FAHQ is pleased to participate in the national multi-state Healthcare Quality Collective. FAHQ members and members of the Arizona (AzAHQ), Georgia (GAHQ), Michigan (MAHQ), New England (NEAHQ), North Carolina (NCAHQ), Ohio (OAHQ), or Oregon (OrAHQ) associations, attend these webinars FREE! These are live webinars listed below as “Healthcare Quality Collective.”
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Deadline to register is Monday September 11th at 5:00 PM EDT
Speaker:
Dr. Jonathan Bae
Chief Quality Officer, Duke University Hospital
Associate Chief Medical Officer, Quality & Safety, Duke University Health System
Webinar Objectives. Participants will gain knowledge in:
This webinar aligns with the NAHQ Healthcare Quality Competency Framework in the following domains:
This program has been pre-approved by NAHQ for 1.0 CE hour for CPHQ® recertification credit.
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Speaker:
Cassandra Vonnes, DNP, GNP-BC, APRN, GS-C, AOCNP, CPHQ, FAHA
Oncology Nurse Practitioner, Moffitt Cancer Center
Dr. Vonnes attended the University of South Florida for her BS, MS, and DNP. Her 28-year NP experiences include acute care and outpatient services of internal medicine and cardiovascular medicine and was inducted as a Fellow of the American Heart Association for her contributions. She has taught clinical and didactic at the USF College of Nursing. She sits on the national Nurse Leadership Board for AARP and was recently appointed to the State of Florida Elder Affairs.
Under Dr. Vonnes leadership Moffitt Cancer Center was the first hospital in Florida to be recognized by the IHI as Committed to Care Excellence for the Older Adult. She is the host of the podcast of the national Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association, GAPNA CHAT, highlighting clinical and policy issues related to the care of older adults. Dr. Vonnes has published and presented both nationally and internationally on Fall and Injury prevention, delirium, and geriatric assessment.
Program Description:
Preventing adverse drug events (ADEs) is a major priority for health systems. The Joint Commission has named improving medication safety as National Patient Safety Goal for both hospitals and ambulatory clinics, and the Patient Partnership has included ADE prevention as one of its key goals for improving patient safety. This program will explore current practices related to medication safety and the older adult reviewing current strategies and potential future interventions to mitigate these events
This program is pending approval from NAHQ for 1.0 CE hour for CPHQ® recertification credit.
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REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 12:00 AM PDT ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19.
Speaker:
Todd Hatley, PhD, MBA, MHA
Sr. Risk Management Officer, University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center
In addition to being a Sr. Improvement Advisor at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Todd is the CEO of Integral Performance Solutions (IPS), a management consulting, coaching, and training firm, and is the Program Lead for the Zeis Extension’s Programs for Improvement and Innovation at North Carolina State University. For over 20 years, Todd has helped individuals, teams, and organizations use process improvement methods to improve their performance. Todd has served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina and as an Adjunct Undergraduate and Graduate Faculty for the Department of Health Science at Western Carolina University. Todd’s formal education includes an Associate of Sciences degree in Emergency Health Sciences, a bachelor’s degree in business administration, a Master’s degree in Business Administration and Healthcare Administration, and a Doctoral degree in Organizational Systems. Todd’s current research centers around how the concepts of adult development can support organizational improvement efforts. Dr. Hartley has participated in numerous national projects and organizations.
At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to:
This program is has been approved by NAHQ for 3.0 CE hours (Parts I and II) for CPHQ® recertification credit.
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Speakers:
Antonia Blinn, CPHQ
Antonia Blinn, CPHQ, is a senior administrator at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health with extensive experience in collaborating with multi-disciplinary groups and organizations; knowledge on federal and state regulations, school-based and community health center licensing and professional accreditations, Academic Health Departments, local boards of health, and Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) standards.
Zana Khoury, MSN, CPHQ, CLSSGB
Zana Khoury MS, CPHQ, CLSSGB is an Assistant Director of Quality Improvement at Tufts Medicine +7 years of quality management experience with strengths in facilitation, strategic planning, leadership, and teamwork.
