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Nursing Home Readmission Affinity Group: Creating Interdisciplinary Programs to Reduce Avoidable Readmissions
Dr. Swati Gaur, MD, MBA, CMD, AGSF, medical director of New Horizons Nursing Facilities, shares her skilled nursing facility’s experience with their Patient at Risk (PAR) program and how it impacted avoidable readmissions and ED visits. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1. Identify resident care processes that contribute to readmissions. 2. Create a PAR program to address priority […]
Role of the Emergency Department (ED) Physician in the Treatment of Patients with OUD
More than 1 million of Medicare beneficiaries had a diagnosis of opioid use disorder in 2020. However, fewer than 1 in 5 Medicare beneficiaries with an opioid use disorder diagnosis received medication to treat this condition. In addition, the number of patients who stay in treatment after hospital discharge decrease drastically during the transition of […]
Georgia Department of Public Health Strike & Support Team Office Hours (Non-SNF) | 9.22.23
Join us for the Georgia Department of Public Health Strike & Support Team Office Hours. This series is held on the fourth Friday of each month and is for non-skilled nursing facilities (non-SNFs). Office hours are your opportunity to come and learn, share, vent and more! Find out updates on infection prevention, clinical protocols and […]
Georgia Department of Public Health Strike & Support Team Office Hours (SNF) | 9.15.23
Join us for the Georgia Department of Public Health Strike (& Support) Team Office Hours. These sessions will consist of a regularly scheduled monthly webinar for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) as well as SNF medical directors. Office hours are your opportunity to come and learn, share, vent and more! Each month we will have updates […]
Elements of a Successful Vaccination Season: Engagement, Communication and Documentation
The program will provide the importance of engagement, communication, and documentation for a successful vaccination season. Panelists from a nursing home and community coalition will share their success stories and strategies in promoting vaccine confidence and reducing vaccine hesitancy to achieve increased vaccination rates. In summary, using these elements plays a critical role increasing vaccination […]
Nursing Home Readmission Affinity Group: The First 48 Hours – Improving Patient Safety During Care Transitions
Medical Director Dr. Swati Gaur, MD, MBA, CMD, AGSF, shares actionable steps based on her real-life nursing home experience that you can use to integrate improved processes for care transitions. Learning Objections: Examine how care transitions impact readmission rates and patient safety. Create an interdisciplinary system to improve processes for readmissions. Learn to establish a […]
This Is Not a Drill: Responding to the July 2022 Eastern Kentucky Flooding
Last summer, residents of eastern Kentucky experienced the unimaginable as torrential rains caused massive flooding, swept away cars and homes and claimed 45 lives. At the center of the tragedy was Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH). Join Alliant Health Solutions and IPRO for this webinar. ARH representatives will share their experiences and lessons learned. You’ll hear […]
Role of the Pharmacist in the Treatment of Patients with OUD
This webinar series is a collaboration of all of the Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organizations and will provide strategies, interventions, and targeted solutions to ensure access to MOUD treatment and facilitate the continuity of care through the continuum. Please join us to hear from national experts during this monthly webinar series occurring on Friday of […]
Nursing Home Readmission Affinity Group Session #10: Simplifying the Readmission Puzzle
Dr. Swati Gaur, MD, MBA, CMD, AGSF, and medical director, presents this interactive session to help teams analyze readmission data and identify readmission strategies through real-life cases and nursing home experiences. Learning Objections: Understand facility admission and readmission data Analyze readmission data to prioritize interventions Learn how to operationalize improvement
Nursing Home Patient Safety Series: Comprehensive Approaches to Preventing and Managing Urinary Tract Infections in Nursing Facilities – Antimicrobial Stewardship
This healthcare-associated infection (HAI) prevention webinar will discuss clinical and pharmacological interventions to reduce urinary tract infections and inappropriate antibiotic use in nursing facilities. In This Event, We Will: Learn about the burden of urinary tract infections (UTIs) and urosepsis in the LTCF population. Discuss how clinicians can properly identify asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) and avoid […]