CMS QIN-QIO

Disrupting Substance Use Disorder Together
2023-03-16 12:30 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Online via Zoom
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Description:
Take 30 minutes and let us share information and resources to disrupt the substance use epidemic in our communities. We need the support of primary care practitioners to make a difference. Tosin David, PharmD, will bring you current information on the CDC Pain Management Guidelines and review MAT Act along with other regulations to improve access to care. We will highlight two guides that will assist in reimbursement and finding resources related to the social determinants of health that many patients are challenged with. Come help us make a difference.
Objectives:

Highlight updates to the CDC Pain Management Guidelines
Review how the MAT Act and other regulations that will improve access to care
Understand the intersection of social determinants of health and substance use disorder

The IPRO QIN-QIO consists of IPRO, Qlarant and Healthcentric Advisors to support healthcare providers across our 11 states (CT, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, OH, RI, VT) and the District of Columbia. The goal is to enhance community health and focus on CMS quality goals: reduce opioid misuse, increase prevention and management of chronic conditions, enhance care coordination, further immunizations, support emergency preparedness and improve infection control practices.

IPRO HQIC Sepsis Affinity Group: Mid-to-large sized Hospitals
2023-03-16 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-05-18 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-06-15 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-07-20 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!

Voices from the Field Series: Integrating Z-Codes into Your Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Strategy
2023-03-23 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via WebEx
Hospitals and health systems are working to address the non-medical factors that influence health, known as social determinants of health (SDOH). Although not yet widely adopted, Z-codes are important to your strategy. In this session, you will hear how a hospital—through a pilot with their EHR vendor—advanced their SDOH strategy while embracing their organizational
culture.
Additionally, you will learn from a subject matter expert about the nuts and bolts of integrating Z-codes into your collection and representation of performance and financial metrics.
In this session, you will learn:

How the Valley Health System in New Jersey developed a pilot program with their EMR vendor to screen for SDOH and integrate select Z-codes into a bill-based structure. They did this by conducting internal and external scans of their patients served and available community resources to address targeted social determinants of health needs.
How collecting and reporting Z-codes will impact financial reimbursement by linking social determinants of health, patient acuity, and other risk factors that will be important to ensure reimbursement and performance metrics which will accurately reflect the breadth and depth of patient need, services delivered, and actual health outcomes.

Who Should Attend?

Population Health Managers, Case Managers, Discharge Planners, Quality Improvement Teams, Social Workers, Admissions, Community-Based Organizations, Post-Acute Care Providers, Nurses, Hospitalists, NPs/PAs, Physician Practices

This program will be recorded and available for access post-event
If you have any questions, please reach out to your Senior Quality Improvement Specialist:

Cindy Stark- cstark@ipro.org– NY and NJ
Fred Ratto- fratto2@ipro.org– NY and NJ
Gail Gresko- ggresko@ipro.org – OH

Partnering Beyond COVID-19: Management of Patients with Chronic Conditions: Kidney Health: CKD
2023-03-29 11:00 - 12:00 | Online via Zoom
Session Topic: Management of Patients with Chronic Conditions: Kidney Health: CKD
Description:
CKD affects more than 1 in 7 U.S. adults. For patients with diabetes or high blood pressure, the risk for CKD is even greater.
Interventions that can slow progression of CKD include early identification, controlling blood pressure, controlling blood glucose, reducing albuminuria, eating a healthy diet and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Join us to learn more about early identification of CKD, treatment and monitoring progression, and delivering patient-centered care.

Partnering Beyond COVID-19: Management of Patients with Chronic Conditions: Diabetes
2023-04-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via Zoom
Session Topic: Management of Patients with Chronic Conditions: Diabetes
Description:
37 million adults live with diabetes in the United States, and it is the seventh leading cause of death.
Join us to learn more about Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES). DSME provides an evidence-based foundation to empower people with diabetes to navigate self-management decisions and activities.

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Rhode Island Tobacco Cessation: Motivational Interviewing – To Quit and Stay Quit
2023-04-13 13:00 - 13:30 | Online via Zoom
Description:
In 2018, 55.1% of adult smokers (21.5 million) said that they had made a quit attempt in the past year. As a healthcare provider you can support their efforts.
Join us as Angela Butler from RI Better Breathers review key strategies to support your patient’s efforts to kicking the habit! In this interactive session, you’ll learn about the 5 A’s and motivational interviewing techniques.
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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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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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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.

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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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

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

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

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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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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Universal Precautions in Pain Management: A Person-Centered Approach to Preventing Opioid Misuse
2023-05-18 11:00 - 12:00 | Online via Zoom
Join Healthcentric Advisors’ Dr. Rebekah Gardner and Marghie Guiliano as well as Jenn McCarthy, LPC, New England Rural Health Association, to explore validated assessment tools, consider the new CDC prescribing guidelines, discuss complementary therapies, and explore tools and resources that will help your team support your patients and community.
Upon attending this session, participants will be able to:
1. Implement evidence-based assessments of patients’ physical and behavioral needs.
2. Describe a holistic treatment plan.
3. Access tools and resources to better support patients and the community.

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LINKS: Furthering Health Equity in Your Community
2023-05-18 15:00 - 16:00 | Online via Zoom
Description:
During each session, we will review a topic of focus:
– Consider the importance of this health area
– Explore opportunities for community-based organizations to engage and support community health in this area
– Share challenges and best practices to expand reach and impact community health.
Join our 2023 quarterly forums to explore mutual goals and opportunities to enhance the impact our partnership can have on community health.

PROGRAM CANCELLED: Paving the Way for Evidence-Based Care across the Continuum
2023-05-25 11:00 - 12:00
Join us as Seth Clark, MD & Juliette Holtzman, MSW from LifeSpan Addiction Medicine team share their approach to supporting individuals living with Opioid Use Disorder.
Upon attending this session, participants will be able to:
1. Identify key considerations to support uptake of patient-centered and evidence-based care.
2. Explore promising practices for delivering treatment for opioid use disorder.
3. Consider steps to enrich treatment efforts across your community.

Fall and Injury Prevention: Redesigning Post-Fall Management: Prevent Repeat Falls
2023-06-07 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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Post-Fall Audit Tool
Post-Fall Huddle Form

Fall and Injury Prevention: Best Practices to Reduce Falls Associated with Toileting
2023-07-05 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.

View Learning Session Slides
Watch Learning Session Recording
View Coaching Session Slides
Watch Coaching Session Recording
