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Please join Lake Superior Quality Innovation Network’s Candy Hanson as she highlights what eligible clinicians and their organizations need to do to be successful in this transition year and to prepare for future reporting years.
Learn about The American Heart Association and American Medical Association's Target: BP to improve blood pressure control and build a healthier nation.
Welcome to Office Hours. Please join Lake Superior Quality Innovation Network’s team as they highlight the most recent QPP news and deadlines that eligible clinicians and their organizations need to be aware of to be successful in this transition year and to prepare for the future.
The 2017 Minnesota Antibiotic Stewardship Conference will have a long-term care focus, with content provided in the form of panels and long-term care professionals sharing field experiences with antibiotic stewardship.
In this webinar Susan Deming, RDH, RDA, B.S., from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) will be discussing the correlation between oral health and diabetes.
In this webinar Pat Posa, R.N., BSN, MSA, FAAN, from Saint Joseph Mercy Health System will be discussing best practices for recognizing and treating sepsis.
Joyce Black, PhD, RN, will provide an update on the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel’s (NPUAP) changes in terminology and in the staging system.
This is the third in a series of webinar events focusing on the MACRA Quality Payment Program (QPP) categories and scoring. QPP is a multifaceted program composed of four performance categories – Quality; Improvement Activities; Advancing Care Information; and Cost – and Scoring for each category. This webinar will focus on the Quality and Cost categories and what clinicians and practices need to consider as they transition to QPP.
An opportunity for nursing homes participating in the NNHQCC to share barriers and successes they have had in preventing pressure injuries.
Normandale Community College is offering a Healthcare Data Analytics 1-Day Bootcamp.
The use of psychotropic medications in residents with dementia does not always contribute to the highest potential of the residents. In this webinar, Dr. Sonntag will identify when it is appropriate to use these medications.
The fourth webinar in the series will focus on calculating a score for MIPS and will introduce a MIPS Estimator tool clinicians can use to determine what their score is and how simple changes may affect the score.
Patients need information to make health care decisions. Talking to patients has a great impact on patient engagement, compliance, and health outcomes. This health literacy webinar shows strategies for using targeted conversations in patient education and communication.
An opportunity for nursing homes participating in the NNQCC to share barriers and successes they have had in reducing the use of antipsychotic medication in residents with dementia.
This is the first webinar in a four part series that will provide evidenced-based structure and interventions to improve medication safety. Subsequent webinars will utilize/reference the Medication at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) tool for Medication reconciliation.
What are the competencies necessary for nursing home staff to create an optimum dining experience?
Including a pharmacist as a member of the patient’s health care team during discharges from nursing homes and home health services can decrease medication discrepancies, improve patient engagement and reduce hospital readmissions.
Welcome to Office Hours. Please join Lake Superior Quality Innovation Network’s team as they highlight the most recent QPP news and deadlines that eligible clinicians and their organizations need to be aware of to be successful in this transition year and to prepare for the future.
Patients need information to make health care decisions. Talking to patients has a great impact on patient engagement, compliance, and health outcomes. This health literacy webinar shows strategies for using targeted conversations in patient education and communication.
The 2017 Hospital Quality & Safety Learning Network Day will help you identify strategies that will positively impact your organization’s interdisciplinary teamwork and resiliency, explore creative ways to work with community partners to improve patient outcomes and reduce readmissions, and more.
Provider Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) is often used inappropriately or not used at all due to a lack of understanding of its purpose. In 2016, the Minnesota POLST form was revised with the goal of correcting some of the issues Minnesotans currently face.
The TeamSTEPPS LTC Communication Module provides strategies and tools to improve the effectiveness of communication and promote sharing of information.
Join Lake Superior Quality Innovation Network (QIN) and Michigan Care Improvement Registry (MCIR) experts from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) for this webinar on the basics of MCIR.
This webinar will provide an opportunity for hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgery centers to discuss best practices and share barriers in their quality improvement efforts regarding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) quality reporting program colonoscopy measures OP-29, 30, & 32 and ASC-9, 10 & 12, as well as OAS CAHPS.
This is the second webinar in a four part series that will provide evidenced-based structure and interventions to improve medication safety. Subsequent webinars will utilize/reference the Medication at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) tool for Medication reconciliation.
This webinar will provide a basic overview of MACRA Quality Payment Program, including a review of Alternative Payment Models (APMs). Attendees will gain a better understanding of the requirements of APMs and review the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC).
Nationally known expert Sue Ann Guildermann will speak on reducing falls and increasing mobility in nursing homes.
Welcome to Office Hours. Please join Lake Superior Quality Innovation Network’s team as they highlight the most recent QPP news and deadlines that eligible clinicians and their organizations need to be aware of to be successful in this transition year and to prepare for the future.
