Abnormalities of the Bladder and Urethra
Katharine Halliday
0.50 Hours
In this session you will learn about congenital abnormalities of the bladder and urethra. You will also learn about some normal anatomical structures in the urethra which can be confused with abnormalities.
Arterial Ischaemic Stroke in Infancy and Childhood
Kling Chong
0.50 Hours
This session focuses on the application and role of neuroimaging in the diagnosis and management of paediatric arterial ischaemic stroke.
Paediatric Bone: Lower Body
Isky Gordon
0.50 Hours
This session covers paediatric bone scintigraphy of the lower skeleton including both normals and pathology.
Cardiac: Basic Principles
Gnanasegaran Gopinath
0.75 Hours
This session provides an understanding of basic embryology, anatomy, physiology and biochemistry of the heart.
Risk Factors for Pulmonary Embolism
David Ward
0.25 Hours
Explanation of the origins and utilisation of the modified Wells score for pulmonary embolism in practice.
Definition and Description of Bronchiectasis
Gaurav Agarwal
0.25 Hours
This session describes bronchiectasis and its causes.
Palliative Care Social Work
Jason Davidson
0.50 Hours
This session describes the role of palliative care social workers. It highlights the diversity of the role within a multidisciplinary context and describes how palliative care social workers provide a link between health and social care. This session was reviewed by Tes Smith and Richard Kitchen and last updated in February 2018....
Engaging Children and Young People
Margaret Hunter-Smallbone
0.50 Hours
This session presents a basic guide to engaging children and young people in a one to one interview. It describes how to prepare for the meeting and how to adapt the setting and your manner for different age and ethnic groups. It offers activities to help conversation flow. It gives examples of how to get the most out of your fi....
Running Late Again?
Adam Fraser
0.50 Hours
This session aims to explore the determinants of consultation length and what it means to consult efficiently. This session was reviewed by Jenny Bedford and last updated in October 2014.
Overview of CAH Interpretive Guidelines, CMS Memos, Advance Directives, Emergency Department, Observation & Staffing
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
This program will set the foundation of CAH CoPs. This webinar will summarize CAH regulations and interpretive guidelines and focus on CoP sections of the emergency department, survey process, licensure, telemedicine services, and medical staff. The presenter will outline CMS memos and provide recommendations on creating gap ana....
Pain Management 101: CMS Opioid, IV Medication, and Blood Transfusion Guidelines
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
Each year, serious adverse events are associated with the use of IV opioid medications in hospitals. CMS mandates that all hospital staff give a special assessment the first time an opioid is administered, among other requirements. This program will cover the revised CMS CoPs standards on safe opioid use, IV medication, and b....
Restraint & Seclusion Best Practices: CMS, DNV & TJC Guidelines and Standards
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
Restraint is the number one deficiency hospitals are penalized for in the Hospital CoP because the restraint policy is one of the hardest to write and understand for healthcare employees. CMS recommends hospitals implement restraint training on a regular basis to prevent hospitals from being out of compliance. This program wi....
Scanning barcodes in the Operating Room: Safer procedures, more satisfied personnel. The Greek Army's General Military Hospital.
Mr Sotiris Tsiafos-Tsiaras
During this webinar, Mr Sotiris Tsiafos-Tsiaras, Military Pharmacist and OR Traceability Manager at 401 Athens General Army Hospital in Greece, will explain the strategy to start implementing GS1 standards in a hospital department; key practical elements for successful implementation; how to successfully engage personnel; the im....
Optimizing Care Transitions Across the Continuum
Victoria M. Chestnut, MSN, MBA, RN, CCCTM and James P. Shull
0.25 Hours
Implementing a strategy to address transitions of care across a large integrated health network presents many challenges. Increased pressure to improve utilization rates along with new Transitional Care Management billing opportunities has incentivized health systems to find innovative, cost-efficient ways to ensure transitions....
Engaging and Empowering Patients: Redesigning Patient Care
Jonathan Ringo, MD, CPHIMS and Trish Birch
0.75 Hours
This session will discuss how we transformed care coordination and the patient experience in our Maryland-based health system by implementing a patient engagement and care coordination platform supported by a fully enabled virtual care team. The program streamlined communication, collaboration and coordination among hospitalists....
Safer Transition from the ER Using Asynchronous Virtual Care
Matt Muller, MD
1.00 Hours
Patients leaving the ED lack available post-acute care options, including care coordination. They’re at risk to return to the hospital at significant cost, impacting patient safety, care quality, satisfaction with service and re-admissions. Acute Care Transitions (ACT) sought a solution to engage with patients after discharge wh....
Creating a Population Health Strategy That Scales
Renee Broadbent
0.75 Hours
The foundation of value-based success is a strong population health management (PHM) program that supports the entire organization. PHM programs built on data and technology and supported by robust operations can scale up to meet organization-wide needs. UMass Memorial has built a PHM program that scales. They created a departm....
Precision Medicine: Separating Hype from Reality
John Halamka, MD, MS and Paul Cerrato, MA
1.00 Hours
Precision medicine has profound implications for patient care and clinical outcomes, and is already beginning to impact everyday medical practice. However, implementation faces several obstacles, including overstated claims, resistance among clinical medicine thought leaders and providers, and concerns about costs, data overload....
Attacking Your Own Network: A Lesson on Penetration Testing
Chuck Kesler, MBA, CISSP, CISM, PMP and John Nye, CISSP, CEH, LPT, ECSA
1.00 Hours
Penetration testing, red teaming, vulnerabilities, shells -- these terms are all thrown around regularly when the topic of security is broached. But, in most cases the lingo, and the concepts are scarier to the inexperienced than the benefits appear to be. This session will explore the key benefits of offensive security, and the....
Digital Transformation Across the Healthcare Ecosystem
David Chou and Melissa Hendricks
0.75 Hours
The healthcare industry is being dramatically impacted by ongoing digital disruption. From the big data created by electronic health records, to a patient’s desire to have readily accessible information, healthcare is embarking on a digital-first ecosystem where personalized medicine, high-touch consumer experiences and Internet....
Living Environment
Deb Shearman
0.50 Hours
Overview; Choices and preferences, Comfort; Safety; Connections and inclusion.
Work Health and Safety
Deb Shearman
0.75 Hours
General principles; Employee and employer responsibilities; Workplace risk assessment and management; Return to work; Hazardous substances Safety Data Sheets (SDS).
Medication Management
Deb Shearman
0.50 Hours
Overview; Safety and quality; Risk of common adverse reactions; Medication errors; High Risk Medications and safety issues; Legal and professional responsibilities; People’s rights; Support to self-administer medication; Rights of medication “administration”; Safety issues relating to routes of self-administration; Reporting med....
Myelodysplastic syndromes: update and nursing considerations
Mary Kelly, Teresa Meenaghan, and Maura Dowling
1.00 Hours
This module provides nurses with an update on diagnosis, management and care of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), a complex group of disorders of the bone marrow. MDS has wide-ranging effects on patients’ lives. Understanding the effect of a diagnosis of MDS on patients’ quality of life is an important part of the n....