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Community Based Sepsis
Educational Webinar Programs
Train the Trainer Programs
IPRO Sepsis Train-the-Trainer Program for Physician Practices (non-physician)
March 19, 2018
Presentation and instructions for conducting training at your office and obtaining free training materials.
Recorded Webinar
- WRF Format : this version will stream via your browser
IPRO Sepsis Training "Train-the-Trainer" Program for Skilled Nursing Facility
Presentation and instructions for conducting training at your facility and obtaining free training materials.
Recorded Webinar
- WMV Format: this version will be downloaded to your computer
IPRO Sepsis Training "Train-the-Trainer" Program for Dialysis Center
Presentation and instructions for conducting training for Dialysis Center staff and obtaining free training materials
Recorded Webinar
- WRF Format: this version will stream via your browser
- WMV Format: this version will be downloaded to your computer
REDCap Resources
HCA Adult Sepsis Screening Tool REDCap Data Entry Process Webinar
July 18, 2018
Webinar training session on process for submission of home health agency data from the Home Care Association of NYS (HCA) Adult Sepsis Screening Tool into the REDCap Data Collection Tool. The webinar covers the following topic areas:
- Introduction to REDCap: Setting up a user, logging in, locating the HCA Adult Sepsis Screening Tool site, and Data Access Groups
- Process for entering a row of data from the HCA Adult Sepsis Screening Tool
- Process for bulk uploading data for large data sets from EHR
- Use of the REDCap App on your tablet or phone for point of service data entry
This webinar, intended for all NYS home health agencies utilizing the HCA Adult Sepsis Screening Tool to learn how to upload data into the REDCap System, should be viewed by the following representatives from the home health agency:
- Staff who will be responsible to upload/enter your agency’s data into REDCap
- Staff who will be responsible for oversight of data entry and review of agency data in REDCap
- Staff who will be responsible to train staff and serve as resource for data entry
Direct link to Webex training recording
Statewide HCA Stop Sepsis At Home Initiative Announcing Launch of New Statewide Training and Cross-Sector Collaboration
November 9, 2017
Recorded Webinar
- WRF Format : this version will stream via your browser
Home Care Association of NYS Screening and Intervention Tool for Sepsis: Introducing a work plan for statewide clinical and agency training, partner collaboration, public education and outreach, patient and population data and more.
HOME CARE ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK STATE / IPRO ADULT SEPSIS SCREENING TOOL WEBINAR SERIES
Harnessing the Home Care System for Early Sepsis Recognition & Intervention - Part IV
February 9, 2017
Fourth in a series of four webinar programs presented by Home Care Association of NYS (HCA) to guide home care providers on the adoption, integration and use of the HCA Adult Sepsis Screening and SBAR Tool in patient care. This webinar serves as the Train-the-Trainer educational webinar and introduction to the HCA Adult Sepsis Screening and SBAR Tool Screening Tool Protocol. Please note that agencies are required to access all of the four webinars in this series to obtain a user agreement from HCA for employing this tool in the future.
Recorded Webinar
- WRF Format : this version will stream via your browser
- WMV Format: this version will be downloaded to your computer
- Presentation Slides
Harnessing the Home Care System for Early Sepsis Recognition & Intervention - Part III
January 19, 2017
Third in a series of four webinar programs presented by Home Care Association of NYS (HCA) to guide home care providers on the adoption, integration and use of the HCA Adult Sepsis Screening and SBAR Tool in patient care. The topic of EHR integration was introduced at the October 20 webinar. This webinar goes into more depth on EHR integration, providing presentations on examples of successful agency/EHR software integration.
Recorded Webinar
- WRF Format: this version will stream via your browser
- WMV Format: this version will be downloaded to your computer
Harnessing the Home Care System for Early Sepsis Recognition & Intervention - Part II
October 20, 2016
Recorded Webinar
- WRF Format: this version will stream via your browser
- WMV Format: this version will be downloaded to your computer
Second in a series of three webinar programs is presented by Home Care Association of NYS (HCA) and to guide home care providers on the adoption, integration and use of the HCA Adult Sepsis Screening and SBAR Tool in patient care. This webinar provides a more indepth review of the HCA Adult Sepsis Screening and SBAR Tool and home care agency integration of the HCA Sepsis Tool with the agency’s electronic health records.
Harnessing the Home Care System for Early Sepsis Recognition & Intervention - Part I
September 30, 2016
Recorded Webinar
- WRF Format: this version will stream via your browser
- WMV Format: this version will be downloaded to your computer
This first in a series of three webinar programs is presented by Home Care Association of NYS (HCA), IPRO, US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Sepsis Alliance The Rory Staunton Foundation, Deputy Secretary for Health & Human Services NYS, and the NYS Department of Health to guide home care providers on the adoption, integration and use of the HCA Adult Sepsis Screening and SBAR Tool in patient care. The HCA Quality Committee and its subgroup on sepsis has been diligently working for the past two years to create, vet and refine this home care sepsis screening tool. The tool is a national first for home care, and a national first for sepsis. The HCA workgroup was comprised of home care clinicians, supplemented by prominent sepsis physicians, the National Sepsis Alliance, and other key sources. This tool is being utilized within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Special Innovation Project - Community Based Sepsis Initiative led by IPRO in the Albany and Syracuse Hospital Referral Regions (HRRs) in NYS. The tool was featured as a potential national blueprint at a National “New Ideas” Forum on Sepsis sponsored by the Rory Staunton Foundation, and HCA is in discussions with other states and key New York stakeholders about the tool’s promise.
