 | Title | Description | Recorded Date | Setting |
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 | Improving Outcomes: Use of ACE-Is and ARBs in HF and Surgical | Presenter: Nancy Jane Friedley, MD, MS, CMD
Dr. Nancy Friedley will provide an in depth discussion on strategies to assist providers to comply with quality measures aimed to:
1) reduce morbidity and mortality through the use of ACE-I and ARB therapy in patients with Heart Failure and
2) reduce cardiac complications in surgical patients using beta-blocker therapy.
The presentation handouts are attached. | | Hospital |
| Management of Pain Related to Pressure Ulcers | This presentation focuses on pain that often accompanies pressure ulcers and outlines a strategy for pain management. The efficacy and side effects of analgesics in the elderly population are also discussed.
The powerpoint presentation is attached. | | ;Hospital;Nursing Home |
| SCIP Today and SCIP Tomorrow Teleconference | Guest Speaker: Dale Bratzler, DO, MPH
To learn about the new “core” measures and future targets for improvement and measurement.
Description: Dale Bratzler, DO, MPH, currently serves as the President and CEO of the Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality (OFMQ). In addition, he provides support as the medical director of the Patient Safety Quality Improvement Organization Support Center and the Hospital Quality of Care Measures Special Study located at OFMQ. In these roles, he provides clinical and technical support for local and national hospital quality improvement initiatives. He is a past president of the American Health Quality Association and a recent member of the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. He also serves as an adjunct associate professor of health administration and policy at the University of Oklahoma College of Public Health.
Objectives: Highlight CMS’s national priorities for patient safety improvement
• Review SCIP 9 specification measures
• Review SCIP 10 specification measures
• Review new changes to specification measures
• Discuss future targets for improvement and measurement. | | Hospital |
| CareTrek: Transforming Communication with SBAR | Target audience: Omaha area nursing home staff
CareTrek is being implemented in the Omaha community to improve healthcare transitions for patients. We have seen that ineffective communication and exchange of information between healthcare providers inhibits providers from delivering high quality, patient-centered care and can lead to unnecessary ER visits, rehospitalizations and medical errors. SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) is a proven tool that can improve the communication process between the ‘sender’ and ‘receiver’ of information. The SBAR tool will empower you as a healthcare provider to communicate accurate and relevant patient information in a succinct and timely manner.
Target Audience - Skilled nursing facilities in the Omaha area, including medical directors, directors of nursing, professional nursing staff, certified nursing assistants and licensed therapists.
Contact Hours - 1.0 non-peer reviewed contact hour for nursing available | | Nursing Home |
| Pressure Ulcer Care: Specific Actions for Improved Prevention and Treatment | Purpose:
Dr. Bates-Jensen will focus on specific actions you can take to improve pressure ulcer care.
Speaker Information:
Barbara Bates-Jensen, PhD, RN, CWOCN is an Associate Adjunct Professor of Medicine at ULCA’s David Geffen School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Anna & Harry Borun Center for Gerontological Research. She is a widely known speaker, author, and researcher. She is well known for developing the Bates-Jensen Wound Assessment Tool for evaluating wounds and treatment progress of wounds. Her most recent research focuses on ways to detect skin damage before it becomes visible. | | ;Hospital;Nursing Home |
| Surgical Safety Checklist WebEx - From Testing to Implementation | Target audience: All Nebraska hospitals
This WebEx is an opportunity for hospitals who have implemented the Surgical Safety Checklist to present challenges and successes with implementation and testing. For those interested, but not yet enrolled, this is a chance to learn more about the checklist, benefits and how to get started.
Three Nebraska hospitals will share their experiences with checklist implementation and testing. Christina Gunther Murphy, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), shared current activity on the national level, including the launch
of the IHI Improvement Map.
Presenters:
Bonnie Hentzen, RN ~ Memorial Health Care Systems
Barb Nielsen, RN & Jean Henes, RN ~ Creighton Area Health Services
Wanda Griffin ~ Great Plains Regional Medical Center
Christina Gunther Murphy ~ Institute for Healthcare Improvement | | Hospital |
| Beta Blockers Prior to Surgery | Speaker: Lee Fleisher, MD
Description: Dr. Lee Fleisher focuses on improvements in administering beta blockers preoperatively to reduce the risk of adverse cardiac events and mortality in patients who have cardiac risk factors and undergo major non-cardiac surgery.
| | Hospital |
| Now that Pressure Ulcer Guidelines are Written - What's Next? | The International Guidelines on Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers are more comprehensive than any prior set of guidelines. This presentation will address the significant changes in practice that will be required to follow the guidelines, as well as methods to make changes in current practices.
