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Quality Forum Overview


Nebraska Healthcare Quality Forum

The fifth annual Nebraska Healthcare Quality Forum was held on May 13 at the Embassy Suites in downtown Lincoln. Over 375 healthcare providers statewide gathered in an effort to build partnerships to improve the quality of care for Nebraskans.

The Nebraska Healthcare Quality Forum, hosted by CIMRO of Nebraska, focused on successes in improving the quality of healthcare for a rapidly growing Medicare population, including initiatives that succeed in improving quality of care in nursing homes, homecare agencies, hospitals and physician offices. Over forty-five Nebraska healthcare professionals presented quality improvement initiatives, methods and data and activities demonstrating their efforts to improve healthcare practices. Presentation topics included electronic health records, MRSA, culture change, pain management, medication reconciliation, health information technology, patient safety and many others.

The presentations are posted below.

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Quality Forum 2008 Presentations


TypeNameDescriptionFilterFile Size
IconOpening Keynote - McCannonIn Pursuit of Critical Mass: National and Local Strategies for Improving Quality and Safety761 KB
IconSession A TRACK 1 - MorganUse of Electronic Rules to Improve Quality Care93 KB
IconSession A TRACK 2 - Duquette, SmithPlanned Care Processes to Improve Clinical Care Outcomes153 KB
IconSession A TRACK 3 - Brown, VanGerpenCreating Improvement in Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prophylaxis1661 KB
IconSession A TRACK 4 - CuddiganImplications of the Updated NPUAP Pressure Ulcer Staging
System
1255 KB
IconSession A TRACK 5 - McQuillan, ForseTeamSTEPPS™ - Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety4739 KB
IconSession A TRACK 6 - DavidMismatched Medication Lists: A Homecare Plan for Reconciliation606 KB
IconSession B TRACK 1 - VandenbergEnd-of-Life Care Quality Improvement in Nursing Homes1574 KB
IconSession B TRACK 2 - JohnsonTempering Transitions for IV Patients: Hospital to Homecare344 KB
IconSession B TRACK 3 - Hubbard, KargesDealing Constructively with Conflict in Health Care611 KB
IconSession B TRACK 4 - GouldEmbedding a Quality Focus into Organizational Culture8982 KB
IconSession B TRACK 5 - AdlerMRSA Screening of Inpatients in a Rehabilitation Facility516 KB
IconSession B TRACK 6 - Jones, SkinnerNebraska’s Experience: Teaching the Nation about Patient Safety Culture1075 KB
IconSession B TRACK 7 - HarreSERMC’s Road to Joint Commission Primary Stroke Center Certification684 KB
IconSession C TRACK 1 - John, RippePersonalized Patient Centered Care –
Partners for Life
237 KB
IconSession C TRACK 2 - Cederdahl, LewisCoordination of Care: Hospice and Nursing Homes77 KB
IconSession C TRACK 3 - Mehmken, Egan, KleineSuccessful Strategies and Benefits of Telehealth
Implementation
243 KB
IconSession C TRACK 4 - Krebsbach, ReynoldsImproving Central Line Related Bacteremia by the Team Approach5325 KB
IconSession C TRACK 5 - SchlismannHomecare Fall Reduction Program at Saint Elizabeth Home Care Services928 KB
IconSession C TRACK 6 - PiersonOrganizational Structures and Strategies to Support Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)288 KB
IconSession C TRACK 7 - PhillipsGeriatric Outreach - A Psychiatric Care Model25 KB
IconSession D TRACK 1 - Bergman-Evans, Salkeld HandoutThe Value of a Safety Net for Skilled Nursing Home Patients229 KB
IconSession D TRACK 2 - Christensen, WagnerThe Red Slipper Campaign: Decreasing Hospitalization Rates390 KB
IconSession D TRACK 3 - Carraher, WoodQuality End of Life Care Using Palliative Care63 KB
IconSession D TRACK 4 - Masek, OlsonLearnings from the Implementation of an Automated Medication Management System1227 KB
IconSession D TRACK 5 - Jakubowski, PetersCritical Access Hospital Quality: Small Numbers, Large Rewards!317 KB
IconSession D TRACK 6 - Jones, BerneySuccessful Organization Collaborative and Implementation of Consistent Assignment163 KB
IconSession D TRACK 7 - Thiel, HansbroughComing Full Circle:  Sharing the Story654 KB