IPRO Community Bases Sepsis Train-the-Trainer Program for NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities
September 22nd, 2016
Recorded Webinar
- WRF Format: this version will stream via your browser
Prehospital Sepsis Management: Identification and Treatment
July 25, 2016
Recorded Webinar
- WRF Format: this version will stream via your browser
This presentation provides an overview of the Greenville County EMS prehospital sepsis protocol.
Webinar Objectives:
- Understand the importance of community recognition
- Explain Greenville County EMS’s quality improvement process for developing a prehospital sepsis treatment program
- Review the sepsis protocol for early identification and antibiotic administration
Early Recognition of Sepsis in Outpatient Setting: The Role of Practitioner, Patient and Family in the Earliest Phase of Sepsis
June 16, 2016
Recorded Webinar
- WRF Format: this version will stream via your browser
- Presentation Slides
This presentation provides an overview of the healthcare practitioner’s role in identification, triage and treatment of sepsis at the community level, incorporating the following information:
- Overview of the importance of community recognition and treatment protocols for sepsis
- Review of the 2016 Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock
- Patient Groups at Increased Risk for sepsis
- Common Diseases Presenting in the Outpatient Settings with Sepsis Potential
Sepsis is among the most under-recognized and misunderstood conditions among providers and the general public. Raising awareness and improving early identification and management of sepsis among community-based providers will aim to reduce sepsis related: inpatient admissions, mortality, hospital length-of-stay and hospital readmissions.
Community Based Sepsis Initiative Launch Webinar Program
February 17, 2016
Recorded Webinar
- WRF Format: this version will stream via your browser
- IPRO Participation Agreement
(Please note that it may take 5-10 minutes for the recorded webinar to load on your computer once you have clicked on the webinar link below).
Sepsis is among the most under-recognized and misunderstood conditions among providers and the general public. Raising awareness and improving early identification and management of sepsis among community-based providers will aim to reduce sepsis related: inpatient admissions, mortality, hospital length-of-stay and hospital readmissions. This webinar serves as the launch of the AQIN Community Based Initiative for NYS which is focused within the Albany and Syracuse Hospital Referral Regions. Keynote speaker is Dr. Alan Sanders, who provides an overview of sepsis in the community and the importance of early recognition and treatment. We strongly encourage your participation, as well as the participation of senior leaders and physicians within your organization, to learn more about early recognition and improved care management of sepsis in reducing sepsis related morbidity and mortality.
The presentation includes:
- An overview of the structure and approach for the Community Based Sepsis Initiative
- Review of Medicare Fee for Service data related to sepsis events, LOS and mortality
- Information of the target region for the project
- Goals to improve recognition and early treatment and management of sepsis from the community
- Overview of the importance of community recognition and treatment protocols for sepsis
Initiatives
- Cardiovascular Health
- Care Coordination
- Community Based Sepsis
- Diabetes Self-Management
- Drug Safety
- Immunization
- MAPPP
- Nursing Home Quality
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- Nursing Home Quality (NY)
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- QAPI Self-Assessment
- CASPER Data
- Eliminating Inappropriate Antipsychotic Medication Use
- Clinical Quality Measures (QM)
- Composite Measure Score
- NHQCC Collaborative I Kick-Off
- NHQCC Collaborative I Outcomes Congress
- QI/QAPI
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- Using a System's Approach to Quality & Performance Improvement
- Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative (NHQCC) Learning
- Engaging Staff in Individualized Care
- QAPI Self-Assessment and Related Resources
- QAPI In Action
- Quality Improvement (QI) Resources
- Quality Improvement Strategies
- Steps to QAPI
- Elements for Framing QAPI in Nursing Homes
- Clinical Topics
- Resources
- Consumers
- Nursing Home Quality (DC)
- Nursing Home Quality (SC)
- Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship
- Quality Payment Program
- Transforming End of Life
Contact Us
New York
Sara Butterfield, RN, BSN, CPHQ, CCM
Senior Director
IPRO
Health Care Quality Improvement Program
20 Corporate Woods Boulevard
Albany, NY 12211-2370
Phone: (518) 426-3300 Ext.104
Direct Dial: (518) 320-3504
Fax: (518) 426-3418
Sara.Butterfield@area-I.hcqis.org
Eve Bankert MT (ASCP)
Quality Improvement Specialist
IPRO
20 Corporate Woods Boulevard
Albany, NY 12211
Phone: (518) 320-3552
Fax: (518) 426-3418
Eve.Bankert@area-I.hcqis.org
South Carolina
Sarah Stein Banyai, MPH
Quality Specialist
The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence (CCME)
12040 Regency Parkway, Suite 100
Cary, NC 27518
Phone NC: (919) 461-5538
Phone SC: (803) 212-7521
Fax: (516)233-3358