Staffing Effectiveness Data
Use What You've Already Collected to Improve Patient Outcomes
Product Description:
Audio Conference on CD or Audio On-Demand
Sponsored by the Association of Healthcare Accreditation Professionals (AHAP)
presented on January 27, 2010
Comply with 2010 staffing effectiveness standards
The Joint Commission just announced it will institute interim staffing effectiveness standards in 2010, with which hospitals will be required to comply. Are you caught up on what your facility will need to do to be in compliance this year?
Expert speakers Susan W. Hendrickson, MHRD/OD, RN, CPHQ, FACHE and Cyndie R. Cole RN, MSN provide insight on the interim standards and demonstrate how you can use staffing effectiveness data that you've likely already collected to achieve Joint Commission compliance. They also discuss how respond to national and state initiatives related to nurse staffing.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this audio conference, you will be able to:- Identify which elements of data collected for staffing effectiveness standards have retained value for improving patient outcomes
- Use the data collected for staffing effectiveness to identify means to improve patient outcomes
- Implement alternative uses of the same data
- Understand the relevance of historical changes to staffing effectiveness standards, and how future changes could affect your organization
TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA:
- Where are we going, where have we been
- NEW: 2010 interim staffing effectiveness Joint Commission requirements
- State and national movements
- The original intent
- The true value: improving patient outcomes
- Does nurse staffing affect outcomes?
- Alternative use of the same data
- Why it’s important
- How it’s related to staffing
- Finding value in what we already have
- Making use of currently collected data
- Examples of what retains its value
- Smoking cessation
- Pressure ulcers
- Screening indicators
- Question and answer session
BONUS TOOLS MATERIALS
With this audio conference, you'll receive a slide presentation of the program materials and valuable takeaways, which you can use at your facility, including:
- Checklists for tracking the data
- ER hourly consensus form
- Supporting articles from HCPro's Briefings on The Joint Commission
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audio conference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials. These materials are provided with PDF links.
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Susan W. Hendrickson, MHRD/OD, RN, CPHQ, FACHE, director of clinical quality and patient safety, Via Christi Wichita Health Network (Wichita, KS). Hendrickson oversees patient safety, core measures, quality management/process improvement, clinical risk management, infection control, patient grievance resolution, regulatory compliance and survey readiness activities for two acute care campuses, a free-standing physical rehabilitation hospital, and a behavioral health facility.
Cyndie R. Cole RN, MSN. Cole has more than 30 years of experience in nursing, with most of those spent primarily in the emergency department. She spent nine years in nursing management, including six as the Chief Nurse Executive at a 223 bed county hospital. She has participated in three full Joint Commission surveys, two for cause and one extension survey when opening a new hospital.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Accreditation professionals, survey coordinators, patient safety professionals, quality improvement officers, risk managers, nurse managers.
AUDIO ON-DEMAND
In addition to the regular purchase options for HCPro audio conferences, we are pleased to offer another option, audio on-demand. Audio on-demand allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer or MP3 player. Purchase a CD or audio on-demand 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.
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