Partnerships Across the Health-Care Continuum: Approach to COVID-19 and Beyond
Partnerships Across The Health-Care Continuum: Approach to COVID-19 and Beyond is organized by AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term care Medicine
Activity Created: 3/2022
Credits Available Until 3/2025
Description:
This session will describe how nursing homes can leverage external partnerships to improve their infection prevention practices, staffing support, and transfers of care in order to ensure optimal care of residents across the healthcare continuum. We will discuss various models employed during the pandemic and how they can be incorporated into sustained partnerships.
Learning Objectives:
• Describe the specific challenges identified during the pandemic and how different models supported these needs.
• Define the long-term changes that can emerge from continued private-public partnerships in the long-term care setting.
• Discuss how to identify, develop, and operationalize patient care processes that mutually benefit nursing homes and acute-care hospitals while also enhancing the quality of care for vulnerable nursing home residents.