Home Health Quality Improvement

2007 HHQI National Campaign Summit

The Home Health Quality Improvement Summit occurred on January 11, 2007, at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Baltimore, Md. “Preventing Avoidable Hospitalizations:  Piecing the Puzzle Together” was the theme for this prestigious event that served as the kick-off to the national quality improvement campaign.

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Agenda (PDF)

• Please note the order of events on the posted agenda differs slightly from what appears below.

Summit Presentations (in order of appearance at the Summit)

• Welcome Address (2.83 MB)
  • Cynthia Pamon, RN, BSN, CCM, CPUM, Home Health Government Task Leader, CMS
    
• Campaign 2007 - The Big Picture (7.29 MB)
  • Marian Essey, RN, BSN, Director, Quality Insights of Pennsylvania
    
• Introduction to Patient Vignettes (738 KB)
  • Marian Essey, RN, BSN, Director, Quality Insights of Pennsylvania
    
• Patient Vignette 1* (WMV - 19.1 MB)
  
• The CMS Perspective on Quality (19.1 MB)
  • Barry Straube, MD, Director and Chief Clinical Officer, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, CMS
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• Patient Vignette 2* (WMV - 11.5 MB)
  
• Home Health Agency Participation (6.86 MB)
  • Eve Esslinger, RN, MS, Project Manager, Quality Insights of Pennsylvania
    
• The Premier Home Health Agency (10.5 MB)
  • Bonnie Kerns, RN, BSN, Community of Practice Manager, Quality Insights of Pennsylvania
    
• Delivering Quality Home Care:  The Physician Perspective (23.6 MB)
  • Stephen Winbery, MD, PhD, Medical Director, QSource
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• Patient Vignette 3* (WMV - 18.3 MB)
  
• Expecting Quality from the Health Care Delivery System (22 MB)
  • Robyn Stone, DrPH, Executive Director, Institute for the Future of Aging Services at the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
    
• Keys to Success (7.1 MB)
  • Misty Kevech, RN, MS, Training/Communications Manager, Quality Insights of Pennsylvania
    
• Home Health Pay for Performance (7.93 MB)
  • James F. Coan, Office of Research Development and Information, CMS
    
• Home Health Champions... please step forward! (40.5 MB)
  • Panel Presentation, Home Health QIO Executive Steering Committee
    
• Closing Remarks (1.96 MB)
  • Cynthia Pamon, RN, BSN, CCM, CPUM, Home Health Government Task Leader, CMS
    
• Patient Vignette 4* (WMV - 16.7 MB)

• Slide Show (3.6 MB)

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