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Health Care Excel (HCE) Events

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Home Health Quality Initiative (HHQI) Events

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• The Best of the Best: Three Best Practice Interventions to Improve ACH Outcomes
  November 29, 2007
  Speakers: Michelle Morin, RN; Dori Jensen, OTR; Pam Kohl, RN; Bonnie Dixon, RN, BSN

  • Teleconference Recording (24.5 MB)
  • Handout - Assessment of Patient's Risk for Hospitalization
  • Handout - 60 day Summary to be Completed on Recerted Patients
  • Handout - My Emergency Plan
    
     

• Advanced Directives and Care Plans
  October 30, 2007
  Presenters:  Charis Poppens, APRN, BC, Clinical Nurse Specialist—Sanford Visiting Nurses and Hospice, Sioux Falls, SD

  • Teleconference Recording (23.2 MB)
  • Handout (172 KB)

  
  
  

• Reducing ACH by Decreasing Barriers to Compliance
  September 25, 2007
  Presenters: Goldie Burnham, RN, MS, CSN, CDE, Underserved/Task 1d2 Project Manager, South Dakota Foundation for Medical Care

  • Teleconference Recording (21.1 MB)
  • Handout (49 KB)
    
    
    
• Influenza Immunization Among Health Care Workers
  August 30, 2007
  Speakers: Roland A. Grieb, MD, MHSA and Sandy Hampton, RN
  • Teleconference Recording (46 KB)
  • Teleconference Presentation (20.6 MB)
    
     

• Case Management in the Home Care Setting
  July 26, 2007
  Speakers: Sheila Miller, RN, MSN; Sheryl Dreikosen, RN, BSN; and Sheryl Peck, RN

  • Teleconference Recording (14 MB)
  • Teleconference Presentation (40 KB)
    
     

• Palliative Care
  June 19, 2007
  Speaker: Nancy Homburg, MD, of Appleton, WI

  • Teleconference Recording (22.8 MB)
  • Teleconference Presentation (97 KB)
    
     

• Improvement in Dyspnea - Implementing Pulmonary Rehabilitation in the Home
  May 15, 2007
  Speaker: Lisa Gorski, MS, APRN, BC, FAAN, and Mary Cesarz, MS, PT

  • Teleconference Recording
  • Presentation
  • Quality of Life Tool: Pulmonary Pathway
    
     

• Improving Referral Outcomes Through Care Coordination
  April 17, 2007
  Speaker: Bill Ficks, LCSW, JoAnn Borchard, RN, and Carin Croker, RN, MSN, CCM

  • Teleconference Recording (14 MB)
    
     

• Teleconference-Outcome-Based Quality Improvement (OBQI) Outcome Rates, Predictive Models, Risk-Adjustment, and More…
  April 12, 2007

  • Teleconference Invitation (175 KB)
  • Teleconference Presentation (267 KB)
    
     

• Improvement in Dyspnea: Telemonitoring Interventions Shared by Three Home Health Agencies
  Hosted by Myra Weiss and Darlene Steenholdt
  Presented by: Mary Ann Wortmann and Lori Pietz of South Dakota, Leslie Larsen of Wisconsin; Carolyn Goodall of Indiana

  • Recording (26 MB)
  • Handout - COPD Plan (124 KB)
    
     

• Improvement in Dyspnea: Successful Practices by Top-Performing Home Health Agencies
  October 3, 2006
  Presented by: Shirley Schmick and Penny Schumann - ThedaCare at Home - Appleton, Wisconsin, Carla VanDyke and Kim Kendall - Avera St. Luke’s Home Health Agency - Aberdeen, South Dakota, Karen Wathen - Greene County Home Health Agency - Linton, IN

  • Teleconference Recording (30 MB)

  Handouts

  • Congestive Heart Failure Instruction Sheet
  • COPD Handbook
  • Disease Management: Standards of Practice/Protocol - CHF
  • Dyspnea Flow Sheet
  • Emergency Care Plan
  • Heart Failure Booklet
  • Key: For Dyspnea Assessment Flow Sheet
     

   

• Decreasing Acute Care Hospitalization (ACH): Does it Relate to Pay-for-Performance (P4P)?
  September 19, 2006

  Presented by: John N. Lewis, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Health Care Excel of Kentucky

  • Teleconference Recording (24 MB)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (99 KB)
    
     

• Home Health Agency Immunization Campaign Preparation
  Presented by: Doreen Hojnicki, DO, Public Health Preparedness Coordinator; Carol Briley, Immunization Director; Sheila Cheek, Quality Improvement Specialist

  • Handout (69 KB)
  • Poster (327 KB)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (1.9 MB)
  • Teleconference Recording (33.9 MB)
    
     

