10/25/22

Speaker

Patrick J. Dunne, MEd, RRT, FAARC

Target Audience

This activity is intended for respiratory therapists, respiratory therapy students and all other healthcare practitioners seeking to have a better understanding of pulmonary specific concepts, disease process and therapeutic standards.

Overview

Due to COVID, respiratory therapists are now (and will continue to be) widely recognized for the life-saving skills provided in the pulmonary-critical care setting.  However, questions are now being raised about our role in providing care to non-critical hospitalized patients, most notably care that is considered by many to be routine and customary.  Such “low-value care” provides little or no clinical benefit, yet is pervasive throughout health care.

This presentation will review the forces at work to transform how respiratory care productivity, quality and cost-effectiveness should be measured, with specific emphasis on what this entail for the traditional practice of respiratory care.

Educational Objectives

Upon completion of this activity learners should be able to:

1. Describe the limitations of the traditional fee-for-service payment model that relies on billable procedures as the primary metric for productivity 
2. List the advantages of using care pathways, supported by high-level clinical evidence, to achieve desirable clinical and economic outcomes
3. Discuss various ways that RTs can help the profession transition to the newer emphasis on care that is patient-centric, evidence-based, value-driven and cost justifiable.  

Accreditation Statement

This program has been approved for 1.0 contact hour Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N. MacArthur Blvd. Suite 100 Irving TX 75063.

Credit Designation Statement

The AARC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 CRCE.

Healthcare practitioners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  It is the responsibility of the participant to determine if this program meets the criteria for licensure or recertification requirements for his/her discipline.

Disclosures

This program is being hosted by Monaghan Medical Corporation.

The content in this presentation has been created by the presenter of this program. Any thoughts and opinions are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Monaghan Medical Corporation.

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