CHAMP Course Questions
Thomas Bow
CHAMP Program Liaison
Center for Home Care Policy
& Research
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
5 Penn Plaza, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10001
212-609-5767
The Visiting Nurse Service of New York Home Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New York State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
The Visiting Nurse Service of New York Home Care is a Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 15204.
Geriatric Medication Management Course
Registration for CHAMP's next Geriatric Medication Management course is now open! Class begins on Monday October 26, 2009. Register today!
The newly redesigned CHAMP Geriatric Medication Management course is proven to improve patient outcomes and quality of care and is:
- Easy to access
- Self-paced
- All virtual - no need to travel!
- Affordable
Tuition for the Geriatric Medication Management course is $149 per participant.
Thanks to the generosity of the California HealthCare Foundation, front line nurse managers from California-based agencies now receive a discount of $40 off the tuition for CHAMP's Geriatric Medication Management Course.
Participants will receive continuing education contact hours upon completion of the course. Partial credit will not be given for partial completion of the course.
Most older home care patients are t
aking more than 5 medications. Medication-related problems contribute to poor patient outcomes and are a leading cause of avoidable rehospitalizations.
CHAMP’s Medication Management course is designed to give frontline home care managers the skills and tools they need to help their clinical team improve medication management for older home care patients. The course includes best practices in medication management for home care patients, including:
- Medication Reconciliation
- Identifying drug/drug interactions and medication-related complications
- Improving management of oral medications
- Communicating with physicians about medication issues
Four online units, coupled with practical exercises and downloadable tools, help home care managers and their teams significantly improve care. Click here for a summary of the objectives by unit.