AUDIOCONFERENCE ON TAPE OR CD
Sponsored by The JCAHO Mock Survey Made Simple, 2006 Edition
presented on May 10, 2006
JCAHO's stroke certification program is gaining serious momentum among hospitals nationwide. Achieving this seal of approval is giving many facilities an upper hand in the marketplace. If your hospital hasn't started down this path, you may be losing visibility and revenue.
To help you learn more about the benefits of JCAHO stroke certification, HCPro and experts Amy Paratore, RN, and Lori Massaro, MSN, CRNP, will present Achieving JCAHO Stroke Certification: Tips from an award-winning facility.
During this 90-minute audioconference, participants will learn to
- identify the JCAHO's requirements for primary stroke center certification and the components of a successful stroke care program
- assess their facility's resources and preparation level prior to seeking primary stroke center certification
- evaluate the advantages of possessing primary stroke center certification
Our agenda
- Introduction
- Explanation of the stroke certification program
- Why seek certification?
- What JCAHO requires
- Measures being pilot-tested
- Getting started and implementation
- Determining resources and staff
- The core stroke team
- Policies and protocols
- Measurement
- Data collection and submission for JCAHO
- Troubleshooting
- Tips for achieving and maintaining certification
- Q&A
Intended audience
- Nursing administrators
- Medical directors
- Nurses
- Physicians
- Directors of stroke services
- CEOs
- COOs
- Medical directors
- VP and Directors of neuro-services
- VP of patient care
- VP of clinical care
- VP of ICU
Featured speakers
Lori Massaro, MSN, CRNP, is an acute care nurse practitioner at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Stroke Institute. As a member of the stroke team, she is responsible for the acute stroke triage and treatment protocols, as well as daily rounds, and patient/family communication. She also holds a liaison role with other members of the healthcare team. She has lectured both locally and nationally on acute stroke care, CT scan interpretation, and a variety of neurological nursing topics.
Amy Paratore, RN, is director of emergency/critical care/trauma services at Tampa (FL) General Hospital. Amy has 25 years of experience as a registered nurse within progressive, academic, tertiary medical centers, including 13 years at the director level. While at Tampa General, she initiated successful attainment of 11 JCAHO disease-specific certified programs (primary sponsor for stroke, epilepsy, and trauma), as well as AACN Beacon designation for the SICU.
Bonus tools included in the materials packet
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audioconference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials and tools you can implement immediately to assist your certification efforts
PROGRAM MATERIALS:
Program materials will be provided with PDF links.
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