Institute Recognized as Preferred Culture Change Education Provider

CMS Requests IfCE Presentation at QIO QualityNet 2005 Conference

HUNT VALLEY, MD - The Institute for Caregiver Education was among five preferred best practices in Culture Change education providers to present at the QualityNet 2005 Conference in September. QualityNet 2005 was hosted in partnership with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and included over 70 independent nursing home and home health organizations and their government Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs). The theme for this year’s venue was the “Quest for Quality.”

“The organizers of QualityNet asked us to join four other Culture Change education providers in a presentation of our services to a group of QIO representatives from across the country,” said Jim Kinsey, IfCE’s Director of Corporate Development and Product Services. “This was an important opportunity for us as we continue our work assisting QIOs with their Culture Change training and development.”

Currently, the Institute for Caregiver Education is the primary education provider for the Pennsylvania Quality Improvement Organization, Health Insights. To date the Institute has delivered three intensive education workshops for Health Insights. Topics were designed to kick off CMS's Eighth Scope of Work, and included Culture Change 101, regulatory enhancement, and transformational leadership.

One of the unique aspects of the Institute is that the team currently provides Culture Change training and consultation to over 100 long term care, short term rehabilitation, assisted living and home care providers. The result is a team experienced in meeting many of the real-world challenges entailed in cultivating deep system change. CMS and the QualityNet 2005 conference organizers recognized this fact and that is why the Institute was asked to present.

For more information or to request informational materials, please email Jim Kinsey at the Institute for Caregiver Education or call him at 717-263-7766.

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