CMS QIN-QIO

Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges- Occupational Health
2023-04-18 12:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges Week 17: CDC’s Core IP Practices – Occupational Health

Description: Live Recording

TAP: A Strategy to Prioritize and Implement HAI Prevention Efforts in Your Hospital
2023-04-18 15:00 - 16:00 | Online via WebEx
Join us for a webinar featuring subject matter experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to learn about a comprehensive strategy to reduce hospital acquired infections (HAI). The Targeted Assessment for Prevention (TAP) Strategy is a CDC-developed framework for quality improvement that uses data to drive interventions that will prevent healthcare-associated infections.
The TAP strategy targets healthcare facilities and specific units within facilities that have a disproportionate burden of HAIs so that prevention efforts can be prioritized and implemented where they will have the greatest impact. Our speakers will discuss the latest updates in the strategy and tools, including adaptation for smaller facilities.
Your participation in this webinar will provide you with updated information on:

How to use NHSN collected data to identify opportunities for improvement by facility and unit.
How to calculate a cumulative attributable difference (CAD)* to identify a concrete infection reduction goal
How to use CDC assessments to target the focus of improvement work and identify high value interventions.

*The number of infections that must be prevented to achieve an HAI reduction goal.
Who should attend:

Clinical staff
Infection control practitioners
Pharmacists
Quality improvement staff

Speakers:
Katie White, MPH, CIC
Epidemiologist Division of Healthcare Quality | Promotion Prevention and Response Branch
Centers for Disease Contol and Prevention
Ronda Cochran, MPH
Deputy Team Lead Hospital Infection Prevention Team
Prevention and Response Branch Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Rachel Snyder, MPH
Scientific Data Analyst Chenega Enterprise Systems and Solutions (chESS)
Prevention and Response Branch Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges- Occupational Health (Live Replay)
2023-04-19 15:30 - 16:30 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges Week 17: CDC’s Core IP Practices – Occupational Health – Live Replay

Description: Live Replay

Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges- Occupational Health- IP3
2023-04-20 11:00 - 11:30 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges Week 17: CDC’s Core IP Practices – Occupational Health – IP3 (Infection Prevention for Infection Preventionists by Infection Preventionists) Office Hrs

Description: While you’re at your desk trying to catch up on a myriad of issues, jump on the IPRO QIN-QIO IP3 Office Hours call to hear what people are experiencing, share ideas, and brainstorm solutions.

Your Worst Day: When Things Get Real!
2023-04-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via Zoom
Description: In this real-world presentation, healthcare providers who have firsthand experience with emergency events will share their stories and insights to aid listeners in their own emergency planning
In this session participants will:

Identify key components of emergency plans.
Recognize, in comparison to the stories shared, if their emergency plans and staff are prepared for a real event.
Apply actions and insights prompting review of their own EPPs.

Tracy Pate,
Public Health Emergency Preparedness Specialist

Stacey Radcliffe, LNHA
Larkin Chase, MD

Rhode Island Tobacco Cessation: Rhode Island QuitWorks Process
2023-04-20 13:00 - 13:30 | Online via Zoom
Description:
Providing support is essential. Join us for this interactive session with Julia Doherty of the Rhode Island Department of Health.
During this session, Julia will review options and the referral process for RI QuitWorks. She’ll address questions you may have.

IPRO HQIC Sepsis Affinity Group: Mid-to-large sized Hospitals
2023-04-20 14:00 - 15:00 | Online via WebEx
Sepsis remains a national priority and is a complex and challenging condition to manage. Despite substantial attention to improvement, an opportunity still exists to decrease sepsis-related morbidity and mortality. More than 1.7 million adults in the U.S develop sepsis every year, leading to over 270,000 deaths (CDC, 2020).
Hospitals are committed to improving care, outcomes, and costs; however, many have expressed they wrestle with where and how to start their quality improvement efforts.
IPRO is launching a 6-month Sepsis Affinity Group to help support and provide a networking forum specifically for mid-to-large sized hospitals as they work to reduce sepsis-related harm. With the shared goal of accelerating learning and improvement, participants will have access to content experts and a platform to share experiences, evidence-based practices, and tools, as well as explore successes, challenges and lessons learned to drive progress on sepsis-related harm. Some topics to be included are sepsis screening, SEP-1 bundle compliance and reporting, and more.

On behalf of the IPRO HQIC team, we look forward to your joining and working together with the Sepsis Affinity Group!

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Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: Defining the Challenge – Managing Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia
2023-04-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: Defining the Challenge – Managing Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia
Description: This introductory session will define the challenges that nursing home face when managing residents’ behavioral symptoms and expressions of dementia. In this session, we will:

Present data on rates of dementia in correlation with antipsychotic use.
Define the risks of antipsychotic medication use for dementia patients.
Briefly introduce non-pharmacological strategies to mitigate disruptive and aggressive behaviors of residents with moderately advanced dementia.

