The Basics of Appropriate Wound Care Delivery and Documentation in Nursing Homes
Speaker: Ziad K. Mirza, MD, CPE, CMD, FACP, MBA, ABIM, ABPM/UHM
Moderator: Fatima Sheikh, MD, CMD
1-hour CME/CMD
Recorded: October 14, 2024
Released: December 5, 2024
Expiration: December 4, 2027
This session focuses on improving wound care practices through accurate wound classification, exploring healing modalities, supervising documentation, and establishing systems to track metrics for occurrence, healing progress, and outliers. Participants will gain practical tools and strategies to enhance outcomes and ensure consistent documentation.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this program, attendees should be able to:
- Accurate entry of types of wounds.
- Available healing modalities.
- Oversee accurate documentation by other team members.
- Establish systems for metrics regarding occurrence, healing and outliers.
Financial Disclosure: None of the planners, faculty, or others in control of content disclosed a relevant financial relationship with an ineligible company.
Credit Statements
Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine and MMDA – The Mid-Atlantic Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ABPLM CMD Credit
This self-study activity has been pre-approved by the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM) for up to 1 clinical hour toward certification or recertification as a Certified Medical Director (CMD) in post-acute and long-term care medicine. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit actually spent on the activity.
Physician Assistants
The NCCPA accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ towards recertification. Visit the NCCPA website for more information.
Nurse Practitioners
The ANCC accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ towards recertification. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ = 1 contact hour. For more information visit the ANCC FAQs.