From Implementation to Optimization: Moving Beyond Operations
Scott E. Aikey, MS-HSA
1.00 Hours
As organizations move beyond large scale EHR implementations and the subsequent stabilization period, there is a need to evolve the thinking and processes around maintaining long term operational support. This session will describe the process that our organization went through to evaluate the current governance, process and st....
How Useful Are Discharge Documents for Care Coordination?
Erin Sparnon, MEng and Patrice D. Tremoulet, PhD
1.00 Hours
When patients follow-up with their primary care physicians after receiving acute care, the physicians may have to rely upon the patients’ discharge documentation for care coordination, particularly if a physician’s practice is not in the same network as the acute care facility. Recognizing that this use of discharge documents is....
Intrapreneurship and the Approach to Innovation from Within
Sam Hanna, MBA, CISA, CBCP, CRSC
1.00 Hours
Entrepreneurship is often thought of as going out on your own and starting a business. While that is mostly true, there is ample opportunity to do just that within the confines of an organization. In this session, we will discuss and examine key concepts in "Intrapreneurship" and the skills and resources required to create ven....
Foot Soft-tissue 1
Thomas V. Gocke, MS, ATC, PA-C, DFAAPA
0.75 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 plantar fasciitis, tarsal tunnel, posterior tibial tendon dysfunction, Pes Cavus foot and Calcaneal stress fracture.
Foot Fracture 1
Thomas V. Gocke, MS, ATC, PA-C, DFAAPA
0.75 Hours
This video-based activity focuses on descriptions for the radiographic aspects of common foot fractures, acute traumatic calcaneous fractures and talus fractures (head-neck-body).
Forearm, Wrist, & Hand Soft-tissue Injuries
Thomas V. Gocke, MS, ATC, PA-C, DFAAPA
0.50 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.
Guidelines for Management of Asthma
Stuart Abramson MD PhD FAAAAI, Thomas B. Casale MD FAAAAI, Stanley Goldstein MD FAAAAI, James T. Li
1.50 Hours
This interactive online course reviews the existing EPR-3 guidelines for diagnosis and management of asthma and new developments in the treatment of asthma. It includes a patient simulation and coverage about managing exacerbations and asthma in special situations.
Managing Stinging Insect Allergy in the 21st Century
Prof. Cezmi A. Akdis (MD FAAAAI), Dr. Mariana C. Castells (MD PhD FAAAAI), Dr. David B.K. Golden (MD
1.25 Hours
This session discusses the state of the art in the diagnosis and management of the stinging insect allergy.
Masqueraders of Anaphylaxis/Angioedema
Joseph H. Butterfield (MD FAAAAI), Melody C. Carter (MD FAAAAI), Marco Cicardi (MD), Dr. Kirk M. Dru
2.50 Hours
This course offers an in-depth explanation about Anaphylaxis/Angioedema.
Novel Biologicals for Asthma and Allergic Rhinosinusitis
PRof. Cezmi A. Akdis (MD FAAAAI), Prof. Claus Bachert (MD PhD), and Dr. Sally E. Wenzel (MD FAAAAI)
1.25 Hours
This session will aim to inform about two major therapeutic strategies, namely biologicals and allergen-speciffic immunothrapy for asthma and allergic rhinits and their mechanisms of action. Allergen-specific immunotherapy, aims to induce specific immune tolerance and has a long-term disease-modifying effect. The second approa....
CMS Hospital Infection Control Standards & Antibiotic Stewardship
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
This program will cover the CMS infection control standards and antibiotic stewardship program, TJC’s antibiotic stewardship program requirements, and CDC’s Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship. Our speaker will discuss common deficiencies in infection control and provide tips to ensure compliance. Attendees will l....
ED Hot Legal & Regulatory Issues
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
The emergency department (ED) is a high-risk environment for liability. During this session, our expert will discuss legal and risk management issues staff face every day. To help prepare, she will review the CMS CoP and TJC's ED-specific standards. Attendees will learn about medication management and opioid use, anesthesia s....
CMS Utilization Review Standards
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
Utilization review (UR) allows hospitals to monitor and protect themselves and their patients against unnecessary readmissions. It is important to be compliant with the UR standards to avoid penalties from the Recovery Audit Contractors and the Office of the Inspector General. During this program, attendees will learn about CoPs....
