Reduce Transition-Induced Readmissions Through Improved Transition Management
Product Description:
AUDIO CONFERENCE
Sponsored by: Patient Safety Monitor
Presented on September 14, 2011
Remove barriers to effective transition management and avoid CMS penalties
CMS will begin collecting data that will determine if a hospital will incur financial penalties for excess readmissions beginning October 1, 2011. This 90-minute audio conference addresses the commitment needed by quality directors, nurse managers, case management, and the patient safety team and how a collaboration between these groups can improve transitions of care. Speakers Jackie Birmingham, RN, MS, CMAC, and Karen Zander, RN, MS, CMAC, FAAN, give practical strategies to create safer, smoother, and more sustained transitions from hospitals to the next level of care, including what resources you need and who needs to be involved, and provide you with proven solutions you can start implementing today.
Benefits:
- Identify the usual errors that occur from hospital admission to discharge that cause readmsisions
- Prevent readmissions through care team collaboration
- Discover how case management strategies can be valuable to quality and patient safety professionals looking to reduce readmissions
- Facilitate the use of the included Patient/Family Admission/Readmission Assessment tool to get to know patients and families better from the beginning
- Identify current evidence available to reduce readmission
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Define transition-induced readmission
- Describe what transition management means from a practice point of view
- Lean how to do risk stratification related to patients who have been readmitted
- Identify methods for collaborative transition management to prevent avoidable readmissions
- Evaluate the differences between projects and systems for reduction of readmissions
Agenda
- The perils of readmissions from CMS reimbursement and patient coordination points of view
- Use existing resources: How quality and patient safety should collaborate with case management to reduce readmissions
- Case example: One patient at a time from admission to discharge
- Overcome your institutional barriers through a systematic and evidence-based process
- Strategies to implement, including care coordination rounds with case management, a known and connected network of post-acute levels of care, physician collaboration, input from quality assurance and support from compliance, administration and patient safety teams
- 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:
- Patient/Family Admission/Readmission Assessment
- List of potential barriers that result in readmissions
- Reference list – publications and websites
WHO SHOULD LISTEN:
Discharge planning directors and staff, case management director and staff, social workers, hospital administrators, compliance officers, quality directors, quality improvement directors and staff, patient safety officers, hospitalists, nurse managers
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Jackie Birmingham, RN, MS, CMAC, is vice president of regulatory monitoring and clinical leadership at Curaspan Health Group, Inc. of Newton, MA. She has more than 25 years in transition management including discharge planning and case management. In her role at Curaspan Health Group, the company that builds secure patient-transition networks, Birmingham is responsible for regulatory monitoring to support compliance that impact transition management programs. She is a past-chair of the Legislative and Advocacy committee of the American Case Management Association, is certified in Case Management Administration Certification (CMAC). She is the author of several journal articles and books, including Discharge Planning: Tools for Compliance, 3rd Edition (2010) published by HCPro.
Karen Zander, RN, MS, CMAC, FAAN, is Principal and Co-owner of The Center for Case Management. Her pioneering work with clinical case management and CareMap® systems, began at New England Medical Center Hospitals in Boston, is internationally recognized. Hospitals and Health Networks has named her a “Cutting Edge” leader. She is the author of the books Emergency Department Case Management: Strategies for Creating and Sustaining a Successful Program and Hospital Case Management Models: Evidence for Connecting the Boardroom to the Bedside.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. It’s also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.
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