CMS QIN-QIO

Nursing Home Readmission Affinity Group: Moving Beyond Your QAPI Committee: A Culture for Safe, Reliable and Quality Care
2023-12-21 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Thursday, January 11, 2024
1:30 – 2:30 pm ET | 12:30 – 1:30 pm CT

SUMMARY:
In this session, we will assess your culture of safe, reliable, and effective care, complete your self-assessment and identify strategies to improve your quality culture.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Understand the impact of your organization’s culture on performance improvement.
Complete a self-assessment using the Framework for Safe, Reliable and Effective Care.
Identify two to four strategies to move your quality culture forward.

Please invite your MD/DO, PA, NP colleagues,
and members of your QAA committee!

Boosters and Beyond: Reducing Readmission Rates: Perspectives from the Field with Dr. Karl Dauphinais Replay
2023-12-20 15:30 - 16:30 | Online via Zoom
Hear from one of our local experts, who will offer his own unique perspective on ways to improve transitions of care within our community. During this session, Dr. Dauphinais will share ideas on ways to reduce rehospitalization, limit emergency department visits/utilization, and develop effective communication strategies to improve clinical outcomes.

Boosters and Beyond: Reducing Readmission Rates: Perspectives from the Field with Dr. Karl Dauphinais
2023-12-19 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via Zoom

How to Prepare for a Successful Joint Commission Health Equity Accreditation Survey
2023-12-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via WebEx
Guest Speaker:
Christina L. Cordero, Ph.D.,MPH
The Joint Commission
Project Director, Healthcare Standards Development
Division of Healthcare Quality Evaluation
Dr. Cordero leads standards development projects for new accreditation and certification requirements and survey processes across multiple settings and programs. She serves as a subject matter expert for several topics, including healthcare equity, antibiotic stewardship, and telehealth. Prior to joining The Joint Commission, she conducted basic science and public health research at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Cordero earned her doctorate in Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis and her Master of Public Health degree from Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
The Joint Commission announced new health equity standards in January 2023. In July, the organization announced a Health Care Equity Certification. Join us as we:
• Gain an understanding and explore the differences of The Joint Commission health equity standards and accreditation process, and the Health Care Equity Certification requirements and review process.
• Learn tactics and tips for a more successful accreditation survey and/or review process.
• Answer questions about the programs.
• Learn about resources to assist you after the webinar
We will leave ample time for questions and answers, so please consider submitting your
questions when you register.

IP3 Office Hours
2023-12-14 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-12-07 11:00 - 12:00 | Online via Zoom
Calling all infection preventionists! Join our IP3 group for a lively discussion with other infection preventionists to share new infection prevention ideas and discover new strategies. This group is hosted by Melanie Ronda and Mary Ellen Casey.

Boosters and Beyond: Reducing Readmission Rates: Medication Reconciliation During Transitions of Care Replay
2023-12-13 15:30 - 16:30 | Online via Zoom
Medication discrepancies occur at an alarming rate during transitions as patients navigate the health care system. These errors lead to a host of problems including duplications, omissions, and interactions. Join our session to explore the basic concepts and processes involved in medication reconciliation between health care settings and review the potential outcomes when medication regimens aren’t reviewed during care transitions.

Health-Related Social Needs Series Part 4
2023-12-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via WebEx
Topic: Health-Related Social Needs Series Part 4
Description:
Addressing health-related social needs (or social drivers of health) can improve health
outcomes. Health-related social needs include food insecurity, housing instability,
transportation needs, utility difficulties, and interpersonal safety.
Join IPRO QIN-QIO for the Health-Related Social Needs Series to learn, collaborate,
share best practices and lessons learned on how best to screen for, capture
information about, and address social needs.

Engage in interactive sessions where participants learn about health-related social needs
and specific issues when screening, collecting, and addressing this information.
Participate in a collaborative forum to share best practices, challenges, and lessons
learned, including ways to streamline reporting to CMS.
Share tools, resources, and other material with your peers.

