PA PQC LEARNING SESSION - December 11, 2024
Members of the healthcare team will have an opportunity to learn about and discuss effective and innovative quality improvement milestones for their PA PQC projects and to learn about patient voice and health equity quality designation work being conducted by their peer institutions.
Agenda:
11:00 a.m. to 11:05 a.m. – Welcome – Sara Nelis, RN, Program Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
11:05 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. – Review of Designations – Sara Nelis, RN
11:15 a.m. to 11:25 a.m. – Quality Improvement Participation – Lisa Boyd, BA, PQC QI Coach & Data Manager, Program Associate, Jewish Healthcare Foundation and Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Manager of Lean Healthcare Strategy and Implementation, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
- Milestone 5 examples
- Action planning tool review
11:25 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. – QI Peer-to-Peer Sharing: Designations Project Progress – Facilitated by Kristen Brenneman, MSN, RNC-NIC, Quality Improvement Facilitator, Jewish Healthcare Foundation and Hadar Re’em, Program Associate, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
- Holy Redeemer Hospital: Helene Coakley, BSN, RN, OB Substance Use Disorder Nurse Navigator, presenting on Patient Voice in Maternal OUD
- Armstrong Center for Medicine & Health Hospital: Kristina Lynch, BSN, RN, PHRN, Infection Control Manager and Lindsay Feitknecht, BSN RN, Nurse Manager 3A-OB, ACMH Hospital, presenting on Patient Voice in Safe Sleep
- Penn Medicine Chester County: Stephanie Schwartz, DPT, NTMC, CNT, Lead Physical Therapist NICU and Dr. Jason Komasz, MD, FAAP, Medical Director, CHOP Newborn and Pediatric Care at Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital, presenting on Patient Voice in NAS Huddles & Neonatal Advocacy Group (NAG)
- Trinity Health St. Mary Medical Center: Elizabeth Buck, BSN, RNC, C-EFM, presenting on Sepsis Health Equity Project
11:55 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Wrap-up & Next Steps – Sara Nelis, RN
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.
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Members of the healthcare team will have an opportunity to learn about and discuss effective and innovative quality improvement milestones for their PA PQC projects and to learn about patient voice and health equity quality designation work being conducted by their peer institutions.
Agenda:
11:00 a.m. to 11:05 a.m. – Welcome – Sara Nelis, RN, Program Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
11:05 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. – Review of Designations – Sara Nelis, RN
11:15 a.m. to 11:25 a.m. – Quality Improvement Participation – Lisa Boyd, BA, PQC QI Coach & Data Manager, Program Associate, Jewish Healthcare Foundation and Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Manager of Lean Healthcare Strategy and Implementation, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
- Milestone 5 examples
- Action planning tool review
11:25 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. – QI Peer-to-Peer Sharing: Designations Project Progress – Facilitated by Kristen Brenneman, MSN, RNC-NIC, Quality Improvement Facilitator, Jewish Healthcare Foundation and Hadar Re’em, Program Associate, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
- Holy Redeemer Hospital: Helene Coakley, BSN, RN, OB Substance Use Disorder Nurse Navigator, presenting on Patient Voice in Maternal OUD
- Armstrong Center for Medicine & Health Hospital: Kristina Lynch, BSN, RN, PHRN, Infection Control Manager and Lindsay Feitknecht, BSN RN, Nurse Manager 3A-OB, ACMH Hospital, presenting on Patient Voice in Safe Sleep
- Penn Medicine Chester County: Stephanie Schwartz, DPT, NTMC, CNT, Lead Physical Therapist NICU and Dr. Jason Komasz, MD, FAAP, Medical Director, CHOP Newborn and Pediatric Care at Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital, presenting on Patient Voice in NAS Huddles & Neonatal Advocacy Group (NAG)
- Trinity Health St. Mary Medical Center: Elizabeth Buck, BSN, RNC, C-EFM, presenting on Sepsis Health Equity Project
11:55 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Wrap-up & Next Steps – Sara Nelis, RN
Sara Nelis, RN, Program Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Lisa Boyd, BA, PQC QI Coach & Data Manager, Program Associate, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Manager of Lean Healthcare Strategy and Implementation, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Kristen Brenneman, MSN, RNC-NIC, Quality Improvement Facilitator, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Hadar Re’em, Program Associate, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Helene Coakley, BSN, RN, OB Substance Use Disorder Nurse Navigator, presenting on Patient Voice in Maternal OUD
Kristina Lynch, BSN, RN, PHRN, Infection Control Manager
Lindsay Feitknecht, BSN RN, Nurse Manager 3A-OB, ACMH Hospital, presenting on Patient Voice in Safe Sleep
Stephanie Schwartz, DPT, NTMC, CNT, Lead Physical Therapist NICU
Dr. Jason Komasz, MD, FAAP, Medical Director, CHOP Newborn and Pediatric Care at Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital, presenting on Patient Voice in NAS Huddles & Neonatal Advocacy Group (NAG)
Elizabeth Buck, BSN, RNC, C-EFM, presenting on Sepsis Health Equity Project
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 ANCCUPMC 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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