New Day: Nursing Home Education Summit
2022-12-08 09:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | 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 Day in your conference room so interdisciplinary team members can catch presentations throughout the day. We’re excited to share the latest updates on vital topics to advance quality and address your needs, like:

Clostridiodes difficile
Sepsis
Adverse Drug Events
NJ DOH Hand Hygiene Demonstration Project
Health Equity

Vital keynote topics by distinguished speakers:
How to Leverage Medical Directors to Improve Quality

Dallas Nelson, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester
Kim Danzig, LNHA, RN, Regional Director, Hurlbut Health Consulting
Nicole Halsey, RN, Director of Nursing Services, Hurlbut Care Communities

Transforming Quality Dementia Care

Lauren Stratton, PhD, Senior Director, Alzheimer’s Association

Health Equity Organizational Assessment Affinity Group
2022-12-08 12:00 - 12:45 | 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 and lessons learned while implementing the key activities in the HEOA.
Affinity Group Objectives

Engage in a hands-on, interactive learning experience where participants take action and have demonstrable achievements to share within their organizations and among peers.
Assist participants to select and implement key activities for at least one HEOA category where opportunities for improvement exist.
Provide a collaborative forum for participants to share best practices, challenges, and lessons learned from implementing the HEOA key activities.
Share tools, resources, and other health equity related material among affinity group participants.

IPRO will sponsor a private Facebook group for affinity group participants to collaborate and receive support between sessions. The IPRO facilitators will monitor the Facebook page to ensure that questions and requests for support are addressed in a timely manner, and share relevant resources.
Affinity Group Guidelines
We are excited you are interested in the HEOA Affinity Group to advance health equity. This will be a highly interactive, hands-on learning experience where participants will implement a small-scale quality improvement project related to their organization’s HEOA. IPRO Health Equity SMEs will facilitate this group and offer technical assistance as needed. To maximize the benefit of participation, we are sharing the following guidelines for you to consider prior to registration:

Participants will make every effort to attend all six affinity group sessions.
Participants will have knowledge of their organization’s patient demographic data collection processes.
Participants will dedicate the time necessary to take action on group assignments in between sessions.
Participants will come prepared to engage in collaborative learning and share their experiences completing the group assignments.
Participants agree to complete another HEOA assessment within one month of completing the affinity group to demonstrate progress on implementing key activities.

IPRO will consider your registration a commitment to these guidelines.
We will forward a copy of your organization’s IPRO HEOA assessment report prior to the first session.
We look forward to collaborating with you!
HEOA Affinity Group

The six sessions are held the second Thursday of each month from 12 – 12:45 pm ET.

CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum
2022-12-08 13:00 - 14:00
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: [REDACTED]
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 Communications Assistant will help.
Instant Replay: 1-866-388-5331; Conference Passcode: No Passcode Needed
Instant Replay is an audio recording of this call that can be accessed by dialing 1-866-388-5331 Instant Replay begins 1 hour after the call has ended. The recording expires December 10, 2022, 11:59 PM ET.
**This Agenda is Subject to Change**
Conference Leaders: Todd Smith & Jill Darling

Opening Remarks

Chair – Todd Smith (Center for Medicare)
Moderator – Jill Darling (Office of Communications)

Announcements & Updates

Update on Nursing Home Care Compare
MDS transition to iQIES

Creating a HARP Account Training Video
iQIES Onboarding Full Guide
iQIES Role Matrix Guide

III. Open Q&A
**DATE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE**

2022-2023 Influenza Season Vaccination: What's New? Who's Involved? And Why?
2022-12-13 13:00 - 14:00 | Online via Zoom

Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum
2023-01-11 14:00 - 15:00
Please call at least 15 minutes prior to the forum start time.
This call will be Conference Call Only.
To participate by phone: Dial: 1-888-455-1397 & Reference Conference Passcode: [REDACTED]
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 Communications Assistant will help.
Instant Replay: 1-888-293-8914; Conference Passcode: No Passcode Needed
Instant Replay is an audio recording of this call that can be accessed by dialing 1- 888-293-8914, 1 hour after the call has ended. The recording expires January 13, 2023, 11:59 AM ET.
**This Agenda is Subject to Change**

Opening Remarks

Chair – Brian Slater, Center for Medicare, CMS
Co-Chair- Kelly Vontran, Center for Medicare, CMS
Moderator – Jill Darling, Office of Communications, CMS

