Series Part III: Reducing Hospital Readmissions
Building a Medical Home
Friday December 7, 2012
Noon to 4:30pm
Lifelong Learning Center on the campus of Northeast Community College
801 East Benjamin Avenue, Norfolk, Nebraska 68701
Target Audience
Registered nurses providing direct patient care, nurse managers and leaders in hospitals and clinics and other interested healthcare professionals.
Purpose
The purpose of this course is to explore the role of preventative care in primary care clinics as a strategy for reducing rural Nebraska hospital readmissions by the implementation of a patient-centered medical home.
Speakers
Susan Burbach, APRN-CNS, Case Manager
UNMC Physicians Midtown, Omaha
Steve Martin, CEO
Nebraska BCBS
Joseph Miller, MD, Medical Director
Plum Creek Medical Group, Lexington
Kathy Nordby, Executive Director
Norfolk Community Health Care Center, Norfolk
Serena Phillips, RN, Nurse Care Coordinator
Kearney Clinic, Kearney
Tentative Agenda
11:00am-12:00pm Registration and Lunch
12:00-1:30pm The Medical Home Model and Implications for the Health Care Team
1:45-2:45pm Quality, Access and Cost Considerations for Medical Homes
3:00-4:00pm Case Studies: Development of Medical Homes in NE
4:00-4:30pm Implications for Rural Nurses and Patients
Accreditation Statement
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Continuing Nursing Education is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This activity is provided for 4.0 hours under ANCC criteria.
Registration- There is no fee to attend this activity
Register now
or call Valeta Creason Wahl at 1-402-559-7487
Advanced registration is required. Please register before December 4, 2012
