Influenza Vaccines

Learning Objectives:

  • Review the CMS 147-Influenza Immunization quality metric.
  • Examine the reasons and benefits for vaccinating against Influenza. 
  • Examine the process of documenting metric compliance in Electronic Health Records for both Epic and ECW systems.

Pharyngitis 

Learning Objectives: 

  • Define the CMS 146 metric, specifically addressing its criteria for Appropriate Testing for Pharyngitis.
  • Discuss the reasoning behind the development of a guideline for appropriate pharyngitis testing. 
  • Describe the point system used to for determining appropriate testing.
  • List the steps to document the order for point of care testing and the subsequent test results in both the Epic and ECW Electronic Health Record Systems. 
  • Identify strategies for closing the gap in compliance with the CMS 146 metric. 

Speaker

Jennifer Stanley -  jennifer.stanley@commonspirit.org                           

Session date: 
11/16/2023 - 6:00pm to 6:30pm CST
Location: 
CHI St. Luke’s the Woodlands Hospital
Houston, TX
United States
  • 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 0.50 Attendance

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