Patient Safety and Care Management:

This complementary series is designed to provide our clients with information about QuadraMed Care Management. Learn how QuadraMed Care Management

impacts clinician workload, and

assists facilities achieve an electronic health record and effective utilization of staff.

Attend and learn how to leverage your investment in QuadraMed technology to

address patient placement based on acuity,

benefit from transparent classification, medication reconciliation, and

improve patient safety at the point of care

Archived Events:


AcuityPlus Hospital Staffing Benchmark Analysis 2009 Date and Time:December 09, 2009 1:00:00 PM ET Presenter:Ken Colbert, Senior Research Analyst, QuadraMed Corporation Overview:The webcast will cover our new white paper, written by Ken Colbert of QuadraMed and Sean Clarke of the University of Toronto, that describes a longitudinal analysis of patient and staffing trends for 20 hospitals over a ten-year period at both the hospital and clinical specialty levels. The focus of the paper is on describing changes over time in patient length-of-stay, acuity, hours per patient day, hours per workload and staffing skill mix. Discussion and interpretation of these findings in the context of staffing and productivity trends and other literature is provided. Click here to register and view the archived event
Complying with HB 346 - Nursing Services Care Committee & Staffing Plan Act Date and Time: July 29, 2008 2pm ET Presenter:Debi Jones, RN, MS, NEA-BC, FACHE, and Vice President of Patient Care/Chief Nursing Officer at EMH Regional Healthcare System. Overview:Debi will open this discussion with an introduction to HB 346 and its requirements. QuadraMed staff will present our AcuityPlus solution and discuss how users can achieve comprehensive patient care resource management. QuadraMed's AcuityPlus solution provides valid, reliable data for staffing, productivity, and budget projection. This resource management system will ensure your compliance with HB 346. Click here to register
Part 1: "Using the Clinical Care Classification (CCC) System in Clinical Content of an EHR" Date and Time: April 17, 2007 2pm ET Presenter: Sheryl Taylor, BSN, RN, Nursing Informatics Advisor & Consultant, QuadraMed Corporation Overview: This session will address standardized coded clinical terminology as it pertains to nursing and allied health professionals. The information provided will explain how use of standardized coded clinical terminology in developing and expressing clinical content for electronic health records supports measuring the contribution of nursing care and improving patient quality and safety initiatives. Click here to register and view the archived event
Part 2: "Patient Acuity: Having the Right Data at the Right Time to Enhance Patient Safety" Date and Time: May 24, 2007 2pm ET Presenters: Nancy Barton BSN, MSN, Medical Center of Central Georgia and Wanda Waters RN, Pitt County Memorial Hospital Overview: Hear how the Medical Center of Central Georgia and Pitt County Memorial Hospital are leveraging QuadraMed AcuityPlus to impact workload and effectively utilize staff. Learn approaches to improving patient safety by appropriate patient placement using classification data and the benefits of transparent classification. Click here to register and view the archived event
Part 3: "Enhancing Patient Care with QuadraMed Pharmacy" Date and Time: June 20, 2007 2pm ET Presenters: Catherine Shely, PharmD, Director of Pharmacy, St. Claire Regional Medical Center, Mohammad Siddiqui, PharmD, Assistant Director of Pharmacy, St. Claire Regional Medical Center and Genny Chadwick, Product Manager, Care Solutions, QuadraMed Corporation Overview: Learn how pharmacy services at St. Claire Regional Medical Center meet some of the challenges of insuring patient safety. They will discuss their methods and processes used to create a safe medication environment with the help of QuadraMed Pharmacy solutions. Click here to register and view the archived event
Part 4: "Achieving the Legal EMR with QuadraMed" Date and Time: November 28th at 2:00 p.m. ET Presenters: Elaine King, MHS, RHIA, CHP, Product Manager, QuadraMed Corporation and Joseph I. Bormel, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, QuadraMed Corporation Overview: Description:As hospitals grapple with the business realities of healthcare--the need to achieve financial strength while providing quality care--they are turning to electronic medical record (EMR) systems to enhance decision-making processes, decrease medical errors and build stronger relationships with patients. In order to take advantage of this essential and time-saving feature, the healthcare organization must ensure that its EMR is designed to meet the same stringent standards as the paper medical record did in the past. Attend and learn how with QuadraMed HIM solutions, a hospital can achieve a legal EMR from the start. Click here to register and view the archived event

