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workforce training launched a new RN to Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program, which is designed for nurses with an associate degree in nursing who want to earn an advanced nursing degree. The courses are offered through a flexible e-learning format to accommodate a full-time work schedule. "We feel pretty good here at Concordia because of our e-learning program," Kaul says. UW-Green Bay is offering a new online, distance education Master of Science in Nursing degree with an emphasis in leadership and management in health systems. The program grew following the Institute of Medicine report. "Their goals included things like working on methodologies to reduce cost and health care and improve patient satisfaction," Reilly says. A Wisconsin Center for Nursing survey in 2011 noted only 9 percent of Training in electronic record-keeping T he University of Wisconsin-Green Bay began a Health Information Technology and Management Program. Health care professionals, including nurses, are enrolled in this baccalaureate program learning about technologies to support heath care efficiencies as well as management practices. the nurses have a master's degree. "A master-prepared nurse would improve safety and quality and the organization," Reilly says. Hughes says the Fox Valley is doing its best to accommodate nursing students. Two obstacles remain: finding clinical placements and faculty. The Fox Valley Healthcare Alliance is a partnership between health care agencies, educational institutions, public health and other agencies that have aligned since October 2004, to improve the state of the health care workforce in a seven-county region of Prevea360 Dr. Brenda Tyczkowski, academic director, says the program, while not a nursing program, does meet the complex, changing needs of the technical advances in the health care industry. "The focus in health care records has changed the picture quite a bit," she says. "Pretty much everybody has electronic records." Northeast Wisconsin. "We're competitors, businesswise, but really all have the same goal: to produce quality health care professionals," Hughes says. "And the agencies want to hire high-quality health care professionals." Jen Meyer, another FVHCA cochair and ThedaCare Education Consultant, said in an email that the group prioritizes programs based on member need. "We've worked on things such as standardizing processes for higher education students so they can Better benefits. Lower premiums. Real business solutions. Prevea360 is a better kind of health plan. It's a true collaboration of trusted health care and insurance experts that drives unnecessary costs out of the entire health care process. And because Prevea360 was developed by and for the people of Northeast Wisconsin and the Lakeshore, resources are reinvested locally to continue improving health care right here at home. See how much you could save. Call 1-877-230-7615 or visit prevea360.com. Underwritten by Dean Health Plan, Inc. 42 | Insight • O c t o b e r 2 013 w w w. i n s i g h t o n b u s i n e s s . c o m