A production of the IPRO Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC)
Speaking of Sepsis highlights stories of hospitals and healthcare workers innovating and improving sepsis care through clinical and operational implementation of best practices and multidisciplinary collaboration. Each episode features a healthcare professional who shares the struggles and successes of sepsis improvement work. Listen to learn their best practices to improve the care of sepsis patients and reduce sepsis mortality.
Episodes
| Episode 1 | In this inaugural episode, host Rochelle Beard welcomes Natasha Reese, an Infection Preventionist from St. Joseph Health in the Lexington area of Kentucky to share her insights regarding the IP’s involvement in sepsis prevention, identification, and care. | Listen Now |
| Episode 2 | In this episode, Rochelle Beard, RN, Infection Preventionist, interviews Carrie Addy, RN, Sepsis Program Coordinator for Adena Health System in Ohio, about one of their hospital’s Joint Commission Sepsis Certification, the system’s sepsis program, and more. | Listen Now |
| Episode 3 | Listen as host Jenny Pritchett, Quality Improvement Advisor with the Superior Health Quality Alliance, interviews Jodi Kierstead, a Performance Improvement Specialist from Northern Light A. R. Gould Hospital, who shares her insights and experience providing sepsis education to clinical staff. | Listen Now |
| Episode 4 | Host Jenny Pritchett interviews Monica Theroux Inpatient, Quality Coordinator at Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor, Maine. Monica shared her experiences in a dual role as both a quality coordinator and sepsis coordinator. | Listen Now |
| Episode 5 | CarlaLisa Rovere-Kistner, LCSW, CPHQ, CCM, HQIC Quality Improvement Specialist, is our host for this episode. Tune in for an insightful conversation with Thomas Workman, PhD, Principal Research, American Institutes for Research, a patient and family engagement subject matter expert; and Pooja Kothari, a health equity subject matter expert from QSource. The topics: what is the impact of patients, families and their needs on sepsis treatment and outcomes, how can we address community vulnerabilities to sepsis by identifying those at highest risk, and more. | Listen Now |
| Episode 6 | In this episode, host Rochelle Beard speaks to Lisa Zaykoski, Sepsis Coordinator, Commonwealth Health/Wilkes-Barre General Hospital in Pennsylvania, about the importance of C-suite support in sepsis care. | Listen Now |
| Episode 7 | Rochelle Beard, RN, Infection Preventionist, Kentucky Hospital Association, interviews Karan Shah, MD, of PC3 Health, about physician engagement and buy-in regarding sepsis prevention, identification and treatment. | Listen Now |
Disclaimer
Quest for Quality is a production of IPRO HQIC. The primary purpose of the podcast is to educate. Listeners acknowledge that they are not being provided any advice or services by the speakers. The speakers are expressing their views and opinions only and not that of any company or agency for whom they work. Any reference to a specific product or entity does not constitute endorsement of that product or entity. The podcast is for private, non-commercial use only.
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This material was prepared by the IPRO HQIC, a Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Views expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect the official views or policy of CMS or HHS, and any reference to a specific product or entity herein does not constitute endorsement of that product or entity by CMS or HHS.