CMS to Hospitals: How to Overcome the QAPI Worksheet and Standards
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
Quality Assurance (QA) and Performance Improvement (PI) is one of three CoP sections with a correlating CMS worksheet. State and federal surveyors use the worksheet on all survey activities in hospitals when assessing compliance with the QAPI standards, including validation and certification surveys. This program will cover t....
Mastering the CMS Hospital Infection Control Worksheet
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
It is imperative for hospitals to understand 49 pages of the infection control worksheet because the worksheet is used for all validation and certification surveys, and covers more material than what the infection control standards provide. The program will cover the Hospital Infection Control Worksheet, proposed infection co....
More Than a Signature: Navigating the Complexities of Informed Consent
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
Researchers from Johns Hopkins found that misplaced consent forms cost hospitals $580,000 each year, and 66% of patients were missing signed consent forms at surgery, delaying 10% of surgical procedures. Informed consent is a process and not just a signed form. This program will provide the current CMS CoPs for hospitals and....
How AI and Machine Learning are Disrupting the Current Healthcare Ecosystem
Christopher Ross, MBA and James Golden, PhD
1.00 Hours
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have the potential to disrupt much of the current healthcare ecosystem. These technologies are poised to redesign how providers realize much of healthcare in the next few years. In order to compete effectively in the future, providers as well as payers will need to start pl....
Kidney Health Australia 2018
Dr Shilpa Jesudason
Presentation of the extensive work of Kidney Health Australia, an organisation who represent the consumer with kidney disease.
How an HIE and a Health Plan Innovated to Improve Medical Reconciliation
Andrea Gelzer, MD and Martin Lupinetti
1.00 Hours
Newly evolving HIE services are creating opportunities for health plans and providers to improve transitions in care, particularly for underserved populations. A next-generation HIE offering CCDs post-discharge from hospitals in a large metropolitan area collaborated with the leading Medicaid managed care plan to improve timely....
Interoperability Sets the Foundation for Care Coordination
Peter M. Schoch, MD and Erica Neher
1.25 Hours
The term “interoperability” is used frequently in healthcare today, yet its meaning is often misunderstood. In order to be effective, providers must do more than share information; they must do it in a way that is easily consumed by the recipient. In a value-based care world, the technology must also be affordable enough and eas....
How Data and Analytics Can Improve CV Quality and Outcomes
Craig E. Strauss, MD, MPH and Pam Rush
1.00 Hours
A big part of meeting the value-based purchasing environment in which healthcare systems find themselves is to empower providers so they can optimize the management of post-operative patient issues, reduce length of stay (LOS), and mitigate risk – all toward lowering costs. Allina Health, the largest integrated delivery system i....
Introduction to Haemodialysis - Online Learning Package
Lynn Brown, Rebecca Gilmour, Louise Moran, Brenton Shanahan, Peter Sinclair, Kirsten Black, Deborah Blac, Mada Brinkman, Gemma Fogarty, Peggy Ooi
Everything the novice to intermediate nurse needs to know about haemodialysis
Clinical Process Improvement for Scalable Quality Governance
Peter Chang, MD
0.75 Hours
Tampa General Hospital (TGH), a 1,011-bed teaching hospital in Florida, initiated a clinical process improvement (CPI) program aimed at enhancing standardization and efficacy of treatment for conditions it identified as being high priority. The goal was to develop scalable and repeatable models to tackle difficult to solve clini....
Embedding IT Experts to Solve Complex Care Challenges
Bryan Bliven
1.00 Hours
University of Missouri Health Care uses the Performance Improvement Leadership Development Program (PI-LDP), an action-based learning program for interdisciplinary and inter-professional teams to work on select problems identified by MU Health Care leaders. Beginning in 2016, every PI-LDP initiative has an embedded IT associate....
Next-Gen Security Technologies for Healthcare Authentication
Abbie Barbir and Brett McDowell
1.00 Hours
As personal healthcare data is increasingly accessible via web and mobile apps, account takeover attempts are increasing and often successful in traditional username and password environments. Learn how Aetna is utilizing next generation authentication standards, biometrics and behavioral authentication to significantly improve....
