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Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: A Game of Whack-a-Mole? Antipsychotics’ Unintended Effects in Nursing Homes (IP3)

Online via Zoom

Topic: Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: A Game of Whack-a-Mole? Antipsychotics' Unintended Effects in Nursing Homes (IP3 Infection Prevention for Infection Preventionists by Infection Preventionists Office Hours) Description: Calling all Infection Preventionists! This lively discussion features peer-to-peer learning and lots of great ideas. Stop what you’re doing, come take a […]

Your Worst Day: The Media at Your Door

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, […]

Rhode Island Tobacco Cessation: Engaging Community Pharmacy

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. […]

HQIC Community of Practice Call: Partnering with Patients & Families to Prevent All-Cause Harm

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. […]

Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: Perspectives from Psychiatry

Online via Zoom

Topic: Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: Perspectives from Psychiatry Description: Nursing homes rely on the services of psychiatric providers to give advice on managing difficult behaviors, violent episodes, and psychotic symptoms of dementia. Maintaining a healthy and collaborative relationship is important to ensure the limiting of antipsychotic use while keeping […]

The Top 10 Deficiencies

Online via Zoom

Join IPRO for a fast moving, informative experience that explores the Top 10 Deficiencies with tips and ideas for quality Improvement. Starting at 9 am on May 18, with new sessions starting every 30 minutes: Explore each of the top 10 deficiencies. Learn the elements of each deficiency and how they manifest. Discover strategies for […]

Universal Precautions in Pain Management: A Person-Centered Approach to Preventing Opioid Misuse

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 […]

Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: Perspectives from Psychiatry (IP3)

Online via Zoom

Topic: Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: Perspectives from Psychiatry (IP3 Infection Prevention for Infection Preventionists by Infection Preventionists Office Hours) Description: Calling all Infection Preventionists! This lively discussion features peer-to-peer learning and lots of great ideas. Stop what you’re doing, come take a break, and spend some time with fellow […]

IPRO HQIC Sepsis Affinity Group: Mid-to-large sized Hospitals

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, […]

LINKS: Furthering Health Equity in Your Community

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 […]

PROGRAM CANCELLED: Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: Deep Dive – Newer Antipsychotics

PROGRAM CANCELLED Topic: Boosters and Beyond: Holistic Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drug Reduction: Deep Dive - Newer Antipsychotics Description: Nursing home providers should familiarize themselves with newer antipsychotics that are now on the market. Generally speaking atypical antipsychotics are somewhat safer than typical (older generation) antipsychotics although still unsafe. How do newer antipsychotic medications fair? […]