Preventing Hospital Readmissions in Heart Failure with Quality-Focused Learning

Preventing Hospital Readmissions in Heart Failure with Quality-Focused Learning is organized by Medical Communications Media (MCM), Inc.

Release Date: November-22-19
Credit Expiration Date: November-22-20

Accreditation:
Physician Credit Designation:
Purdue University designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit.™ 

American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification (from ABIM):
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.5 MOC points.

Pharmacist Accreditation Statement:
Universal Activity Number (UAN): 0018-9999-19-099-H01-P, 0.5 contact hours (0.05 CEU).

Description:
Quality performance measures for patients hospitalized with HF substantiate that there is room to improve the management and outcomes in this population. Recognizing that continuing medical education (CME) “supports the improvement of knowledge, confidence, and clinical performance among healthcare providers,” a CME program focused on improving HF readmission quality measures may have a substantial impact in helping improve outcomes and lower health care costs for this patient population. Purdue University College of Pharmacy - Office of Continuing Education (Purdue) and MCM Education (MCM) in collaboration with RealCME, propose an online continuing medical education (CME) initiative, Preventing Hospital Readmissions in Heart Failure with Quality-focused Learning. The goal of the proposed curriculum is to provide cardiologists, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, and other clinicians guidance on establishing and implementing an evidence-based plan to reduce hospital readmissions in patients with HF.

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this educational activity, the participant should be able to:
• Define performance measures from NQF and CMS relevant for HF readmissions.
• Identify patients with HF who are at greatest risk of health complications and hospitalizations.
• Develop a coordinated multidisciplinary plan for interventions that have been shown to be effective in reducing 30-day hospital readmissions in patients with HF.
• Identify data available in your clinical setting and metrics your clinical team will use to evaluate performance improvement in HF hospital readmissions.
• Describe the process to implement interventions for performance improvement in reducing 30-day readmissions in patients with HF.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions implemented to reduce 30-day readmissions for patients with HF.