Senior Risk Solution Consultant Susan Morelli-Puricelli of MedPro Group will share risk management fundamentals in health care settings and quality and patient safety issues.
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Part 4
Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) must comply with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Conditions of Participation located in Appendix W in the manual. This four-part webinar will cover the entire CAH CoP manual. The regulations and interpretive guidelines serve as the basis for determining compliance.
There were multiple changes and new regulations for CAHs in 2020, including a change to all the tag numbers. Most of the new Tag numbers do not include Interpretive Guidelines or Survey Procedures. Other changes included twenty-five new tag numbers in infection prevention and control and antibiotic stewardship and ten new tag numbers in QAPI. As for Swing Bed changes – the regulations are limited to Appendix W, but the interpretive guidelines and survey procedures are in Appendix PP.
This seminar will help CAHs comply with specific CoP problem areas, such as nursing care plans, necessary policies and procedures, medication carts and drug storage, informed consent, and medication administration to name a few.
This 4 part series will be held on April 24, May 1, May 8 and May 30
Improving Antibiotic Use
Two million infections per year are caused by antibiotic resistant organisms, leading to 35,000 deaths per year in the United States.[1] Meanwhile, one-third of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions and half of the prescriptions for acute respiratory infections are unnecessary. Learn how to improve patient safety and reduce harm associated with antibiotics in a free 18-month AHRQ program that starts in June 2024.
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Infection diagnostics historically focused on the use of culture, but in recent years, new methods have offered faster results and improved outcomes. With the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnostics became more widely known and accessible. While PCR has been most often used to diagnose viral infections, it has widespread utility for diagnosing infections by many different pathogen types. To get the most clinically actionable results from PCR diagnostics, there are several strategies that should be leveraged. In this webinar, we will discuss important considerations when implementing PCR testing in the clinic and how it can support patient care while being mindful of healthcare costs.
This webinar is being provided by WHA Corporate Member, HealthTrackRx.
Hospitals and critical access hospitals face shared challenges, including compliance with federal regulations and accreditation standards. This session will focus on problematic deficiencies and the expectations of compliance standards.
Does it count as community benefit? What are the guiding principles for reporting (and not reporting) community benefit programs? This webinar will cover the basics of what counts as community benefit and how to account for and report community benefit to key audiences. Trina Hackensmith from Lyons Software will review the categories of community benefit, criteria for what counts (and doesn't count), and principles for measuring, reporting and accounting for community benefit.
The number of deficiencies in the physical environment condition of participation and the environment-of-care standards has continued to increase. This online seminar will review commonly cited physical environment and life-safety code deficiencies in hospitals. CMS updates on expectations for ligature-resistant environment, categorical waivers, air pressure and humidity in surgical suites also will be discussed.