• Home Health Disease Management: Dispelling the Myths, Seizing the Opportunity!
  Hosted by: Health Care Excel of Kentucky, Medicare QIO for Kentucky
  Presented by: Melinda Huffman, RN, BSN, MSN, CCNS

  • PowerPoint Presentation (501 KB)
  • Teleconference Recording (31.9 MB) 
    
    
    

• Improvement in Dyspnea: Assessment, Scoring, and Intervention Strategies
  September 7, 2006
  Hosted by South Dakota Foundation for Medical Care (SCFMC), QIO for South Dakota
  Presented by: Denise Stroud, RN, BSN, and Barb Aman

  • Handout (23 KB)
  • Teleconference Recording (7.6 MB)

Hospital Payment Monitoring Program (HPMP) Events

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• Driving Toward Strategic Integration - Transition and Transparency in Health Care
  Thursday, November 8, 2007
  PRIMO West Conference Center
  2353 Hadley Road
  Plainfield, IN 46168

  • Invitation (296 KB)
  • Registration Form (324 KB)
     

  Handouts

• The Journey to Excellence: Capture the Vision - Kentucky
  November 8 and 9, 2006

  • Program Invitation (966 KB)
     

  Utilizing Six Sigma for Process Improvement in Health Care
  Presenter - Pam Jones, BS, MB - Commonwealth Health Corporation

  • Presentation (3.6 MB)
  • Handout (3.2 MB)
     

  Auditing/Monitoring from a Hospital Wide Perspective
  Presenter - Jennie Bryan, MBA, RHIA, CCS - Baptist Healthcare System, Inc.

  • Handout - Hospital Wide Compliance - Audit and Monitoring (113 KB)
     

  CERT - Monitoring and Reporting the Accuracy of Medicare Fee for Service Payments
  Presenter - Sonja Racke, RN - National Government Services

  • Handout - Comprehensive Error Rate Testing Program (CERT) (404 KB)
     

  Observation Compared to Inpatient Status: Just the Facts
  Presenter - Mary Helderman, RN, CPUM - Health Care Excel

  • Presentation (199 KB)

Hospital Quality Initiative (HQI) Events

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• Quality Improvement Stakes: Put Patient Safety in the Winner’s Circle
  April 23, 2008

  • Agenda

  Meeting Handouts

  • Epidemiology and Prevention of MRSA
  • A New Era for Quality of Care for Heart Disease
  • SCIP in an Era of Accountability
  • CMS' Progress Toward Implementing Value-Based Purchasing

  Quality Track

  • Reconciliation: It’s Not Just for Marriage Problems

  Compliance Track

  • Medicare Hospital Discharge Appeal Rights
  • Medicare Integrity: Hot Topics and Implications for Providers

   

• Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP): Prophylactic Antibiotics Discontinued With 24 Hours After Surgery End Time
  November 14, 2007
  Speakers: Paul Cronen, MD; Andy Gluba; Rebecca Shadowen, MD; Tricia Just

  • Recording (17.7 MB)
    
     

• Opportunities to Improve Patient Care and Outcomes: Pneumonia and Influenza Vaccinations Prior to Discharge
  August 22, 2007
  Speakers: Dr. Dale Bratzler; Judy Best, Barbara Richardson of LaGrange, KY; Kathy Lewis of Bedford, IN

  • Teleconference Recording (27 MB)
  • Presentation - Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination - Protecting our Most Vulnerable
  • Presentation - Ordering and Giving Pneumococcal & Flu Vaccines
  • Presentation - Opportunities to Improve Patient Care and Outcomes: Pneumonia and Influenza Vaccinations Prior to Discharge
  • Handout - Vaccine Record
  • Handout - Opportunities to Improve Patient Care and Outcomes: Pneumonia and Influenza Vaccinations Prior to Discharge - Baptist Hospital Northeast
  • Handout - Opportunities to Improve Patient Care and Outcomes: Pneumonia and Influenza Vaccinations Prior to Discharge - Bedford Regional Hospital
    
     

• Team Collaboration to Improve Care of Heart Failure Patients
  June 27, 2007
  Presenter: Jan Ernest, Teresa Smith, and Dawn Worman of St. Mary’s Medical Center, Evansville, IN

  • Teleconference Recording (16.6 MB)
  • Presentation (72 KB)
    
     

• Hospital Quality - Where Money and Measures Meet
  April 18, 2007
  
  Presentations

  • Program Invitation/Agenda/Registration Form (589 KB)
  • Quality of Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) and Heart Failure (HF): Past, Present, and Future-Frederick Masoudi, MD, MSPH, FACC
  • Quality of Care for Pneumonia-David Hunt, MD, FACS
  • Quality of Care for Surgical Patients-David Hunt, MD, FACS
  • Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD): Preventing Progression and Planning for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)-George Aronoff, MD, FACP
  • 5 Million Lives Campaign-Jennifer Chi, BA
  • Provider Compliance and Quality: Why Should I Care?-Scott Taebel, Esq.
  • Pay for Performance-John Lewis, MD, MPH
  • Hospital-Issued Notices of Noncoverage (HINNs)-Cheryl Riddell, RN