Announcements & Updates

Extension of the Rural Add-On Payment for HHAs in Low-Population Density Areas for CY 2023
Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model Update

Website: https://innovation.cms.gov/innovation-models/expanded-home-health-value-based-purchasing-model
Help Desk: HHVBPquestions@lewin.com

HHCAHPS Survey Updates

Email questions about HHCAHPS to hhcahps@rti.org or call (866) 354-0985 or email the CMS Mailbox at homehealthcahps@cms.hhs.gov

Home Health Topics

Public Reporting
Next QAO Interim Performance Report available on iQIES
OASIS-E release active as of 1/1/23

Hospice Topics

Public Reporting

February 2023 Refresh

HOPE

Beta Test analysis in progress
March/April HQRP Forum

Other

Final Quarterly Update in January 2023

Health Equity
Special Focus Program (SFP)

III. Open Q&A

National Stakeholder Call with the CMS Administrator
2023-01-24 13:00 - 14:00 | Online via Zoom
Please join the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, and her leadership team, who will highlight CMS’ key 2022 accomplishments and look ahead to how our 2023 priorities will advance the CMS Strategic Plan. CMS serves the public as a trusted partner and steward dedicated to advancing health equity, expanding coverage, and improving health outcomes as we engage the communities we serve throughout the policymaking and implementation process. Our first National Stakeholder Call with the CMS Administrator in 2023 will provide an opportunity to learn more about how you can partner with us to help implement our Strategic Plan and key initiatives.
Speakers:

CMS Administrator, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure
CMS Principal Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer, Jon Blum
CMS Leadership Team

Who should attend: National and local CMS stakeholders and partners
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the call. Please note that when you click the link to join the call on January 24, you will see a message stating that the host will allow you to join the event momentarily. Please continue to wait at that screen until the CMS team begins the call.
These national stakeholder calls will be held quarterly.

An Overview of the National CLAS Standards
2023-02-08 12:00 - 12:30 | Online via Zoom
Session 1: In this session, IPRO will introduce the National CLAS Standards, The Blueprint implementation guide, and the IPRO CLAS assessment and educational series.

What is CLAS?
Culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) are a way to improve the quality of services provided to all individuals, which will ultimately help reduce health disparities and achieve health equity. CLAS is about respect and responsiveness: Respect the whole individual and Respond to their health needs and preferences.
Why is CLAS Important?
CLAS helps advance health equity to ensure that every person can “attain his or her full health potential” and no one is “disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances.” While many factors impact health equity, providing culturally and linguistically appropriate services is an effective strategy to ensure better health outcomes for diverse populations.
Join IPRO for a webinar series covering the themes and standards based on the HHS National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care. Complete the IPRO CLAS Assessment to understand where your organization is with its implementation of CLAS and use that to develop an action plan to address opportunities for improvement. This webinar series will walk through how to develop an action plan, best practices, and resources to help implement your action plan.
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Principal Standard, CLAS Theme 1 & CLAS Standard 2, 3 and 4
2023-02-15 12:00 - 12:30 | Online via Zoom
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Session 2: In this session, IPRO and participants will discuss:
The Principal Standard
CLAS Theme 1: Governance, Leadership, and Workforce
CLAS Standard 2:
• Advance and sustain organizational governance and leadership that promotes CLAS and health equity through policy, practices, and allocated resources.
CLAS Standard 3:

Recruit, promote, and support culturally and linguistically diverse governance, leadership, and workforce that are responsive to the population in the service area.

CLAS Standard 4:

Educate and train governance, leadership, and workforce in culturally and linguistically appropriate policies and practices on an ongoing basis.

What is CLAS?
Culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) are a way to improve the quality of services provided to all individuals, which will ultimately help reduce health disparities and achieve health equity. CLAS is about respect and responsiveness: Respect the whole individual and Respond to their health needs and preferences.
Why is CLAS Important?
CLAS helps advance health equity to ensure that every person can “attain his or her full health potential” and no one is “disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances.” While many factors impact health equity, providing culturally and linguistically appropriate services is an effective strategy to ensure better health outcomes for diverse populations.
Join IPRO for a webinar series covering the themes and standards based on the HHS National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care. Complete the IPRO CLAS Assessment to understand where your organization is with its implementation of CLAS and use that to develop an action plan to address opportunities for improvement. This webinar series will walk through how to develop an action plan, best practices, and resources to help implement your action plan.