Machine Learning and Big Data to Drive Patient Engagement and Better Health Outcomes
Doug Melton, PhD, MPH and Christer A. Johnson
1.00 Hours
For many years, companies in the retail, telecom, insurance, and banking industries have used machine learning techniques to analyze terabytes of real-time data representing a wide range of customer interactions (across all channels), demographic characteristics, and lifestyle events. This session will explain how CIGNA has leve....
Harnessing EHR Data for Local Population Health Monitoring
Emily McCormick, MPH and Kate E. Horle, MPA
1.00 Hours
Public health officials are finding health disparities among neighborhoods, with childhood obesity rates and tobacco use higher in some neighborhoods. In Colorado, a unique opportunity is informing a better understanding of geography-based public health through The Colorado Health Observation Regional Data Service (CHORDS). CHOR....
Finger Injuries and Fractures 3
Thomas V. Gocke, MS, ATC, PA-C, DFAAPA
0.50 Hours
This video-based activity focuses on general descriptions, evaluation and treatment options for Phalangeal fractures, dislocations and Thumb sprains.
Lumbar Spine Examination
Thomas V. Gocke, MS, ATC, PA-C, DFAAPA
0.50 Hours
This video-based activity focuses on anatomy review, range-of-motion (ROM), motor and sensory assessments and specific orthopaedic tests for the lumbar spine.
Neck Examination
Thomas V. Gocke, MS, ATC, PA-C, DFAAPA
0.50 Hours
This video-based activity focuses on anatomy review, range-of-motion (ROM), motor and sensory assessments and specific orthopaedic tests for the cervical spine and related structures.
Microbial Regulation of Allergic Airway Inflammation Lessons from the AADCRC
James E. Gern (MD FAAAAI) and Joel Barry Baseman (PhD)
1.25 Hours
What is the new information available about the interaction of allergic airway disease and upper respiratory tract infection that relates to asthma pathogenesis? This symposium session will review the impact of viral and bacterial infections in asthma pathogenesis.
How Allergic Immune Responses are Initiated and Regulated: The Role of Epithelial Cells and Immune System in Allergic Diseases
Kari C. Nadeau (MD PhD FAAAAI) and Dr. Steven Ziegler (PhD)
1.25 Hours
Describes how the Th2-type immune responses are initiated and amplified. In addition, it will focus on the roles of epithelial cell-derived cytokines in the initiation and effector phases of allergic responses.
ED Patient Safety Update
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
Because the emergency department is a high-risk area, administrators must make sure their facilities adhere to a number of patient safety issues, including standing orders, alarm fatigue, restraint and seclusion, handoff practices, grievances and complaints, medication errors, crowding, boarding, and much more. During this se....
Infection Control Worksheet & Proposed Changes - T1801092
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
It is imperative for hospitals to understand 49 pages of the infection control worksheet because the worksheet is used for all validation and certification surveys, and covers more material than what the infection control standards provide. The program will cover the Hospital Infection Control Worksheet, proposed infection co....
Introduction Into Federal Laws Every Hospital Should Know and How to Get Copies
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
This program will cover important federal laws hospital leaders, human resources, and medical staff need to know to prevent liability exposure and monetary fines. Our expert will help attendees update and cite their regulation sources in their policies and procedures, and discuss changes in the CMS CoPs, including the Section 15....
CMS Hospital CoPs Part V: Infection Control, Discharge Planning, Organ, Tissue & Eye Procurement, Surgery & Anesthesia, Outpatient, Emergency, Rehabilitation & Respiratory
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
All facilities accredited by TJC, AOA, CIHQ, and DNV Healthcare must adhere to the CMS CoPs. This 525-page manual contains interpretive guidelines, policies, procedures, and standards that must be followed for all providers treating patients hospitals or any hospital-owned departments. Part V of the series will cover the Infe....
New CMS Guidelines for Dietary Services
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
CMS recently made 3 changes to the hospital dietary guidelines and rewrote the dietary guidelines for critical access hospitals. This program will discuss the CoPs for dietary, food and nutrition services, including the new dietary guidelines for critical access hospitals. CMS published a new rule that allows medical staff and b....