Creating Your Roadmap for 2024 QAPI: Laying Your Foundation
2023-12-12 13:30 - 14:30 | Online via Zoom
SUMMARY:
During this first session in our four-part QAPI series, providers will learn how to build upon their current QAPI strengths and expand and sustain a culture of quality that engages leaders, frontline staff, patients, residents, care partners and the community.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1. Assess the current state of QAPI and identify priorities for 2024.
2. Identify key structural elements for effective meetings.
3. Learn how to utilize a QAPI calendar as a roadmap for monitoring data and identifying quality initiatives.

Boosters and Beyond: Reducing Readmission Rates: Medication Reconciliation During Transitions of Care
2023-12-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via Zoom

Boosters and Beyond: Reducing Readmission Rates: Empower Your Team with Readmission Interventions Replay
2023-12-06 15:30 - 16:30 | Online via Zoom
This session features a lightning round of ideas used by other providers to improve ED and readmission rates. Join our session to explore a variety of programs and resources that have been effective in improving rates, consider ways to adopt some of these strategies, and commit to trying one idea.

Leaders Forum: Partnership for Community Health (PCH): Enabling Safe Discharges – Securing Beds and Transportation
2023-12-06 11:00 - 12:00 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Q4: Enabling Safe Discharges – Securing Beds and Transportation
Description: The IPRO QIN-QIO consists of IPRO, Qlarant and Healthcentric Advisors to support leaders and key stakeholders from 86 PCH communities cross our 11 states (CT, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, OH, RI, VT) and the District of Columbia.
Our goal is to enhance community health and focus on CMS quality goals: reduce opioid misuse, increase prevention and management of chronic conditions, enhance care coordination, further immunizations, support emergency preparedness and improve infection control practices by:
• Taking a data-driven approach to explore critical quality opportunities.
• Learning new evidence based interventions and promising practices.
• Engaging in peer-to-peer sharing (which comes from you) and problem solving together

Boosters and Beyond: Reducing Readmission Rates: Empower Your Team with Readmission Interventions
2023-12-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via Zoom

Boosters and Beyond: Reducing Readmission Rates: Data that Speaks to You: Care Transitions Reports Replay
2023-11-29 15:30 - 16:30 | Online via Zoom
Did you know that your QIO has a customized report that presents data on your nursing home’s care transitions performance based on Medicare Fee-for-Service claims? This helpful information can guide your quality improvement efforts and reduce readmissions and emergency room visits. Join our session to learn how to read and explore the features of the report, as well as discover ways to use the tool to reduce readmissions and ED visits.

Leaders Forum: Partnership for Community Health (PCH): Enabling Safe Discharges - Securing Beds and Transportation
2023-11-28 15:00 - 16:00 | Online via Zoom

Boosters and Beyond: Reducing Readmission Rates: Data that Speaks to You: Care Transitions Reports
2023-11-28 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via Zoom

Boosters and Beyond: Reducing Readmission Rates: Use This! IPRO's Transfer Tracking Form Replay
2023-11-22 15:30 - 16:30 | Online via Zoom
The Transfer Tracking Form was developed to provide nursing home providers with a comprehensive tool to track resident transfers over time and other related transfer information. Join our session to receive the tool and learn how to use it effectively.

Boosters and Beyond: Reducing Readmission Rates: Use This! IPRO's Transfer Tracking Form
2023-11-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via Zoom

Ensuring Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Treatment through the Care Continuum Webinar Series Session 3
2023-11-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via WebEx
More than 1 million Medicare beneficiaries had a diagnosis of opioid use disorder (OUD) in 2020.
However, fewer than one in five received medication to treat this condition. In addition, the number of patients who stay in treatment after hospital discharge decrease drastically.
This webinar series is a collaboration between all Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organizations and will provide strategies, interventions, and targeted solutions to ensure access to MOUD treatment and facilitate continuity of care through the continuum.
Session 3: Seamlessly Transitioning Patients on MOUD to Nursing Homes Part 1
In this session, we will discuss discharge planning, medication reconciliation, and readmission prevention.

