132 - Making Connections and Reducing Heart Failure Readmissions: Teleconsult to Improve Care Transitions

This presentation describes a project that includes teleconsultation between hospitalists and skilled nursing facility providers with a focus on promoting successful care transitions and reducing rehospitalizations.

Continuing Education Instructions and Disclosure Information:

Contact hours available until 9/26/2022.

Requirements for Successful Completion:
Complete the learning activity in its entirety and complete the online CNE evaluation. You will be able to print your CNE certificate at any time after you complete the evaluation.

Faculty, Planners, and Speakers Conflict of Interest Disclosure:

Conferences Planning Committee Disclosures:
No planning committee member discloses any actual or potential conflict of interest.

Speakers Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
Margaret Bowers, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN – Speakers’ Bureau for Skin, Bones, Hearts, and Private Parts; Consultant for the American College of Cardiology; Speaker and Editor of global heart failure curriculum

Commercial Support and Sponsorship:
No commercial support or sponsorship declared.

Accreditation Statement:
This educational activity is jointly provided by Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc. (AJJ) and the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA).

Anthony J Jannetti, Inc. is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP5387.

Learning Outcome:
After completing this learning activity, the participant will be able to discuss how to use a teleconsult approach to improve care transitions from the hospital to skilled nursing for patients with heart failure.