Joint Commission Disease-Specific Care Certification
Step-by-Step Guidance to Overcome Implementation Anxiety
Product Description:
AUDIO CONFERENCE ON CD OR ON-DEMAND
Sponsored by: Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals (AHAP)
Presented on Wednesday, June 29, 2011
The disease-specific care (DSC) certification process made simple
Joint Commission disease-specific care (DSC) certification is the gold seal of approval that tells the public they're getting the best care possible when they come through your doors. Plus, DSC certification is recognized by many third-party payers, which could result in a boost to your bottom line. But achieving certification can often be a complicated process with many unanswered questions.
To find out how your facility can achieve this prestigious status, join HCPro for this live 90-minute audio conference. During this program, our expert speakers will deconstruct the complex process of achieving DSC certification and explain what it takes to be recognized as a center of excellence. Let peers who have successfully achieved numerous certifications help you make a case for achieving and maintaining program certification.
Benefits:
- Establish whether DSC certification is right for your facility
- Determine the DSC certification programs for which you should apply
- Gain leadership and key staff buy-in
- Create a structure to support DSC certification and assign capable staff members to leadership roles to keep the momentum going
- Prepare for a Joint Commission DSC survey
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
- State the key benefits to Joint Commission DSC certification
- Select the critical staff needed to lead the certification process
- Implement best practices to organize the certification program
- Realize the connection between certification and quality
- Identify post-certification steps to maintain compliance
Agenda
- Why should you get certified?
- Benefits of certification
- Competitive advantage
- Product focus for more cohesive patient care
- Clinical experts
- Financial considerations of certification
- Maintaining certification
- Benefits of certification
- The certification process
- Overcoming the fear of certification
- Getting leadership and key staff buy-in
- Executive leadership
- Physician champion
- Program managers
- Program organization
- Setting structure
- Selecting the guideline(s)
- Defining metrics
- Team building
- Focus on program goals
- Staff and physician participation/education
- Visit readiness
- Actual visit
- Findings and follow-up
- Post-certification
- Keep momentum going
- Evolution of service lines
- Dealing with staff turnover
- Question & Answer Session
BONUS TOOLS INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIALS PACKET:
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audio conference, you’ll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials and tools, including:
- Certification process checklist – a tool to assist survey coordinators in ensuring key activities are completed
- Tracer tool – a tool to assist organizations in assessing readiness as compared to standards and/or processes that should be implemented
WHO SHOULD LISTEN:
Accreditation and/or certification specialists, nurse managers, program managers, unit directors, and clinical educators
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Sharon Ricksecker Brauer, MA, CPHQ, is director of quality and patient safety at Alexian Brothers Medical Center (ABMC) in Elk Grove, IL, where she manages day-to-day operations and acts as accreditation survey coordinator. Before joining ABMC, she worked in the managed care industry for 18 years, eight of which were in quality, helping sites prepare for accreditation. She has also led recertification efforts for various DSC certification teams, most recently in December 2010/January 2011.
Deborah Rossman, RN, BSN, is the program coordinator for orthopedics and neuroscience at Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove, IL. She has worked in the healthcare industry for 36 years, the past five in neuroscience in the role of nursing director and then as program coordinator. Rossman has led the stroke team through recertification since 2007, and in 2009, she also took on leadership for the DSC orthopedic program.
AUDIO ON-DEMAND:
In addition to the regular participation options for HCPro audio conferences—live, CD, or combination packages—we are pleased to offer another option, an 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 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.
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