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It is safe to say that CALTCM is a proponent of improving the quality of care in post-acute and long-term care (PA/LTC) and it is another to say that our members and our audience are the crème de la crème. The inspiration to give our members and audience the opportunity to present their Best Practices was built on the knowledge that our members and facilities are making amazing changes in their own facilities to improve care every day. Our goal is simple, to improve care and to teach our members how to take quality to the next step. A great big thank you to SCAN Health Plan and the CALTCM BOD members who made generous donations to support the 2016 Best Practices Implementation Award. We are proud to say that our call for Best Practice Implementation Plans was a tremendous success and far surpassed our expectations with 18 submissions! In the coming weeks a committee of PA/LTC professionals will review the 18 submissions and choose the 5 Best Practice Implementation Plans for presentation at the 2016 Annual Meeting Preconference. Mark your calendars and join us to recognize the Best Implementation Plans. The Best Practices Implementations will be featured during the Pre-Conference on Friday April 29, 2016 and the awards will be presented on Saturday April 30, 2016. We are honored to have the following members on our review committee: Debra Saliba, MD, MPH, AGSF; Dr. Saliba holds the Anna & Harry Borun Endowed Chair in Geriatrics at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine where she also directs the UCLA Borun Center for Gerontological Research. She is also a senior natural scientist at RAND and a researcher at the Greater Los Angeles VA.
Jocelyn Montgomery RN, PHN; Director of Clinical Affairs, California Association of Health Facilities.
Michael Wasserman, MD; Director of Nursing Home Patient Safety for Health Services Advisory Group. He has devoted himself to serving the needs of seniors for the past thirty years.
Romilla Batra, MD; Chief Medical Executive for SCAN Health Plan, Dr. Batra sets clinical policies and procedures. She provides physician oversight of clinical programs including disease management, ambulatory and complex case management, and helps design clinical initiatives to improve quality of care and drive star performance.
Debra Bakerjian, PhD, APRN, FAAN, FAANP; Senior director for nurse practitioner and physician assistant clinical education and practice, as well as an associate adjunct professor, at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis.
The Best Practices Implementation Award is
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