Stroke Program Certification: Positive Impacts on Safety and Quality Care in the Piedmont Healthcare System

      
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Stroke Program Certification: Positive Impacts on Safety and Quality Care in the Piedmont Healthcare System
 
Overview
Piedmont Healthcare is a large hospital system in the Atlanta area, four of their hospitals are DNV GL Healthcare certified stroke centers – a designation they have held for the last 5 years. Since the date of certification and with each annual survey, the hospitals have experienced substantial growth through improved delivery of safe and top-notch quality stroke care.

Join us on Wednesday, March 25th at 2 p.m. ET to discuss the process of achieving a DNV GL Stroke Program Certification and how certification has positively impacted the Piedmont Healthcare System. Our speakers will focus on specific examples of how patient care was improved and how that change can be made at your hospital.

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Learning Objectives

After attending this webinar, attendees will be able to:

  1. Discuss the various levels of stroke certification offered by DNV GL Healthcare
  2. List sources and guidelines utilized in the development of the DNV GL Healthcare stroke certification standards.
  3. Describe the advantages of DNV GL stroke certification for an organization like Piedmont Healthcare.
  4. List examples of specific guidelines, standards, metrics, and opportunities that were reviewed at Piedmont and describe how they positively impacted stroke care in that organization.
Who Should Attend

Interested attendees would include:

  • C-Suite Executives
  • Stroke Coordinators, Directors, and Staff
  • Compliance and Safety Officers and Staff
  • Operations Executives
  • Medical Staff

Attendees would represent organizations including:

  • Hospitals
  • Hospital Systems
  • Provider Networks
  • Integrated Delivery Systems
  • Ambulatory Surgical Organizations
  • Skilled Nursing Facilities
  • Accountable Care Organizations
  • Government Agencies
  • Other Stakeholders
Registration
Registration is Complimentary for qualified applicants. Applications will be accepted by the Summit co-sponsor according to their criteria. Applicants approved for registration will be notified by Summit within several business days of application.
 
 
 
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Faculty
 
Tim Hehr

Tim Hehr
RN, BSN, MA, SCRN,

Lead Stroke Auditor & Technical Advisor,
DNV GL Healthcare

   
Tim Hehr RN, BSN MA SCRN serves DNV GL as Lead Stroke Auditor & Technical Advisor. Tim has over 30 years of nursing experience in a variety of ICU, ED, Cath Lab, Tele-stroke/Tele-ICU, and stroke nursing positions. He started with DNV GL in early 2016 under contract as a part-time Stroke Technical Advisor and joined DNV GL as a full-time auditor in February 2017.

Prior to his position with DNV GL, Tim was the Stroke and Tele-stroke Coordinator at the Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was instrumental in achieving DNV GL Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification for Abbott Northwestern and has been active in state-wide and regional stroke initiatives.

Tim earned his Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and his Masters of Arts in Management from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri. He earned his Master's Degree while serving as a Captain in the USAF Nurse Corp at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

In February 2014, Tim achieved certification from the American Board of Neuroscience Nursing (ABNN) as a Stroke Certified Registered Nurse (SCRN). He currently sits on the ABNN Test Development Committee for the SCRN exam.


 
Debbie Camp RN, MHA, SCRN, ASC-BC

Debbie Camp RN, MHA, SCRN, ASC-BC,

Stroke Program Manager,
Piedmont Newnan Hospital

   

Debbie Camp, RN, MHA, SCRN, ASC-BC is a stroke program manager at Piedmont Newnan Hospital where she facilitated the hospitals initial stroke designation in 2015. She assisted with developing both the Georgia Stroke Core Curriculum and SCRN review courses which are being taught across Georgia. Debbie is an active member of the Georgia State Office of EMS Advisory Council and Coverdell Steering Committee.

Prior to her employment at Piedmont Newnan Hospital, she was the stroke coordinator at Atlanta Medical Center where she was the first chair of the Tenet Stroke Collaborative which provided education and networking to stroke champions promoting best practices throughout the Tenet Healthcare system. For her leadership in stroke care she was inducted into the Tenet Hall of Fame in 2011, Georgia Coverdell awarded her the first "Star Award" in 2012 and recognized as the Volunteer of the Year for AHA/ASA in 2014. She has presented at multiple conferences across the country including ISC and AHA QCRO Scientific Sessions. Her passion is mentoring stroke champions, collaborating with EMS and educating the community regarding the recognition, treatment and prevention of stroke.

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