TIA Clinic 8
Lindsey Dow and James Choulerton
0.5 Hours
In this session, learners will assume the role of a TIA clinician and are asked to diagnose patients with TIA or TIA-related conditions.
Transforming Your Case Management Department Part II
Toni Cesta, Ph.D., RN, FAAN and Beverly Cunningham, MS, RN
When CMS instituted a linkage between cost and quality of healthcare, hospitals and healthcare systems required case management models to change and adapt to quality and cost-saving measures, like implementing value-based purchasing programs. Case managers now need to look at the designs of their case management models and staff....
Section 1557: OCR & CMS CoPs
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
Patients with limited English proficiency experience higher-than-average readmission rates and encounter more adverse events compared to English-speaking patients. It's imperative for hospitals to equip their interpreters with the right tools to meet the needs of every patient. In this session, attendees will learn about the....
State of the Art in Case Management: 2018 & Beyond
Toni Cesta, Ph.D., RN, FAAN and Beverly Cunningham, MS, RN
Case management is found across the continuum of care, most recently returning to the community where its roots began. This program will review where case management came from and how it will work in today’s managed care and government payer environments. This webinar will review Medicare’s latest programs that impact the rol....
Shared Governance and Analytics Framework Improves Quality
Kate Mundell, PMP, MBA and Amber Theel, RN, BSN, MBA, CPHQ, CPHRM
0.75 Hours
Population health is an increasing focus of the U.S. healthcare industry, as hospitals grapple with strategies for improving quality, outcomes and patient experience. Commercial payers and CMS have set benchmarks and are increasingly making reimbursement contingent on outcomes improvements in lieu of services rendered. One such....
Solutions, Strategies and Success: How Can Telemedicine Help?
Deanna Larson
1 Hours
The lure and idea of telehealth is often irresistible - using technology to efficiently bring care to wherever the patients are, no matter how remote. Unfortunately, even after decades of work and millions in federal funds, the promise of telemedicine to eliminate many geographic disparities has not been uniformly realized. Te....
Scalable Storage and Disaster Recovery Infrastructure for Medical Images
Todd Thomas and Paul Feilmeier, PMP, LSSGB
0.75 Hours
Protecting patient images from disaster events, ransomware, and providing HIPAA compliant backup is an ongoing challenge when your image repositories are growing at 20-30% a year. Along with growth, a multi-site health services clinic and hospital in Nebraska and a multi-site radiology clinic in Texas have had to confront the p....
Use of Real-Time Best Practice Alerts to Confirm Treatments
John C. Frenzel, MD, MS and Timothy Kelly, MS, MBA
0.75 Hours
Confirming that documented consent for a planned treatment exists, prior to initiation of that treatment, is an ethical, legal and regulatory requirement. In addition, verifying the specific contents of the consent form against the information contained in the surgical order has been found to reduce the incidence of medical erro....
Minimising the Risk of Harm from Medicines Overdose
Industry Specialists
2 Hours
It is important to point out that most medicines are used safely and help other people to get better or stay well. When errors do occur, these can potentially lead to significant harm and in some cases, death. This course is aimed at those who prescribe, administer or dispense medication in a primary or secondary care setting....
HIV Medication Adherence
Daisy Arrillaga RN, BSN
1 Hours
This course is intended to discuss barriers to medication adherence and provide interventions to improve outcomes for patients
Continence
Deb Shearman
0.5 Hours
Overview; Bladder continence management; Bowel continence management, Dementia and continence care
Malnutrition and Dehydration
Deb Shearman
0.75 Hours
Malnutrition: Overview; Ageing changes and risk factors; People’s rights including choice and preferences; Nutritional needs of the older person; Promoting nutritional well-being and strategies to protect people’s safety; Respect for diversity. Dehydration: Overview; Ageing changes and risk factors; Signs and symptoms; Prev....
SIP Core Integration Seminar 4: Therapeutic Breathwork Introduction
Jim Morningstar, PhD
2 Hours
The basic elements of therapeutic breathwork that has been developed since the 1970's and applied to areas of therapy, medicine and spiritual growth is presented through audio download and class text, "Breathing in Light and Love, Milwaukee, WI: Transformations Incorporated, 1994, by Jim Morningstar." Practitioners will be intro....
SIP Core Integration Seminar 3: Communication: Pitfalls and Clearing Exercises
Jim Morningstar, PhD
3 Hours
Knowing how to recognize "Risky Rascals," those commonly used messages that purport to help, but which enmesh communicators emotional systems is key to assisting self and others to increase clarity and effectiveness. Recognizing communication styles and redirecting ineffective styles is the second goal of this seminar.
The Recovering Counselor
Yvonne Martinez, CADC-CS, ICCS, ICADC, NCAC-I, CRPS
3 Hours
The Recovering Counselor identifies key issues for the recovering substance abuse counselor including the history of those in recovery serving to help others, the risk of using clinical practice for self-recovery, the limitations and ethical responsibility of the recovering addiction professional wearing "two hats," establishing....
Understanding Dementia 2 - Person Centred Care
e3Learning
This course has been developed to help the learner provide person centred care that is tailored to the individual needs of people suffering from dementia.
Specific Populations
Yvonne Martinez, CADC-CS, ICCS, ICADC, NCAC-I, CRPS
9 Hours
Pharmacology and Physiology - Specific Populations presents an understanding of pharmacology and detoxification, treatment needs, general principles of care, complications, medical considerations, emergencies, psychiatric conditions and disorders as well as screening and assessment instruments for the following specific populati....
Schizophrenia
Mr Hamza Shehade
This course encompasses all what learners and practitioners need or have to know about schizophrenia. Tailored especially for those who perform at mental health institutions.
Simplicity and Predictability for Indirect Dental Restorative Procedures
Robert A. Lowe, DDS
1 Hours
In today’s ever-changing economic environment, the dentist must continue to provide a quality service to the patient, yet remain profitable. Consistent, predictable, clinical techniques to create quality aesthetic and functional dental restorations in a time efficient manner are of paramount importance for a healthy practice. In....
Ch1 Risk and Informed Consent
Dr Gerry Samson DDS, ABO, FACD, TE
Session 1. (5 minutes) Practical and clinically applied informed consent - a conversation and interview between Dr. Gerry Samson and Dr. Larry Jerrold, orthodontist, attorney, author and educator
What are DURAthin Prepless Veneers?
Dr. Dennis Wells, DDS
1 Hours
Dr. Wells describes how DURAthin prepless veneers provide a new technique for minimimally invasive and no preparation dentistry. An overview of the DURAthin prepless veneer technique will be reviewed.
Who do you want to be for your patients
Ms. Rachel Smith, RDH
1 Hours
Rachel Smith, RDH will challenge you in three areas of dental hygiene that you may or may not have thought of before. First, the general visual and ergonomic issues of your practice. Second, the verbal clues to keep it real with your patients and third some chairside demonstrations with Florida Probe, laser bacterial reduction....
The Economics of Efficiency
Dr. Chris Griffin, DDS
1 Hours
This course is designed to teach the amazing benefits of having a dental practice that is able to effortlessly increase their daily production by performing same day dentistry. We will cover the 8 keys to performing more dentistry each day with the same staff and space, the economic advantages, and the most common roadblocks th....
Herbal Medications and Anesthesia
LTC Peter Strube DNP,CRNA, MSNA, APNP, ARNP
4 Hours
This educational program exposes the Dental Healthcare Provider to the challenging environment of delivering safe and effective anesthesia care for the patient consuming herbal medications and/or herbal supplements.