Breakout Ideas

Draft 2/18/14

From MMIC for presentation by one of their staff:

  • Resilience Building Techniques
  • Managing Out Patient Practice Risk (Communication, Patient Experience, Opioid use)
  • Supervising Advance Practice Providers
  • Health Informatics (EHR Risk, Medical ID Theft, Managing Online Provider Reputation)
  • Delayed and Missed Diagnoses
  • Partnering across LTC
  • Breakdown of Communication at Transitions

From Bob Morovec and Tania:

  • John Olson doing an analysis of the past 10 years of the Adverse Event Reporting for MHA.

From Patti Cullen:

  • For falls and for sleep (which can prevent some falls), the LTC expert is: Ms. Sue Ann Guildermann, RN, BA, MA Director of Education Empira, Inc. 7485 Office Ridge Circle Eden Prairie, MN 55344-3690 Phone: (952) 259-4477 Fax: (952) 259-4499
  • For early ID of delirium, since delirium and dementia are intertwined at times, I think you need a geriatrician with some dementia experience so from the University of MN I would go with: eitherRiley McCarten, MD, VA Medical Center orTeresa McCarthy, MD, MS, CMD, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health.
  • Disruptive behavior—our go-to guy is:Dr. John E. Brose, Ph.D, LP, LMFT, LADC CEO/Director Associated Clinic of Psychology 3100 West Lake Street Suite 210 Minneapolis, MN 55416 Phone: (952) 925-6033 Fax:

From Marie:

  • Workforce/Workplace – VA Patient safety and Quality Rotations program (Medical Resident rotation, RCA consults, help with QI projects), ReutDanieli

From Lynette:

  • UHG Center for Nursing Advancement-Dawn Bazarko DNP, SVP:

Topics: Nurses as Innovators; Health Care Workforce and Shortages, particularly nursing; Mindfulness Meditation and other Stress Reduction Practices as the Seat Belt for Health and Behavior Change

Recent Speeches/Presentations: “Preparing Nurses to Serve as Transformative Change Agents”; “Health Reform and Nursing Opportunities”; “Mindful Meditation in a Corporate Setting” The Center focuses on the development and deployment of Nursing Advancement programs to improve nurse engagement, reduce voluntary turnover, promote health and well-being and support the personal and professional development of nurses. The Center is also engaged with numerous organizations to jointly advance the profession of nursing and realize the aims of the Institute of Medicine’s report: “Future of Nursing – Leading Change and Advancing Health.” During the past 12 years, Dr. Bazarko has served in a number of progressive leadership roles at UnitedHealth Group, most recently leading Primary Care and Emergency Care programs, focused on the evaluation and improvement in the quality, safety and health care affordability of primary and emergency care services offered to more than 20 million Americans.