Quality Learning Forum
Mon, Apr 17
|BP Energy Center
Full-day, in-person event for quality leaders, infection preventionists, CNO/DONs, and nursing leaders from hospitals and nursing homes. Topics include health equity, pressure ulcers, sepsis, and medication best practices.
Time & Location
Apr 17, 2023, 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM
BP Energy Center, 1014 Energy Ct, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
About the Event
The Alaska Hospital & Healthcare Association (AHHA) invites you to this full-day, in-person event for quality leaders, infection preventionists, CNO/DONs, and nursing leaders from hospitals and nursing homes. Topics include health equity, pressure ulcers, sepsis, and medication best practices.Â
Reserve a hotel room by March 15 in our block at the Residence Inn Anchorage Midtown, next door to the BP Energy Center. If you are coming from a rural or small hospital and would like to request financial support for travel costs associated with attending, information is provided on the registration form.
Featured Presentations:Â
What is the Hospital’s Role in Health Equity?Â
DR. ANTHONY B. ITON, M.D., J.D., MPHÂ
Senior Vice President, Programs & Partnerships at The California EndowmentÂ
The Long and Winding Road to Zero Pressure InjuryÂ
DR. HOLLY KIRKLAND-KYHN, PH.D., FNP, GNP, CWCN, FAANPÂ
Adjunct Clinical Faculty, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing and Johns Hopkins University School of NursingÂ
Director of Wound Care, UC Davis Medical Center
Full Agenda
9:30 a.m. | Doors Open – BP Energy Center, Birch RoomÂ
9:45 a.m. | Welcome - AHHA Team
10:00-11:00 a.m. | Health Equity - Dr. Anthony Iton
What is the hospital’s role in health equity?
Learning session 1 for the 2023 AHHA/Flex Readmission Reduction Collaborative, open to all.
11:00 -11:30 a.m. | Roundtables (health equity) - Dr. Anthony Iton: Where is your facility at in the health equity journey?
11:30-11:45 a.m. | Break
11:45-12:15 p.m. | Sepsis – Jana Shockman,  Providence Alaska Medical Center
Sep -1 bundle & partnering with CAHs for timely treatment
12:15-1:00 p.m. Lunch   (provided)
1:00 p.m. -3:00 p.m. | Pressure Ulcers  – Dr. Holly Kirkland-Kyhn, University of California Davis Medical Center
The Long and Winding Road to Zero Pressure Injury
3:00– 3:15 p.m. | Break
3:15 – 4:00 p.m. | Medication Best Practice – presenter TBD
Medication error reduction & Â best practice in medication reconciliation
4:00 p.m. | Closing/Evaluation
4:00-5:00 p.m. | Reception – Join us in the foyer for Hors d’oeuvres