Conference and Membership Meeting

MAMDA 2011 ANNUAL EDUCATIONAL

CONFERENCE AND MEMBERSHIP MEETING

This program is designed to offer a broad based update on traditional techniques as well as new ideas and in the field of orthopedic surgery.

It is directed toward practicing orthopedic surgeons, orthopedic residents and fellows, and allied health professionals.

CME Credit/Accreditation

The American Medical Directors Association designates this live activity for a maximum of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

.5 credits meet the criteria of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for risk management study.

The American Medical Directors Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Program Description: This program, the third installmentof MAMDA’s annual interdisciplinary conferences, continues to highlight cutting-edge issues in long-term care practices. In order to involve all disciplines concerned in the covered topics, multiple long-term team members were included in the planning and design of the program. Additionally, the return of the Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality (the survey group) to the program will assist in growingthe collegial relationship between those of us "in the trenches, " and our governmental partners in improving quality of care in long-term care.

Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity,

participants should be able to:

·  Decrease the frequency of prescribing and methods

by which the LTC interdisciplinary team can achieve

this goal.

·  Recognize patients at risk for C-Diff infections and

resist the demands of patients, family and staff to

overprescribe.

·  Incorporate the process of the survey in daily interactions.

·  Incorporate alternative practices to reach the

best practical level of physical, psychosocial and mental well-being for the patients.

·  Determine whether to screen or treat asymptomatic bacteriuria, and recognize complications of antibiotic use in the elderly.

·  Implement non-pharmacologic strategies that may eliminate problem behaviors without the use of medication.

·  Understand the on-going efforts at CMS to address the issues confronting practitioners in the LTC Setting and discuss the preliminary results of the pilot projects

Initiated with CMS involvement.