Engaging Patient and Family Advisory Councils in Hospital Quality Improvement Activities

Active and productive patient and family advisory councils (PFACs) offer a forum for hospitals to obtain ideas, input, and insights to guide quality improvement efforts. PFAC members bring their experience in partnering with healthcare professionals and sharing their unique perspectives.
Category
- Performance Improvement
Format
- Webinar recorded
Credits
Cost $0.00
Join the Discussion: The Importance of Patient and Family Advisory Councils

Active and productive PFACs offer a forum for hospitals to obtain ideas, input and insights to guide quality improvement efforts. PFAC members bring their experience in partnering with healthcare professionals and sharing their unique perspectives.
Category
- Performance Improvement
Format
- Webinar recorded
Credits
Cost $0.00
Getting Ready for Joint Commission and CMS Health Equity Requirements

Recently, The Joint Commission (TJC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced their commitment to driving health equity. These new requirements include the expansion of the collection, reporting and analysis of standardized data.
Category
- Data + Measurement
Format
- Webinar recorded
Credits
Cost $0.00
Enhancing Capacity: Reengineering Fall and Fall Injury Programs: Infrastructure, Capacity and Sustainability

This webinar is designed to increase national and international awareness and importance of fall prevention, and, specifically to provide guidance and resources to clinical, administrative, quality and safety improvement professionals to add precision to the design, redesign and strategic plan.
Category
- Performance Improvement
Format
- Webinar recorded
Credits
Cost $0.00
Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists Antimicrobial Stewardship Certificate Training Program: Quality Improvement Projects Overview

The Society of Infectious Disease Pharmacists (SIDP) offers a year-long antimicrobial stewardship certificate training program whose mission is to ADVANCE infectious diseases pharmacy through co
Category
- Performance Improvement
Format
- Webinar recorded
Credits
Cost $0.00
Is Your Board Bored? Demonstrating the Impact of Quality

Is your Board of Directors engaged with your quality work? Do they give the quality initiatives feedback and align them with strategic direction? During this two-part presentation, you will learn the methods for engaging your Board of Directors during your quality reporting and discussions.
Category
- Performance Improvement
Format
- Webinar recorded
Credits
Cost $0.00
Strategies for Improving Emergency Department Throughput

Reducing patient wait times and how long they are in the emergency department (ED) can improve access to treatment, increase quality of care and the capability to provide additional treatment. In recent times, EDs have experienced significant overcrowding.
Category
- Performance Improvement
Format
- Webinar recorded
Credits
Cost $0.00
The Ins + Outs of Emergency Department Transfer Communication (EDTC)

The Emergency Department Transfer Communication (EDTC) measure aims to provide a means of assessing how well key patient information is communicated from an emergency department (ED) to any health care facility.
Category
- Performance Improvement
- Emergency Preparedness + Response
Format
- Webinar recorded
Credits
Cost $0.00
Growing the Community Health Worker Dynamic in Iowa: Opportunities to Train and Support CHWs

Community Health Workers (CHWs) are frontline public health workers and trusted community resources. There is growing evidence indicating that CHWs advance health equity, improve health outcomes, and reduce health care costs.
Category
- Performance Improvement
- Emergency Preparedness + Response
Format
- Webinar recorded
Credits
Cost $0.00
Collecting Social Drivers of Health Data From Patients: A Review of Three Methods

Social drivers of health, otherwise known as social determinants of health, are nonmedical factors that influence patient outcomes. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Joint Commission, National Committee for Quality Assurance, and U.S.
Category
- Substance and Opioid Use Disorder
Format
- Webinar recorded
Credits
Cost $0.00