INTERACT (Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers) is a quality improvement program that focuses on the management of acute change in resident condition. It includes clinical and educational tools and strategies for use in every day practice in long-term care facilities.Course Description:
The INTERACT Certified Champion Program is designed to train frontline clinical leaders who will serve as champions and co-champions to implement and sustain the INTERACT Quality Improvement Program (QIP) in their organization through education, embedding the INTERACT QIP into routing clinical care and QI processes, monitoring INTERACT QIP processes and outcomes, and providing the facility team and leadership with continuous feedback on INTERACT (QIP) performance.Targeted Audience:
Licensed StaffContinuing Education Credits:
11.25 Nursing CEs and 13.5 NAB CEs Objectives:
Upon the completion of this training session, the attendee will be able to:
1. Describe the current landscape of health care reform and funding that make the INTERACT an essential QI initiative for post-acute and long-term care organizations
2. Articulate the key strategies that form the foundation of the INTERACT QIP
3. Understand how to optimally utilize INTERACT QIP tools and resources
4. Define key strategies for successful INTERACT QIP implementation, including how INTERACT can help meet QAPI requirements
5. Define key strategies for successfully sustaining the INTERACT QIP implementation processes
6. Measure and track organization-specific INTERACT QIP implementation processes
7. Measure and track organization-specific INTERACT QIP hospitalization and other related outcomes
8. Report and interpret feedback on INTERACT QIP implementation and outcomes to the facility team and leadership
9. Demonstrate an ability to effectively educate facility staff on the INTERACT™ QIP
10. Understand how to complete the INTERACT Certified Champion training certification processCourse Length:
This course takes approximately 11.5 hours to complete.
