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Speaker |
Laura A Dixon |
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Industry |
Nursing |
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Speciality |
Nursing |
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Available |
All Days |
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Duration |
120 Minutes |
Description
This is a must-attend for every nurse, physician, or healthcare provider who has direct patient care. Did you know the highest number of deficiencies for hospitals being out of compliance with the hospital CoP manual is in the area of patient rights? Patient rights should be on the radar screen for every hospital in 2020! The highest number was in the area of restraint and seclusion, followed by care in a safe setting, grievances, privacy, advance directives, confidentiality, admission status notification, and visitation and consent. There are over 9,000 deficiencies in patient rights.
This program will cover in detail the CMS patient rights requirements which include grievances, right to get notice of patient rights, the exercise of rights, visitation, informed consent, privacy, confidentially of medical records, safety, advance directives, interpreters, abuse, and neglect, infant security, plan of care, visitation rules, support person rights, consent, and staffing levels. CMS added a detailed section on ligature risks and the requirements for caring for suicidal patients to prevent strangulation and this will be discussed. A change was made to the restraint and seclusion section that went into effect on November 29, 2019, and interpretive guidelines in 2020.
Most every hospital in the U.S. accepts Medicare reimbursement and as such must be in compliance with the CMS Conditions of Participation (CoPs). This program will also discuss important CMS memos which include confidentiality and privacy for hospitals. Privacy and confidentiality are important, especially as the revised HIPAA and the increased penalties being levied against hospitals in the past year.
Learning Objectives
Agenda
This program will cover the following:
Who Should Attend
(BS, JD, RN, CPHRM)
Laura A. Dixon recently served as the Regional Director of Risk Management and Patient Safety for Kaiser Permanente Colorado, providing consultation and resources to clinical staff. Prior to joining Kaiser, she served as the Director of Facility Patient Safety and Risk Management and Operations for COPIC from 2014 to 2020. In her role, Ms. Dixon provided patient safety and risk management consultation and training to facilities, practitioners, and staff in multiple states. Such services included creating presentations on risk management topics, assessing healthcare facilities, developing programs, and compiling reference materials that complement physician-oriented products.
Before joining COPIC, she served as the Director, of the Western Region, Patient Safety and Risk Management for The Doctors Company, Napa, California. In this capacity, she provided patient safety and risk management consultation to the physicians and staff in the western United States. Ms. Dixon’s legal experience includes medical malpractice insurance defense and representation of nurses before the Colorado Board of Nursing.
Ms. Dixon has over twenty years of clinical experience in acute care facilities, including critical care, coronary care, peri-operative services, and pain management.
As a registered nurse and attorney, Laura holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Regis University, RECEP of Denver, a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Drake University College of Law, Des Moines, Iowa, and a Registered Nurse Diploma from Saint Luke’s School Professional Nursing, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She is licensed to practice law in Colorado and California.