Quality Summit

CFMC will continue its unified approach for all national inpatient topics, the Regional Meetings. The inpatient clinical topics include a total of 24 quality of care measures. All hospitals and managed care organizations (MCOs) in the state will be encouraged to continue developing rapid cycle quality improvement projects in each clinical topic area. Since July 1999, CFMC's Quality Summit team has traveled across the state to work with hospitals. These local meetings provide education on the national priority topics and quality improvement techniques. They also provide a non-threatening environment for local hospitals to share their success stories as well as barriers and lessons learned. Between meetings the Hospital Inpatient Team remains in constant, proactive contact with the hospitals.

Spring 2010 Regional Workshops

CFMC has determined that including a larger variety of healthcare organizations and topics in our Quality Summits would increase the value to all participants. As a result we have decided to cancel the Quality Summits for April and October of 2010 and focus on planning a CFMC state-wide, one-day Quality Summit in April of 2011. This conference will encompass multiple relevant topics, networking, and sharing with peers. It will provide an opportunity to gain information on the CMS 10th SOW and learn from a variety of healthcare organizations across Colorado.

We look forward to the opportunities to serve you and welcome your input and participation in the 2011 CFMC Quality Summit.

Spring 2009 Meeting

cfmc’s quality summit meeting, a forum for collaboration
april 15, 2009

The presentations from the quality summit are available below:

• Individualized Care: Something we all want – Carmen Bowman, MHS
• Achieving the Triple Aim – Carol Beasley, MPPM
• Using Lean Methodology in a Critical Access Hospital – Beth Katzenberg, EdM, MBA, CPHQ
• Pressure Ulcers in Nursing Facilities and Hospitals – Karyn Leible, RN, MD, CMD Restraint Free Dementia Care – Amelia Schafer, MS
• STEMI Systems of Care:
  • Phase I – David Burt, MD
  • Phase II – David Burt, MD

If you have any questions, please contact Marcy Cameron at 303.695.3300, ext. 3040 or by email at mcameron@coqio.sdps.org.

CFMC's Quality Summit Meeting, A Forum for Hospital Collaboration
April 23, 2008

The presentations from the Quality Summit are available below:

• The Future of Quality Improvement - Eric Peterson, MD, MPH
• Get With The Guidelines, Part 1
• Get With The Guidelines, Part 2 - Mary Paulsen
• Reducing MRSA Infections - Fran Griffin, RRT, MPA
• Rural Hospital Best Practice Sharing - Beth Katzenberg
• EMS and STEMI: The Evolution of a Major Paradigm Shift - Ivan Rokos, MD
• Designing Reliable Systems - Fran Griffin, RRT, MPA

If you have any questions, please contact Marcy Cameron at 303.695.3300 x 3040.

For information on Regional Meetings contact:

Marcy Cameron, Project Coordinator, at 303.695.3300 ext. 3040, mcameron@coqio.sdps.org.