From Measure to Practice: Improving Healthcare Personnel Flu Vaccination in Critical Access Hospitals

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$25.00

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1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

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Healthcare personnel influenza vaccination is more than a reporting requirement; it is an important strategy for protecting staff, patients, and communities during flu season. Yet achieving and sustaining high vaccination rates can require more than simply making the vaccine available.

During this session, participants will take a practical look at the MBQIP healthcare personnel influenza vaccination measure, including measure specifications and reporting expectations. A Critical Access Hospital pharmacist will review available influenza vaccine options and considerations that may help hospitals address employee questions and concerns. Finally, a high-performing Iowa CAH will share the culture, strategies, and practices that have helped its organization achieve exceptional employee vaccination rates.

Participants will leave with a better understanding of the measure and practical ideas they can adapt within their own organizations to strengthen employee engagement and improve vaccination performance.

Quality improvement professionals, infection preventionists, employee/occupational health staff, nursing leaders, pharmacists, human resources professionals, and hospital leaders

Describe the specifications, reporting requirements, and key components of the MBQIP healthcare personnel influenza vaccination measure.
Compare influenza vaccine options and identify considerations that can support informed conversations with healthcare personnel about vaccination.
Identify organizational strategies, communication approaches, and cultural practices to increase healthcare personnel influenza vaccination rates.

Amanda Donlon, BSN, RN, CDCES, CPHQ, CPPS

Amanda Donlon is a Clinical Improvement Consultant for the Hospital Quality Initiatives Department at Compass Healthcare Collaborative. She assists with the development and delivery of education, coordinates and implements quality improvement initiatives, and provides technical assistance to hospitals.

Donlon holds twenty years of experience in rural healthcare, including inpatient nursing, diabetes education, and quality services management. Donlon has led initiatives in reducing falls, establishing safety culture concepts, and improving handoff communication. Donlon holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Mount Mercy University and is a Certified Professional in Patient Safety/CPPS, Healthcare Quality/CPHQ, and Diabetes Care and Education Specialist.

Melissa Perry, MSW, LCSW

Melissa Perry is the project coordinator at Compass Healthcare Collaborative. In this role, she supports the development and execution of hospital quality initiatives, including the Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC) network. Perry, a licensed clinical social worker, received bachelor's and master’s degrees in social work from the University of South Florida. She is an experienced engagement professional with quality improvement and clinical experience working with patients and caregivers in ventricular assist devices (VAD), heart transplant, end-stage renal disease, dialysis, mental health, and substance abuse facilities and settings.

	Jill Arp, RN, BSN Infection Preventionist/Employee Health Nurse/Director of Quality Manning Regional Healthcare Center
	Natasha Hauschilt, MHA Director of Ancillary Services and Organizational Performance Compliance Officer Compass Memorial Healthcare
	Nicole Wiggins, RN, BSN Employee Health and Infection Prevention Nurse Stewart Memorial Hospital and Clinics
	Sondra Donald, PharmD Director of Pharmacy Boone County Hospital

Continuing Medical Education (CME)

Accreditation: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Iowa Medical Society (IMS). Compass Healthcare Collaborative is accredited by the IMS to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation: Compass designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Commercial Support: This activity was developed without support from any ineligible company. *The ACCME defines ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Note: The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests unless the provider of clinical services is owned, or controlled by, and ACCME defined ineligible company.

Disclosure: Compass adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. The content of this activity is not related to products or the business lines of an ACCME-defined ineligible company. None of the planners or moderators for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing products used by or on patients.

Note: AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are accepted for nursing and other healthcare discipline license renewal purposes, provided the topic is relevant to the applicant’s field or discipline. After participating, you will receive a Certificate of Attendance detailing the number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ you can claim. This certificate is provided for self-reporting requirements and must be submitted to your state board for license renewal.