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Committee asks staff to explore contracting for standardized nurse support‑group oversight and funding options
Summary
After a presentation by Birchwood Solutions, the committee instructed staff to explore a public procurement to standardize nurse support‑group facilitation and asked staff to include options for board coverage of administrative costs and partial participant subsidies.
The committee heard a presentation from Birchwood Solutions on managed support‑group services for nurses in recovery, discussed vendor and regulatory options, and voted to recommend that the full board explore a contracting process to standardize oversight of nurse support‑group facilitators with consideration of board funding of administrative costs and partial participant subsidies.
Elizabeth Temple of Birchwood Solutions described a turnkey online support‑group management service the company provides: facilitator training and vetting, facilitator audits, HIPAA‑compliant participant and…
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