Continuing Education Sessions

Session 7 | Is Your Staff Feuding Over Resident Safety?

Day: Monday, July 24
Time: 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
Type/Topic: Clinical/Person-Centered Care Practices

Session Summary

In this session, attendees will play Family Feud and explore the best practices to achieve resident safety. Using adult learning principles, this session will explore how to reduce hospitalizations due to C. Diff, how to reduce adverse drug events and reduce center acquired infections such as MRSA. At the end of the session, attendees will have the skills necessary to identify barriers and opportunities for improvement to ensure resident safety aligns with best practices. The session will review tools and resources for your inter-disciplinary team to use and an implementation plan for quality success.

Presenters

Renee DelMonico

State Quality Manager-Florida | Alliant Health Solutions

About the Presenter

Renee DelMonico is a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator who has worked 30 years in LTC in positions such as Business Office Manager, Director of Finance and Regulatory Compliance, Assistant Administrator and 22 years as an Administrator in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Florida. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting, as well as a Master of Science in Health Services Administration from Salve Regina University. With a passion for Reiki and making a difference in the lives of the residents, she certified 20 staff members in Reiki where they incorporated a Reiki program which decreased pain in residents, decreased sun downing in Dementia residents, as well as assisted COPD residents with energy conservation. Currently she is the Florida State Quality Manager with Alliant Health Solutions, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization where she collaborates with nursing facilities, hospitals, and community coalitions to improve the outcomes of Medicare Beneficiaries.

Julie Kueker

Program Director | Alliant Health Solutions

About the Presenter

Julie Kueker, MBS, BS MT (ASCP) is the Program Director for Alabama, Louisiana and Florida from Alliant Health Solutions, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization. She facilitates quality improvement through implementation of CMS contract goals by working with providers to assess current systems, identify opportunities for improvement and design solution strategies using proven methodologies for success. Facilities and coordinates stakeholders, vested partners and providers in community coalition work using rapid cycle improvement techniques for agile, date-driven results for improvement. She obtained a Master of Business Degree and undergraduate Bachelor of Science Medical Technology degree from Louisiana State University. In 2019, she obtained her Six Sigma Green Belt.