Introduction to Clinical Decision Making
Kerry Crawley
0.50 Hours
The intent of the Clinical Decision Making module is to take theories on clinical decision making and consider how they apply to contemporary Paramedic practice:
Improving Quality of Care in Anesthesiology
Paul Pomerantz, CAE and Nilesh Chandra
1.00 Hours
Join us as we examine the evolution of the American Society of Anesthesiologists National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry (NACOR). The initial NACOR concept, first discussed in 2008 when it collected quality data from a handful of anesthesia groups, is now a robust QCDR that currently supports PQRS reporting for over 400 a....
Disrupt Advocacy: Put What You Know to Work for Patients
Jeff Coughlin
1.00 Hours
Advocacy is a tool used to initiate policy change at the federal or state level. A robust program can provide the health IT community with the opportunity to state its case for sustaining delivery system reform efforts and the transformation of healthcare. Developing a cohesive message to share with federal and state officials....
Integrating Evidence-Based Decision Tools Within an EHR
Steve Wiesner, MD and Kurt Hegmann, MD, MPH
1.00 Hours
The healthcare industry recognizes the critical role that evidence-based medicine (EBM) plays in improving health outcomes and lowering costs. The use of clinical decision support (CDS) tools incorporating EBM at the point of care provides physicians with easy access to translational research and current recommendations. Kaiser....
Navigating the Gray Areas: Outpatient/Inpatient Hybrids
Andrea M. Hall, MHA, RN and Christina Hiatt
0.75 Hours
As Health Systems expand their care delivery style, more hybrid clinics are forming. How do Informatics teams determine which inpatient vs. outpatient EHR these clinics document in, and how do they decide what needs to be documented? Come learn our process for customizing existing systems to meet the needs of a procedural pain c....
Identifying Frequent ED Users in HIE Impacts Case Management
Jason Shapiro, MD, MA and Tom R. Moore, MS, MPA
1.00 Hours
Studies have shown substantial numbers of patients overusing Emergency Departments (ED). According to an article published in Emergency Physicians Monthly, May 18, 2016, “frequent users have been found to comprise approximately five percent of all ED patients and yet these patients account for up to 25 percent of all ED visits.”....
Improving Febrile Infant Care Using Mobile Technology
Russell McCulloh, MD and Sarah Fouquet, PhD
0.75 Hours
Implementing evidence-based clinical practices requires a multi-faceted approach. Electronic clinical decision support (ECDS) tools may enhance adoption of evidence-based practices. We developed a freely-available smartphone-based ECDS tool for use as part of an American-Academy of Pediatrics-sponsored national practice standa....
Five Ways Real-Time Notifications Can Improve Population Health
Kevin L. Dewald and Stacie Davis, RN, BSN
1.00 Hours
With population health and value-based care top priorities for many healthcare organizations, it’s hard to believe some providers do not have access or ways to properly use information to support care decisions and care coordination for their populations. One of the biggest gaps is in event notifications or admits, discharges an....
Due Diligence for Health IT Investments
Sharon R. Klein, JD and Mark Elson, PhD
1.00 Hours
As health information technology (HIT) continues to grow and change the face of healthcare, investors are taking note. Private equity and venture capital firms are increasingly investing in up-and-coming HIT and mobile medical app companies, and larger companies are looking to innovate through acquisitions of HIT businesses. But....
Imagine a Hospital Ward Without Code Blue Alarms
Alison Fox-Robichaud, BSc, MSc, MD, FRCPC (Int Med, Crit Care)
1.00 Hours
Can you imagine a hospital ward with no code blue alarms? This speaker has been leading the team at Hamilton Health Sciences to achieve an audacious goal: to improve hospital safety by eradicating in-hospital cardiac and respiratory arrests. Through clinical research in support of Early Warning Scores, it was found that in-hosp....
Home Hospital: Telemedicine for Acute Care Patients
David Levine, MD, MA
1.00 Hours
This session will provide an in-depth discussion on the concept of “home hospital" and a pilot study that was conducted looking at admitting emergency patients to a home-based acute care program rather than an inpatient setting. This session will share some of the benefits discovered for both patients and the healthcare system.....
Inappropriate Opioids, Adverse Outcomes and IT Solutions
Kurt Hegmann, MD, MPH and Roman Kownacki, MD, MPH
1.00 Hours
Little information exists on the appropriateness of opioid prescriptions and how opioid prescribing practices influence health outcomes and medical costs. Using a nationwide database, we linked pharmaceutical and inpatient/outpatient records for individuals with a medical disability due to carpal tunnel release surgery. We found....
Improving Hospital Capacity Management Through Monte-Carlo Simulation
Susie Yin and Eric S. Reich
1.00 Hours
Capacity management is an issue for many hospitals around the world. Geisinger Health System has generated interventions to tackle the capacity management issue and to increase access, improve quality of care, and cut ED wait times, among other crucial metrics. To study the potential impact of these interventions on capacity pri....
