Event Details

CALTCM is proud to present our 34th Annual Meeting, Evidence-Based Care: Quality in Motion. This two-day conference highlights evidence-based care and quality improvement processes aimed at enhancing the quality of care in long-term care settings. Topics include risk management, urinary incontinence management, nutritional care, falls prevention and quality improvement, in addition to clinical updates on specific conditions.

This years meeting program will educate clinicians on quality and performance improvement methodology in a practical, straightforward, and clinically relevant manner. The material is relevant and valuable to physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, administrators, social workers, and therapists. Highlights will include an overview of the updated F-tags for 2007-08 from the Chief Medical Consultant of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), and the latest information on patient safety from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). We are also very pleased to present a session on integrating cultural and linguistic competency into practice by Alecia Robinson, MCP, MPH from the Institute of Medical Quality.

The Education Committee believes there is great value for all members of the interdisciplinary team and administration in our CALTCM 2008 Annual Meeting, and is confident you will leave this meeting with many ideas on how to improve your practice. Come join us in Los Angeles and learn how to put Quality into Motion!

Debra Bakerjian, PhD, MSN, FNP
CALTCM Education Committee Chair

Karl Steinberg, MD, CMD
CALTCM President

Course Objectives

1. Describe recent advances and updates in diagnosis and treatment of common conditions in long-term care such as pneumonia, stroke, urinary incontinence, and weight loss.

2. Integrate performance improvement measures into clinical practice and nursing home care as promoted by Institute for Healthcare Improvement.

3. Identify recent clinical updates in focused areas of long-term care such as geropsychiatry, pneumonia, and neurological disorders.

4. Appreciate the changes in CMS Guidance to Surveyors on F-tags updated in 2007 and early 2008, including CDPHs latest strategies in monitoring compliance.

5. Implement strategies to enhance cultural and linguistic competency.

6. Examine methods of reducing risk of adverse clinical outcomes and medicolegal liability when providing care to residents in long-term care settings.

7. Implement and utilize care transition action plans in your own long-term setting.

CALTCM: Evidence-Based Care: Qualty in Motion Start Date: Friday, July 18, 2008 End Date: Sunday, July 20, 2008 Event Type: Association Meeting   Venue: Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza Street Address: 251 South Olive Street City, State Zip: Los Angeles, CA 90012 Country: U.S.A   CME provider: CALTCM CMD credit: Approved for up to 6 Clinical and 7 Management CMD hours   Contact: Brian Manning Phone: (310) 312-0518 / (800) 488-2196 Fax: (310) 312-0546 Email: bmanning@caltcm.org or bmanning@mednet.ucla.edu

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