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Partnering Beyond COVID-19: Learning Circle: Diabetes/Kidney Health
2023-04-26 12:00 - 12:30 | Online via Zoom
Session Topic: Learning Circle: Diabetes/Kidney Health
Description: Review and Check- in

COVID-19 has changed healthcare in many ways and has delayed chronic disease management for many patients. Patients needing follow-up appointments for their chronic disease were not able to schedule appointments due to decrease in in-person visits, laboratory closures for routine testing, and less access to community-based programs.
Our program over the next few months will share evidence based practices and innovative strategies that have emerged to improve prevention and management of chronic disease and outcomes.

Upon completion of this educational series, participants will be able to:

Participants will develop deeper understanding of best practices and evidence-based tools for prevention and management of hypertension, chronic kidney disease (CKD), and diabetes,
Participants will enhance their knowledge of Million Hearts, TAKEHeart and IPRO QIN-QIO tools for increasing referrals to and participation in cardiac rehabilitation programs, and
Participants will enhance their knowledge about chronic disease health disparities and the best practices for addressing these disparities, to support better health outcomes.

Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Learning Circle Session II
2023-04-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via WebEx
Did You Know?

UTIs are second most frequent infection in NH facilities
Prevalence of UTIs range from 0.6 to 21.8%
UTI treatment represents 30-50% of antibiotic use in NH facilities

What is a Learning Circle?
A Learning Circle is a forum for education and sharing of knowledge so that all participants may benefit from the wisdom and experience of the group. In the IPRO QIN-QIO UTI Learning Circle, we will:

Share antibiogram data and discuss use of the data to improve care
Pose questions to Subject Matter Experts on UTI stewardship
Utilize a template action plan to assess UTI management and evaluate quality improvement outcome measures

Session 2
April 26, 2023
12-1pm EST (11-12 pm CST)
Local Practices and Current Topics

Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: Defining the Challenge – Managing Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia (Live Replay)
2023-04-26 15:30 - 16:30 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: Defining the Challenge – Managing Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia (Live Replay)
Description: Live Replay

Harm Reduction: Making a Difference through Implementation in Practice
2023-04-27 11:00 - 12:00 | Online via Zoom
Join us to learn about promising practices from Berkshire Health, Vermont CARES and the NH Harm Reduction program. We welcome you to share about your efforts too!
Upon attending this session, participants will be able to:
1. Define and understand the practice and key principles of harm reduction.
2. Implement key strategies of harm reduction in your policies and practice.
3. Increase knowledge of harm reduction tools and resources to better support your patients and community.
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Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: Defining the Challenge – Managing Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia (IP3)
2023-04-27 11:00 - 12:00 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: Defining the Challenge – Managing Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia (IP3 Infection Prevention for Infection Preventionists by Infection Preventionists Office Hours)
Description: Calling all Infection Preventionists! This lively discussion features peer-to-peer learning and lots of great ideas. Stop what you’re doing, come take a break, and spend some time with fellow IPs.

Your Worst Day: You Don't Know What You Don't Know
2023-04-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via Zoom
Description: Collaboration is the key to success in preparing for and navigating an actual emergency. Hear the stories of those who have managed the emergency response during Hurricane Michael, a category 3-4 storm in October 2018, to ensure safety and success through collaboration with other organizations and partners.
In this session participants will:

Recognize community partners who can have a positive impact on preparations and planning.
Consider potential partners that should be brought into your organization’s plan.

Seth Maxwell
Archibald Hospital, Thomasville, GA
Julie Miller
Phoebe Memorial Hospital, Albany, GA
Sandi Cole
FEMA Resource Specialist
Health Care Coalition Member

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Transitions in Care: Preventing Sepsis-Related Readmissions
2023-04-27 13:00 - 14:00 | Online via WebEx
Anyone can develop sepsis, a life-threatening, complex and challenging condition to manage. There are significant human and financial costs associated with it. Every year more than 1.7 million adults in the U.S. develop sepsis, leading to over 270,000 deaths. Roughly 19% of sepsis survivors are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days, leading to $3.1 billion in annual costs. Well-defined systems and processes across the continuum are crucial to delivering the right care at the right time to the right patient.
This event will feature proactive transitions in care and hand-off strategies to the next level of care provider to improve patient outcomes and prevent sepsis-related readmissions. The patient voice will be highlighted via a sepsis survivor story. Key discharge planning, patient and family engagement, health equity, infection prevention and patient education tactics will also be shared.
Learning Objectives:
Through this program, participants will:

Review successful care coordination and partnership strategies across the care continuum to prevent sepsis-related hospital readmissions.
Explore promising practices for overcoming challenges that affect handoffs to the next level of care.
Learn how to engage patients and families as partners and integrate their health-related social needs into the discharge planning process to improve patient outcomes.
Hear about a sepsis survivor story

Who Should Attend:
Nurses, Sepsis Coordinators, Care Coordinators, Front-line and Emergency Department Staff, Infection Preventionists, Clinical and Hospital Leaders, Physicians, Patient Safety and Quality Professionals.