This three-part webinar series will provide an outline of the Medicare Spending per Beneficiary (MSPB) measure and methodology, how MSPB measure calculations are performed, primary drivers of MSPB including regional and state trends, and more.
This webinar will address the problems many nursing homes are facing with attracting and retaining highly-qualified staff members, and discuss strategies to promote staff stability and retention. Audience Long term care professionals Objectives Understand the impact of demographics and labor market on CNA/Nurses recruitment and retention Learn about alternative employee incentives/benefits that promote satisfaction/retention Speaker Karen Hinkle, NHA, has […]
Heart failure is one of the top diagnoses involved with readmissions throughout the Great Plains and Lake Superior Quality Innovation Networks. This webinar is the first in a series of webinars to assist communities in this seven-state region improve heart failure care.
Medication discrepancies are one of the leading causes of unnecessary re-admissions, which cost thousands of dollars each year. Improved medication reconciliation processes can drastically improve patient safety. This four part webinar series is designed to improve your organization’s medication reconciliation process.
Welcome to Office Hours. Please join Lake Superior Quality Innovation Network’s team as they highlight the most recent QPP news and deadlines that eligible clinicians and their organizations need to be aware of to be successful in this transition year and to prepare for the future.
The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) team at Jefferson Community Health and Life - Gardenside LTC, in Fairbury, Nebraska, implemented Natural Awakening. They will share the steps taken, lessons learned and challenges they have faced.
This webinar is designed to provide the participant with an overview of the Case Management Model and provide strategies to avoid readmissions in the inpatient psychiatric facility setting. Audience Inpatient psychiatric facility staff, behavioral health clinicians, discharge planners and case managers Objectives Get an introduction to the Case Management Model Learn how to build relationships with appropriate […]
Medication discrepancies are one of the leading causes of unnecessary re-admissions, which cost thousands of dollars each year. Improved medication reconciliation processes can drastically improve patient safety. This four part webinar series is designed to improve your organization’s medication reconciliation process.
Heart failure is one of the top diagnoses involved with readmissions throughout the Great Plains and Lake Superior Quality Innovation Networks. This webinar is the second in a series of webinars to assist communities in this seven-state region improve heart failure care.
Change is hard. As healthcare professionals, our success in helping patients manage their chronic conditions and maintain a state of wellness often depends upon our ability to effectively communicate and promote healthy behavior change.
Long term care experts will describe how antibiotics work and their risks and benefits. Then they will define antibiotic resistance and identify strategies to decrease the development and spread of antibiotic resistance.
Depression can have a profound impact on patients with chronic conditions. This webinar, hosted with the Michigan Community Health Workers Alliance (MiCHWA), offers strategies to identify and address depression in patients with chronic diseases such as depression and hypertension. Audience Social workers, nurses, nurse practitioners, psychologists, behavioral health clinicians, ambulatory staff, discharge planners and case managers Objectives […]
Long term care experts will describe the etiology (cause) of C. Difficile and when to test. Then they will define treatment and discuss prevention strategies. This is the second of four sessions in Learning Session 4 for nursing home staff.
Welcome to Office Hours. Please join Lake Superior Quality Innovation Network’s team as they highlight the most recent QPP news and deadlines that eligible clinicians and their organizations need to be aware of to be successful in this transition year and to prepare for the future.
This webinar is designed to provide the participant an overview of alcohol screening in primary care settings and explain different methods providers can use to address their patients' alcohol use.
This webinar will discuss the Quality Payment Program: Merit-based Incentive Payment System providing an overview of participation basics for individuals and groups.
Long term care experts will explain the importance of antibiotic stewardship and define the 7 Core Elements of antibiotic stewardship for nursing homes. Then they will identify steps to implement these core elements in your nursing home and monitor your program's progress.
This three-part webinar series will provide an outline of the Medicare Spending per Beneficiary (MSPB) measure and methodology, how MSPB measure calculations are performed, primary drivers of MSPB including regional and state trends, and more.
Christopher Crnich, MD, PhD, MS, will describe the relationship between C. Difficile infections and antibiotic stewardship, and then describe the fundamentals and first steps in initiating an antibiotic stewardship program.
Heart failure is one of the top diagnoses involved with readmissions throughout the Great Plains and Lake Superior Quality Innovation Networks. This webinar is the third in a series of webinars to assist communities in this seven-state region improve heart failure care.
Understand your 2017 MIPS score, how your current activities have an impact on your MIPS score, and identify areas of opportunity for improvement.
Five nursing homes in Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, and Wisconsin will present innovative strategies they used to improve their Quality Measures
This webinar will discuss the Quality Payment Program: Merit-based Incentive Payment System providing an overview of participation special considerations.