Target Audiences:
Administrators, Directors of Nursing, physicians, quality improvement team, interdisciplinary team, nursing staff, CNAs, interested patients, residents, family and ombudsmen
Objectives:
At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to:
1. Identify the process used to develop the 2009 Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Treatment Guidelines
2. Discuss methods to disseminate guidelines to change practice
3. Identify the significant changes in practice identified by the guideline
Speaker: Joyce M. Black, PhD, RN, is an Associate Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. She teaches junior and senior level nursing students in medical-surgical and intensive care nursing and supervises research activities of graduate students. Her current funded research is in the area of deep tissue injury and intertriginous dermatitis. | | ;Hospital;Nursing Home |
| Implementation of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs | Featured Speaker: Debra A. Goff, PharmD
Debra Goff is the Infectious Disease Specialist for the Antibiotic Stewardship Program at the Ohio State
University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. She is also a Clinical Associate Professor at the College of
Pharmacy for Ohio State University in Columbus. She was inducted as a Fellow American College of Clinical
Pharmacists in 2006.
Objectives:
By participating in this session, attendees will:
• Understand the impact of antimicrobial resistance
• Understand the role of an antimicrobial stewardship program, how to establish and set up an
antimicrobial stewardship program
• Understand what an antibiogram is and how to use an antibiogram. If antibiograms are unavailable,
what other labs/processes can be used
• Understand the roles of antibiotic stewardship, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and
healthcare providers | | Hospital |
| Nebraska Surgical Safety Checklist WebEx | Target audience: All Nebraska hospitals
Speaker: Frances A. Griffin, RRT, MPA
Objective: The WebEx serves as the official launch of the Nebraska Surgical Safety Checklist Campaign. Participants
will better understand the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist, including the goals, its development, use and implementation. | | Hospital |
| Patient Safety and The Surgical Care Improvement Project | Speaker: Dale Bratzler, DO, MPH, is president and CEO of the Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality (OFMQ) and also serves as medical director of the Patient Safety Quality Improvement Organization Support Center and the Hospital Quality of Care Measures Special Study located at OFMQ.
Description: SCIP is a national initiative designed to reduce surgical complications by 25 percent by the year 2010. Despite efforts by organizations and providers across the country, there is still work to do. The presentation will provide information on the future of SCIP, the rational behind the performance measures and also examine the consequences of failing to follow evidence‐based medicine. | | Hospital |
| SCIP: Antibiotic Use and Controversy | Speaker: Robert Brooks, MD, PhD, MBA
Surgical care quality improvement has been an area of emphasis in hospitals for quite some time; however, certain identified best practices remain controversial and/or inconsistently implemented, creating barriers for hospital personnel committed to decreasing surgical complications. This presentation is intended to provide practical strategies for admininstration of prophylactic antibiotics, especially for orthopedic, urologic and certain high-risk patient groups.
Handouts are attached. | | Hospital |
| Pressure Ulcers: Acute Care vs. Nursing Home | Dr. Karen Zulkowski
Montana State University - Bozeman | | ;Hospital;Nursing Home |
| Supporting Mobility Through Restraint Free Care - Part Two | This teleconference is a follow-up to the July Webex presentation entitled Supporting Mobility Through Restraint Free Care. Joanne Rader, and staff from Oakview Terrace will continue to focus the conversation on how person directed care leads to restraint free care.
There are no hand outs for this audio presentation.
| | Nursing Home |
| Supporting Choice and Mobility Through Restraint-Free Care Teleconference - Part One | This teleconference will focus on how person-directed care leads to restraint-free care. Emphasis will be placed on how to assess three aspects of the care environment to create individualized approaches to mobility and safety that honor resident choice and wishes. The need for supportive
Handouts for WebEx are attached. | | Nursing Home |
| Addressing Health Literacy WebEx | Health literacy is the ability to obtain, process and understand health information and use that information to make appropriate decisions about one’s health and medical care.
Speaker: Paul D. Smith, MD - University of Wisconsin
Handouts for the WebEx are attached.
This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Nebraska Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
1.4 CNE hours
CNE expires 6/26/10
For more information about health literacy, view the following links:
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthliteracy.html
www.nih.gov/icd/od/ocpl/resources/improvinghealthliteracy.htm
www.health.gov/communication/literacy/quickguide | | ;Hospital;Homecare;Nursing Home;Physician Office;Case Review;Consumer |
| IHI Call to Action Teleconference |
Are you still thinking about joining the IHI 5 Million Lives Campaign?
Are you a new Campaign enrollee trying to get started on your targeted intervention?
Have you been working on the Campaign for several years and need to build momentum?
Then join us for an inspiring teleconference as we discuss new Campaign strategies and resources. Hear from three of the 54 Nebraska hospitals enrolled in the Campaign as they share their experience with implementing interventions, successes and current challenges.
