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Board directs staff to study outsourcing nurse support‑group management after vendor briefing
Summary
After a presentation from Birchwood Solutions on managing nurse support groups, the board asked staff to investigate feasibility and report back. Birchwood described online, facilitated support groups with facilitator vetting, data auditing, participant payment options and financial assistance.
The Board of Registered Nursing heard a presentation May 29 from Birchwood Solutions outlining a turnkey model for managing nurse support groups and voted to ask staff to study the feasibility and sustainability of outsourcing support‑group management and to bring a proposal to the committee.
Birchwood told the board it has provided outsourced, professionally facilitated online support groups to alternative‑to‑discipline programs since 2011. The company said its model includes facilitator vetting and training, written facilitator standards, standardized group reporting and auditing, secure HIPAA‑compliant meeting platforms and a participant financial assistance program the…
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