Recognizing and Responding to an Opioid-Involved Breathing Emergency
2023-11-16 19:00 - 20:00 | Online via WebEx
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this activity learners will be able to:

Describe how to effectively recognize and respond to an opioid-involved breathing emergency, including considerations with xylazine and illicitly manufactured fentanyl.
Counsel patients and caregivers on how to use unregulated substances more safely and where to find recovery resources.
Dispel myths and provide facts related to medications for opioid use disorder, passive fentanyl exposure, various naloxone formulations, and liability concerns.

Speaker
Anita Jacobson, PharmD
Clinical Professor; Program Director, Community First Responder Program (CFRP)
University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy
Dr. Anita Jacobson is a Clinical Professor at the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy and has worked as a pharmacist in a variety of patient care settings for 25 years. She is the Program Director of the Community First Responder Program (CFRP) which focuses on harm reduction, overdose education and naloxone outreach to at-risk populations. CFRP is also the hub for the Northeast Regional Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Center
The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This is an application-based educational activity. Pharmacists will receive 1 contact hour (0.1 CEUs) for the educational activity. No partial credit is available. UNIVERSAL ACTIVITY NUMBER (UAN): 0060-0000-23-040-L01-P. Expiration Date 05/04/2026.
Social Work This activity has been approved by the National Association of Social Workers Rhode Island Chapter for 1.0 credit hour. NASW Authorization # RI-9028. Expiration Date: 04/30/2025.
Licensed Mental Health Counselors This activity has been reviewed and approved by the Rhode Island Mental Health Counselors Association for up to 1.0 contact hour (1.0 CEUs). Expiration Date: 07/25/2024.
Nursing This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the Northeast Multistate Division Education Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation for up to 1.0 contact hour. NEMSD Approval # 557-790-081622. Expiration Date: 08/16/2024.
PROGRAM EVALUATION
All participants will have the opportunity to evaluate the educational sessions, speakers and identify educational needs.
REQUIREMENTS FOR CE CREDIT
A program evaluation must be completed at www.uripharmacycpd.org within 60 days of the live program date (1/15/2024) in order to receive CE credit. CE credit will be transferred to the CPE Monitor upon successful completion of the program evaluation. Transfer of CE credit should be verified at mycpemonitor.net where CE statements are available to print. Please refer to the evaluation instructions that follow for completing program evaluations and reporting CE credit.
FACULTY DISCLOSURE: Relevant conflicts of interest will be disclosed to participants at the start of the educational activity.

LINKS: Supporting Individuals with or at Risk for Diabetes
2023-11-16 15:00 - 16:00 | 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 goals and opportunities to enhance the impact our partnership can have on community health.

Creating and Implementing Your Workplace Violence Policy
2023-11-16 11:00 - 12:00 | Online via WebEx
Topics to be Covered:

Where do you start? What is your program going to look like?
How did you approach assembling the multi-disciplinary team to work
on policy and procedure development?
Who takes the lead on investigating allegations or incidents of
workplace violence?
What kind of support is available for employees who experience any
form of workplace violence?
How are workplace violence policies and procedures communicated?

IP3: Infection Prevention for Infection Preventionists by Infection Preventionists
2023-11-16 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-11-09 11:00 - 12:00 | Online via Zoom
IP3: Infection Prevention for Infection Preventionists by Infection Preventionists Office Hours
Description: Need a break in your day? Join us for our IPRO QIN-QIO IP3 Office Hours to hear what people are experiencing, share ideas, and brainstorm solutions.

Boosters and Beyond: Geriatric Bootcamp: LTC: Staff Retention and Training (Live Replay)
2023-11-15 15:30 - 16:30 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters and Beyond: Geriatric Bootcamp: LTC: Staff Retention and Training (Live Replay)
Description: Join us to learn strategies to train and retain long-term care staff.