Measuring Case Management Success: Does Your Department Make the Grade?
Toni Cesta, PhD, RN, FAAN and Beverly Cunningham, MS, RN
When all is said and done, how do you know that you are doing a good job as a case manager? How do you know what your effect is on your patients and on the organization? Our experts will explain the latest ways in which case management departments and staff can ensure that they are achieving the outcomes that they hope to ach....
Measuring Case Management Outcomes Within a Value-Based Reimbursement Environment
Toni Cesta, PhD, RN, FAAN and Beverly Cunningham, MS, RN
How do we know that we are meeting the hospital goals for value-based reimbursement while making a positive impact on patients? Join our speakers as they review the latest outcome measures in the field of case management and provide examples of benchmarks and dashboards with value-based reimbursement metrics case managers can cr....
Early-Detection Pediatric Sepsis Algorithm
Matthew Eisenberg, MD and Kate Madden, MD
1.00 Hours
Sepsis and septic shock remain common causes of morbidity and mortality in children. This session will discuss how they investigated the use of electronic health record data to proactively identify potentially septic children. The approach used to define the early-detection pediatric sepsis (PS) algorithm was to combine the logi....
Closing the Gap: Risk Insights at the Point of Care
Heather Trafton, MBA, PA-C and Catherine Turbett, MHA
1.00 Hours
Steward Health Care Network is an accountable care organization with 3,500 physicians, 18 hospital campuses, and 25 affiliated urgent care provider locations. Headquartered in Boston, Steward is community-based and physician-led with more than 23,000 employees across four states. With their participation in the Next Generation A....
Educating the Next Generation of Physician Informaticians
Bruce Levy, MD, CPE
1.00 Hours
Clinical Informatics is not merely a subspecialty of medicine, but a crucial component of the practice of 21st Century medicine. The roles of the Physician Informatician (PI) and CMIO are rapidly changing. Originally focused on the implementation of health information systems, PIs and CMIOs are focusing more on optimization of e....
Empowering Data-Driven Health
Kevin Ross, PhD
1.00 Hours
While the healthcare sector is being transformed by the ability to record massive amounts of information about patients, the enormous volume of data being collected is impossible for human beings to analyze. Machine learning provides a way to automatically find patterns and reason about data, which in turn enables healthcare pro....
Expanding Access to Advance Care Plans with HIE
Carol Robinson, DNP, MS, BSN, RN, CHPN and Doug Dietzman
1.00 Hours
Advance Care Planning (ACP) has significantly improved multiple health outcomes, particularly for patients with serious illness; including increased compliance with patient wishes, reduced hospitalization at end-of-life, improved quality of life, and lower costs of care. While the number of personal Advance Directives has grown....
Nursing Research Series: Format & Research Topic
Dr Michael Joseph Dino
Nursing Research Series: Format and Topic
Holistic Counseling Seminar 2: Counselor/Client Contact and Contractual Agreement
Jim Morningstar PhD.
1.50 Hours
The quality of counselor contact with clients before, during and after session is examined from a holistic perspective. An exercise on counselor self perception is introduced. The issue of creating successful agreements with clients is addressed and basic principles outlined. Exercises to explore self expectations and self obser....
Improving Literacy In Early Years
EYPServices
The statistics surrounding the number of people who are able understand and use literacy effectively creates a growing concern nationally. According to the Literacy Trust (2013) 1 in every 6 people struggle with literacy and around 6 million adults are classed as functionally illiterate The EYFS 2014 has set out to close this....
Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence
Jean Clarke-Mitchell, MSW, LICSW, Silvia Y. Beaupre, MS, RN, NPP, APRN, BC
4.25 Hours
Roseanne is rushing to get ready for work. She finishes helping 3 year old Matthew get dressed and gives him some breakfast. She grabs the baby from her crib and a shooting pain stabs her in the right shoulder. With the pain comes the memory of last night. Roseanne's husband Jack got home late last night-he had been drinking and....
Evaluation and Advice on Good Inhaler Technique
Swapna Manda
0.50 Hours
This session will show you how to assess your patients’ inhaler techniques, and describes the different range of inhalers that are available and when different types of inhalers or a nebuliser should be prescribed.