Conference

Schedule

2025 Annual Conference
April 29 – May 1, 2025

The 2025 Conference is a three-day, mid-week schedule adopted to:

  1. Maximize the number of CE hours offered.
  2. Set a conference end time to hopefully avoid the usual rush hour traffic as you head home.
  3. Ensure access to the meeting space needed.

Items 1 and 2 above are  in direct response to our attendee suggestions.  This year conference speaker sessions will provide 14.5 CE with posters adding another 2.0 CE.  And we will end on a Thursday at 1:15, clearly avoiding the Friday afternoon traffic our attendees experienced last year!  And we will have a better ‘footprint’ within the conference center to make access to sessions and food service easier for our attendees.

Go to Conference Day One
Go to Conference Day Two
Go to Conference Day Three
Go to Posters

FAHQ reserves the right to modify schedule as needed.

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Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Conference DAY ONE 

10:00 AM –12:00 PM
Registration and Daily Sign-in

12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
LUNCH and FAHQ Board Presentation

1:15 PM – 2:15 PM
Improving Against All Odds in a Home Health Value-Based World
—Wanda Henderson, RN CPHQ

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
Identifying Inpatient Hospice Opportunities: Setting the Stage for Future Improvement
—Jodi Mullen, MS, RN-BC, CCRN, CCNS, ACCNS-P, FCCM, CPHQ

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM
BREAK

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSION
Champions of Care: Elevating Quality through the Clinician Role at Muma Children’s Hospital
—Lyndsie Cangelosi MSN, RN, RNC-NIC, C-ELBW
Quality Initiatives: Designing for Success
—Leanne Bonds, MSN, CPHQ, RN

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Collaborating to Improve Patient Outcomes by Reducing PSI 90
—Lauren Morata, DNP, APRN-CNS, CCRN, CCNS, CPHQ

Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Conference DAY TWO

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Registration and Daily Sign-in– POSTER SESSION OPENING

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM
Welcome, Introductions and Reminders

8:15 AM – 9:45 AM
HIGH RISK SESSION
Charting the Past, Forecasting the Future: Standardizing Suicide Precautions and Processes at UF Health Psych Hospital
—Lana Watson, MBA, MHS, OTR/L
Ensuring Epidural Safety: Standardizing Best Practices to Prevent Misconnection Mishaps
—Christina Rodriguez, MSN, RN, CPPS, CPHQ, NE-BC, LSSBB
Implementation of a Quick Reaction Taskforce (QRT) to Decrease the Likelihood of the Reoccurrence of Serious Patient Harm Events
—Nisha Patel, MS, MT, MHA, PMP, CPHQ

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM
BREAK – POSTER SESSION OPEN

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Age Friendly Hospital Measure: A Roadmap for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services New Hospital Quality Reporting Program
—Cassandra Vonnes DNP, GNP-BC, APRN, GS-C, AOCNP, EBP-C, CPHQ, AGSF, FAHA

11:00 AM – 12:00 AM
Engaging Patients and Families: Partnership for Safety Patient Family Advisor Panel
—Cassandra Vonnes DNP, GNP-BC, APRN, GS-C, AOCNP, EBP-C, CPHQ, AGSF, FAHA

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
LUNCH – POSTER SESSION OPEN 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
DATA, TOOLS AND TRICKS WORKSHOP SESSION
Mary Poppin’s Quality Bag of Tricks
—Debbie Raposo
Driving Quality through Data Analytics
—Silvia Dilone MSN RN

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
BREAK AND POSTER WALK

3:30 PM – 4:15 PM
Redefined Admission Classification Decreases Reportable Patient Safety Indicator Events
—Jodi Mullen, MS, RN-BC, CCRN, CCNS, ACCNS-P, FCCM, CPHQ

 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM
Small Hospital, Big Ripple. How Innovative Change at a Community Hospital Can Make Waves for an Organization
—Kimberly Neumann MSN, RN, CEN, CPHQ

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
INFORMAL GET-TOGETHER
– Join your fellow attendees and FAHQ leadership at the Embassy Suites evening reception, complimentary for hotel guests

Thursday, May 1, 2025
Conference DAY THREE

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Registration and Daily Sign-in – POSTER SESSION CLOSES AT 8:00

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM
Welcome, Introductions and Reminders

8:15 AM – 10:45 AM
INFECTION PREVENTION SESSION
Line of Defense: Reducing CLABSI and Enhancing Outcomes in Pediatric & Neonatal Care
—Lyndsie Cangelosi MSN, RN, RNC-NIC, C-ELBW
Leveraging the Magnet Model to Transform Quality Care
—Kathryn Farrell, MSN, RN, CNOR, CPN
Pressing Reset on Hand Hygiene to Reduce Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Bacteremia
—Sanam Baig MSN, RN, CCRN, CPHQ
The Intersection of Infection Prevention and the Environment of Care
—Marianne Sevcik, RN MSN, Moderator

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM
BREAK

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
TBD
—Michael Callahan, Sandy Weiss

12:30 PM – 1:15 PM
LUNCH AND CONFERENCE END

POSTERS, MAY 1-2, 2025
Conference DAYS TWO and THREE

Posters will be open for viewing and attended by presenters in the Poster/Exhibit area during these times:

DAY 2 – April 30, 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
POSTER SESSIONS OPEN

DAY 2 – April 30, 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM
BREAK – POSTER SESSIONS OPEN

DAY 2 – April 30, 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
LUNCH (last 30 minutes of lunch break) – POSTER SESSIONS OPEN

DAY 2 – April 30, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
BREAK AND POSTER WALK – New in 2025!

DAY 3 – May 1, 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
FINAL POSTER SESSION, CLOSES AT 8:00 am

POSTERS AND PRESENTERS

Maximizing Appropriate Use of High-Flow Nasal Cannula in Bronchiolitis Patients
Katie Petty, BHS, RRT-NPS

Electronic Early Warning Scoring System in Adult Oncology Population to Improve the Early Recognition of Clinical Deterioration in the Setting of Sepsis.
Angeline Kaithavelikakath Rocky, BSN, RN

A Multimodal Approach to Reduce Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries
Kristin Ryan MHA, BSN, RN, CNML, CPHQ

Journey to a System-Wide Quality Structure
Sabrina Nunez, MBA, CPHQ

Reducing the Organizations Reported Mortality Index Through Documentation and Coding Accuracy
Reurita Deam, MSN MBA RN

RESEARCH – Predictors of Tract Hemorrhage after External Ventricular Drain Placement: A Single-Center Retrospective Study
Linda Scribner, BA, CPHQ, HACP, LSSGB

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT – Optimizing Sepsis Management: Leveraging the Safety Learning System (SLS) Case Review Process in Internal Medicine Residency to Decrease Sepsis Mortality Rates
Linda Scribner, BA, CPHQ, HACP, LSSGB

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT – Road to Tenecteplase, Decreasing Door to Needle Times at Methodist Dallas Medical Center
Linda Scribner, BA, CPHQ, HACP, LSSGB

 

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