CMS QIN-QIO

Advancing the Culture of Patient Safety: Strategies to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAI)
2024-01-17 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Wednesday, January 17, 2024 from 12 to 1 pm ET
Registration is required for this event

Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are among the most common complications in hospitals and continue to be a significant concern in the healthcare system. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality estimates that approximately 633,300 patients contract one of these infections annually, costing billions for healthcare organizations. These infections can lead to significant morbidity and mortality, with tens of thousands of lives lost each year.
To improve the overall quality of care, it is important that healthcare professionals direct their focus toward identifying and creating opportunities for improving performance and outcomes. In this Lunch & Learn we will cover:

The prevalence of Central line associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) and Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI).
The causative factors and evidence-based strategies for CLABSI and CAUTI prevention.
How the Appalachian Regional Healthcare System successfully implemented evidence-based strategies that resulted in a significant decrease in CLABSI and CAUTI rates.

Medication Education and Reconciliation Efforts LINKS Session 1
2024-02-08 15:00 - 16:00 | Online via Zoom
The IPRO QIN-QIO invites community-based organizations, healthcare providers, and others supporting consumers and patients with education, tools, and resources to enhance community health.
Join us to explore key questions, share promising practices, and problem-solve with your peers.
During our February session, we’ll consider how various groups are supporting medication education and reconciliation efforts within their communities. We hope you will join us to hear from your peers and share your own efforts.
Reserve your spot, register today.

Ensuring Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Treatment through the Care Continuum Webinar Series Session 5
2024-02-09 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 5: Management of Patients on MOUD During the Nursing Home Stay Part 1
In this session, we will discuss admissions assessment & treatment, addressing stigma, and naloxone training.

Health-Related Social Needs Series Part 6
2024-02-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via WebEx
Topic: Health-Related Social Needs Series Part 6
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.

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IPRO Short Sessions: Collaborating for Equity: Establishing an Organizational Commitment to Health Equity
2024-02-28 12:00 - 12:30 | Online via WebEx
Join IPRO for a six-session health equity series focused on topics that align with Priority 3 of the CMS Framework for Health Equity, Build Capacity of Health Care Organizations and the Workforce to Reduce Health and Health Care Disparities. Within Priority 3, CMS states that “Each interaction with a member of a health care team, whether clinical, behavioral, social, or administrative, is another opportunity to make someone’s health care, and health status, better.
However, health care professionals across settings must be equipped with resources and knowledge of what works to reduce disparities.”
In each 30-minute session, IPRO will discuss priority equity topics and promising practices to assist health care organizations identify and address health disparities. IPRO will weave in recent updates to CMS’ prospective payment system rules and health equity measures that serve to advance health equity across Medicare programs.

NHSN Office Hours Session 1
2024-03-06 11:00 - 11:30 | Online via Zoom
The IPRO QIN-QIO is hosting a 30 minute, bi-weekly chat to discuss various topics surrounding NHSN including official NHSN updates, reminders about upcoming changes, and answers to our most commonly received provider questions. Bring your questions and concerns and learn to better navigate NSHN.

Ensuring Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Treatment through the Care Continuum Webinar Series Session 6
2024-03-08 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 1: Management of Patients on MOUD During the Nursing Home Stay Part 2
In this session, we will discuss admissions assessment & treatment, addressing stigma, and naloxone training.

NHSN Office Hours Session 2
2024-03-20 11:00 - 11:30 | Online via Zoom

Overview of CMS Requirements for Hospital Discharges to Post-Acute Care Providers
2024-03-27 13:00 - 14:00
(QSO-23-16-Hospitals Memorandum)
Comprehensive and effective discharge planning is imperative to ensure continuity of care to support improved patient/resident health outcomes and safety at transfer and discharge to the community. This webinar program will provide an overview of the 6/6/23 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality, Safety & Oversight (QSO) 23-16 – Hospital Memorandum of Requirements for Hospital Discharges to Post-Acute Care Providers (https://www.cms.gov/files/document/qso-23-16-hospitals.pdf) and focus on areas identified by CMS as opportunities for improvement related to inclusion and accuracy of critical patient information. The CMS Conditions of Participation specific to the discharge planning process will also be reviewed as well as resources to facilitate accurate and timely information exchange with providers across the healthcare continuum.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Case Management, Discharge Planners, Social Workers, Admissions, Quality Improvement Teams

SPEAKERS
Gail Gresko, Sr. Quality Improvement Specialist
Patrick Archambeault, MS, RN, CCM, Assistant Director

NHSN Office Hours Session 3
2024-04-03 11:00 - 11:30 | Online via Zoom

Medication Education and Reconciliation Efforts LINKS Session 2
2024-04-11 15:00 - 16:00 | Online via Zoom
The IPRO QIN-QIO invites community-based organizations, healthcare providers, and others supporting consumers and patients with education, tools, and resources to enhance community health.
Join us to explore key questions, share promising practices, and problem-solve with your peers.
Reserve your spot, register today.