Building Quality Improvement capacity is important in all organizations. This session will focus on QI capacity building models utilized at two Massachusetts institutions. Their equity-centered improvement models and structures will be highlighted, with in-depth reflections of the strengths and challenges of the approaches, lessons learned, and the importance of continuous quality improvement and evaluation of the program – practicing what we preach at all levels. Opportunities for questions will be requested throughout the presentation.
This program is pending approval from NAHQ for 1.0 CE hour of CPHQ® recertification credit.
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Speaker:
Carrie Donovan, MSAS, CPHQ
Quality Director, Banner Health Wyoming Medical Center
Ms. Donovan has worked in healthcare quality since 2003 and currently employed with Banner Health in Wyoming and is also an adjunct instructor for the Jefferson School of Population Health Masters in Healthcare Quality and Safety program. She mentors individuals seeking their CPHQ certification. Her healthcare career began in the laboratory over 30 years ago and since that time, Ms. Donovan has worked in quality, risk, patient safety, infection prevention and emergency preparedness.
Program Description:
This webinar will discuss the steps of turning data into information and using rhetoric skills to tell the story.
Objectives;
This program is has been approved by NAHQ for 1.0 CE hour for CPHQ® recertification credit.
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REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 12:00 AM PDT ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24.
Speaker:
Todd Hatley, PhD, MBA, MHA
Sr. Risk Management Officer, University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center
In addition to being a Sr. Improvement Advisor at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Todd is the CEO of Integral Performance Solutions (IPS), a management consulting, coaching, and training firm, and is the Program Lead for the Zeis Extension’s Programs for Improvement and Innovation at North Carolina State University. For over 20 years, Todd has helped individuals, teams, and organizations use process improvement methods to improve their performance. Todd has served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina and as an Adjunct Undergraduate and Graduate Faculty for the Department of Health Science at Western Carolina University. Todd’s formal education includes an Associate of Sciences degree in Emergency Health Sciences, a bachelor’s degree in business administration, a Master’s degree in Business Administration and Healthcare Administration, and a Doctoral degree in Organizational Systems. Todd’s current research centers around how the concepts of adult development can support organizational improvement efforts. Dr. Hartley has participated in numerous national projects and organizations.
At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to:
This program is has been approved by NAHQ for 3.0 CE hours (Parts I and II) for CPHQ® recertification credit.
REGISTER NOW HQC Webinar – Free to FAHQ Members.
Speaker:
Stefanie Turner, MHI
Director of Value-Based Contract Performance, Valleywise Health
Stefanie Turner specializes in complex problem-solving and in translating between clinical and data teams. Focused on healthcare administration since 2007, she has worked in project management, data analysis, strategic planning, and performance improvement for Arizona’s Medicaid managed care organizations, ACOs and provider groups in the region. Since 2021, Stefanie has served as Program Manager for VALUE-BASED Care at Valleywise Health, working to correct several previously undetected data issues in both provider and payer data that are artificially suppressing Valleywise’s performance on HEDIS quality measures.
Program Description:
Maximizing performance on value-based contracts requires paying close attention to not just clinical workflows and patient care but many different types of data. In this webinar, you’ll learn how Valleywise Health discovered several data issues that were artificially suppressing their value-based performance and how they leveraged internal and external partnerships to resolve them.
Objectives;
This program has been submitted for NAHQ pre-approval for 1.0 CE hour for CPHQ® recertification credit.
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Speaker:
Patrick Schultz, MS RN CPHQ ACNS-BC
Director of Quality, Banner Thunderbird Medial Center
Patrick Schultz is a Clinical Nurse Specialist that moved into the quality and safety realm in 2012 and hasn’t left it. He has had a variety of prior roles from Quality Improvement Specialist, Quality Director, Lead Clinical Standardization Administrator, and Chief Nursing Officer. He is currently a Quality Director for a 600-bed medical center in Arizona.
Program Description:
Do you ever struggle with healthcare performance improvement projects turning into eternal committee meetings that feel like all talk and no action? Let’s look at key ways that we can increase the reliability of projects to consistently be completed as projects by ensuring the accountability of all people involved. We will consider roles, responsibilities, requirements, and report outs.
Objectives;
This program is has been submitted for NAHQ pre-approval for 1.0 CE hour for CPHQ® recertification credit.
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