  
  HINN Handouts

  • Admission (after 3 pm) HINN Sample(KY)
  • Admission (before 3 pm) HINN Sample(KY)
  • Continued Stay Physician Concurs Sample(KY)
  • Continued Stay QIO Concurs Sample(KY)
  • Need for Continued Hospitalization Sample
  • Preadmission HINN Sample(KY)
  • Reinstatement of Benefits
  • REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE REVIEW (KY)
  • Rescind Notice
    
     

• Culture Change: The Patient as the Priority Teleconference
  February 7, 2007
  Presenters: Deb Hummel, RN, CAN, BC, and Linda Noble, CPUR, CM of Rush Memorial Hospital

  • Teleconference Recording (21 MB)
  • Presentation (62 KB)
    
     

• Rural Organizational Safety Culture Change (ROSC): Improving Patient Safety in a Rural Hospital
  December 6, 2006
  Presenter: Diane Deberry, Performance Improvement Director, Hardin Medical Center, Savannah, Tennessee

  • Teleconference Recording (22 MB)
    
     

• Commonly Raised Topics About Pneumococcal Disease and Vaccination
  November 28, 2006
  Presenters: Esther Paek, MD, MPH, and John Lewis, MD, MPH

  • Teleconference Recording (31 MB)
     

  Handouts

  • Pneumococcal Disease and Prevention
  • Biosketch - John Lewis, MD, MPH
  • Biosketch - Esther Paek, MD, MPH
    
     

• Planning for Bar Code Medication Administration: The Unique Challenges of IV Infusions
  November 15, 2006
  Presenter: Timothy W. Vanderveen, PharmD, MS

  • Recording (25 MB)
  • Handout (1.3 MB)
  • Presenter Biosketch
    
     

• Performance Management of Pneumonia Processes: Achieving Success
  Presenter: James Buchanan, MD, DeKalb Memorial Hospital

  • Recording (27.7 MB)
     

  Handouts

  • Chest Pain Protocol
  • CHF Guideline
  • CHF, Pneumonia, MI, CVA, Afib
  • Pneumonia Protocol
  • Standing Order - Influenza Vaccines
  • Standing Order - Pneumonia Vaccines
    
     

• Thromboprophylaxis: A Patient Safety Responsibility
  October 3, 2006
  Presented by: Bill Geerts, MD, FRCPC, FCCP, University of Toronto

  • Teleconference Recording (18.5 MB)
  • Handout (540 KB)

Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI) Events

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• Effective Interventions for Depression
  June 12, 2008
  Speaker: Roberta Williams, C.R.C., L.C.P.C.

  • Teleconference Presentation
  • Depression Awareness #1
  • Depression Awareness #2
  • Signs & Symptoms of Depression & Anxiety
    
     

• Consistent Assignment: The Pre-requisite for Quality Improvement and Individualized Care
  January 10, 2008
  Speaker: Barbara Frank

  • Handout (433 KB)
  • Powerpoint Presentation (1.3 MB)
  • Recording (12.7 MB)
    
     

• Caring for Elders in Their Final Days: Maintaining Dignity & Comfort
  October 11, 2007
  Speaker: Karen Kehl, PhD, RN, CHPN

  • Handout (89 KB)
    
    
    

• Assessment & Treatment of Pain in People with Dementia
  September 20, 2007

  Speakers:

  Christine Kovach, PhD, RN, FAAN Ruth Hovland RN, BA, MA Pat Starr, LPN

  • Presentation (132 KB)
  • Handout (2 MB)
    
    
    

• The Importance of Mealtime Observation for Quality Improvement
  August 23, 2007
  Speaker: Sandra Simmons, PhD

  • Presentation (132 KB)
     

  Handouts

  • Weight Loss Prevention
  • Continuous Quality Improvement for Meals: An Observational Tool
  • The Importance of Mealtime Observation for Quality Improvement
    
    
    

• Sizzlin' Summer Sensation - Quality Measures-Best Practice Review
  June 21, 2007
  Presented by Maria Sodenkamp, RN, Quality Improvement Specialist, Health Care Excel

  • Pain handouts
  • Depression handouts
  • Pressure handouts
  • Physical restraints handouts
    
     

• Changing the Culture of Care Planning Teleconference
  June 14, 2007
  Speaker: Carmen S. Bowman, MHS, ACC

  • Invitation (70 KB)
  • Presentation (310 KB)
  • Recording (14.40 MB)
     
    

