Pediatric Home Care Educational Sessions

Pediatric Home Care, Clinical & Disease Management, Quality & Outcomes

Providing Synagis in the Home: Improving the Outcome

Synagis (Palivizumab) is a drug used to prevent serious respiratory illness caused by Respiratory Syncitial Virus (RSV) in pediatric patients at high risk of RSV disease. Cincinnati Children's Home Care Services enrolled approximately 385 patients in a home-based Synagis program last season. In order to successfully manage this patient population, a multidisciplinary team was created. This program will demonstrate how a home-based Synagis program can improve patient outcomes.

Objectives:

• Discuss RSV and identify the criteria for Synagis administration.
• Describe the components of a home care Synagis team.
• Cite an advantage to providing Synagis therapy in the home.

Faculty: Sylvia Rineair, RN, BSN, Clinical Director, Cincinnati Children's Home Care Services, Cincinnati, OH; Monica Borell, RN, Lead Synagis Coordinator, Cincinnati Children's Home Care Services, Cincinnati, OH; John Myers, RPh, MBA, Operations Manager, Cincinnati Children's Home Care Services, Cincinnati, OH;

Course Level: Advanced; 1.8 nursing CEs (MNA Approval Pending);

Pediatric Home Care, Quality & Outcomes

Precious Outcomes: Measuring Quality in Pediatric Home Care

Benchmarks derived from OASIS data and other standardized sources since the introduction of the prospective payment system have become commonplace when evaluating the quality of care delivered by home health agencies. Established assessments and metrics address the experience of adult patient populations receiving home health services. In this session, presenters will speak to the development of assessments and metrics that address the experiences of pediatric patients or their families.

Objectives:

• Describe the value of measuring quality outcomes for pediatric home care population.
• Discuss the steps to develop an online pediatric data entry and reporting tool to produce quality outcome reports and inform performance improvement plans.
• Describe how key components of OCS-Pediatric can inform performance improvement plans.

Faculty: Tina Schwien, MN, MPH, Senior Data Consultant, Outcome Concept Systems Inc., Seattle, WA; Dale Valentine, Vice President of Compliance and Quality, Pediatric Services of America, Norcross, ID; Jeff Gilbert, Director of Data Consulting, Outcome Concept Systems, Inc., Seattle, WA;

Course Level: Intermediate; 1.8 nursing CEs (MNA Approval Pending);

Hospice, Physician, Pediatric Home Care

Kids Grieve Too

Children grieve differently. Despite the fact that many adults believe that children are "too young to notice" or are "too young to grieve," children are quite aware when someone they love dies. Additionally, the way they grieve and their understanding of death vary depending on ages. The way children grieve, their understanding, their needs, and their behaviors will be discussed along with theories of grief pertaining to children. Ways of supporting grieving children will be explored as well as a variety of programs to assist children in their grief.

Objectives:

• Discuss one way that children grieve differently than adults.
• Identify two age-specific needs of grieving children.
• Name two programs appropriate for grieving children.

Faculty: Susan Blakeslee, MA, LMHC, Clinical Associate, UHSA, Inc., Atlanta, GA; Melanie Gossard, RNC, Director of Nursing, UHC, Inc., Bellefontaine, OH;

Course Level: Intermediate; 1.8 nursing CEs (MNA Approval Pending);