See more details about this event on the attached flyer. | | Hospital |
| Cardiovascular Health & Diabetes WebEx/Teleconference | This WebEx/Teleconference will help participants become aware of cardiovascular risk and improve the quality of care for patients with diabetes.
Target Audience: Nurses and Medical Assistants
Speaker: Lesa Hoppe, RN, BSN
1.0 peer-reviewed contact hour
CNE expires 2/20/10
WebEx materials are located in the zipped file. | | ;Homecare;Nursing Home;Physician Office |
| Long-Term Care Leadership: Satisfaction for Everyone Teleconference Series #2 | Resident Satisfaction Data Viewed Through New Lenses: The Key to Resident Satisfaction and Quality Outcomes
The second teleconference focuses on understanding the relationship between resident and family satisfaction and quality outcomes. Understanding this relationship is a critical element for successful quality improvement in long-term care. Resident and family satisfaction data contain vital information to guide and assist leaders in improving the quality of care and life for residents and is important information for staff that cares for them.
Speaker: Diane Peters, RN, MS
Presentation, evaluation and sign-in sheet zipped below. | | Nursing Home |
| Long-Term Care Leadership: Satisfaction for Everyone Teleconference Series #1 | Employee Satisfaction Surveys: What Do We Do Now?
The first teleconference will look at understanding the relationship between employee satisfaction, retention of great caregivers and the quality of care and quality of life for nursing home residents. Employee satisfaction surveys provide vital information to leaders in long-term care that is key to retaining great staff and can help improve or enhance the quality of life and care residents receive.
Speaker: Mary Tellis-Nayak, RN, MSN, MPH
Information for the event, including the Powerpoint presentation , sign-in sheet and the evaluation form are zipped in the attachment. | | Nursing Home |
| Caring for Patients with Dementia and Cognitive Deficits WebEx | This WebEx/teleconference will enhance your knowledge of evidence-based practices used in caring for patients with dementia and cognitive deficits in the homecare setting.
Speaker: Deborah Marks Conley, MSN, APRN, BC, CS, FNGNA
Presentation and handout materials are zipped in the following attachment.
1.4 CNE hours
CNE expires 9/20/09 | | ;Homecare;Nursing Home |
| IHI 5 Million Lives Campaign Virtual Roundtable Discussion WebEx | This webex is an opportunity to learn more about Rapid Response Teams including the definition, implementation and ways to measure success followed by an open Q&A. Speaker: Chris Bartholomew, RN, Columbus Community Hospital.
| | Hospital |
| Care Management in the Physician Office - Session 4 - Incorporate Chronic Care Model into the Physician Office Setting | Learn how a physician office team can develop a care management process. During this last session, how to incorporate the chronic care model into the physician office setting is discussed.
1.0 CNE hour
CNE expires 7/12/09 | | Physician Office |
| SBAR: Bridging the Communications Gap WebEx | Learn about standardizing communication to prevent errors by applying the Situation, Background, Assessment and Recommendation (SBAR) technique.
Speakers: Lisa Koch, BSN, MSHS & Amy Thimm, RN, BSN, MSHSM
1.5 CNE hours
CNE expires 6-26-09 | | Hospital |
| Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Screening and Prophylaxis: What’s it all about? WebEx | Enhance the knowledge of nurses and other clinical staff about the CMS VTE measures and prophylaxis literature and guidelines.
1.5 CNE hours
CNE expires 6/19/09 | | Hospital |
| Quality Improvement: Setting the Stage for Quality Assessment & Assurance in Long-Term Care | This presentation provides an overview of the differences between Quality Assurance (QA) and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), and discusses specific processes and tools that are used in establishing quality improvement systems.
Speaker: Kelly Westfall | | Nursing Home |
| SafetySkills Initiative ~ Engaging Your Hospital Board Members | Learn the importance of engaging your board members and helping them identify ways to move your organization to higher levels of safety and effectiveness. | | Hospital |
| Principles of Palliative Care Chronic Pain Management WebEx | A WebEx to enhance knowledge of effective chronic pain management in older adults in the homecare setting.
Speaker: Todd M. Sauer, MD
1.4 CNE hours
CNE expires 4/19/09 | | Homecare |
| Care Management in the Physician Office - Session 3 - Using Care Management as a means to Improve Quality | Learn how a physician office team can develop a care management process. During the third session, information will be provided on how to utilize care management as a means to improve quality.
1.0 CNE hour
CNE expires 4/05/09 | | Physician Office |
| Pressure Ulcers: What's Old, What's New and What's Working | Pressure Ulcers: What's Old, What's New and What's Working
This training explores the evidence base of clinical practices for wound prevention and treatment. It also includes the updated terminology for staging pressure ulcers and for support surfaces and the implications for clinical practice.
Presenter is Dr. Karen Zulkowski DNS, RN, CWS | | Nursing Home |
| Diabetes Nutrition Update WebEx | This educational activity will provide updated information on nutrition management for diabetes to clinical practice settings.
