2022 Stronger - PH332 - Technology and Changing Culture Intensify Focus On Hospital-Acquired Conditions - On Demand

This session features a panel of health care leaders who will share their experiences and discuss the importance and impact of reinvesting in basic patient safety and patient care measures. The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center will share its successful implementation of an electronic hand hygiene system at a large academic medical center, including lessons learned and key strategies for successful adoption. Initial results demonstrated a 10% to 30% increase in hand hygiene compliance.

 

An uptrend with deep tissue injuries (DTIs) more than doubling year-over-year had Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital laser-focused on reducing hospital-acquired pressure injuries. By leveraging thermal imaging technology and identifying 43 cases that would have been deemed deep tissue injuries, the DTI rate has decreased by 88% year-over-year.

 

SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital identified an opportunity to reduce its catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). Transitioning leaders to a culture of adverse event ownership and treating each CAUTI event like a plane crash — requiring urgent attention to prevent future harm — helped reduce CAUTIs overall.

Join us for this exciting panel discussion and stories of success in reducing hospital-acquired conditions.

Target Audience

  • Healthcare Quality Professionals
  • Nurses
  • Other Healthcare Professionals

Learning Objectives

Discuss how to create a culture of ownership where patient harm is unacceptable.

Identify three benefits and three challenges of implementing an electronic hand hygiene monitoring system.

Describe how to develop a thermal imaging protocol in your organization.

Additional Information

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 CPHQ – Certified Professional Healthcare Quality
  • 1.00 General CE – Attendance
Course opens: 
09/14/2022
Course expires: 
09/21/2023

Faculty

Justin F. Smyer, MBA, MPH, MLS(ASCP)CM, CIC, FAPIC, Director, Clinical Epidemiology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH

Emily Hazelton, RN, MSN, Administrative Director of Nursing Operations, SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, St. Louis, MO

Lindsay Werth, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CPPS, Patient Safety Program Manager, Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest, IL

Mechelle Krause, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC, WCC, OMS, Clinical Practice Specialist Wound/Ostomy, Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest, IL

Disclosure

As an accredited provider of continuing education, Vizient, Inc. is dedicated to ensuring this activity presents learners with only accurate, balanced, scientifically justified recommendations, and is free from promotion, marketing, and commercial bias. In accordance with The Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, all planners, faculty, and others in control of the educational content have disclosed the absence or existence of all financial relationships (of any dollar amount) with ineligible companies within the past 24 months.
 
Ineligible companies – those companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 
It is Vizient’s policy that owners and employees of ineligible companies, and any individuals who refuse to disclose the absence or existence of financial relationships with any ineligible companies are disqualified from participating as planners or faculty.
 
FDA Off-Label Use
 
Faculty presenters are also expected to disclose any discussion of (1) off-label or investigational uses of FDA approved commercial products or devices or (2) products or devices not yet approved in the United States.
 
Disclosure Statements
 
Absence of Relevant Financial Relationships
 
None of the planners, faculty, or others in a position to control content for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, Vizient, Inc. is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
 
 

Credit Types

 

Nurses (CNE)

Vizient, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 ANCC contacts hours.

Healthcare Quality Professionals (CPHQ)

This activity is approved by NAHQ® for 1.00 CPHQ CE credits.

Other Healthcare Professionals (General CE Credit)

Vizient, Inc. will award a maximum of 1.00 contact hours to all other healthcare professionals who successfully complete the activity. These individuals will receive a Certificate of Participation indicating the maximum credits available.

Many state licensing boards and credentialing bodies accept certificates of participation from accredited CE activities to meet CE requirements for license renewals and re-certification. It is the responsibility of the participant to contact their state licensing board and/or certifying body for verification on credit eligibility reciprocity.

 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 CPHQ – Certified Professional Healthcare Quality
  • 1.00 General CE – Attendance
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