Many upcoming education opportunities
By Shauna Kapsner | January 27, 2023 | All members
Get your calendars ready—there is a lot going on and a lot coming your way to help your facilities stay on track in 2023.
CMS Quality Conference
May 1–3, 2023 (virtual)
On January 31, registration opens for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services annual Quality Conference. This conference tackles the most challenging issues our health system faces today. The CMS Quality Conference serves as a touchpoint and opportunity for solutions-oriented discussions to meet these vital needs. Improving the safety and quality of care for beneficiaries across the US is an effort we are all deeply passionate about.
This year’s theme–
Building Resilient Communities: Having an Equitable Foundation for Quality Healthcare–is an essential step in addressing work yet to be done on institutional and community equity across all areas of healthcare. The conference will cover eight unique tracks, allowing for diverse conversations on a range of crucial topics:
- Patient Safety
- Advancing Health Equity
- Expanding Access to Quality & Affordable Behavioral and Physical Healthcare
- Collecting and Using Quality Data
- Engaging Partners and Communities
- Healthcare System Resiliency
- High Reliability and Quality Improvement
- New Innovation and Technology
The Quality Conference fosters excellence in healthcare quality by engaging partners and communities to drive innovation that promotes value-based, person-centered care.
Collaborative Safety Review and Systemic Mapping Process
January 31, 2023
Noon–1:00 PM
Minnesota Department of Health
During the hour, you will hear from providers who participated in a collaborative safety review and mapping. Read related article by Michaun Shelter for more details.
2023 Minnesota Antibiotic Stewardship Conference
April 25–26, 2023 (virtual)
Minnesota Department of Health
The 2023 conference theme centers on a recommitment to stewardship. This theme was selected given the many challenges and competing priorities healthcare facilities experienced over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic which drew focus and resources away from established programs and initiatives, including antibiotic stewardship programs. While the impact of the pandemic remains great, there is work being done across the health care community to rebuild and strengthen stewardship work and combat antibiotic resistance.
Dementia Friends Information Session
February 15, 2023
11:00 AM–12:15 PM
Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (MNGWEP)
Increase your understanding of people living with dementia and help make your community dementia-friendly. Learn five key messages about dementia, what it’s like to live with the disease, and how to turn your understanding into action that supports people living with dementia.
Robert K. Kane Memorial Lecture: Supporting Care Partners in Real-World Care Delivery
May 9, 2023
4:00–5:30 PM (hybrid)
University of Minnesota
Campus Club–ABC Room
300 Washington Avenue Southeast
Coffman Memorial Union, 4th Floor
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Presenter, Jennifer Wolff, PhD, the Eugene & Mildred Lipitz professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, and director of the Roger C. Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, will give the 2023 Robert L. Kane Memorial Lecture: Supporting Care Partners in Real-World Care Delivery. Dr. Wolff has established a highly decorated program of research that focuses on the care of persons with complex health needs and disabilities as well as initiatives directed at better supporting them and their family caregivers within systems of care delivery. A reception with free food and a cash bar will follow.
Are YOU in an ECHO?
Next session: February 14, 2023 (twice monthly zoom)
12:30–1:30 PM
Minnesota Geriatrics ECHO
Would you value being in a supportive cohort of licensed nursing home administrators, assisted living directors, nurse leaders, and medical directors from across the state who explore challenging issues? If you’re open to a candid discussion of your knowledge, questions, and experiences working with older adults, this is for you.
Join in the 2023 Minnesota Geriatrics ECHO—a dynamic series of conversations between the clinical and executive leaders of Minnesota assisted living and skilled care settings. Pop in whenever possible and it is always a great discussion that can help providers in many aspects of their busy days. Ideas, support, and fun—oh my!
These one-hour sessions are held via Zoom from 12:30–1:30 PM twice each month. Supported by a team from the University of Minnesota and Hennepin Healthcare, each session is grounded in the ECHO principle of “all teach, all learn” and includes time to hear from others, reflect, share in group discussions, and take home practical clinical and technical information to inform your work.
All sessions and continuing education are free, thanks to funding by the Minnesota Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (MNGWEP). Sign-up to receive agendas
here or email:
GeriatricsECHO@umn.edu with questions.
Shauna Kapsner | Director of Education & Events |
skapsner@careproviders.org | 952-851-2490