Category: Training

Missouri League for Nursing One-Day Workshops

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Developing a Safety Culture in Long-Term Care
September 23, 2014:  Kansas City, Mo.
September 24, 2014:  Columbia, Mo.
October 8, 2014:  Hannibal, Mo.
November 13, 2014:  St. Louis, Mo.

Management of Depression in a Long-Term Continuum
September 17, 2014:  Cape Girardeau, Mo.
October 8, 2014:  Springfield, Mo.
October 15, 2014:  St. Louis, Mo.
November 5, 2014:  Kirksville, Mo.

Mental Health First Aid in the Long-Term Care Setting
September 23, 2014:  Rolla, Mo.
October 21, 2014:  Macon, Mo.
October 22, 2014:  Jefferson City, Mo.
November 5, 2014:  Poplar Bluff, Mo.
November 6, 2014:  St. Louis, Mo.

Visit Missouri League for Nursing for more information.

Utilizing Process Improvement (QAPI) to Avoid a Missouri Top Ten Deficiency Part 2

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This seminar puts the process improvement portion to work utilizing case studies based on MO 2013 top 10 deficiencies.
October 3, 2014: Macon, Mo.
October 7, 2014: Springfield, Mo.
October 8, 2014: Blue Springs, Mo.
October 14, 2014: St. Charles, Mo.

Please view the flyer here: MANHA – Utilizing Process Improvement QAPI Part 2
Visit the Missouri Association of Nursing Home Administrators at www.mlnha.org.

October is National Residents’ Rights Month

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The theme for Residents’ Rights Month 2014 is, “Better Staffing: The Key to Better Care” with the goal of encouraging residents and others to be educated about staffing and long-term care.  Each year, the Consumer Voice develops a packet to help you plan your Residents’ Rights events.  The packet is completely downloadable and features ready-to-use items, including promotional materials, activities to celebrate Residents’ Rights Month, training tools and resources.  Visit www.theconsumervoice.org/events/residents-rights-month-2014.

Long-Term Care National Collaborative – Opportunity to Reduce Infections

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Missouri nursing homes are invited to join a national collaborative to improve safety culture and reduce infections in long-term care, including Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs).  This collaborative is being led through a partnership between the Center for Patient Safety and the Missouri Hospital Association.  Please view the flyer here: Long-Term Care Opportunity Reduce Infections or visit www.centerforpatientsafety.org/ltc-cauti.

AHRQ and Joint Commission Launch E-Learning Module to Reduce Infections

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Applying High Reliability Principles to Infection Prevention and Control in Long-Term Care

Free online learning module and index of resources!

Staff at all levels can help prevent healthcare-associated infections by using a 50-minute e-learning tool based on high reliability principles.  The online module teaches long-term care facilities to apply these principles, which can help them achieve safety, quality and efficiency goals, prevent infections and achieve high safety performance over extended periods.  Visit www.jointcommission.org/HRipcLTC.aspx.

Announcement from CMS – National Provider Call: QIO Program Transition

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You are invited to join the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) – Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, for a discussion on the restructuring of Quality Improvement (QIO) Program effective August 1, 2014.  We recognize the unique impact of the changes on the provider community as it relates to areas such as provider’s procedures for notifying beneficiaries regarding rights to appeals of discharge determinations, addressing quality of care concerns, provision of medical records, working on quality improvement initiatives and receiving technical assistance on value and incentive programs.  The purpose of this meeting is to share an overview of the QIO Program changes, provide an update on the transition process, discuss its impact on the provider community, share critical resources, and to answer any questions.

We have scheduled the National Provider Call for Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT (10:00 am – 11:00 am CDT) via webinar.

Here is how you can join:

Audio:  Telephone Number: 1-877-267-1577

MeetingPlace ID: 993 182 797 (This meeting does not require a password.)

Webinar:  https://webinar.cms.hhs.gov/qio-provider-call/

Users without an Adobe Connect login may sign-in as a guest.  Pre-registration is not required.  This session will be recorded.  Thank you for your participation in this call to advance health care quality for Medicare beneficiaries.  We look forward to hearing from you.

Ghostbusters and QIO Program Turn 30: Who You Gonna Call for Medicare Concerns?

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Primaris will no longer handle Missouri Medicare case reviews beginning August 1

Thirty years ago, Ghostbusters made the question “Who you gonna call” go viral long before the days of social media.

1984 was the same year Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs), like Missouri-based Primaris, began answering the call of Medicare patients.  Primaris serves Missourians with Medicare by examining concerns about their care, or by reviewing cases where patients feel services ended too soon – for example, an early discharge from a hospital.

Beginning August 1, 2014, Missourian patients and providers will no longer call health care quality-improvement consulting company Primaris.  All current and future beneficiary quality review case work and appeals will be conducted by KEPRO, located in Seven Hills, Ohio.

For more information, please visit Primaris at http://primaris.org/quality-today/ghostbusters-and-qio-program-turn-30-who-you-gonna-call-for-medicare-concerns.

The DON Institute: Essential Tools for the Director of Nursing in Long Term Care

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September 23 – 24, 2014: Get ready for an energetic and eye-opening conference that will get you charged up!  Tips you can take back to your home and implement right away will be shared.  Whether you are a new DON or a seasoned one, this conference is right for you.  We will give you the confidence, knowledge, direction and motivation needed to help you better perform your important role as a DON.  Please view the brochure here:  MLN DON Institute 2014, or visit the Missouri League for Nursing (MLN) at www.mlnmonursing.org/DON%20Conference.

Navigating the 2014 Advancing Excellence Website – Free Webinar

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July 9, 2014:  Advancing Excellence has a new website.  While the new site contains all the information from the old site, things have moved.  Join the webinar for a cruise around the website, including:

  • Logging in
  • Downloading the data collection tools
  • Looking at the resources
  • Uploading aggregate data to the AE website
  • Viewing your progress
  • Signing up for the newsletter, viewing the calendars, etc.

Plenty of time will be available for questions and answers.  To learn more, please visit www.nhqualitycampaign.org.

Outcomes Congress – One Day Program

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FREE to attend!  Be a part of the Congress!  Join Primaris for an exciting one-day program that will help you apply quality improvement across all settings, yielding lessons for every area of patient care.

For more information, please view the brochure here:  Outcomes Congress July 2014 or visit Primaris at http://primaris.org/calendar.

Call for Poster Presentations will be announced soon!  For more information, contact Lori Bonnot at 573-635-5355 or lori@mlnmonursing.org.

MC5 Regional Meetings – July 2014

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Please visit the Missouri Coalition Celebrating Care Continuum Change (MC5) website at www.momc5.com/regional-meetings.html or click on the regional links below to view upcoming meetings near you!

Central (Jefferson City/Columbia)
East (St. Louis)
East Central (Rolla)
North Central (Chillicothe)
Northeast (Macon)
Northwest (St. Joseph)
Poplar Bluff
Route 71 (Nevada)
Southeast (Cape Girardeau)
Southwest (Springfield)
West (Independence)
West Central (Sedalia)