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January 2009 Audio Conference Schedule
Don’t miss these audio conferences coming in the month of January. The audio conferences cover a wide variety of topics from accreditation issues such as meeting the National Patient Safety Goals and Long Term Care Accreditation Essentials to a two-part series focusing on CMS Never Events. Come listen to top health care experts in their field share advice and case studies on patient safety topics that are important to all health care organizations.
ALL AUDIOS TAKE PLACE:
9:30 am – 11:00 am (PACIFIC)
10:30 am – 12:00 pm (MOUNTAIN)
11:30 am – 1:00 pm (CENTRAL)
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm (EASTERN)
January 6, 2009
Implementation Of A Patient Centered Care Program
Speaker: Jeanette Michalak, MSN, APRN, BC, Vice President, Consultation Services for Planetree
In a patient-centered approach to health care, providers partner with patients and their family members to identify and satisfy the full range of patient needs and preferences. In addition to improving the patient experience, patient-centered organizations also focus on supporting the professional and personal aspirations of their staff members, who can more effectively care for patients.
January 7, 2009
CMS Never Events: Part 1
Speakers: Thomas B. Valuck, MD, MHSA, JD, Medical Officer and Senior Advisor, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Marcus Montgomery, RN, JD, Chief Patient Safety Officer, University of Alabama Health System
Dr. Thomas Valuck from CMS will present an overview of the CMS “never-events” and provide strategies on how to prevent these events within your own organization. Mr. Marcus Montgomery, from UAB, will complement this discussion by outlining the UAB’s organized institutional response to the “never-events."
January 12, 2009
FMEA To Improve Safety & Meet The NPSG’sSpeaker: Melissa Rains, MSN, RN, CPHQ, Director, Quality Management, Providence Health Center, Waco, TexasJoin our speaker as she walks you through a National Patient Safety Goal improvement initiative encompassing all departments and utilizing a Failure Modes and Effects Analysis framework. Improved patient identification, improved medication safety, increased effectiveness of communication among caregivers, reduced risk of patient falls, increased patient involvement in care, and improved response to changes in patient conditions are just some of the goals that will be discussed.
January 14, 2009
CMS Never Events: Part 2University Of Alabama Health System Case StudySpeaker: D. Marcus Montgomery, RN, JD, Chief Patient Safety Officer, University of Alabama Health System (UAB)This special case study presentation will provide a first hand look at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s hospitals and clinics operational response to CMS’s Hospital Acquired Conditions. Mr. Montgomery will address the evolution of their patient safety program as well as their developing and adapting patient safety infrastructure for Hospital Acquired Condition surveillance and prevention.
January 22, 2009
Options To Increase Isolation Surge CapacitySpeaker: Dennis J. Tomczyk, Director, Hospital Emergency Preparedness, Wisconsin Division of Public HealthThe number of hospital Airborne Infection Isolation (AII) rooms is limited. An outbreak of infectious disease will produce a demand for a large number of AII rooms. The State of Wisconsin, Hospital Emergency Preparedness Program, via a multi-disciplinary panel, set out to provide hospitals with a cost effective option to create additional AII surge capacity rooms.
January 29, 2009
Accreditation Essentials for Long Term CareSpeaker: Elaine Buccellato, MSW, Surveyor, The Joint CommissionJoin our Joint Commission Surveyor for an in-depth session on Long Term Care Standards. Key changes, updates, processes, the most challenging standards, on-site survey expectations, revisions, and Standards Improvement Initiative (SII) updates that you need to know will be presented and discussed to ensure that your organization is maintaining the quality and safety standards your patients deserve.
You can also register for any of these audio conferences by calling 877-223-6866. CSR Clients, please call 888-205-7282.
If you are unable to participate in the live presentation, the audio conferences can be ordered as a CD, complete with slide sets.
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