Recorded Webinars

Presenter: Ms. Ginger Cohen, Chief Nursing Executive at  St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute

5/16/12 - Are you frustrated staffing your rehab nursing using tools that were designed for med/surg care?  Learn how FIM^TM scores can be used in conjunction with your institution’s rehab nursing standards of practice to determine the appropriate mix of nurses to staff for each nursing shift. Make the most cost-effective rehab nurse staffing decisions while maintaining or improving patient safety, patient outcomes, rehab nurse productivity, and rehab nurse satisfaction. Our featured presenter was Ms. Ginger Cohen, the Chief Nursing Executive at Washington State’s largest IRF. Ms. Cohen presented her experience regarding these topics as she and her rehab nurse managers participate in the trial of a new software tool being developed by MediServe that delivers these benefits. Please watch this webinar to learn how your institution can leverage patient Daily Acuity to staff rehab nursing more productively and to report the shift-by-shift status of your critical Quality Indicators. Read More

Presenters: Shelby Harrington, MS, BSN, RN, Carolinas Rehabilitation

3/14/12 – Has your organization been considering participating in a Patient Safety Organization with the goal of safely sharing patient quality measures and improvement measures with other institutions? If so, you will want to join this webinar and listen to guest Shelby Harrington from Carolinas Rehab talk about EQUADR, a patient safety organization founded by her organization which is now being co-sponsored by MediServe. Read More

Presenter: Darlene L. D’Altorio-Jones, PT., MBA-HCM

2/23/12 - The industry is shifting emphasis from inpatient to outpatient care, which will lead to an increased demand for outpatient rehabilitation services. Providers must transition with the appropriate tools and practice with attention to increasing ambulatory patient volumes. Evidence-based management is the future. Are you ready? Read More

Presenters: Presenter: Lynda Goodfellow, Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs – The Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing and Health

2/22/12 – Healthcare organizations are unsure of future reimbursement
payments. Moreover, ICUs typically consume >20% of the financial resources of a hospital. Professions will examine various aspects of how long-term respiratory care will impact the profession of respiratory care and how the respiratory therapist is key to reducing the length of stay and for providing cost-effective care to the long-term chronic pulmonary patient. Read More

Presenters: Presenter: MediServe’s Robert Habasevich, PT., MS and Darlene L. D’Altorio-Jones, PT., MBA-HCM

1/31/12 - What’s ahead for the future of IRFs? MediServe’s Darlene D’Altorio-Jones, PT, MBA-HCM, and Bob Habasevich, PT, MS, talk about the latest industry trends that could affect your inpatient rehab facility, an appreciation for the key metrics used in patient care settings and the new technologies available that will help improve data capture effectiveness and efficiency. Read More

Presenters: Presenter: Anthony L. DeWitt, RRT, CRT,JD

10/6/11 - Anthony, from the law office of Bartimus, Frickleton, Robertson & Gorny, PC, discussed risk management and the importance of accurate documentation in the healthcare industry. Read More

Presenters: MediServe’s Darlene L. D’Altorio-Jones, PT., MBA-HCM

9/1/11 – Darlene discussed how The CMS 2012 Final Rule will impact your inpatient rehabilitation facility. Read More

Presenter: Burke Rehabilitation Hospital

5/25/11 – Burke Rehabilitation Hospital shared their experience of transitioning to a centralized scheduling model. Find out why they did it, the challenges they faced and how they overcame those challenges. Watch the recorded webinar now. Read More