WEBINAR: Critical Access Hospital CoPs, Part III of IV
Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Conditions of Participation 2019: Ensuring Compliance - Part III of IV
Course Curriculum
The CMS regulations and interpretive guidelines serve as the basis for determining compliance. In this four-part webinar, you will learn details about the CoPs and what to do when a surveyor arrives at your facility. Additionally, every section in the CAH hospital manual will be discussed, including updates and changes for 2019.
During part 3 of 4, our speaker will review 2015 manual revisions for the sections on infection control (IC), drugs and safe medication use, patient services, lab and nursing. She will discuss nationally recognized infection control guidelines, including why the infection control worksheet is so important for CAHs, hospital acquired infections (HAIs), the four challenges of infection control and the role of hospitals leaders in infection control. Sue will delve into safe medication CoPs including preparation and administration, safe infection practices and the CMS IC worksheet and safe infection guidelines. Some of Sue’s review of the nursing CoPs will cover nursing care, changes in observation guidelines, drugs and IVs, nursing care plans and proposed changes for 2019. This provides only a brief overview of what will be covered in this program.
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this program, the participants will be able to:
1. Discuss how the CMS infection control worksheet may be helpful to CAHs.
2. Explain how many times an insulin pen may be used on patients.
3. Define what is needed to allow the patient to self-administer medications.
4. Identify the time frames in which to administer medications.
5. Describe the CMS requirement for a plan of care.
Target Audience
Anyone involved with compliance regulations and standards, including, but not limited to, CEOs, CFOs, CMOs, CNOs, physicians, nurses, quality improvement staff, risk managers, pharmacy staff, dieticians, compliance officers and legal counsel, ethics committee members, consumer advocates, TJC liaisons, safety officers, behavioral health and psychiatric staff, and case managers.
Faculty
Sue Dill Calloway has been a nurse attorney and consultant for more than 30 years. Currently, she is president of Patient Safety and Healthcare Education and Consulting and was previously the chief learning officer for the Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation. She has conducted many educational programs for nurses, physicians, and other health care providers. Sue has authored over 100 books and numerous articles. She is a frequent speaker and is well known across the country in the area of health care law, risk management, and patient safety. Sue has no real or perceived conflicts of interest that relate to this presentation.