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Change Pathway

Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: Dementia Friendly Care and Maine Dementia Change Toolkit
2023-05-02 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: Dementia Friendly Care and Maine Dementia Change Toolkit
Description: The Maine Dementia Change Package and Toolkit will be presented as an excellent framework for helping nursing homes prepare care systems. It offers nursing homes a step-by-step guide for addressing the various aspects of dementia care that might lead to the use of antipsychotics, and resources within the toolkit will be highlighted and shared. In this session, we will:

Define the components of dementia friendly care.
Describe the Maine Dementia Change Package and Toolkit.
Identify strategies for implementing components of the Maine toolkit at your nursing home.

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Fall and Injury Prevention: Enhancing Capacity- Reengineering Fall and Fall Injury Programs: Infrastructure, Capacity and Sustainability
2023-05-03 14:00 - 15:00 | Online via WebEx
Falls represent a major public health problem around the world and continue to be the most common adverse event in healthcare settings.The IPRO Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC), in collaboration with Dr. Pat Quigley, Nurse Consultant, invites you to participate in a patient safety webinar program beginning May 3, 2023.
The Fall and Injury Prevention webinar series features six monthly webinars, each followed by open forum/coaching sessions.
Who should attend
This program is appropriate for direct healthcare providers, managers, administrators, risk managers, educators, and researchers of any discipline who are involved in fall and fall injury prevention programs
Your participation will

Support organizational systems and teams to expand program infrastructure and capacity;
Help you redesign your fall prevention and injury reduction program; Complement your evaluation program; and
Provide access to an online learning community to increase exchange of experiences, innovations, and best practice implementations.

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VHA National Center for Patient Safety Falls Toolkit

Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: Dementia Friendly Care and Maine Dementia Change Toolkit (Live Replay)
2023-05-03 15:30 - 16:30 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: Dementia Friendly Care and Maine Dementia Change Toolkit (Live Replay)
Description: Live Replay

Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: Dementia Friendly Care and Maine Dementia Change Toolkit (IP3)
2023-05-04 11:00 - 12:00 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: Dementia Friendly Care and Maine Dementia Change Toolkit (IP3 Infection Prevention for Infection Preventionists by Infection Preventionists Office Hours)
Description: Calling all Infection Preventionists! This lively discussion features peer-to-peer learning and lots of great ideas. Stop what you’re doing, come take a break, and spend some time with fellow IPs.

Your Worst Day: The Impact of Trauma
2023-05-04 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via Zoom
Description: Community response to emergencies, whether fire, flood or natural disasters, can be traumatizing and harrowing for family, residents, patients and staff. The impact can be lasting, causing transfer trauma and even higher mortality for people living with dementia. This discussion will offer insights and strategies to lessen the impact.
In this session participants will:

Recognize the impact of traumatic emergencies on family, residents, patients and staff.
Identify preparations, education and training that might be needed now to mitigate problems during or after an emergency.

Vince Gildone-EMS Chief
Sue Anne Bell
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Leaders Forum: Partnership for Community Health - Q2: Medication Management During Transitions Session 1
2023-05-04 15:00 - 16:00 | Online via Zoom
May Leader’s Forum
We have great educational sessions planned to encourage peer-to-peer sharing across our region
Topic: Medication Management During Transitions

Discover ways to incorporate enhanced community pharmacy services (at no charge) to support care transitions.
Firsthand accounts from patients on medication management.
Learn how an emergency department enhanced its medication reconciliation process using technology.

Speakers

Dixie Leikach, RPh, MBA, PRS, FACA, CPESN Maryland
Erica Fredette, South Shore Health
Rosie Bartel, Patient Partner

Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: A Game of Whack-a-Mole? Antipsychotics' Unintended Effects in Nursing Homes
2023-05-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: A Game of Whack-a-Mole? Antipsychotics’ Unintended Effects in Nursing Homes
Description: Dr. Daniel Harris will present his research on the unintended consequences of measuring antipsychotic usage and regulatory implications for nursing homes. He will focus on research conducted in Canada and the US showing changes in diagnosis as well as medication utilization. In this session, we will:

List the history of antipsychotic reduction initiatives in the US and Canada.
Describe the changes in diagnostic practices and medication prescribing that have resulted due to this policy.
Discuss potential clinical and policy implications as a result of these changes.

