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  • Clostridioides Difficile: Update On Diagnosis And Treatment In Acute And Post-acute Care Settings

    Online via Zoom

    Speaker: Ghinwa Dumyati, MD, Director Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Prevention Program, University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr. Dumyati has expertise in the prevention of healthcare associated infections and antibiotic stewardship. She collaborates with the CDC Emerging Infection Program on identifying the burden and risk factors of infectious diseases of public health importance such as C. difficile and […]

  • CMS Updates the Nursing Home Requirements of Participation: What Pharmacists and Facilities Need to Know

    Online via WebEx

    In reaction to concerns for the most vulnerable, the White House expressed increased urgency to improve care provided to the nation’s nursing home residents. In response, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated the Requirements of Participation (RoP) for facilities that participate in the Medicare program. Areas addressed include infection control, psychotropic […]

  • CMS Updates the Nursing Home Requirements of Participation: What Pharmacists and Facilities Need to Know

    Online via WebEx

    Live replay of September 21 webinar, including Q & A with presenters. In reaction to concerns for the most vulnerable, the White House expressed increased urgency to improve care provided to the nation’s nursing home residents. In response, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated the Requirements of Participation (RoP) for facilities […]

  • Educating Your Resident and Family Council on Covid-19 Vaccines and Boosters

    Online via WebEx

    In this interactive session, IPRO's Infection Preventionists will share a PowerPoint presentation that you may use with Resident and Family Advisory Councils in your facility to help support and enhance COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. The PowerPoint with speakers' notes will be available for facilities to customize and use to provide education to families, staff, and residents.

  • CMS Long-Term Services and Supports Open Door Forum

    Date: Tuesday, October 4, 2022 Start Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET); Please dial-in at least 15 minutes before call start time. This call will be Conference Call Only. To participate by phone: Dial: 1-888-455-1397 & Conference Passcode: 5109694 Persons participating by phone do not need to RSVP. TTY Communications Relay Services […]

  • Clostridioides difficile: Hospital Best Practices Shared and Outcomes Achieved

    Online via WebEx

    In the US an estimated 12,800 people died from Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) in 2017, and the CDC Threat Report lists the infection as an urgent health issue. Unfortunately, C. difficile is more common and severe in older people. Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing puts patients at risk for C. diff infections. More than half of all hospitalized […]

  • National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call

    Online via Zoom

    Please join the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Centers for Disease Control for a National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call. They will be joined by Thomas Tsai, MD, MPH, Senior Policy Advisor for the White House COVID-19 Response Team for updates as well. Date: Thursday, October 6, 2022  Start Time: 4:00 pm ET […]

  • Complex Care Series: Increasing the Focus on Complex Care Launch

    Online via Zoom

    Upon completion of this event participants will be able to: Understand the scope and structure of the overall complex care educational sessions Define complex care and muti-visit patients Analyze your data to identify who your multi-visit patients are, the reasons they are returning to the hospital, and from what care setting Identify your initial key […]

  • New Day: Nursing Home Education Summit

    Online via WebEx

    Nursing homes do extraordinary work every day. At the same time, you need opportunities to learn and grow, to be on the cutting-edge of best practices, especially now. Join the IPRO QIN-QIO for a dedicated, FREE day of learning just for you. Be part of a new day in nursing home quality improvement. Stream New […]

  • Health Equity Organizational Assessment Affinity Group

    Online via WebEx

    Session 1 - December 8, 2022 Join IPRO for the Health Equity Organizational Assessment (HEOA) Affinity Group. Led by IPRO Health Equity subject matter experts (SMEs), the group will work together to advance opportunities for improvement identified from your organization’s HEOA report. The affinity group will give participants the opportunity to collaborate, share best practices […]

  • CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum

    Please dial-in at least 15 minutes before call start time. This call will be Conference Call Only. To participate by phone: Dial: 1-888-455-1397 & Conference Passcode: 5109694 Persons participating by phone do not need to RSVP. TTY Communications Relay Services are available for the Hearing Impaired.  For TTY services dial 7-1-1 or 1-800-855-2880. A Relay […]