Anticoagulation Learning Circle
2023-11-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via WebEx
THE IPRO QIN-QIO INVITES YOU
TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR
Anticoagulation Learning Circle

Anticoagulants (blood thinners) are important for preventing and treating blood clots but are associated with an increased risk for bleeding.
Using anticoagulants safely requires a careful balance between risks and benefits.
Among older adults, oral anticoagulants are the most common causes of adverse drug events (ADEs) leading to emergency room visits and emergent hospitalizations. Oral anticoagulants include warfarin and the direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) such as apixaban, dabigatran, edoxaban, and rivaroxaban.’
Bleeding from oral anticoagulants resulted in approximately 235,000 emergency department visits.
Older adults (≥65 years of age) were involved in approximately 80% of DOAC-related bleeding visits and 77% of warfarin-related bleeding visits.
DOACs contributed to approximately 40% of estimated oral anticoagulant bleeding visits. (bit.ly/45EFF8v)

The Anticoagulation Learning Circle offers a forum for education and sharing of resources and best practices with a goal for all participants to benefit from the wisdom and experience of the group.
Join other clinicians and a subject matter expert in conversations focused on anticoagulation stewardship.

This Learning Circle will provide you the opportunity to:

Review anticoagulant Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) and associated risk factors.
Discuss actual case studies from the practice of a specialist with experience in anticoagulation stewardship.
Use a template Action Plan to assess anticoagulation management and evaluate outcome measures.
Pose questions about anticoagulation stewardship to a subject matter expert.

Boosters and Beyond: Geriatric Bootcamp: LTC: Staff Retention and Training
2023-11-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters and Beyond: Geriatric Bootcamp: LTC: Staff Retention and Training
Description: Join us to learn strategies to train and retain long-term care staff.

Boosters and Beyond: Geriatric Bootcamp: LTC: Stroke Management (Live Replay)
2023-11-08 15:30 - 16:30 | Online via Zoom
Topic: Boosters and Beyond: Geriatric Bootcamp: LTC: Stroke Management (Live Replay)
Description: Our focus in this session is stroke management in long-term care residents.

Health-Related Social Needs Series Part 3
2023-11-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via WebEx
Topic: Health-Related Social Needs Series Part 3
Description:
Addressing health-related social needs (or social drivers of health) can improve health
outcomes. Health-related social needs include food insecurity, housing instability,
transportation needs, utility difficulties, and interpersonal safety.
Join IPRO QIN-QIO for the Health-Related Social Needs Series to learn, collaborate,
share best practices and lessons learned on how best to screen for, capture
information about, and address social needs.

Engage in interactive sessions where participants learn about health-related social needs
and specific issues when screening, collecting, and addressing this information.
Participate in a collaborative forum to share best practices, challenges, and lessons
learned, including ways to streamline reporting to CMS.
Share tools, resources, and other material with your peers.

The Patient, Family, and Care Partner Advisor (PFCA) Toolkit: Your Voice Matters
2023-11-07 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via WebEx
IPRO NQIIC INVITES YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN A WEBINAR
The Patient, Family, and Care Partner Advisor (PFCA) Toolkit: Your Voice Matters
Overview: The demand for Patient, Family, and Care Partner Advisors (PFCAs) in healthcare is growing exponentially. We invite you to learn more about our new Patient, Family, and Care Partner Advisor Toolkit.
The toolkit was co-created with IPRO patient advisors, Janice Tufte and Rosie Bartel, to equip PFCAs with tools and resources for their voices to be heard powerfully and effectively. Serving as a guide for patients, families, care partners, clinicians, quality improvement teams, and community and healthcare organizations to effectively engage with decision-makers at all levels of the healthcare ecosystem, this toolkit will help to ensure that PFCA voices are integrated into policy and practices.
In this webinar you will learn:

What a patient, family, or care partner advisor (PFCA) is.
Information and opportunities for PFCAs in healthcare systems, quality improvement, research, measurement, and policy advising.
Resources for starting your journey as a PFCA or deepening your knowledge and expanding opportunities if you are an experienced PFCA.
Ideas on starting or re-building a PFCA Council for organizations and how to incorporate PFCAs into quality improvement projects.

Where: This is a webinar. To participate, you must register.
When: Tuesday, November 7, 2023
12:00 – 1:00 pm ET
Audience: Patients, families, care partners, community health workers, existing PFCAs and PFCA Councils, healthcare clinicians, organizations from all settings, healthcare quality improvement staff, patient safety committees, and others.
