PA PQC December Virtual Learning Session - December 13, 2023

December 13, 2023

The PA PQC Healthcare teams are currently working on adding patient voice and health equity to their quality improvement work. The activity will allow the chance to share peer to peer best practices and also ask about challenges that they are experiencing.

 Agenda: 
11:00 a.m. to 11:05 a.m. – Welcome – Sara Nelis, RN, Project Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation 

11:05 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. – Review of Designations – Sara Nelis, RN 

11:15 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. – Workshop Breakouts 

QI peer-to-peer sharing: PA PQC Healthcare Teams should be prepared to share the goal(s) of their work, the challenges encountered so far, and recommendations for peers. 

1. Health Equity Breakout – Facilitated by Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Manager of Lean Healthcare Strategy and Implementation, & Sara Nelis, RN, Project Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation 

2. Patient Voice Breakout – Facilitated by Pauline Taylor, CQIA, Program Specialist, and Maureen Saxon-Gioia, MS HSA, RN, Nurse Project Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation 

3. Quality Improvement Participation Breakout – Facilitated by Karena Moran, PhD, Research & Quality Project Manager, Geisinger Health System, and Kristen Brenneman, MSN, RN, Quality Improvement Facilitator, Jewish Healthcare Foundation 

11:55 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Wrap-up & Next Steps – Pauline Taylor, CQIA 

 

Target Audience

Nurse

Physician

Social Worker

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss team successes and challenges in the areas of health equity, patient voice, and quality improvement participation.

Additional Information

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 ASWB
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
12/13/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2023
Event starts: 
12/13/2023 - 11:00am EST
Event ends: 
12/13/2023 - 12:00pm EST

The PA PQC Healthcare teams are currently working on adding patient voice and health equity to their quality improvement work. The activity will allow the chance to share peer to peer best practices and also ask about challenges that they are experiencing.

 Agenda: 
11:00 a.m. to 11:05 a.m. – Welcome – Sara Nelis, RN, Project Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation 

11:05 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. – Review of Designations – Sara Nelis, RN 

11:15 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. – Workshop Breakouts 

QI peer-to-peer sharing: PA PQC Healthcare Teams should be prepared to share the goal(s) of their work, the challenges encountered so far, and recommendations for peers. 

1. Health Equity Breakout – Facilitated by Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Manager of Lean Healthcare Strategy and Implementation, & Sara Nelis, RN, Project Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation 

2. Patient Voice Breakout – Facilitated by Pauline Taylor, CQIA, Program Specialist, and Maureen Saxon-Gioia, MS HSA, RN, Nurse Project Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation 

3. Quality Improvement Participation Breakout – Facilitated by Karena Moran, PhD, Research & Quality Project Manager, Geisinger Health System, and Kristen Brenneman, MSN, RN, Quality Improvement Facilitator, Jewish Healthcare Foundation 

11:55 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Wrap-up & Next Steps – Pauline Taylor, CQIA 

 

Zoom Meeting
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Sara Nelis, RN, Project Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Manager of Lean Healthcare Strategy and Implementation

Pauline Taylor, CQIA, Program Specialist

Maureen Saxon-Gioia, MHSA, BN, RN, Nurse Project Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

Karena Moran, PhD, Research & Quality Project Manager, Geisinger Health System

Kristen Brenneman, MSN, RN, Quality Improvement Facilitator, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and The Jewish Healthcare Foundation. The University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive  1.0 continuing education credits.

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0  AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hours.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 ASWB
  • 1.00 Attendance
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