Lean Healthcare 200: Applying the Fundamentals is two full days of hands-on learning, equipping participants with practical tools and strategies to make significant and sustainable cultural changes within their organizations for the new healthcare environment. Classes are scheduled for September 13-14, 2011, in Wilmington, and November 8-9, 2011, in Winston-Salem. No prior Lean training or experience is required. The course is limited to 30 attendees, so register today at www.NCQualityCenter.org/educationlean2011.lasso.  For questions and more information, please contact Dean Higgins at [email protected] or 919-677-4212. The NC Lean Healthcare Alliance is associated with the NC Quality Center and NC State University.

NC Health Data Explorer: An Interactive Mapping Tool for Community Health Assessments is a webinar that will be held on Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, and hosted by the CareShare Health Alliance. The webinar will teach participants how to use the North Carolina Health Data Explorer, a new online tool developed by the Center for Health Services Research and Development at East Carolina University. The tool provides access to health data at the county level. Space is limited, so please reserve your seat now at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/705429448. Registrants will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the webinar.

SMA Annual Excellence in Clinical Leadership, Cardiovascular Disease…Interdisciplinary Challenges will be offered at the Southern Medical Association Annual Meeting, November 3-5, 2011, in Williamsburg, VA. More information is available at http://www.sma.org/am2011.