• Restraint Reduction and Fall Prevention: Falling Leaf Program-Update
  June 6, 2007
  Presented by Carolyn Spradlin, RN, BSN, CPHQ, CPUR, Program Manager, Primaris
  
  Handouts

  • Falls Investigation Report
  • Falls Investigation Report 2
  • Falls Prevention Intervention Care Plan
  • Falls Data Input Form
  • Morse Fall Scale
  • Pain Assessment in Advance Dementia (PAINAD) Scale
  • PAINAD Instructions
  • Fishbone Exercise Directions
  • Fishbone Exercise
  • References
  • PowerPoint Handouts
    
     

• Regulatory Compliance and Culture Change Teleconference
  May 17, 2007
  Presented by: Carmen S. Bowman, MHS, ACC

  • Invitation (40 KB)
  • Recording (14.65MB)
     

  Handout

  • Quality of Life: Delineating between Deficient Practice Common Practice and Culture Change Practice
    
     

• The Pain Quality Measure and Minimum Data Set (MDS) Coding
  March 27, 2007
  Presented by: Janine Lehman, Director of Clinical Services, Wells Health System, Inc.

  • Fast Facts: Pain Overview (45 KB)
  • Fast Facts: Pain Evaluation (839 KB)
  • Fast Facts: Pain Screening (835 KB)
  • Fast Facts: Pain Treatment (841 KB)
  • Quality Measure (QM)/Minimum Data Set (MDS) Crosswalk (160 KB)
  • Tip Sheet: MDS Coding for Pain (98 KB)
     

  Quality Measures Resource Manual:

  • Chapter 6J: “Percent of Residents Who Have Moderate to Severe Pain”
  • Appendix A: “Snapshot Definitions of NHQI Quality Measures”
  • Appendix H: “Consolidated MDS QI/QM Reports”
  • Appendix I: “Accessing Your Quality Indicator/Quality Measures Reports”
    
     

• The Restraints Quality Measure and Minimum Data Set (MDS) Coding
  March 13, 2007
  Presented by: Janine Lehman, Director of Clinical Services, Wells Health System, Inc.

  • Teleconference Recording (22.5 MB)
  • Fast Facts: Physical Restraints Overview (846 KB)
  • Fast Facts: Physical Restraints Evaluation (848 KB)
  • Fast Facts: Physical Restraints Care Planning and Monitoring (842 KB)
  • Fast Facts: Physical Restraints Reduction/Elimination (845 KB)
  • Quality Measure (QM)/Minimum Data Set (MDS) Crosswalk (158 KB)
  • Tip Sheet: MDS Restraint Coding (104 KB)
     

  Quality Measures Resource Manual: Links to MedQIC

  • Chapter 6K: “Percent of Residents Who Were Physically Restrained”
  • Appendix A: “Snapshot Definitions of NHQI Quality Measures”
  • Appendix H: “Consolidated MDS QI/QM Reports”
  • Appendix I: “Accessing Your Quality Indicator/Quality Measures Reports”
    
     

• Falls Management Beyond Alarms and Low Beds Teleconference
  March 8, 2007
  Presented by: Molly C. Morand, BSN, RN, BC

  • Invitation (130 KB)
  • Basic Assessment Tracking Form (1131 KB)
  • Presentation (29 KB)
  • Teleconference Recording (26 MB)
    
     

• The Pressure Ulcer Quality Measure and Minimum Data Set (MDS) Coding
  February 20, 2007
  Presenter: Janine Lehman, Director of Clinical Services, Wells Health Systems, Inc.

  • Teleconference Recording (23 MB)
  
  Handouts
  • MDS Skin Condition Coding Tip Sheet
  • Quality Measure (QM)/Minimum Data Set (MDS) Crosswalk
  • 10 Signs Your Quality Efforts for Pressure Ulcers May Not Be Working
     
  Quality Measure Resource Manual
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix H
  • Appendix I
  • Chapter 6L
    
     

• Creating Champions: A Team Leader Approach to Quality Care teleconference
  February 15, 2007
  Speakers: James Gitzinger, BS, Administrator of Pine Meadows Health Care
  Joni E. Gosser, AAS, BPS, EMBA, Director of Operations

  • Handout (234 KB)
  • Teleconference Recording (18 MB)
    
     

• The Depression Quality Measure and MDS Coding teleconference
  January 30, 2007
  Speaker: Janine Lehman, Director of Clinical Services, Wells Health Systems, Inc.

  • Recording (23.7 MB)

  
  Handouts

  • MDS Indicators Of Depression Coding
  • Quality Measure
     

  Quality Measures Resource Manual, Version 5.0

  • Appendix - A

  • Appendix - H

  • Appendix - I

  • Chapter - 6F
    
     

Physician Practice Quality Initiative (PPQI) Events

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• None at this time.

Underserved and Rural Quality Initiative Events

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