Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

  • Anticoagulation Forum: New 2022 CHEST Guideline: Perioperative Management of Antithrombotic Therapy

    Online via Zoom

    From the Anticoagulation Forum Please join lead guideline authors Drs. James Douketis and Alex Spyropoulos as they discuss the supporting evidence for and the practice implications of the recently released publication, Perioperative Management of Antithrombotic Therapy: An American College of Chest Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline. IPRO’s Management of Anticoagulation in the Peri-Procedural Period mobile app is […]

  • 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 […]

  • Influenza Vaccination to Help Protect All Adults

    Join the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) for a webinar on the importance of annual vaccination to help prevent influenza (flu) and serious related complications in older adults and those with chronic health conditions. Discussion topics will include updated influenza vaccination recommendations for US adults age 65 years and older, coadministration of flu and […]

  • Antibiotic Stewardship: Quick Wins for Improving Duration of Therapy

    Online via WebEx

      Antibiotic Stewardship (AS) remains a national priority aimed at optimizing antibiotic use to effectively treat infections, protect patients from harms caused by unnecessary use and combat antibiotic resistance. This event will feature national antibiotic use and duration of Therapy (DOT) trending data, strategies to address AS challenges, examples of best practice to improve antibiotic […]

  • HHS Announces Listening Session on Protecting the Safety of Patients and Healthcare Workers

        Join the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including leaders from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the Food and Drug Administration, on November 14 as they recommit to the advancement of patient and healthcare […]

  • National Rural Health Day Webinar: CMS Framework for Advancing Health Care in Rural, Tribal, and Geographically Isolated Communities

    Online via Zoom

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH) is hosting a webinar in recognition of National Rural Health Day on Tuesday, November 15 from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET. Join us to learn about CMS OMH’s Framework for Advancing Health Care in Rural, Tribal, and Geographically Isolated Communities, which outlines […]

  • 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 […]