Resources
Georgia Department of Public Health Strike & Support Team Office Hours (Non-SNF) | 2.24.23
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) | 2.17.23
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 […]
Give the Boost a Shot: Introducing a New Toolkit That Will Help with Increasing All Immunization Rates in Your Facility | 2.23.23
As a health care professional, you play a vital role in protecting patients and their families against preventable disease. In many cases, the best protection is a vaccine. Join this 45-minute virtual event to learn from Efren Whitehead, Jr, a licensed Nursing Home Administrator, about the Increasing Influenza Vaccination Rates in Nursing Homes toolkit and how this […]
Ideas for National Health Care Decisions Day and Beyond: Looking at Hope in a New Way
SUMMARY: Few interactions are as satisfying as helping patients identify and then attain their goals. Join us as we learn about giving hope as a high-reliability function of health care. You’ll also learn how you can partner in this year’s National Healthcare Decisions Day campaign to promote advanced health care decision conversations. IN THIS SERIES, […]
C. difficile Infection Reduction in Long-Term Care: Session 6 – Comprehensive Review
SUMMARY: Did you know more than 100,000 C. difficile infections developed among residents of U.S. nursing homes? Join us for the last session of our series as we review C. difficile infection reduction strategies, antibiotic stewardship, and infection prevention best practices. AFTER ATTENDING THIS SESSION, LEARNERS WILL BE ABLE TO: 1. Understand C. difficile infection […]
Nursing Home Readmission Affinity Group Session 5: Engaging the Interdisciplinary Team
SUMMARY: Participants will learn how a facility integrated its interdisciplinary team into patient education on the CHF Zone Tool to improve patients’ self-management of their health and wellness and reduce avoidable ED visits and hospitalizations. In addition, we will discuss how communication and collaboration among the interdisciplinary team positively impact the discharge planning process. IN […]
Nursing Home Patient Safety Series: HAI Affinity Group – Community-Acquired Pneumonia Update
SUMMARY: This session will review pertinent definitions and categorizations of pneumonia. We will also discuss updates to the guidelines and review an example case. TARGET AUDIENCE: Infection Preventionists (IP), Nursing Home leadership, Clinical leadership. IN THIS SERIES, ATTENDEES WILL LEARN: New knowledge and tools surrounding the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of facility associated infections including […]
Nursing Home Readmission Affinity Group Session 4: Managing Readmission Risk
SUMMARY: In this session, participants will learn how to use Alliant Health Solution’s Rehospitalization Risk Assessment Tool to identify patients’ risk factors for readmission. We will also review interventions and care planning for these risks. In addition, we will provide tips for implementation and discuss the impact of social determinants of health and implicit bias […]