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....
Crafting the Perfect Collaboration: How do You Align Hospitalists, Physician Advisors, ED Physicians, and Other Heavy Hitters?
Toni Cesta, Ph.D., RN, FAAN and Beverly Cunningham, MS, RN
The collaborative roles of the physician advisor and those in the CM department are one of the lynchpins to positively impacting hospital outcomes. This webinar will review the roles of the physician advisor, hospitalist, key physician stakeholders, and their collaborate responsibilities with RN CMs, social work CMs, and CM lead....
Bridging the Discharge Gap: Complying with the CMS Discharge Planning Standards and Worksheet
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
Optimal discharge planning prevents unnecessary readmissions and ensures hospitals comply with the CMS standards and receive reimbursements. This year, 2,573 hospitals forfeited $564 million from higher readmissions. This program will cover the CMS proposed discharge planning process, which includes changes to the admission a....
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....
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....
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....
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....
Attacking Your Own Network: A Lesson on Penetration Testing
Chuck Kesler, MBA, CISSP, CISM, PMP and John Nye, CISSP, CEH, LPT, ECSA
1 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....
Safer Transition from the ER Using Asynchronous Virtual Care
Matt Muller, MD
1 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 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....
Cybersecurity: Achieving Prevailing Practices
Mark W. Dill, CISM, CRISC
1 Hours
Phishing, ransomware, hacking, and malware are cyber threats to PHI and other sensitive data which must be addressed. However, many healthcare organizations have limited resources to address these new and evolving threats while still maintaining regulatory compliance. Achieving “best practices” may not be a realistic goal. This....
Buy-in Through Opt-in: Shared Services Engagement Strategies
Suzanne Carmack, PhD, MFA, MEd and Dawn Stapleton
0.75 Hours
Through a powerful public health case study, this session will articulate how successful social marketing and stakeholder engagement strategies were applied to develop and execute both strategic communication and standards harmonization efforts for CDC’s Surveillance Data Platform with Shared Services Initiative, and ways that t....
Chief Experience Officer: New Leader Driving Innovation to Transform Healthcare
Sue Murphy, RN
1 Hours
A new cadre of healthcare executives, Chief Experience Officers (CXOs), are driving innovations to improve communication, patient engagement, staff resiliency, and much more. Gaining prominence in healthcare organizations around the country, these change agents are creating sustainable system transformation that delivers optimal....
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....
Establishing Your Professional Identity - Module A: Essentials of Professional Identity
Ellen Fink-Samnick, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, CCM, CRP and Barbara Leach, RN, BSN, MS
2.25 Hours
The purpose of the Establishing Your Professional Identity course is to apply evidence-based grounding skills to bridge the gaps in the learners’ knowledge, skills and practice about Critical Thinking, Emotional Intelligence, Conflict Resolution & Negotiation, Leadership & Collaboration, and Interacting with Difficult Individual....
Safe Management of the Diabetic Foot
Industry Specialists
1.25 Hours
This course is aimed at all healthcare professionals who care for people with diabetes. The training will help professionals to recognise and manage active foot disease.
Nutrition and Hydration
Industry Specialists
1 Hours
This module looks at what a healthy diet consists of, how to support service users to make the right food and drink choices and how to monitor their food and drink intake.
Antiretrovirals and Their Toxicity Advanced
Daisy Arrillaga RN, BSN
This course is intended to provide interventions to reduce toxicities associated with HIV medications.
Care At The End Of Life
Ms Deb Shearman
0.5 Hours
Overview; Peoples rights; Responding to diverse needs, wants, goals and preferences; Advanced Care Planning; Enduring Guardian; End of life mental health and physical health care; Recognising and responding to indicators of terminal phase of life
Fire Safety
Deb Shearman
1 Hours
Overview; Fire Safety; Evacuation; Security; Other emergencies: Overview; Workplace fire hazards and control; Emergency fire safety procedures; Fire process, properties and extinguishment; RACE; Firefighting equipment; Emergency control equipment
Self knowledge and emotional intelligence
Kathleen Fitzsimmons RN, MEd. PhD
This course discusses tools for personal and professional self-assessment including the dynamics of self-knowing. It will help the healthcare professional develop emotional intelligence by utilizing the emotional intelligence framework. The course describes how empathy affects patient outcomes and discusses tools necessary to co....
Medication Management
Deb Shearman
0.5 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....