Webinar - DON Playbook: Incident Management: Effective Systems for Adverse Events and Reportable Occurrences3/17/202611:30am
Presented By:
- Liz Wheeler, BSN, RN, CHPN, QCP, IPCO, CDP
Contact Person:
Proactive Medical Review and Consulting [email protected]
Course Description:
This presentation provides an in-depth review of best practices for identifying, reporting, investigating and documenting adverse events in skilled nursing facilities. Participants will learn how to strengthen practices and documentation to promote resident safety, regulatory compliance, and continuous quality improvement. Discussion will include definitions of adverse events, near misses and reportable incidents, root cause analysis, reporting requirements, documentation best practices.
Learning Objectives
- Describe essential components of an effective incident management system, from identification and documentation to analysis and follow-up.
- Identify regulatory requirements for reporting incidents and adverse events, including timelines and documentation standards.
- Apply root cause analysis and corrective action planning to prevent recurrence and improve resident safety.
Course Content
- 10 min: Definitions of key terms related to incident management
- 20 min: Regulatory requirements related to adverse events and reportable incidents
- 20 min: Discussion of principles of documentation related to reporting, investigation, and follow-up activities
- 10 min: Techniques for root cause analysis and performance improvement activities
Target Audience: Clinical leadership, Directors of Nursing
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Program Length: 1 hour
List Learning Objectives: What participants will gain from attending this session:
Content: Bullet-point list of information covered to meet learning objective:
1. Describe essential components of an effective incident management system, from identification and documentation to analysis and follow-up
- Definitions and reporting criteria
- Standardized reporting processes
- Staff educational requirements
- QAPI integration
2. Identify regulatory requirements for reporting incidents and adverse events, including timelines and documentation standards.
- Review of regulatory requirements related to F600, F607, F609 and F610
- Standardized reporting processes including timelines and immediate action steps
- Investigative procedures including timelines
- Principles of documentation
3. Apply root cause analysis and corrective action planning to prevent recurrence and improve resident safety.
- Root cause analysis steps
- Corrective action planning including interventions related to RCA
- Validation and monitoring
- QAPI integration