Piped Gas Supply
Baha Al-Shaikh
0.50 Hours
Anaesthetists regularly use piped gas supply and suction in different parts of the hospital. This session explores the different components of the piped gas system, examines safety procedures governing its usage, and describes how it operates in conjunction with the anaesthetic machine.
Breathing Systems Filters
Tony Wilkes
0.50 Hours
This session introduces the different types of breathing system filters, their use and associated complications.
Pulse Oximetry
Matthew Gardner
0.50 Hours
The pulse oximeter is perhaps the most useful monitor used by anaesthetists. This session examines its uses, component parts and the basic physics of how it works, and explores its limitations and causes of error.
Central Venous and Pulmonary Artery Catheters
Baha Al-Shaikh
0.50 Hours
Central venous catheters are widely used in various clinical settings. This session describes the indications for their use, their types, sites of insertion, techniques employed in their insertion, benefits and risks associated with their use. The pulmonary artery flotation catheter is also described.
Oesophageal Doppler Cardiac Output Monitoring
Peter Anderson and Robert Kong
0.50 Hours
This session will cover the basic principles underlying oesophageal Doppler cardiac output monitoring, the practicalities of use of the monitor and clinical applications.
Developing an Enterprise Imaging Strategy
Dawn Cram, RT(R,M), CIIP
1.00 Hours
A successful approach in creating an enterprise imaging strategy begins with setting realistic expectations and defining specific organizational needs. While foundational goals should remain consistent across providers, how an organization defines their strategy will differ. Explore variations in approach and be guided towards d....
Population Health Information Exchange Over a Digital Bridge
Jim Jellison, MPH and Jeff Livesay
1.00 Hours
Digital Bridge is a collaboration between healthcare, public health, and health information technology organizations to ensure our nation’s health through improved information sharing across sectors. As its first project, the collaborative has designed a nationally scalable, multi-jurisdictional approach to electronic case repor....
Radical Care Transformation with Social Determinant Data
Michelle Lehr O'Connell, MPA and Carlos Olivares
1.00 Hours
Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic (YVFWC) is the largest community-based health center in the Pacific Northwest, with 34 clinics in Washington and Oregon serving 139,369 patients. One Oregon clinic, aptly dubbed “Radical Rosewood”, has used payment reform as an opportunity to radically re-envision the way care is delivered to a....
Achieving HIMSS Stage 7: Realizing the Benefits of Your EHR
Kris K. Wilson, RT (R)(MR)(CT), MHA, PMP and Christine Takahashi, RN
1.00 Hours
Obtaining HIMSS Stage 7 recognition is a definite milestone for any organization, yet many hospitals perceive the process of obtaining HIMSS Stage 7 as overwhelming. This session will take you through the journey of obtaining HIMSS Stage 7 for our organization and the process of HIMSS Stage 7 recertification. It will help expl....
Changing the Channel: Transforming Interactive Patient Entertainment
Vanessa Mona
0.75 Hours
Patient education and entertainment systems have evolved over the past five years into patient engagement systems. Solutions have advanced from basic methods of nurses conversing with patients and leaving printed material, through bringing a TV and VCR cart into the room, to current interactive systems that deliver content on th....
Antimicrobial Stewardship
Ms Deb Shearman
0.50 Hours
Overview; Misuse and over use of antimicrobials Principles and strategies to achieve antimicrobial stewardship; Relevance to the aged care sector; Everyday practice to reduce antimicrobial resistance
Breast Imaging Essentials Module 1: Fundamentals of Breast Imaging
Myke Kudlas, M.Ed.,R.T.(R)(QM), CIIP, PMP
This module describes the radiographic principles essential to mammography, the purpose of regulations and licensing regarding the performance of mammography, and techniques that produce quality mammographic imaging with minimal radiation exposure. You will also learn about the development and purpose of digital mammography in a....
Diagnostic Challenges in Mastocytosis: Serum Tryptase, Allele-Specific PCR and GI Pathology
Dr. Joseph H. Butterfield (MD FAAAAI), Patrizia Bonadonna (MD CME), Joseph H. Butterfield (MD FAAAAI
2.50 Hours
The problem of evaluating an elevated serum tryptase value is common and widespread. The significance of the elevation depends on several factors that can be sorted out using a comprehensive understanding of the probabilities of mastocytosis, familial tryptasemia and mast cell activation disorder and currently available laborato....