Join us for the first Antibiotic Stewardship National Learning & Action Network (LAN) Event.
During this call, learn about the new Facility Assessment Tool to help identify and develop the specific assessment of your facility. Also, find out about frequently asked questions related to revision of the State Operations Manual Appendix PP for Phase 2 of the Reform of Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities final rule. A question and answer session follows the presentation.
In this webinar clinicians will be provided with a summary of evidence establishing the significance and effectiveness of self-measured blood pressure (SMBP), and have outlined action steps on implementing SMBP in their patient population.
Welcome to Office Hours. Please join Lake Superior Quality Innovation Network’s team as they highlight the most recent QPP news and deadlines that eligible clinicians and their organizations need to be aware of to be successful in this transition year and to prepare for the future.
Questions of ethics often arise in advance care planning. This session will cover common issues and recommended procedures to avoid problems, as well as offer suggestions on resolving issues should they arise.
This three-part webinar series will provide an outline of the Medicare Spending per Beneficiary (MSPB) measure and methodology, how MSPB measure calculations are performed, primary drivers of MSPB including regional and state trends, and more.
Many health care providers struggle to meet the urgent mental health care needs of their patients. Forming collaborative partnerships with other community stakeholders, including paramedics, law enforcement, and care management professionals, can help providers assist patients in accessing needed care more quickly and effectively. This webinar will highlight two different approaches – one using resources in an urban setting, the other in a small rural setting. Through better coordination, these interdisciplinary teams improve patient care, change ED utilization, and reduce inpatient readmissions.
Heart failure is one of the top diagnoses involved with readmissions throughout the Great Plains and Lake Superior Quality Innovation Networks. Providing targeted assistance to Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) patients in the home setting after discharge can lead to better patient outcomes and reductions in readmissions.
Attend the 2017 Minnesota CHAIN Fall Conference to learn about the latest evidence-based approaches for reducing and preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antibiotic resistance in Minnesota.
Join Lake Superior Quality Innovation Network (QIN) and the Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA) Keystone Center for a webinar focused on antimicrobial stewardship.
Gain an understanding of the available reporting options for MIPS and how to choose the most appropriate data submission method for your practice.
Learn from an interdisciplinary panel of experts who will discuss the challenges and strategies for transitions between dialysis facilities and other care settings, including emergency departments, nursing homes, and hospitals. Participants also have the opportunity to be part of a workgroup focused on one of four key issues: infection control, medication reconciliation, exchange of medical records/health information, and reducing hospitalizations.
Change is hard. Our success, as home health professionals, in helping people manage their chronic conditions and maintain a state-of-wellness often depends upon our ability to effectively communicate and promote healthy behavior change. Motivational Interviewing (MI) offers an evidence-based model for effective conversations about change.
Welcome to Office Hours. Please join Lake Superior Quality Innovation Network’s team as they highlight the most recent QPP news and deadlines that eligible clinicians and their organizations need to be aware of to be successful in this transition year and to prepare for the future.
Whether you work with patients to address depression, alcohol misuse, or other behavioral health concerns, or to increase their medication adherence, make changes to their diet and exercise, quit smoking, or make other changes to their health behaviors, this workshop will arm you with an approach that has been proven effective.
Whether you work with patients to address depression, alcohol misuse, or other behavioral health concerns, or to increase their medication adherence, make changes to their diet and exercise, quit smoking, or make other changes to their health behaviors, this workshop will arm you with an approach that has been proven effective.
Join adult infectious disease doctor, Sarah Kabbani, MD, MSc, a medical officer with CDC’s Office of Antibiotic Stewardship for a discussion of CDC’s Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship for Nursing Homes.
Motivational Interviewing (MI) offers an evidence-based model for effective conversations about change. This webinar, the second in a two-part series, will introduce the core skill of reflective listening and explore an MI strategy for sharing information in a way that promotes patient engagement.
Whether you work with patients to address depression, alcohol misuse, or other behavioral health concerns, or to increase their medication adherence, make changes to their diet and exercise, quit smoking, or make other changes to their health behaviors, this workshop will arm you with an approach that has been proven effective.
Heart failure is one of the top diagnoses involved with readmissions throughout the Great Plains and Lake Superior Quality Innovation Networks. This webinar is the fifth in a series of webinars to assist communities in this seven-state region improve heart failure care.
Whether you work with patients to address depression, alcohol misuse, or other behavioral health concerns, or to increase their medication adherence, make changes to their diet and exercise, quit smoking, or make other changes to their health behaviors, this workshop will arm you with an approach that has been proven effective.
Whether you work with patients to address depression, alcohol misuse, or other behavioral health concerns, or to increase their medication adherence, make changes to their diet and exercise, quit smoking, or make other changes to their health behaviors, this workshop will arm you with an approach that has been proven effective.
