Southern California Patient Safety Collaborative Track II Meeting Focuses on Facility-Acquired Pressure Ulcers, Readmissions and Care Transitions
The Southern California Patient Safety Collaborative (SCPSC) Track II meeting focusing on Facility-Acquired Pressure Ulcers, Readmissions and Care Transitions took place on March 15, with 141 attendees from participating hospitals.
A one-page meeting summary of highlights, called Fast Facts, is distributed after the meeting. This communication tool is designed to offer senior leaders the information shared and to provide a tool that can be used to facilitate a short debriefing with meeting attendees. For Fast Facts from this meeting, please visit www.hasc.org/download.cfm?ID=31280K.
Key topics from the meeting included:
- Improving Care Transitions and Hospital Re-Admissions – Jane Brock, MD, Medical Officer, Colorado Foundation for Medical Care
- Best Practices in Pressure Ulcer Care – Nancy E. Donaldson, RN, DNSc, FAAN, Clinical Professor & Director, Center for Research & Innovation in Patient Care, UCSF School of Nursing
- Use of “CPR” (Culture, Practice and Resources) to Reduce Patient Falls – Jennifer Bellucci, MSN, Director Post-Acute Services, Providence Little Company of Mary Transitional Care Center
- Moderated Discussion: Long-Term Care and the Acute Hospital, Exchanging Information for the Control of Infections – Denise Bleak, RN, MSN, PHN, CIC, Infection Prevention Specialist, Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital
- Safe Post-Acute Care Transitions Using the PASS Model – June Simmons, CEO, Partners in Care
- Preventing Stage I Pressure Ulcers & NAUAP Conference Updates – Barbara Bates-Jensen, PhD, RN CWOCN, Associate Professor, UCLA School of Nursing and David Geffen School of Medicine
SCPSC meetings are presented by HASC, Health Services Advisory
Group and the National Health Foundation and take place at
Pacific Palms Conference Resort, Industry Hills.
The next SCPSC meeting is scheduled for April 7, Track III, Perinatal Care.
Partners for Patient Safety First…a California Partnership for Health include:
- Anthem Blue Cross
- The three regional hospital associations of California: Southern California, San Diego & Imperial Counties, and Northern & Central California
- The National Health Foundation