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AUDIOCONFERENCE ON CD OR AUDIO ARCHIVE

Sponsored by Home Health Documentation

presented on March 12, 2008

Get positive outcomes for all wound care patients

Home health agencies can be at risk for poor quality measures and even loss of reimbursement for each patient they treat with pressure ulcers and other complicated wounds. A cutting-edge wound care program that incorporates evidence-based practices can create a win/win situation for your patients and your bottom line.

Listen to HCPro's 90-minute audioconference Evidence-based Wound Care in Home Health: Achieve Top Outcomes. This program offers actual patient success stories such as an example of an innovative wound care program that boosted a facility’s quality measure ratings for pressure ulcers.

Listeners will also be provided with three real-life case studies plus tips and strategies to produce positive outcomes on challenging wound patients that agencies have a reluctance to accept to service. Purchase today and you too will learn to implement a successful wound care program without a large financial investment up front.

At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:

1. Identify how early intervention reduces and prevents wounding and long term financial loss
2. Use published research and understand how having the facts impacts the ability to provide the correct treatment
3. Recognize tools to assist in decision making and promoting evidence-based care
4. Construct a treatment plan that includes all staff, MD, patients, and caregivers
5. Explain how clinician education raises the skill level of the facility

TAKE A LOOK AT OUR AGENDA

1. Financial impact of complicated wounds
   1. Substantial financial loss
   2. Extended length of stay
   3. High service utilization
   4. High supply costs
2. New 2008 outcome measurements for wound deterioration
   1. Surgical wound care
   2. Unplanned medical care for new, worse, or infected wounds
3. Overcoming barriers to positive outcomes and patient success
   1. Challenging patients
      1. Non-compliant
      2. Referral sources
      3. Patient with complicated co-morbidities
4. Successful wound care program does not always equal large financial investment up front
   1. Hiring wound specialist
   2. Educating staff
   3. Working with what you have
5. Collaboration: A win/win situation
   1. Inter-agency
   2. Multi-disciplinary approach to wound care
6. Q&A

MEET THE SPEAKERS

Susan Dunlap, RN, BSN, CEN, COS-C, has 22 yrs experience as RN, 18 of which were spent in home health. She has been in the supervising / manager role for 10 years and in the past has developed home infusion and office infusion programs, participated in infectious disease research, hyperbaric medicine, past certifications include all trauma related certifications including flight nursing and emergency nursing and infusion nursing. Dunlap is currently 1 of 5 clinical supervisors in hospital affiliated non-profit home care agency with average patient census of 350 to 500. She has previous home health roles including clinical specialist, coding experience, oasis expert, case management, QI program assistant, clinical staff educator. Her professional affiliations include AACC/AHCC /AHAP/  as well as participating on committees to further excellence in home care within these and other professional groups.

Joyce Avery, RN, has worked as a registered nurse for 32 years and a Certified wound specialist for six. She has worked in home health for 25 years and has been with her current home health agency since 1983. She was instrumental in setting up the current wound care program and works collaboratively with the hospital wound care specialists. She is one of the original founding members of the Wound Care Council of Snohomish County and instrumental in fostering a collaborative approach to wound care within the greater Seattle area also helping to found the Seattle Area Wound Specialist professional practice group. 

Caitlin Rodman, RN, has ten years experience as a registered nurse with experience in bariatric medicine, certified wound specialist and has presented educational in-services in all aspects of wound care to home health staff members and community referral sources. She is member of Wound care council of Snohomish County and Seattle area Wound Specialist Professional Practice Group. She is also the newest member of our wound care team but brings a passion for excellence and is instrumental in providing the education to staff and community.

WHO SHOULD LISTEN?

Administrator, owner, clinical/nursing Director, Nurse, supervisory and administrative staff, QI staff, clinical staff, clinical educators, CWCN or WOCN certified staff, liaison staff

Purchase a CD or audio archive of the program and listen when you can. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.