Events
Reducing Opioid Misuse: Leveraging Alternative Pain Management Therapies | Jan. 11, 2024
Community of Practice Call
Preventing and Reducing Workplace Violence | Feb. 8, 2024
CMS is hosting this session with the American Hospital Association’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative to provide insights on addressing violence in health care communities and workplaces. The session will review the current state of workplace violence and showcase AHA’s tools for hospitals. Evangelical Community Hospital in Pennsylvania will also present its “Safe to Care” program, which […]
Infection Prevention and Sepsis Recognition in Home Care | June 13, 2024
This session will review strategies for preventing infections that can lead to sepsis while receiving post-acute care in the home setting, whether from home health or families and caregivers. Patient, family and staff education tools and resources will be shared to help support safe home care.
From High Reliability Organizations (HRO) to Resiliency Engineering—The Future of Patient Safety | July 11, 2024
Patient safety remains at the forefront of our minds. Our challenge as health care leaders is to support our teams, particularly front-line staff, in making good patient safety choices by creating systems that prevent errors and encourage early identification and harm reporting. This presentation by Dr. Oren Guttman, Vice President, High Reliability & Patient Safety, Jefferson […]
Active Shooter: Is Your Hospital Prepared? | August 8, 2024
Being prepared and protecting patients and workforce is a priority for health care organizations. Learn how CHI St. Vincent Medical Center-North’s shared experience of preparing for a potential active shooter event, the results of that preparation, and lessons learned helped Baxter Health reassess and enhance response protocols to ensure their capability and readiness for workplace violence […]