Learn on Demand

Knowledge Gap: 
The purpose of this activity is to educate healthcare providers with the most up-to-date information on Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship.  

Target Audience
The target audience includes all healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals who would like to learn about Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship and how it pertains to their respective profession.

Release and Expiration Dates
12/13/2017 -12/13/2020

Objectives

1.Define QIO program, identify regional structure and focused projects  

2.Explain CMS 11th statement of work (SOW) Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship project 

3.Identify CDC’s outpatient 4 core elements and some key interventions

•https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/week/overview.html

•https://www.tmfqin.org/abs

•https://med.stanford.edu/cme/courses/online/improving-antibiotics-pcs.html

•https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/community/materials-references/print-materials/everyone/index.html

•https://qpp.cms.gov/mips/quality-measures

•Linder et al, IDWeek 2013 abstract 1022

•Sanchez, EID; 2014; 20(12);2041-7.

•Knapf Family Practice 2004;21(5):500-6.

•Mangione-Smith Pediatrics 1999;103(4):711-8

•Meeker, Linder, et al. JAMA 2016;315(6): 562-570

•McGinn JAMA Intern Med 2013 Sep 23;173(17):1584-91. Gonzales JAMA Intern Med 2013 Feb 25;173(4):267-73. Linder Inform Prim Care. 2009;17(4):231-40.

•https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/community/materials-references/print-materials/hcp/index.html

•Roberts. Am J Manag Care. 2016;22(8): 519-523.

•Chow (2012) Clin Infect Dis. Apr;54(8):e72-e112. Rosenfeld (2015) Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 152(2 Suppl):S1-S39. Hersh et al. JAMA Int Med 2016;315(17):1864-1873

•https://www.tmfqin.org/abs

•https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/community/for-hcp/outpatient-hcp/adult-treatment-rec.html

•Meeker et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(3):425-31

•www.cdc.gov/getsmart/community/pdfs/16_268900-a_coreelementsoutpatient_508.pdf

•https://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/pdf/national_action_plan_for_combating_antibotic-resistant_bacteria.pdf

•https://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/federal-engagement-in-ar/index.html

•CDC. Antibiotic resistance threats in the United States, 2013. www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/threat-report-2013

•https://image.slidesharecdn.com/cdcgetsmartweekresidentpresentation2014-141120132915-conversion-gate02/95/cdc-get-smart-week-resident-presentation-2014-6-638.jpg?cb=1416490220

•OIG report: Adverse Events in Skilled Nursing Facilities: National Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries (OEI-06-11-00370), February 2014

Biographical Info:

Mandy Palmer, RN, CPHQ, CPPS is the Manager of Quality at Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC), the state’s Quality Improvement Organization for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. She provides oversight for quality improvement initiatives across the state including Value Based Improvement and Outcomes, Care Transitions/Readmissions, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality Improvement, and Antibiotic Stewardship. She is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality, Certified Professional in Patient Safety and a Master Trainer for Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Team-STEPPS. Her healthcare career has included more than 20 years in nursing in a variety of settings, which include Intensive Care, Burn, Cardiac, Utilization Review, Discharge Planning, Hospice, and Quality Improvement.

Speaker Disclosures:
The planners, speakers, moderators, peer reviewers and /or panelists of this CE activity have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Planners: 
Kim Miller  
Susan Smith Dodson
Mark Jansen

Speaker:
Mandy Palmer, RN, CPHQ, CPPS

Peer Reviewers: 
Kim Miller, MCHES