8th Annual Winship Cancer Institute Oncology Nursing Symposium
Marriott Evergreen Conference Resort
Stone Mountain, Georgia
Friday, March 11th 6-7:30pm Reception
Saturday, March 12, 2016 7:00am-4:00pm
Conference Highlights:
Attendees will benefit from an intimate learning environment and the opportunity to meet and
learn from local, national and internationally recognized Oncology Leaders.
Presentations and Breakout sessions will present the latest advances in cancer care and
pharmacologic management of select oncology diagnoses.
The conference will provide practical strategies and tools to promote nurse involvement in
fostering a culture of empowerment and leadership to improve nursing practice and patient
outcomes.
The conference will provide a generous amount of CE credits while offering participants the
chance to interact and network with colleagues.
Online Registration is now open! http://winshipcancer.emory.edu/nursingsymposium2016
Questions please contact Curlissa Mapp at curlissa.mapp@emoryhealthcare.org, Joan Giblin at joan.giblin@emoryhealthcare.org or Tiffany Norman at tiffany.m.norman@emory.edu.
7.0 SCNA contact hour will be awarded upon completion of the program
Emory Healthcare is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the South Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Attendance of 80% of the session is required in order to receive credit. The planner (s) and speaker (s) acknowledge that there is no conflict of interest for these presentation.
SAVE THE DATE: Piedmont Atlanta Hospital Respiratory Care 10th Annual Pulmonary Conference
“Pulmonary Topics of Interest 2016”
Friday, May 13, 2016 7 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Richard H. Rich Auditorium
For more information, contact Stefania Fileni at Stefania.Fileni@Piedmont.org.
Application has been submitted for six AARC CRCE and six AACN continuing education credits.
EASTSIDE MEDICAL CENTER WINS STATEWIDE PATIENT SAFETY AWARD FOR INFECTION REDUCTION
The Partnership for Health and Accountability (PHA) presented its prestigious Quality and Patient Safety Award to Eastside Medical Center in Snellville for its project that reduced sepsis mortality rates. The project, titled “Saving Lives through Timely Recognition and Treatment of Sepsis,” won third place in the highly competitive Josh Nahum Award for Infection Prevention and Control category. These annual awards recognize Georgia healthcare organizations for achievement in reducing the risk of medical errors and improving patient safety and medical outcomes.
“It takes a committed, multidisciplinary, patient-centered team to continually enhance patient safety and the Eastside team is absolutely committed to providing the best care to our patients,” said Denise Flook, vice president of quality and patient safety, Eastside Medical Center. “We are saving patient lives by working together to make it easier for our caregivers at every point of the patient’s care to more quickly identify sepsis and begin treatment when it is most effective.”
Because untimely treatment of sepsis can lead to increased mortality rates, Eastside Medical Center set a goal to more rapidly treat patients with sepsis and severe sepsis. A diagnosis of sepsis occurs when a patient has two or more signs of systematic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and a diagnosis of severe sepsis occurs when there is a failure of one or more organ systems, low blood pressure and diminished blood flow to the heart. Eastside also wanted to increase staff compliance with the three-hour sepsis bundle, which is a series of interventions that, when implemented and completed within three hours from the time a suspected sepsis patient arrives at the hospital, are proven to improve patient outcomes.
To increase early identification of sepsis, the hospital set up routine screening of potentially infected seriously ill patients. Emergency medical services (EMS) staff was trained to notify the emergency room of patients who met the criteria for sepsis prior to their arrival so hospital staff could set treatment in motion. Sepsis screening was built into the electronic medical records
(EMR) system and nurses received early sepsis alerts. Staff received education on the bundle and its importance in reducing mortality.
Results showed significant improvement, with compliance of bundle utilization increasing to 95.6 percent. Overall sepsis mortality rates decreased from 36 percent to 20 percent, while severe sepsis mortality rates decreased from 17 percent to 9 percent.
“Treating sepsis the moment it is suspected increases survival rates and is essential to patient safety,” said Georgia Hospital Association Chief Medical Officer Doug Patten, M.D. “We applaud Eastside Medical Center for its dedication to improving sepsis treatment and for its efforts in providing the best and safest care possible to its patients.”
About PHA
The Partnership for Health and Accountability (PHA), an affiliate of GHA, was established in January 2000 to improve patient care and patient safety in hospitals and other health care facilities and create healthy communities.
Eastside Medical Center is a 310-bed, multi-campus medical center serving patients in Gwinnett and surrounding counties for more than 35 years. Nationally recognized for patient safety, Eastside’s comprehensive medical and surgical programs include heart and vascular, neurosciences, cancer, orthopedics, rehabilitation, sleep medicine, women’s services, spine and wellness center, wound care clinic, center for weight loss, behavioral health and 24-hour emergency care. Eastside Medical Group provides primary care for patients of all ages in several community office locations. The Eastside Medical Center main campus is located at 1700 Medical Way in Snellville; the South Campus for Behavioral Health and Inpatient Rehabilitation is located at 2160 Fountain Drive in Snellville; the Loganville Digital Imaging Center is located at 3445 Georgia 81 in Loganville; and the Breast Imaging & Diagnostic Center is located at 1700 Tree Lane in Snellville. For more information, visit EastsideMedical.com.