AcuityPlus Hospital Staffing Benchmark Analysis 2009

Date and Time:December 09, 2009 1:00:00 PM ET
Presenter:Ken Colbert, Senior Research Analyst, QuadraMed Corporation
Overview:The webcast will cover our new white paper, written by Ken Colbert of QuadraMed and Sean Clarke of the University of Toronto, that describes a longitudinal analysis of patient and staffing trends for 20 hospitals over a ten-year period at both the hospital and clinical specialty levels. The focus of the paper is on describing changes over time in patient length-of-stay, acuity, hours per patient day, hours per workload and staffing skill mix. Discussion and interpretation of these findings in the context of staffing and productivity trends and other literature is provided.
Click here to register and view the archived event

Complying with HB 346 - Nursing Services Care Committee & Staffing Plan Act

Date and Time: July 29, 2008 2pm ET
Presenter:Debi Jones, RN, MS, NEA-BC, FACHE, and Vice President of Patient Care/Chief Nursing Officer at EMH Regional Healthcare System.
Overview:Debi will open this discussion with an introduction to HB 346 and its requirements. QuadraMed staff will present our AcuityPlus solution and discuss how users can achieve comprehensive patient care resource management. QuadraMed's AcuityPlus solution provides valid, reliable data for staffing, productivity, and budget projection. This resource management system will ensure your compliance with HB 346.
Click here to register

Part 1: "Using the Clinical Care Classification (CCC) System in Clinical Content of an EHR"

Date and Time: April 17, 2007 2pm ET
Presenter: Sheryl Taylor, BSN, RN, Nursing Informatics Advisor & Consultant, QuadraMed Corporation
Overview: This session will address standardized coded clinical terminology as it pertains to nursing and allied health professionals. The information provided will explain how use of standardized coded clinical terminology in developing and expressing clinical content for electronic health records supports measuring the contribution of nursing care and improving patient quality and safety initiatives.
Click here to register and view the archived event

Part 2: "Patient Acuity: Having the Right Data at the Right Time to Enhance Patient Safety"

Date and Time: May 24, 2007 2pm ET
Presenters: Nancy Barton BSN, MSN, Medical Center of Central Georgia and Wanda Waters RN, Pitt County Memorial Hospital
Overview: Hear how the Medical Center of Central Georgia and Pitt County Memorial Hospital are leveraging QuadraMed AcuityPlus to impact workload and effectively utilize staff. Learn approaches to improving patient safety by appropriate patient placement using classification data and the benefits of transparent classification.
Click here to register and view the archived event

Part 3: "Enhancing Patient Care with QuadraMed Pharmacy"

Date and Time: June 20, 2007 2pm ET
Presenters: Catherine Shely, PharmD, Director of Pharmacy, St. Claire Regional Medical Center, Mohammad Siddiqui, PharmD, Assistant Director of Pharmacy, St. Claire Regional Medical Center and Genny Chadwick, Product Manager, Care Solutions, QuadraMed Corporation
Overview: Learn how pharmacy services at St. Claire Regional Medical Center meet some of the challenges of insuring patient safety. They will discuss their methods and processes used to create a safe medication environment with the help of QuadraMed Pharmacy solutions.
Click here to register and view the archived event

Part 4: "Achieving the Legal EMR with QuadraMed"

Date and Time: November 28th at 2:00 p.m. ET
Presenters: Elaine King, MHS, RHIA, CHP, Product Manager, QuadraMed Corporation and Joseph I. Bormel, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, QuadraMed Corporation
Overview:
Description:As hospitals grapple with the business realities of healthcare--the need to achieve financial strength while providing quality care--they are turning to electronic medical record (EMR) systems to enhance decision-making processes, decrease medical errors and build stronger relationships with patients.

In order to take advantage of this essential and time-saving feature, the healthcare organization must ensure that its EMR is designed to meet the same stringent standards as the paper medical record did in the past. Attend and learn how with QuadraMed HIM solutions, a hospital can achieve a legal EMR from the start.
Click here to register and view the archived event

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