Dr. Joanne Lynn recently led a webinar focused on care transitions: what they are, why they matter, and how to improve them. The session, sponosred by Illuminage and the National Council on Aging, streamed live on April 4. The recording is now streaming online, and can be viewed here:
http://illuminage.com/webinars/improving-care-transitions.htm
In addition to Dr. Lynn’s ideas and insights, the session featured a Q&A segment. Take a few minutes and see what you can learn!
On June 5, 2012, Altarum Institute will sponsor a roundtable, “Speak Up! Infuential Women Give Voice to the Challenges of Eldercare.” Moderated by Eleanor Clift, the panel will include physicians Muriel Gillick, Cheryl Woodson, and Joanne Lynn, along with policymaker and caregiver advocate, Lynn Alexander. The session, to be held in the Detroit studios of Detroit Public Television, will be recorded and will form the basis of an hour-long documentary. The program runs for a full day, with the roundtable discussion in the morning, and breakout discussion groups in the afternoon. Those not able to journey to Michigan for the event are invited to join the streaming webcast. For details on how to sign up, watch the following video and follow the links at the end.
This video includes outtakes from an April 13 Roundtable held in Washington, DC, and features several of the authors slated for the June program.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBaYNFHT07A
Key words: Altarum Institute, policy roundtable, Eleanor Clift, Muriel Gillick, Lynn Alexander, Joanne Lynn, end of life, caregiving, aging, writing
The webinar featured the following experts in care transitions:
Content includes case studies of how real organizations are reducing hospital readmissions and improving the quality of care as vulnerable patients move from one care setting to the next. There is an overview report from top-performing hospitals with exceptionally low readmission rates: McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden, Utah; Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center in Houston, Texas; Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and St. John’s Regional Health Center in Springfield, Missouri.
The presentations include a lot of evidence-based data related to what you have to measure in order to determine if quality improvement is really happening. Metrics must include what CMS wants you to measure, as well as other metrics such as how your institution is doing compared with others. Are you really achieving what you want to with hospital discharges? Measurements actually impact behavior, and can be critical to getting compliance with improvement goals.