Presenter: Kathy Goddard, RD, CDE, LMNT
1.0 CNE hour
CNE expires 3/15/09 | | Physician Office |
| Please Release Me, Let Me Go! | The who, what, why and how of a restraint reduction program from real world examples. Presented by three different nursing homes in South Dakota, North Dakota and Nebraska. | | Nursing Home |
| Using SBAR to Improve Communication WebEx | Improve your understanding of SBAR as a communication tool for use between clinician and the physician.
Presenters: Jan Herzog, MSN, RN, Paula Sitzman, RN, BSN & Audrey Paulaman, MD, MMM
1.0 non-peer reviewed contact hour
CNE expires 1/30/09 | | Homecare |
| Care Management in the Physician Office Session 2 - Promote Care Management Through Workflow Processes | Learn how a physician office team can develop a care management process. During the second session, we will discuss promoting care management through workflow processes.
1.0 CNE hour
CNE expires 1/18/09 | | Physician Office |
| Pain Management In Long-Term Care | An overview of strategies for analgesia that supports improved quality of life and care of residents in long-term care is presented. Strategies to improve communication among the members of the interdisciplinary pain team are also discussed.
Presenter: Dr. Cary Levy | | Nursing Home |
| Long-Term Care Leadership - The Key to Staff Retention #4 - The PEP Rally | Long-Term Care Leadership - The Key to Staff Retention #4 The PEP Rally | | Nursing Home |
| Improving Quality of Care for Adults with Incontinence | Participants will attain an improved knowledge of interventions available for adults with incontinence, both urinary and fecal.
Speaker: Joan Junkin, RN, MSN, CWOCN | | Homecare |
| Long-Term Care Leadership - The Key to Staff Retention #3 - What a difference management makes! | Presenter: Barbara Frank
This session will explore how, by implementing key management practices, one nursing home analyzed its vicious cycle of CNA turnover and then changed its systems to create a workplace of stability, collaboration and successful quality improvement.
| | Nursing Home |
| Care Management in the Physician Office - Session 1 - Define and Prepare for the Care Management Process | Learn how a physician office team can develop a care management process. During this first session, how to define and prepare for the care management process is discussed. | | Physician Office |
| Disease Management: CHF Best Practices & a Telehealth Program | Presenter: Christine Jones, MS, APRN, BC
Enhance knowledge of interventions to promote patient self-management of heart failure.
| | Homecare |
| Long-Term Care Leadership - The Key to Staff Retention Teleconference Series #2 - Nurses As Leaders | Presenter: Anna Ortigara This session will discuss and explore the essential roles of nurses in building and leading person-centered care teams. | | Nursing Home |
| Long-Term Care Leadership - The Key to Staff Retention Teleconference Series #1 - The Rally Cry | Presenter: Mary K. Ousley
This presentation relays the need to rally the cry for leadership development and empowerment at all levels to create an environment ripe for transformational change in long-term care. | | Nursing Home |
| Leadership & Turnover Rates - Caring Produces Results | Presenter: David Farrell, MSW, LNHA
The presenter explores research findings that identify unanticipated barriers leaders may encounter when they attempt to implement evidence-based practices designed to empower staff, boost employee morale and lower turnover rates. | | Nursing Home |
| Pressure Ulcers: Best Practice Implementation | Presenter: Janet Cuddigan, PhD, RN
The presentation includes information on the development, implementation and maintenance of pressure ulcer prevention and treatment programs in long-term care. | | Nursing Home |
| Managing Diabetes | Presenter: Pam Wollenburg, APRN, CDE
Enhance the knowledge of diabetes to enable homecare staff to teach and encourage patient self-management of diabetes.
| | Homecare |
| Person-Centered Care Approach | Presenter: Jan Katayama, LCSW
The purpose of this presentation is to share with healthcare providers in long-term care settings creative, resident-directed approaches for addressing depression in nursing home residents.
| | Nursing Home |
| Managing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | Presenter: Bob Bleicher, MD
Enhance knowledge of COPD to empower home care staff to be better able to teach patients to self-manage their disease process. | | Homecare |
| Recognition of Depression in Long-Term Care | Presenter: Steven Wengel, MD
The presentation will provide a general overview of the prevalence of depression exhibited by residents in the nursing home setting.
| | Nursing Home |
| MDS Coding and RAP Evaluation for Depression in Long-Term Care | Presenter: Peggy E. Williams, SW, RAC-C
The presentation will discuss the quality measure of depression involves several items on the Minimum Data Set (MDS) that present unique challenges to nursing home staff.
| | Nursing Home |
| Courney Lyder Pressure Ulcer Presentation | Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Learning from the new F-314 tag.
| | Nursing Home |
