2011 Ambulatory Care Accreditation Essentials
Waltham Woods, MA (near Boston)
November 16-17, 2010
Product Code: EDU1039

Coming to the East Coast!  This interactive, solutions-based event is designed to provide you with practical solutions and implementation tips that can be adapted and applied to your organization using the standards.  Interactive scenarios will be conducted as Individual-Based system tracers (Data management Tracer, Medication Management Tracer, Environment of Care, and National Patient Safety Goals) based on observations made during an actual survey.  Opportunities will be available throughout the seminar to share, help and brainstorm with other Ambulatory Care professionals. Through lecture, group discussion, and other experiential learning activities this two-day seminar provides solutions, tools, answers to questions and more.

Who Should Attend:  
This conference is designed for those individuals working in an ambulatory care setting and responsible for patient safety, joint commission compliance, and improving quality.  It is designed for administrators, patient safety officers, risk managers, chief compliance officers, nursing managers, medical officers, joint commission coordinators, staff nurses and physicians and all others involved in direct patient care or survey compliance.

Expert Faculty

Jay R. Afrow, DMD, MHA
Surveyor, The Joint Commission

Joe Flannery, MS, MHA
Surveyor, The Joint Commission

Summary of Continuing Education contact hours awarded:
ANCC: 13, ACHE: 13, California Board of Registered Nursing: 13

Objectives:
1. Summarize updates to the continuous accreditation process.
2. Adapt and apply implementation strategies within your organization to assist in complying with the ambulatory care standards and elements of performance.
3. Identify challenging standards within each function and implement compliance strtegies within your organization for each standard.
4. Network with participants and faculty to discuss unique aspects of your ambulatory care accreditation.

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(Agenda and speakers are subject to change.  Last updated August 26, 2010.)

The Conference Center at Waltham Woods
housed within the Massachusetts Medical Society
860 Winter Street
Waltham, MA 02451
TEL: 781.434.7499
FAX: 781.464.4851

Conference Center Location: Conveniently located close to Boston (10 miles) and a mere 20 miles from Logan International Airport.
Overnight Accommodations: Complimentary shuttle service is provided to over 1600 guestrooms located within a mile of The Conference Center at Waltham Woods.

Participants are responsible for securing their own hotel accommodations.  The following hotels have negotiated rates for The Conference Center at Waltham Woods.
The Marriott Courtyard   
781-419-0900   Rate: $155.00 - Request rate for The Conference Center at Waltham Woods
Shuttle available to the Conference Center - confirm with Front Desk upon check-in.

Holiday Inn Express          800-824-2538   Rates: $119.00 - Rate varies based on availability - call early! 
Request rate for The Conference Center at Waltham Woods. 
Shuttle available to the Conference Center - confirm with Front Desk upon check-in.

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Joint Commission Resources has many opportunities to support our mission to provide unparalleled training to help improve patient quality and safety. Please contact Kathy Atkinson at JCRSponsorships@jcrinc.com or 630.268.7479.

Program code: EDU1039

Pricing:

All live event registrations close 5 calendar days prior to the event start date.

Payment(s) submitted by check require 14 days to process.

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