Welcome to Office Hours. Please join Lake Superior Quality Innovation Network’s team as they highlight the most recent QPP news and deadlines that eligible clinicians and their organizations need to be aware of to be successful in this transition year and to prepare for the future.
Join Lake Superior Quality Innovation Network for a webinar focused on behavioral health and its impact on chronic health conditions.
Stratis Health's nursing home team, as part of Lake Superior Quality Innovation Network, will be leading a breakout session on QAPI during the three-day 69th Annual Care Providers Convention and Exposition.
Tobacco has a dual role among many American Indian tribal people. It is first a spiritual connection and a medicine still used today; it also is a harmful, addictive substance. Of course, this dual role can make it difficult to address commercial tobacco addiction among the Native population successfully. In this presentation, you will learn about promising approaches for community driven solutions and tools for health care providers to address tobacco addiction among American Indian patients.
Join Sari Priesand, podiatry fellow at Dominos Farms in Ann Arbor, MI for a webinar focused on comprehensive diabetic foot examinations.
An overview of Patient and Family Engagement (PFE) strategies for engaging patients and families as part of the healthcare team.
The webinar will provide an overview of reporting options and mechanisms. Documentation requirements to prepare for potential audits will also be discussed, including a tool to organize audit documentation.
Learn more about resident and family engagement in nursing homes.
Welcome to Office Hours. Please join Lake Superior Quality Innovation Network’s team as they highlight the most recent QPP news and deadlines that eligible clinicians and their organizations need to be aware of to be successful in this transition year and to prepare for the future.
During this call, learn how to work with physicians to ensure compliance with the new psychotropic medication prescribing requirements for long-term care facilities. Also, find out how nursing homes are putting the new Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) requirements into practice. Additionally, CMS experts share updates on the progress of the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes and QAPI. A question and answer session follows the presentations.
Heart failure is one of the top diagnoses involved with readmissions throughout the Great Plains and Lake Superior Quality Innovation Networks. This webinar is the sixth in a series of webinars to assist communities in this seven-state region improve heart failure care.
This learning session will be focused on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hospital incentive programs.
Welcome to Office Hours. Please join Lake Superior Quality Innovation Network’s team as they highlight the most recent QPP news and deadlines that eligible clinicians and their organizations need to be aware of to be successful in this transition year and to prepare for the future.
Why early recognition and management of sepsis is important and how to accomplish it.
Patients need information to make health care decisions. Talking to patients has a great impact on patient engagement, compliance, and health outcomes. This health literacy webinar shows strategies for using targeted conversations in patient education and communication.
A six-part webinar series on infection prevention topics in long term care.
Join this exciting webinar, where nursing home leaders share strategies to boost staff empowerment, increase ownership and accountability, engage staff in quality improvement, and promote retention of quality staff.
Sepsis is one of the top diagnoses involved with readmissions throughout the Great Plains and Lake Superior Quality Innovation Networks. This webinar is the first in a series to assist communities in this seven-state region improve sepsis early identification and management.
Patients need information to make health care decisions. Talking to patients has a great impact on patient engagement, compliance, and health outcomes. This health literacy webinar shows strategies for using targeted conversations in patient education and communication.
Welcome to Office Hours. Please join Lake Superior Quality Innovation Network’s team as they highlight the most recent QPP news and deadlines that eligible clinicians and their organizations need to be aware of to be successful in this transition year and to prepare for the future.
A six-part webinar series on infection prevention topics in long term care.
Join the American Heart Association and Lake Superior Quality Innovation Network as we explore tools and resources for getting your patients cholesterol under control.
The National Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative invites you to the webinar 3 of Learning Session 5. Hear successful strategies from a consultant pharmacist on identifying, reporting and treating dementia behavioral expressions in long-term care residents. Learn non-pharmacological interventions that can address a resident’s dementia while reducing overall antipsychotic medication use.
Lake Superior QIN invites you to the final part of the National Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative's Learning Session Five: This sharing call is designed to give nursing home teams an opportunity to collaborate with colleagues regarding successes and barriers related to the reduction of antipsychotic medications. In addition to hearing from other nursing home teams, Lake Superior QIN experts and Dr. Robert Sonntag will be available on the call to help nursing homes overcome barriers they may be having. To get the most out of this collaborative opportunity, come prepared to share successful strategies you have implemented and/or barriers you are encountering in your work to reduce the use of these medications.
A six-part webinar series on infection prevention topics in long term care.
This webinar will review the definition, prevalence, incidence, and risk factors for delirium. We will discuss the diagnosis, treatment, and strategies to prevent delirium. Participants will have the opportunity to explore the impact of delirium on patients/residents, specifically falls and hospital readmissions.