies</a></li> <li class="fdpc_even fdpc_page regulatoryhearing_testimony"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/advocacy/state_issues/legislature_2013_14/regulatoryhearing_testimony.html">Regulatory Hearing Testimonies</a></li> <li class="fdpc_odd fdpc_page 2014_legislative_wrapup"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/advocacy/state_issues/legislature_2013_14/2014_legislative_wrapup.html">2014 Legislative Wrap-Up</a></li> <li class="fdpc_even fdpc_page fdpc_last 2013_legislative_wrapup"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/advocacy/state_issues/legislature_2013_14/2013_legislative_wrapup.html">2013 Legislative Wrap-Up</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="fdpc_odd fdpc_section federal_issues"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/advocacy/federal_issues/">Federal Issues</a> <ul class="fdpc_level_2 federal_issues"> <li class="fdpc_odd fdpc_page fdpc_last federal_tracker"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/advocacy/federal_issues/federal_tracker.html">Tracking Federal Issues</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="fdpc_even fdpc_section action_center"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/advocacy/action_center/">Action Center</a> <ul class="fdpc_level_2 action_center"> <li class="fdpc_odd fdpc_page current_state_legislation"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/advocacy/action_center/">Current state legislation</a></li> <li class="fdpc_even fdpc_page advocacy_alerts"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/advocacy/action_center/advocacy_alerts.html">Advocacy alerts</a></li> <li class="fdpc_odd fdpc_page fdpc_last presentations"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/advocacy/action_center/presentations.html">Presentations</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="fdpc_odd fdpc_page nhapac"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/advocacy/nhapac.html">NHA Political Action Committee</a></li> <li class="fdpc_even fdpc_page fdpc_here advocacyday2014"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/advocacy/advocacyday2014.html">Advocacy Day </a></li> <li class="fdpc_odd fdpc_page fdpc_last advocacy_resources"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/advocacy/advocacy_resources.html">Resources</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="fdpc_level_0 fdpc_even fdpc_section quality_and_safety"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/quality_and_safety/" class="fdpc_level_0">Quality & Safety</a> <ul class="fdpc_level_1 quality_and_safety"> <li class="fdpc_odd fdpc_section quality_initiatives"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/quality_and_safety/quality_initiatives/">Quality Initiatives</a> <ul class="fdpc_level_2 quality_initiatives"> <li class="fdpc_odd fdpc_section quest_for_excellence"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/quality_and_safety/quality_initiatives/quest_for_excellence/">Quest for Excellence</a> <ul class="fdpc_level_3 quest_for_excellence"> <li class="fdpc_odd fdpc_page quest_for_excellence"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/quality_and_safety/quality_initiatives/quest_for_excellence/">Quest for Excellence Award</a></li> <li class="fdpc_even fdpc_section fdpc_last questforexcellence_archive"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/quality_and_safety/quality_initiatives/quest_for_excellence/questforexcellence_archive/">Quest for Excellence Awards Archive</a> <ul class="fdpc_level_4 questforexcellence_archive"> <li class="fdpc_odd fdpc_page questforexcellence_archive_2012"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/quality_and_safety/quality_initiatives/quest_for_excellence/questforexcellence_archive/">2012 Quest for Excellence Awards</a></li> <li class="fdpc_even fdpc_page questforexcellence_archive_2011"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/quality_and_safety/quality_initiatives/quest_for_excellence/questforexcellence_archive/questforexcellence_archive_2011.html">2011 Quest for Excellence Awards</a></li> <li class="fdpc_odd fdpc_page questforexcellence_archive_2010"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/quality_and_safety/quality_initiatives/quest_for_excellence/questforexcellence_archive/questforexcellence_archive_2010.html">2010 Quest for Excellence Awards</a></li> <li class="fdpc_even fdpc_page questforexcellence_archive_2009"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/quality_and_safety/quality_initiatives/quest_for_excellence/questforexcellence_archive/questforexcellence_archive_2009.html">2009 Quest for Excellence Awards</a></li> <li class="fdpc_odd fdpc_page questforexcellence_archive_2008"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/quality_and_safety/quality_initiatives/quest_for_excellence/questforexcellence_archive/questforexcellence_archive_2008.html">2008 Quest for Excellence Awards</a></li> <li class="fdpc_even fdpc_page questforexcellence_archive_2007"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/quality_and_safety/quality_initiatives/quest_for_excellence/questforexcellence_archive/questforexcellence_archive_2007.html">2007 Quest for Excellence Awards</a></li> <li class="fdpc_odd fdpc_page fdpc_last questforexcellence_archive_2005"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/quality_and_safety/quality_initiatives/quest_for_excellence/questforexcellence_archive/questforexcellence_archive_2005.html">2005 Quest for Excellence Awards</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="fdpc_even fdpc_page med_reconciliation"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/quality_and_safety/quality_initiatives/med_reconciliation.html">Medication Reconciliation</a></li> <li class="fdpc_odd fdpc_page hen"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/quality_and_safety/quality_initiatives/hen.html">Hospital Engagement Network (HEN)</a></li> <li class="fdpc_even fdpc_page fdpc_last color_coded_wristbands"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/quality_and_safety/quality_initiatives/color_coded_wristbands.html">Color Coded Wristbands for Safety</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="fdpc_even fdpc_page leaders_in_quality"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/quality_and_safety/leaders_in_quality.html">Leaders in Quality Videos</a></li> <li class="fdpc_odd fdpc_page rural_qi"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/quality_and_safety/rural_qi.html">Rural QI Steering Committee</a></li> <li class="fdpc_even fdpc_section emergency_preparedness"> <a 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Each NHA member is called to be an active participant in our advocacy efforts. We can create great change – together – by speaking up, speaking out and speaking loudly. When we speak together, state legislators must listen and must respond to the issues that impact our patients, our staff and our industry. Together, we can educate, inform and motivate elected officials to make policy and funding decisions that make Nebraska a healthier, stronger state.