Quality Assessment and Measurement in Small and Rural Hospitals

Sunday, December 2, 2012
4:00 PM – 5:15 PM

Planned in cooperation with the ASHP Section of Inpatient Care Practitioners
Activity #: 204-000-12-322-L04P
Level of Content: Intermediate
1.25 Contact Hours / Knowledge-based
Program Chair: Debra L. Cowan, PharmD

Learning Objectives:

• Explain differences in The Joint Commission and CMS standards and requirements for small, rural, critical access hospitals versus other hospitals.
  
• Describe new programs such as NRHA quality measures and their impact in your setting.
  
• Name specific examples of how to meet measures/standards in an effort to improve patient outcomes.