Content
This web conference will focus on the requirements for hospitals to prevent ligature risk and self-harm, a major area of focus for both the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Joint Commission (TJC).
CMS has issued a 13-page memo and amended the hospital manual specifically around this topic, which will be reviewed in detail. This program will also discuss the CMS proposed 15-page guideline changes for 2020. It covers what patient assessments must be done and what should be included in environmental assessments, as well as education and policy requirements.
The Joint Commission has 16 requirements to ensure compliance with standards covering psychiatric hospitals, behavioral health units, general acute care inpatient units, outpatient units and emergency departments. This session will cover TJC sentinel event alerts on suicide; NPSG 15 and final changes effective July 1, 2019; and frequently asked questions on ligature risk.
Additional resources will also be provided, including tools to assess patients to determine if they have suicidal ideation.
Learning objectives
- Recall that CMS now has two tag numbers that set forth requirements to prevent ligature and suicide risks for patients with suicidal ideations
- Discuss that TJC has requirements for hospitals to follow to prevent patients from self-harm including hanging or strangulation
- Describe that CMS recommends education in orientation, when policies change and every two years
- Recall that CMS has proposed guidelines
Speaker
Laura A. Dixon, B.S., J.D., R.N., president, Healthcare Risk Education and Consulting, LLC
Laura A. Dixon is the president of Healthcare Risk Education and Consulting. She previously served as the director, facility patient safety and risk management and operations, for COPIC from 2014 to 2020. In her role, Dixon provided patient safety and risk management consultation and training to facilities, practitioners and staff in multiple states.
Dixon has more than 20 years of clinical experience in acute care facilities, including critical care, coronary care, perioperative services and pain management. Prior to joining COPIC, she served as the director, western region, patient safety and risk management, for The Doctors Company, Napa, California. In this capacity, she provided patient safety and risk management consultation to physicians and staff for the western United States.
As a registered nurse and attorney, Dixon holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Regis University, a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Drake University College of Law and a registered nurse diploma from Saint Luke’s School Professional Nursing. She is licensed to practice law in Colorado and California.
Who should attend
All staff, nurses, physicians and providers on hospital units that take care of patients at risk for suicide, risk managers, legal counsel, patient safety officers, CEOs, COOs, CMOs, CNOs, nurse supervisors, maintenance and facility services directors, biomedical engineering staff, materials management personnel, environmental services staff, security officers, quality improvement coordinators, compliance officers, directors of regulatory affairs and nurse educators.
Continuing education
The program has been designed to meet the Minnesota Board of Nursing continuing education requirements for a total of 2 contact hours.
Fee
- $200 per session for MHA member hospitals
- $300 per session per organization for nonmembers
In order to allow for social distancing, pricing is set up per hospital rather than per connection. Please register just one person from your facility and have that person share the access information with others within your facility who wish to participate. Each hospital within a system must register separately.
Registration deadline
Please register by 5 p.m. on Nov. 2 to ensure timely delivery of access instructions. Once the deadline has passed, we will no longer be able to accept registrations.
Prior to the program you will receive an email that contains instructions on how to connect to the web conference. Advance registration is required to ensure delivery of instructional materials.
If you do not receive an email from Christy Hammer prior to the program with web conference details, please contact info@mnhospitals.org to confirm your registration.