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ForwardPA PQC LEARNING SESSION - Preparing for Sustainment 4.16.25 - JHF
With three PA PQC initatives (OUD, NAS, Safe Sleep) moving from active to sustainment for the 2025-26 implementation year, this session will provide information to participating teams on how to effectively transition their PQC work in these initiatives into sustainment, including a review of sustainment goals and expectations and strategies for success and addressing common barriers.
Agenda:
11:00 a.m. to 11:05 a.m. – Welcome – Sara Nelis, RN, C-ONQS, CCE, Program Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
11:05 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. – PA PQC Data Report Out – Q4 2024 – Lisa Boyd, QI Coach & Program Specialist, Jewish Healthcare Foundation & Hadar Re’em, Program Associate, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
11:15 a.m. to 11:35 a.m. – Sustainment Overview – Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Lead QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Karena Moran, PhD, NEPaPQC Manager, and Sara Nelis, RN, CCE
11:35 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. – Facilitated Discussion – PA PQC Quality Improvement Coaches
11:55 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Wrap-up & Next Steps – Sara Nelis, RN, C-ONQS, CCE
Target Audience
Nurse
Physician
Social Worker
Learning Objectives
- Discuss preparation for successfully moving active initiatives into sustainment.
- Identify challenges to sustainment and strategies for overcoming common barriers.
Additional Information
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 Agenda PA PQC 4.16.25 Virtual Meeting.docx | 60.81 KB |
 4.16.25 Virtual Session.pdf | 1.29 MB |
With three PA PQC initatives (OUD, NAS, Safe Sleep) moving from active to sustainment for the 2025-26 implementation year, this session will provide information to participating teams on how to effectively transition their PQC work in these initiatives into sustainment, including a review of sustainment goals and expectations and strategies for success and addressing common barriers.
Agenda:
11:00 a.m. to 11:05 a.m. – Welcome – Sara Nelis, RN, C-ONQS, CCE, Program Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
11:05 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. – PA PQC Data Report Out – Q4 2024 – Lisa Boyd, QI Coach & Program Specialist, Jewish Healthcare Foundation & Hadar Re’em, Program Associate, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
11:15 a.m. to 11:35 a.m. – Sustainment Overview – Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Lead QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Karena Moran, PhD, NEPaPQC Manager, and Sara Nelis, RN, CCE
11:35 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. – Facilitated Discussion – PA PQC Quality Improvement Coaches
11:55 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Wrap-up & Next Steps – Sara Nelis, RN, C-ONQS, CCE
Sara Nelis, RN, C-ONQS, CCE, Program Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Lisa Boyd, QI Coach & Program Specialist, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Hadar Re’em, Program Associate, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT, Lead QI Coach, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Karena Moran, PhD, NEPaPQC Manager, and Sara Nelis, RN, CCE
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.
Social Work (ASWB)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Social Work 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