FROM: Theodore O. Will, Chief Executive Officer
DATE: Apr 04, 2008
SUBJECT: Home Health Quality Improvement Teleconference Series: Second Quarter 2008 Schedule
IPRO CONTACTS:
Sara Butterfield, RN, BSN, CPHQ, CCM
Director, Upstate Healthcare Quality Improvement
1-800-233-0360, Ext. 104
IPRO, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for New York State, is pleased to announce the final series of the statewide Home Health Quality Improvement Teleconference Series presentations, addressing clinical strategies to improve patient outcomes.
This shared learning teleconference series, initiated in September 2006, identifies strategies and interventions targeting the complex issues involved in reducing avoidable acute care hospitalizations and collaboration across health care providers to support improvement in patient-centered care transitions. The purpose of this teleconference series is to review best practice intervention strategies and facilitate shared learning to support your agency's Outcome-Based Quality Improvement (OBQI) efforts. The teleconference series incorporates presentations by New York State home health providers who will review their quality improvement initiatives and the interventions that have contributed to their success in improving patient outcomes.
Enclosed please find a schedule of the conference call presentations that includes the topic area, dates, times and call-in information. There is no registration fee for participation and you are welcome to join any conference call that may be of interest to you. We strongly encourage you to take advantage of this educational opportunity and to include the administrative and senior management representatives of your organization.
Please indicate on the attached Registration Form all of the calls that you expect to participate in, as we want to ensure that there will be adequate phone lines available. The reference materials for the individual presentations will be forwarded to registrants via email in advance of each call and be posted to the Home Health Upcoming Events section of the IPRO Web site at http://providers.ipro.org/index/homehealth.
To access the calls, dial the phone number listed on the attached document and provide the operator with the Confirmation Code listed on the attached schedule of Educational Offerings. These calls will also be taped and posted to our Web site for future access.
If you have questions or wish additional information please contact Sara Butterfield at 1-800-233-0360 ext. 104.