HEALTH INFORMATICS SEMINAR

Where: Health Science Library, Room 227--UNC Chapel Hill Campus 4-5PM EST

Presentation Title: Patient Handoff from the ED to the Stepdown Unit: Plan for a Quality Improvement Project

Speaker: Mary Jo Nimmo, MSN, RN-BC (presenting from ECU)

 

Seminar Abstract: The patient handoff was recognized by the Joint Commission (TJC) in 2006 as a national patient safety goal after it was identified as a leading cause of sentinel events. Communication breakdown resulting in patient care errors continue to be among the top leading cause of medical errors.   Establishing a minimal data set between Emergency Department Nurses and Inpatient Nurses has proven to be a challenge due to communication differences, language barriers and finding a common tool. A Quality Improvement project to increase the nursing perception of the patient handoff is being established at a community hospital.

 

Biosketch:   Mary Jo Nimmo, MSN, RN-BC has been and in the field of Informatics for the past 20 years with multiple roles.   After receiving her masters, she became the Director of Nursing Support at a community hospital.  That position was responsible for computers in nursing and many other aspects of nursing support.  She trained at the Juran Institute and worked in Process Redesign and then became the Director of Management Information Systems.  In that role, she was responsible for all aspects of information systems at the community hospital. After 11 years , she did one year of consulting then joined UNC Health Care to implement their new software system.  After seven implementations across the state, she is now the IT Director at a community hospital in Eastern North Carolina pursing her Doctorate in Nurse Practice in Leadership at East Carolina University.

 

For a complete seminar schedule, visit the CHIP website:

https://chip.unc.edu//duke-unc-health-informatics-seminar-series/

 

 

CEU Credit: In support of improving patient care, the Duke University Health System Department of Clinical Education and Professional Development is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), to provide continuing education for the health care team.

Duke University Health System Department of Clinical Education and Professional Development designates this live activity for 1 Credit.

 

Live Stream Broadcast:

Option 1: WebEx Meeting Info: To check whether you have the appropriate players installed for UCF (Universal Communications Format) rich media files, go to:

http://dukemed.webex.com/dukemed/systemdiagnosis.php.

 

To join the online meeting: Go to https://dukemed.webex.com/dukemed/j.php?MTID=me0416e9c9c8e1e4207e8801138d2d796

 

1. You must log into the URL first
2. You can choose “I will call in” or “call using computer”
3. Click Connect Audio (will connect if using computer)
4. If you choose to call in - dial in using the information from the dialog box that appears.  Be certain to use the Access Code AND the Attendee ID

 

Troubleshooting:

If the URL above does not work, go to dukemed.webex.com, click attend meeting and enter:

Meeting number: 733 082 726

Meeting password: rhfP3cjy

Video address:

Dial 733082726@dukemed.webex.com

You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number.

Audio connection only:

1-650-479-3207 Call-in toll number (US/Canada)

Access code: 733 082 726

 

Option 2: MediaSite broadcast link: LINK

(Q & A – click speech bubble on bottom right)

 

Locations:           

Duke:  WebEx

UNC-Chapel Hill:  Health Science Library, Room 227, WebEx

NCCU-Durham: Room 364 Shepard Library, WebEx

UNC-Charlotte: WebEx

ECU-Greenville:  Health Sciences Building, Room 1355, WebEx

Wake Forest: 525@Vine, Conference Room 4001, WebEx

 

Questions: chipinfo@unc.edu