AMDA Foundation - Vol XXII, Oct `06

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Vol XXII, Oct `06

Project Update

Vol XXII, Oct `06 Below are brief monthly updates intended to keep you up-to-date:
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Upcoming Events - Rescheduled

Vol XXII, Oct `06

National Quality Coalition Meeting Date TBD. We continue to balance National Quality Coalition members’ busy schedules and are again looking for a convenient time to schedule this annual meeting, this time as a two-hour conference call. We will let you know as soon as we know more.

Contact Erin with questions: (410) 992-3137.

Participating Nursing Homes: Learning Applied Research Skills

Vol XXII, Oct `06 In addition to receiving their assigned clinical practice guideline (i.e., pain management or pressure ulcer prevention) and implementation toolkit and one-on-one mentoring, nursing homes participating in the LTCQI Partnership are learning skills they can apply to other internal quality improvement projects:
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Research Network Conference

Vol XXII, Oct `06

Research Network members will attend the 6th Annual Fall AMDA Foundation Research Network Conference, “Developing a Long-Term Care Patient Safety Research Agenda,” on October 27-29, 2006, in Tampa, FL.

The meeting will feature nationally known speakers as well as Research Network workgroups and leaders; a complete agenda is available online on the Foundation’s website: www.amda.com/foundation/research.cfm

Registration for the Research Network Conference ended September 22, 2006.

Nursing Home Campaign Summit

Vol XXII, Oct `06 Nearly 500 long-term care providers, caregivers, medical and quality improvement experts, government officials, and consumers met on September 29, 2006 at a Quality Summit in Washington, DC, to launch the Achieving Excellence in America’s Nursing Homes campaign.
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