Integrating Population Analytics and the EHR Environment
Nina M. Taggart, MD and Sameera Ahmed
1.00 Hours
Lehigh Valley Health Networks (LVHN) leaders are using the analytics expertise gained over three decades to implement value-based care on a grand scale. By applying analytics, EHR integration, and physician incentives in a coordinated and collaborative strategy, LVHN has helped managed 157,000 lives under care management. The pr....
Efficacy of Multimedia in Patient-Physician Interactions
Nick Patel, MD / Lakisha McNeil, RN / Benjamin Schooley, PhD, MBA
1.00 Hours
Traditionally, patient education has taken one of two forms: written brochures or orally communicated instructions. There is substantial literature that indicates neither approach is effective, due to the lack of information retention. This lack of retention is usually due to disengagement and disinterest in information prese....
Managing Machine Learning: Insights and Strategy
Elizabeth Clements and Debdipto Misra
1.00 Hours
Machine learning has the potential to transform healthcare through new knowledge discovery and improved productivity, but many health systems do not have a business plan in place to support advanced analytics beyond research and development. As health systems consider how best to leverage machine learning and AI, it will require....
Modeling Factors Associated with Healthcare Data Breaches
Alexander McLeod, PhD and Diane Dolezel, EdD, RHIA
1.00 Hours
This session provides an overview of the modeling process used to analyze factors associated with healthcare organization data breaches. Examining an organization's level of exposure, level of security and organizational factors provides insight into potential weaknesses. Associating data from multiple sources, preparing big dat....
Individual Therapy in Substance Abuse Treatment
Yvonne Martinez, CADC-CS, ICCS, ICADC, NCAC-I, CRPS
6.00 Hours
Individual Therapy in Substance Abuse Treatment guides the prospective counselor through techniques of helping a client abstain from substance use through separating negative influences and identifying social networks, self-defeating behaviors, management of feelings and emotions, identifying mistaken core beliefs that sustain a....
Clinical Supervision and Professional Development of the Substance Abuse Counselor
Yvonne Martinez, CADC-CS, ICCS, ICADC, NCAC-I, CRPS
9.00 Hours
Clinical Supervision and Professional Development of the Substance Abuse Counselor identifies: • Central principles of clinical supervision and guidelines for new supervisors, including the functions of a clinical supervisor. • The developmental levels of counselors and clinical supervisors. • Information on cultur....
Foot Soft-tissue 2
Thomas V. Gocke, MS, ATC, PA-C, DFAAPA
0.50 Hours
This video-based activity focuses on specific x-ray review of the foot bony anatomy. We cover evaluation and treatment options for those commonly associated with Hallux valgus, Hallux rigidus, lesser toe deformities and Morton’s neuroma.
Forearm Fractures
Thomas V. Gocke, MS, ATC, PA-C, DFAAPA
0.75 Hours
This video-based activity focuses on specific x-ray findings associated with fractures to the radius and ulna. We discuss clinical presentation and treatment options associated with Monteggia, Galeazzi, Essex-Lopresti fractures, radius and ulna shaft fractures (both bone forearm fractures) and distal radius fractures.
Hip Injuries 1
Thomas V. Gocke, MS, ATC, PA-C, DFAAPA
0.50 Hours
This video-based activity focuses on descriptions for the radiographic aspects of hip and proximal femur fracture, evaluation and treatment options commonly associated with intracapsular hip fractures, subtrochanteric fractures and femoral head fractures.
Humerus Fractures
Thomas V. Gocke, MS, ATC, PA-C, DFAAPA
0.50 Hours
This video-based activity focuses on descriptions for the radiographic aspects of proximal Humerus and humeral shaft fractures, evaluation and treatment options associated with 2-part, 3-part and 4-part proximal Humerus fractures and humeral shaft fractures.
Low Leg Soft tissue Injuries
Thomas V. Gocke, MS, ATC, PA-C, DFAAPA
0.75 Hours
This video-based activity focuses on anatomy review of the low leg, evaluation and treatment of shin splints, low leg stress fractures, Achilles tendon injuries, acute compartment syndrome, tarsal tunnel and posterior tibial tendon dysfunction.
FPIES: What We Know, What We Don’t Know and What We Still Need to Know
Jean-Christoph Caubet (MD), Marion E. Groetch (MS RDN), and Anna H. Nowak-Wegrzyn (MD FAAAAI)
1.25 Hours
This session will provide practical tips on the weaning infants with FPIES and discuss the questions that we have not answered yet in terms of possible mechanisms involved, foods involved and the natural history of FPIES. This workshop explores what we know, do not know and still need to know about food protein induced enterc....