• 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • CMS Rural Health Open Door Forum

    Please dial in at least 15 minutes prior to call start time. This call will be Conference Call Only. To participate by phone: Dial: 1-888-455-1397 & Reference Conference Passcode: 5109694 Persons […]

  • 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 […]

  • The IPRO NQICC Invites You to Join the Opioid Stewardship Affinity Group

    Online via WebEx

    In the United States, During the time period between 1999 and 2020, more than 263,000 people died from overdoses involving prescription opioids. As many as one in four people receiving prescription opioids in a primary care setting struggles with addiction. Between January 2019 and June 2020, more than 90% of benzodiazepine-involved overdose deaths also involved […]