Navigating Complex Wound Patients Across the Transition of Care

1.00 CME / 1.00 CMD Clinical / 1.00 MOC

Professionals in PALTC provide medical care in multiple types of settings with variability in the ability to follow the same resident with a chronic wound in each of those locations. Lack of expertise, variability in care, financial barriers, ineffective communication, and the inability for patients (or their families) to know what resources are available are all barriers to the successful healing of wounds. Each clinical setting has financial determinants when it comes to wound care that are not patient-centered. We will provide examples of patients with diabetic neuropathic ulcers, venous stasis ulcerations, and pressure injuries as they transition through care settings and propose some strategies to attain best care practices using the case studies as examples.

Presenters

Scott Bolhack, MD, MBA, CMD, CWSP, PCWC, FACP, is board certified in internal medicine and hospice and palliative medicine with additional credentials as a Certified Wound Specialist Physician and a CMD in long-term care. He has experience as a medical director for skilled nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospices, home health agencies and wound centers. He has been a member of AMDA since 1995, has spoken on many topics nationally and has presented over 35 scientific posters in the areas of wound care, quality improvement, and post-hospital care.

Jeanine Maguire, MPT, CWS, serves as the VP for Skin Integrity, Wound Management at Genesis HealthCare. In that role, she collaborates with the interdisciplinary team within SNF/LTC/ALF facilities across the United States to provide education, mentoring and consultation. Mr. Maguire is a member of the ACHA education committee and a Post-Acute Symposium (PACS) faculty member.

Learning Objectives

• Define the constraints of each health-care setting in delivering best practices for wound care.
• Demonstrate actions that can encourage a patient-centered approach to wound care in each setting.
• Review best practices for diabetic neuropathic ulcers, venous stasis ulcerations, and pressure injuries across the health-care continuum.
• Examine how future models of reimbursement may influence the ability to deliver wound care across the continuum of care.

Credit Information

Activity Created 3/2022

Credits Available Until 3/2025

Credit Statements:

CME: AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CMD: This self-study activity has been pre-approved by the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM) for a total of 1.0  clinical hours toward certification or recertification as a Certified Medical Director (CMD) in post-acute and long-term care medicine. The CMD program is administered by the ABPLM. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit actually spent on the activity.

ABIM Maintenance of Certification (MOC): Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 Medical Knowledge MOC points and patient safety credit in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.

Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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• The following AMDA Education Committee members have financial relationships to report: Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD — UHC E&I Retiree Solutions: Full-Time Employee; all others have no relationships with ineligible companies.
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