Smoking Cessation- Care Teams Play a Key Role in Helping Patients Quit
2023-02-15 13:00 - 14:00
Smoking leads to disease, disability, and harm in nearly every organ system. As with many chronic conditions, reducing the impact of tobacco use can benefit from a team-based approach to care.
Prevalence of tobacco use has increased during the pandemic in some areas, while referral to evidence-based cessation programs has declined. Smoking cessation is helpful at any age, and quitting improves health status, and quality of life.
IPRO QIN-QIO is hosting a discussion on Wednesday, February 15, at 1pm to explore how organizations can increase their referrals to evidence-based cessation programs and effectively engage community partners across the spectrum.
After attending the session, participants will be able to,
1. Recognize the impact of the pandemic on tobacco use,
2. Describe evidence-based strategies to assess tobacco use, to provide cessation counseling, and to refer for additional support, and
3. Establish a referral and feedback loop to track patients’ progress.

Complex Care- Highlighting: Medicaid Accelerated eXchange (MAX) Action Team at NYC Health & Hospital/Queens
2023-02-16 12:00 - 12:30 | Online via Zoom
Join us on February 16 at 12pm ET to learn about NYC Health + Hospital | Queens’ experience and outcomes achieved through participation in the NYS Department of Health Medicaid Accelerated eXchange (MAX) Series focused on improving care coordination for the super utilizer population. This program supports the goal of transforming the system by strengthening care collaborations and getting patients the right care at the right time. By understanding the drivers of high utilization, patients are directed to appropriate community providers and resources while promoting the more efficient use of hospitals for emergent and acute level services.

IPRO HQIC Sepsis Affinity Group: Mid-to-large sized Hospitals
2023-02-16 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!

2023: IPRO QIN-QIO LINKS: The Power of Partnership Session 1- Heart Health
2023-02-16 15:00 - 16:00 | Online via Zoom
IPRO QIN-QIO recognizes the impact that you have on the health of your community and believe, like geese, that we can be stronger working collectively. When you see geese flying along in “V” formation, you might consider what science has discovered as to why they fly that way. As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for the bird immediately following. By flying in “V” formation, the whole flock adds at least 71 percent greater flying range than if each bird flew on its own. People who share a common direction and sense of community can achieve goals quicker and easier because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.
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.

Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges- Handy Hygiene
2023-02-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges Week 9: CDC’s Core Practices – Hand Hygiene

Description:

Live Recording- Learn about a project happening in New Jersey, that is making a splash with soap & water! Our IPRO team of experts will share some of their findings.

Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges- Minimizing Potential Exposures
2023-02-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges Week 13: CDC’s Core IP Practices – Minimizing Potential Exposures

Description: Live Recording

CLAS Theme 2: CLAS Standards 5-8
2023-02-22 12:00 - 12:30 | Online via Zoom
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In this session, IPRO and participants will discuss:
CLAS Theme 2: Communication and Language Assistance
CLAS Standard 5:

Offer language assistance to individuals who have limited English proficiency and/or other communication needs, at no cost to them, to facilitate timely access to all health care and services.

CLAS Standard 6:

Inform all individuals of the availability of language assistance services clearly and in their preferred language, verbally and in writing.

CLAS Standard 7:

Ensure the competence of individuals providing language assistance, recognizing that the use of untrained individuals and/or minors as interpreters should be avoided.

CLAS Standard 8:

Provide easy-to-understand print and multimedia materials and signage in the languages commonly used by the populations in the service area.

What is CLAS?
Culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) are a way to improve the quality of services provided to all individuals, which will ultimately help reduce health disparities and achieve health equity. CLAS is about respect and responsiveness: Respect the whole individual and Respond to their health needs and preferences.
Why is CLAS Important?
CLAS helps advance health equity to ensure that every person can “attain his or her full health potential” and no one is “disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances.” While many factors impact health equity, providing culturally and linguistically appropriate services is an effective strategy to ensure better health outcomes for diverse populations.
Join IPRO for a webinar series covering the themes and standards based on the HHS National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care. Complete the IPRO CLAS Assessment to understand where your organization is with its implementation of CLAS and use that to develop an action plan to address opportunities for improvement. This webinar series will walk through how to develop an action plan, best practices, and resources to help implement your action plan.

Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges- Handy Hygiene-IP3
2023-02-23 11:00 - 11:30 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges Week 9: CDC’s Core Practices – Hand Hygiene — 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.

Complex Care- Highlighting: SmartCare
2023-02-23 12:00 - 12:30 | Online via Zoom
Mobile integrated healthcare (MIH) resource in Massachusetts. SmartCare leverages the skill of highly trained medical personnel, extending the reach of a patient’s care team, and ensuring patient-centered care for high risk or chronically ill patients.
Complex Care Educational Series wrap-up and discussion.

Partnering Beyond COVID-19: Management of Patients with Chronic Conditions: Heart Health
2023-02-28 10:00 - 11:00 | Online via Zoom
Session Topic: Management of Patients with Chronic Conditions: Heart Health
Description:
Almost half of adults in the United States live with hypertension, and many do not know it. High blood pressure is a leading cause and a controllable risk factor for heart disease and stroke. Despite the many benefits of Cardiac Rehabilitation, enrollment remains quite low –nationally, only 10% to 34% of eligible patients enroll.
Join us to recognize National Heart Month and receive important updates from the Million Hearts® campaign. Our speaker, Haley Stolp, MPH, from Million Hearts®, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will talk about the evidence-based tools and resources that are available to support hypertension control and cardiac rehabilitation participation.
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Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges- Environmental Cleaning & Disinfection
2023-02-28 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges Week 10: CDC’s Core Practices – Environmental Cleaning & Disinfection

Description:
Live Recording- This session will offer tips and ideas to strengthen your routines and systems. Be sure to bring your team so we can learn from them in this peer to peer learning session.

CLAS Theme 3, CLAS Standards 9-11
2023-03-01 12:00 - 12:30 | Online via Zoom
In this session, IPRO and participants will discuss:
CLAS Standard 9:

Establish culturally and linguistically appropriate goals, policies, and management accountability, and infuse them throughout the organization’s planning and operations.

CLAS Standard 10:

Conduct ongoing assessments of the organization’s CLAS-related activities and integrate CLAS-related measures into measurement and continuous quality improvement activities.

CLAS Standard 11:

Collect and maintain accurate and reliable demographic data to monitor and evaluate the impact of CLAS on health equity and outcomes, and to inform service delivery

What is CLAS?
Culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) are a way to improve the quality of services provided to all individuals, which will ultimately help reduce health disparities and achieve health equity. CLAS is about respect and responsiveness: Respect the whole individual and Respond to their health needs and preferences.
Why is CLAS Important?
CLAS helps advance health equity to ensure that every person can “attain his or her full health potential” and no one is “disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances.” While many factors impact health equity, providing culturally and linguistically appropriate services is an effective strategy to ensure better health outcomes for diverse populations.
Join IPRO for a webinar series covering the themes and standards based on the HHS National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care. Complete the IPRO CLAS Assessment to understand where your organization is with its implementation of CLAS and use that to develop an action plan to address opportunities for improvement. This webinar series will walk through how to develop an action plan, best practices, and resources to help implement your action plan.

Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges- Environmental Cleaning & Disinfection (Live Replay)
2023-03-01 15:30 - 16:30 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges Week 10: CDC’s Core Practices – Environmental Cleaning & Disinfection – Live replay
Description: Live Replay- This session will offer tips and ideas to strengthen your routines and systems. Be sure to bring your team so we can learn from them in this peer to peer learning session

A Pharmacy-Based Approach to Caring for Individuals with Opioid-Use Disorder
2023-03-02 10:00 - 11:00 | Online via Zoom
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Deaths from drug overdoses rose sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic, underscoring the need for a more proactive approach to treat individuals with opioid use disorder. Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) combined with compassionate, stigma-free care is an approach that can make a difference. Unfortunately many of those who are prescribed treatment often encounter barriers, such as travel, inconvenient hours, time-consuming paperwork and bureaucracy, stigma and more.
A recent study from researchers at Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital and the University of Rhode Island enabled pharmacists trained in the foundations of addiction treatment to be a convenient and community-based location for patients to access care and medication.

