Presented by
James Lett, MD, NTOCC President
Cheri Lattimer, RN, BSN, NTOCC Executive Director
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about unprecedented challenges for healthcare providers and their patients, highlighting the need for smooth transitions and care coordination. This session will look at the issues that the COVID-19 pandemic has presented to the healthcare community. Using the newly developed COVID-19 Pathway the speakers will describe the pathway, tools and resources that enable multidisciplinary transitions of care across health care settings.
Objectives:
1. Review the epidemiology of the COVID-19 virus
2. Identify the critical gaps in care transitions and coordination of patients with COVID-19
3. Assess interprofessional strategies that support effective care coordination
4. Define a comprehensive hospital transition plan that supports patient and family caregiver factors
5. Apply interprofessional strategies and resource for enhanced communication with patients and their family caregivers
Bio's:
Dr. James Lett II, MD is a geriatric medicine specialist in Rockville, MD and has been practicing for 42 years. He graduated from University of Kentucky, College Of Medicine in 1974 and specializes in geriatric medicine. He has more than forty years of medical practice that has included office, hospital, sub-acute and long-term care settings, and been a nursing facility medical director for more than 20 years. Dr. Lett has long been active in medical organizations, having served as president of such organizations on local, state, and national levels including as President of AMDA. He has written and spoken for a number of years about various long-term care subjects and the care of frail elders. He was a founding member of the National Transitions of Care Coalition and currently serves as the Coalition’s President.
Cheri Lattimer, RN, BSN, is Executive Director for the National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC) and President/CEO of Integrity Advocacy & Management. Her leadership in quality improvement, case management, care coordination, and transitions of care is known on the national and international landscape. She is affiliated with various professional organizations and maintains active roles on several national boards and committees including URAC’s Health Standards Committee, CMS Caregiver Workgroup, CMS Advisory Committee for Education and Outreach, ACHIEVE, ABQAURP CME Committee, and American Nurses Association.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, Inc. (ABQAURP) and the National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC). ABQAURP is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ABQAURP is an approved provider of continuing education for nurses. This activity is designated for 1.0 contact hours through the Florida Board of Nursing, Provider # 50-94.