Automating Pollen Identification/NAB
Dr. Mark C. Glaum (MD PhD FAAAAI), Dr. Michael Teng (PhD), and Martin D. Chapman (PhD FAAAAI)
1.25 Hours
This session will review new methods under investigation which should result in automated aeroallergen determinations which are more cost effective and accurate than current techniques used to assess aeroallergen levels. Each subject will involve an extensive literature review and discussion among presenters to make sure the....
Allied Health: Cutting Edge: Health Related Quality of Life and Allergy Disease
Dr. Matthew J. Greenhawt (MD MBA MSc) and
1.50 Hours
Provides an overview of the research on the impact of food allergy on health related quality of life and the differences in assessment tools used for IgE and non-IgE mediated food allergy.
CAH 2016: Hot Topics and Problematic Standards
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
During this event, attendees will learn about the proposed changes on discharge planning that are set to affect CAHs and that likely will go into effect in early 2017. Additionally, we'll explore proposed changes to the Hospital Improvement Act, which calls for required antibiotic stewardship programs, changes in infection contr....
Case Management Across the Continuum: Acute Care & Community Case Management
Toni Cesta, PhD, RN, FAAN and Beverly Cunningham, MS, RN
Integrating case management across the continuum requires the removal of silos separating acute care and community-based case management. These gaps in case management services are directly related to the schism in ways hospitals are reimbursed. To bridge the gap, hospitals are looking for reimbursement programs like bundled pay....
Order Sets, Protocols, Preprinted & Standing Orders: CMS Interpretive Guidelines and Regulations
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
This program will outline the CMS interpretive guidelines and regulations related to order sets, protocols, preprinted orders, and standing orders. Our expert will discuss four sections in the Hospital CoP manual on standing orders and protocols. She will also review related tag changes, including Tag 457, which is considered on....
Preventing Infant Abductions: What is Your Responsibility?
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
Infant abduction is a severe issue that all healthcare facilities must prevent by maintaining a safe environment. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) reported 133 infant abduction cases from healthcare facilities, and about 95% of abductions result in litigation. This program will provide the CMS and....
Radiology, Contracted Services, Emergency Procedures, Visitation, Medical Record, Surgical Services & Anesthesia Services
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
CMS frequently updates the CAH Conditions of Participations (CoPs) in order to keep up with the changing healthcare infrastructure and deliver quality service. This 4-part series will deliver the current state and the 2018 proposed changes in the CAH CoPs. The series will detail every section in the CAH CoPs manual and highlight....
Advancing Digital Health in Canada
Michael Green and Susan Sepa, CHE, MSc, RN, CPHIMS-Ca
1.00 Hours
Join your colleagues from Canada Health Infoway as they describe the digital health journey in Canada and what’s next, leveraging the significant investment in EHR / EMR infrastructure since 2001. Much is accomplished and there is much more to do. The strategy has shifted from a traditional strategic investor role to one of prov....
Care Pathways and Data Analytics for Advancement of Healthcare
Jack A. Ziffer, PhD, MD and Donald Kosiak JR, MD, MBA, CPE
1.00 Hours
Across the country, health systems have digitized their data, but have not put it to use in any meaningful way for managing real time clinical workflows. To be truly successful in changing clinical and financial outcomes, there is a need to develop the ability to leverage near real-time available clinical, financial, and process....
Data-Driven Patient Care: Making eCQMs Work for You
Jill Bradford-Shuemaker, RN, CPHIMS and Zahid Butt, MD, FACG
1.00 Hours
What does your Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs) data tell you about the care of patient’s in your hospital? Perhaps it is a true reflection; offering you and your executive team a penetrating look at your exact Emergency Department wait times and the rate of stroke education for all of your stroke patients. Maybe. Or....
Patients As Consumers: How Leading Providers Are Digitally Transforming Patient Consults
Santosh Mohan, MMCi, CPHIMS, FHIMSS and Rasu B Shrestha, MD, MBA
1.00 Hours
Having to discern and address patient preferences before, during, or after a consult often adds complexity, but understanding motivations and addressing choices can add clinical, operational, and financial value to care delivery. This session will highlight case studies and explore design considerations of tools, concepts, appro....
OHI: Healthcare Interoperability at the Olympic Games
Todd Cooper and Michael Nusbaum, BaSc, MHSA, FHIMSS
1.00 Hours
Every two years, people from around the world converge on a community to compete in the Olympic Games, celebrating athletic excellence and inspiring the world to strive to excel in every endeavor. The HIMSS Olympic Healthcare Interoperability (OHI) initiative seeks to advance the seamless exchange and use of health information....