Please join the IPRO QIN-QIO on March 2 to learn more about this pharmacy-based approach from Dr. Jeffrey Bratberg, a study author and clinical professor of pharmacy practice at the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy.
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(1 contact hour; 0.1 CEU-Knowledge-based)
Upon participation in this session, attendees will:
1. Recognize the urgent need for barrier-free medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorder,
2. Explain the key elements of a of pharmacy-based buprenorphine induction, and
3. Describe the benefits of expanding access.
JEFFREY BRATBERG, Pharm.D., FAPhA
Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice
University of Rhode Island
College of Pharmacy

Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges- Environmental Cleaning & Disinfection- IP3
2023-03-02 11:00 - 11:30 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges Week 10: CDC’s Core Practices – Environmental Cleaning & Disinfection – IP3 (Infection Prevention for Infection Preventionists by Infection Preventionists

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.

Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges- Injection & Medication Safety
2023-03-07 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges Week 11: CDC’s Core Practices: Injection and Medication Safety

Description: Live Recording

CLAS Theme 3: CLAS Standards 12-15
2023-03-08 12:00 - 12:30 | Online via Zoom
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In this session, IPRO and participants will discuss:
CLAS Standard 12:

Conduct regular assessments of community health assets and needs, and use the results to plan and implement services that respond to the cultural and linguistic diversity of populations in the service area.

CLAS Standard 13:

Partner with the community to design, implement, and evaluate policies, practices, and services to ensure cultural and linguistic appropriateness.

CLAS Standard 14:

Create conflict and grievance resolution processes that are culturally and linguistically appropriate to identify, prevent, and resolve conflicts or complaints.

CLAS Standard 15:

Communicate the organization’s progress in implementing and sustaining CLAS to all stakeholders, constituents, and the general public.

What is CLAS?
Culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) are a way to improve the quality of services provided to all individuals, which will ultimately help reduce health disparities and achieve health equity. CLAS is about respect and responsiveness: Respect the whole individual and Respond to their health needs and preferences.
Why is CLAS Important?
CLAS helps advance health equity to ensure that every person can “attain his or her full health potential” and no one is “disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances.” While many factors impact health equity, providing culturally and linguistically appropriate services is an effective strategy to ensure better health outcomes for diverse populations.
Join IPRO for a webinar series covering the themes and standards based on the HHS National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care. Complete the IPRO CLAS Assessment to understand where your organization is with its implementation of CLAS and use that to develop an action plan to address opportunities for improvement. This webinar series will walk through how to develop an action plan, best practices, and resources to help implement your action plan.

Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges- Injection & Medication Safety (Live Replay)
2023-03-08 15:30 - 16:30 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges Week 11: CDC’s Core Practices – Injection and Medication Safety – Live Replay

Description: Live Replay

Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges- Injection & Medication Safety- IP3
2023-03-09 11:00 - 11:30 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges Week 11: CDC’s Core Practices: Injection and Medication Safety – IP3 (Infection Prevention for Infection Preventionists by Infection Preventionists)

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.

Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges- Risk Assessment with Appropriate Use of PPE
2023-03-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters & Beyond: Addressing Key Challenges Week 12: CDC’s Core Practices – Risk Assessment with Appropriate use of PPE

Description: Live Recording

Partnering Beyond COVID-19: Learning Circle: Heart Health
2023-03-15 11:00 - 11:30 | Online via Zoom
Session Topic: Learning Circle: Heart 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.

Audience: Partnership for Community Health, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, physician practices, and community-based organizations.

CLAS Theme 3, CLAS Standard 9, and CLAS Standard 10
2023-03-15 12:00 - 12:30 | Online via Zoom
In this final session of the CLAS series, IPRO will share additional resources that participants might find helpful to support CLAS:

CMS Office of Minority Health Resources
AHRQ Resources
IPRO Resources

Final Q&A
Wrap-Up

What is CLAS?
Culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) are a way to improve the quality of services provided to all individuals, which will ultimately help reduce health disparities and achieve health equity. CLAS is about respect and responsiveness: Respect the whole individual and Respond to their health needs and preferences.
Why is CLAS Important?
CLAS helps advance health equity to ensure that every person can “attain his or her full health potential” and no one is “disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances.” While many factors impact health equity, providing culturally and linguistically appropriate services is an effective strategy to ensure better health outcomes for diverse populations.
Join IPRO for a webinar series covering the themes and standards based on the HHS National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care. Complete the IPRO CLAS Assessment to understand where your organization is with its implementation of CLAS and use that to develop an action plan to address opportunities for improvement. This webinar series will walk through how to develop an action plan, best practices, and resources to help implement your action plan.
