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Date
Aug. 30, 2022
Time
9:00am - 11:00am
Location
Online
Virtual
CMOs, CNOs, compliance officers, compliance officers, emergency department personnel, Joint Commission Coordinators, medical records staff, quality improvement personnel, risk managers and legal counsel
As the number one hospital-acquired condition and one of the most significant challenges for hospitals and other health care facilities, falls are an important patient safety and risk management issue. This virtual event will discuss how to comply with The Joint Commission and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services hospital Conditions of Participation standards on falls. This event also will include information on medications that increase the fall rate and the role of a pharmacist in the fall program.
Attendance is a must for anyone serving on the falls team, as well as anyone interested in preventing and reducing the number of falls in the hospital setting. All hospitals should have a falls team that receives current information regarding falls.
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:
Lena Browning, MHA, BSN, RNC-NIC, CSHA
Nash Healthcare Consulting
Lena Browning is a nurse leader and accreditation specialist with more than 25 years of experience in clinical leadership in acute care settings. As a principal consultant with Compass Clinical Consulting, Browning served as team lead for the accreditation and regulatory compliance survey team. Most recently, Browning has fulfilled three interim positions as director of accreditation and was responsible for restructuring accreditation departments and leading organizations in compliance. Additionally, Browning has successfully coached numerous organizations through Immediate Jeopardy situations with all organizations getting the IJ lifted and no condition-level findings noted on return surveys.
Prior to consulting, Browning had more than two decades of experience in accreditation and regulatory leadership. As an expert for CMS, TJC and state regulations, she has performed systemwide tracers for continuous readiness and patient safety, coordinated accreditation and regulatory surveys, chaired continuous readiness committees, and coached staff and leadership in compliance and performance improvement strategies.
Browning earned a Master of Healthcare Administration from the University of Southern Indiana and a Bachelor of Science in nursing from Murray State University. She holds numerous certifications in basic life support, neonatal and pediatric advanced life support, and newborn resuscitation and post-resuscitation stabilization. She also is a member of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.
General Information
Please note that your registration request will be submitted to the organizer for approval. Upon approval, virtual instructional materials and access information will be sent to the email address indicated on the registration form. The registration fee is for one connection. Each additional connection will be charged a separate registration fee. Get more value by inviting colleagues to join you on a single connection.
If you have special needs addressed by the Americans With Disabilities Act, please contact the Missouri Hospital Association.
MHA Health Institute
P.O. Box 60
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: 573-893-3700
Fax: 573-893-2809
For cancellations received in writing before the established deadline date, the registrant will receive a full refund — minus a $50* processing fee per registrant. After the deadline date, no refunds will be granted. Registrants not in attendance will be responsible for the full registration fee. Substitutions are encouraged. We reserve the right to cancel this program because of insufficient registration.
*Unless otherwise specified in the program details.
This educational activity is provided by MHA Health Institute.
General Information
Registration
Register on or before Monday, Aug. 29, to ensure delivery of instructional materials.
Cost
This virtual event is eligible for use of the MHA Health Institute coupon. Note: Coupons were mailed to MHA-member hospital CEOs in December 2021.
This virtual event is being offered at a reduced registration fee to MHA-member hospitals thanks to a generous contribution from the MHA Management Services Corporation.
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