Ensuring Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Treatment through the Care Continuum Webinar Series Session 7
2024-04-12 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 7: Sustaining Recovery for Patients on MOUD Part 1
In this session, we will discuss Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO), peer support, narcotics anonymous meetings, counseling, and use of technologies.

NHSN Office Hours Session 4
2024-04-17 11:00 - 12:00 | Online via Zoom

2024 IPRO QIN-QIO Leader Forum: April Session
2024-04-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Online via Zoom
Join us to explore key questions, share promising practices, and problem-solve with your peers. Save the data and reserve your spot today.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 2 pm ET

Leaders Forum 2024 Session #2
2024-04-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Online via Zoom
The IPRO QIN-QIO Leader Forum sessions offer a unique opportunity to connect with providers from across the 11-state and District of Columbia network to explore key questions, share promising practices, and problem-solve with peers.
Be sure to share this invitation with others from your organization and/or community who might find value and/or be able to contribute to the network’s learnings.

Hospitals in Action: Promising Workplace Violence Prevention Strategies for Safer Care
2024-04-25 13:00 - 14:00 | Online via WebEx
Violence against health care workers continues to rise and hospital leaders are seeking strategies to enhance workplace safety while upholding patient care standards. According to data gathered in 2023 by National Nurses United (NNU), 81.6% of nurses reported that they have experienced workplace violence, with half stating they have seen instances of violence increase in the last year.
Join us for Part 4 of the HQIC Workplace Violence (WPV) Prevention webinar series. This dynamic session will feature sharing of real-world experiences and promising WPV prevention practices from healthcare leaders in diverse roles at a rural hospital, community hospital and an urban health system.
Learning Objectives:
• Hear from leaders from diverse hospital settings about successes, challenges and lessons learned from their unique workplace violence prevention journey
• Review key components of system-wide workplace violence prevention programs and the impact on workforce safety
• Identify key strategies and actionable steps healthcare leaders can take to effectively address workplace violence
Who Should Attend:
Hospital leaders, nurses, physicians, front-line and Emergency Department staff, security and safety team specialists, risk management, employee/occupational health, patient safety and quality professionals

NHSN Office Hours Session 5
2024-05-01 11:00 - 11:30 | Online via Zoom

Ensuring Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Treatment through the Care Continuum Webinar Series Session 8
2024-05-10 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 8: Sustaining Recovery for Patients on MOUD Part 2
In this session, we will discuss Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO), peer support, narcotics anonymous meetings, counseling, and use of technologies.

NHSN Office Hours Session 6
2024-05-15 11:00 - 11:30 | Online via Zoom

QAPI Office Hours
2024-05-15 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-06-26 16:00 - 17:00 | Online via Zoom
QAPI Office Hours offer a highly interactive learning experience using Google’s Jamboard, allowing participants to ask questions and share experiences about QI topics. Give it a try!

Infection Prevention for Infection Preventionist by Infection Preventionists (IP3)
2024-05-16 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-05-23 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-05-30 11:00 - 12:00 | Online via Zoom
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, MSN, RN and Mary Ellen Casey, MSN, RN, M.Ed., CIC every Thursday at 11 am ET.

IPRO Regional Long Term Care Stakeholder Meeting 2024
2024-05-22 09:30 - 10:30 | Online via Zoom
Hear from IPRO QIN-QIO (IPRO, Healthcentric Advisors, and Qlarant), as we share news about anticipated changes to the QIN-QIO work. We will also celebrate our collective accomplishments over the past five years and share education, tools, and resources that are available to support you.

NHSN Office Hours Session 7
2024-05-29 11:00 - 11:30 | Online via Zoom

Moving Beyond Your QAPI Committee: A Culture for Safe, Reliable, and Quality Care
2024-06-05 14:00 - 15:00 | Online via Zoom
During this session, we will asses your culture of safety, reliable, and effective care. We will also complete self-assessments and identify strategies to improve your culture of quality.

Ensuring Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Treatment through the Care Continuum Webinar Series Session 9
2024-06-07 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 9: Management of Patients on MOUD: Key Takeaways and Series Wrap Up
In this session, a general certificate of attendance will be provided for continuing education/contact hours. Attendees are responsible for determining if this program meets the criteria for licensure or recertification for their discipline.

NHSN Office Hours Session 8
2024-06-12 11:00 - 11:30 | Online via Zoom

QAPI Office Hours: Root Cause Analysis
2024-07-03 14:00 - 15:00 | Online via Zoom