</p> <p><font face="Verdana" color="#00000" size="2">NHA’s Advocacy Day highlights the 2014 legislative issues impacting Nebraska hospitals and health systems, and how they deliver quality and affordable care to their communities. Additionally, Advocacy Day provides health care advocates and leaders with the opportunity to visit with and educate state senators about how health care legislation will affect them.</p> <p><font face="Verdana" color="#00000" size="2">YOUR PARTICIPATION IS IMPORTANT! Having a strong understanding of legislative issues and how they impact your hospital and community is critical for health care executives. Your knowledge of the legislative issues and state health care policy allow you to effectively be a voice and advocate. We will be the most successful when legislators and policymakers hear your grassroots stories describing the realities of health care in Nebraska.</p> <hr/> <p><font size="3" face="Verdana" color="#1D2F68" < b><b>Thank you to our Advocacy Day 2014 Sponsors<br/> <br><font size="2"" color="#00000">Premier Sponsor</b><br></p> <div class="content_image_box align_image_default" style="width: 414px;"> <p class="content_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.lmcins.com/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431im_/http://cdn.firespring.com/images/42ff9756-87d3-4078-a08b-c6330d986aac.png" width="404" height="117" alt="Premier Sponsor" border="0"/></a></p> </div> <hr/> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2" <br/> <b>Champion Sponsors</b></p> <div class="content_image_box align_image_default" style="width: 310px;"> <p class="content_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.alegentcreighton.com/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431im_/http://cdn.firespring.com/images/4f19df68-9d55-43b0-af15-9e0a4d2a6dca.jpg" width="300" height="33" alt="Alegent Creighton Health" border="0"/></a></p> </div> <div class="content_image_box align_image_default" style="width: 310px;"> <p class="content_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.catholichealthinit.org/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431im_/http://cdn.firespring.com/images/76a382dd-4a7c-4868-9a23-5c3dd9f37fbc.jpg" width="300" height="57" alt="CHI Nebraska" border="0"/></a></p> </div> <div class="content_image_box align_image_default" style="width: 310px;"> <p class="content_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.bairdholm.com/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431im_/http://cdn.firespring.com/images/9503b197-e4cc-41bd-a57f-b7408bc6b752.jpg" width="300" height="104" alt="Baird Holm" border="0"/></a></p> </div> <div class="content_image_box align_image_default" style="width: 180px;"> <p class="content_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.marylanning.org/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431im_/http://cdn.firespring.com/images/286c444e-c6d9-4c51-984b-4b47a0a54daf.jpg" width="170" height="125" alt="Mary Lanning" border="0"/></a></p> </div> <hr/> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2" <br/> <b>Advocate Sponsors</b><br/> COPIC<br/> Sampson Construction Co., Inc.<br/> Stinson Leonard Street LLP<br><br/> <b>Legislative Luncheon Table Sponsors</b><br/> Avera St. Anthony's Hospital<br/> Children's Hospital & Medical Center<br/> MMIC<br/> The Nebraska Medical Center<br/> Nebraska Spine Hospital LLC<br><br/> <b>Contributor Sponsors</b><br/> Community Hospital<br/> Great Plains Communications, Inc.<br/> Husker Rehabilitation & Wellness Centers, PC<br/> Lexington Regional Health Center<br/> Mueller Robak LLC</p> <hr/> <p><b><font face="Verdana" color="#1D2F68" size="2">Advocacy Team of the Year Award</b><br/> <font face="Verdana" color="#00000" size="2">The 2013 Advocacy Team of the Year will be announced during Advocacy Day on March 12, 2014.<br><br>The Advocacy Team of the Year for 2012 was St. Francis Memorial Hospital in West Point.<font face="Verdana" size="2"><br/> <br>Contact <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/mailto:brieker@nebraskahospitals.org?subject=Advocacy Inquiry from Web site">Bruce Rieker</a> or <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/mailto:tklingler@nebraskahospitals.org"> Timoree Klingler </a>at the NHA with questions.</p> </div> </div> <footer class="wrap"> <div class="footer_links"> </div>  <div class="locations"> <div class="locations_website_title"> Nebraska Hospital Association </div> <div class="location location1"> <div class="location_addresses"> <div class="location_address location_address1"> 3255 Salt Creek Circle, Suite 100 </div> <div class="location_address location_address2"> Lincoln, NE 68504-4778 </div> <div class="location_end"></div> </div> <div class="location_phones"> <div class="location_phone location_phone1"> <span class="location_phone_label">Phone</span> <span class="location_phone_number">(402) 742-8140</span> </div> <div class="location_phone location_phone2"> <span class="location_phone_label">Fax</span> <span class="location_phone_number">(402) 742-8191</span> </div> <div class="location_end"></div> </div> <div class="location_email"> <span class="location_email_label">E-mail</span> <span class="location_email_link"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140620205431/http://www.nebraskahospitals.org/contact.html">info@NebraskaHospitals.org</a></span> </div> <div class="location_info"> <p>Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 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