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Leaders Forum: Partnership for Community Health - Q2: Medication Management During Transitions Session 2
2023-05-10 11:00 - 12:00 | Online via Zoom
May Leader’s Forum
We have great educational sessions planned to encourage peer-to-peer sharing across our region
Topic: Medication Management During Transitions

Discover ways to incorporate enhanced community pharmacy services (at no charge) to support care transitions.
Firsthand accounts from patients on medication management.
Learn how pharmacies can support patients with Opioid Use Disorder.

Speakers

Dixie Leikach, RPh, MBA, PRS, FACA, CPESN Maryland
Jeffrey Bratberg, Pharm.D.,FAPhA, the University of Rhode island
Janice Tufte, Patient Partner

Partnering Beyond COVID-19: Management of Patients with Chronic Conditions: Heart Health - Cardiac Rehab
2023-05-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via Zoom
Session: Management of Patients with Chronic Conditions: Heart Health – Cardiac Rehab
Description:
Despite the many benefits of Cardiac Rehabilitation, enrollment remains quite low – nationally, only 10% to 34% of eligible patients enroll.

Join us to learn more about tools to support awareness of the value of Cardiac Rehabilitation with patients, reduce barriers to participation, and implement evidence-based interventions.
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Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: A Game of Whack-a-Mole? Antipsychotics' Unintended Effects in Nursing Homes (Live Replay)
2023-05-10 15:30 - 16:30 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: A Game of Whack-a-Mole? Antipsychotics’ Unintended Effects in Nursing Homes (Live Replay)
Description: Live Replay

Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: A Game of Whack-a-Mole? Antipsychotics' Unintended Effects in Nursing Homes (IP3)
2023-05-11 11:00 - 12:00 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: A Game of Whack-a-Mole? Antipsychotics’ Unintended Effects in Nursing Homes (IP3 Infection Prevention for Infection Preventionists by Infection Preventionists Office Hours)
Description: Calling all Infection Preventionists! This lively discussion features peer-to-peer learning and lots of great ideas. Stop what you’re doing, come take a break, and spend some time with fellow IPs.

Your Worst Day: The Media at Your Door
2023-05-11 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via Zoom
Description: Our final session provides the opportunity to share, ask and hear from experts and other participants related to handling both local and national media and cameras right outside your door.
In this session participants will:

Discuss some of the challenges and mitigation strategies they experience
Dealing with media and rumor control
Communicating with families, dealing with challenging situations, when the story turns negative on social media
Staff policies for social media use

Tracy Pate,
Public Health Emergency Preparedness Specialist
Steve Bosso, Assistant Fire Chief, Twinsburg
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Rhode Island Tobacco Cessation: Engaging Community Pharmacy
2023-05-11 13:00 - 13:30 | Online via Zoom
Description:
Committing to quit is the first step for your patients. Connecting them with other community resources that can support their journey is critical for their success.
Join us for this session, in which Dr. Anita Jacobson will explore how you can collaborate with community pharmacists to support you patient’s effort to quit for good.
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HQIC Community of Practice Call: Partnering with Patients & Families to Prevent All-Cause Harm
2023-05-11 13:00 - 14:00 | Online via Zoom
Preventing all-cause harm continues to be a national priority. In 2016, an estimated 2.7 million harm events affecting hospital inpatients occurred, leading to more than 80,000 deaths at a cost of nearly $29 billion. According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, nearly 44 percent of these events and deaths could have been prevented. Studies have shown that people who are more involved in their care tend to be more satisfied, more likely to understand their acute and chronic conditions, and are able to make informed decisions that can better help them.
This event will feature strategies for hospitals and patients/families to engage as partners to ensure the right care is being delivered to the right patient at the right time to foster improvements in patient safety, health care quality, patient outcomes and equity, while also minimizing staff burden.
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Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: Perspectives from Psychiatry
2023-05-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: Perspectives from Psychiatry
Description: Nursing homes rely on the services of psychiatric providers to give advice on managing difficult behaviors, violent episodes, and psychotic symptoms of dementia. Maintaining a healthy and collaborative relationship is important to ensure the limiting of antipsychotic use while keeping residents in nursing homes and not in EDs or inpatient psychiatry units. In this session, we will:

Identify challenges that psychiatric services have in managing difficult behaviors related to dementia.
Describe the optimal guidance that psychiatric services could provide to mutually benefit residents, families, nursing homes, and psychiatric services.
Define the ideal relationship between nursing homes and psychiatric providers.
