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Suggested Topics
Clinical
Medicine || Management/Medical
Direction || Hospice || Home
Care || Pediatric LTC
Clinical Care and Medical Management in Other LTC
Sites
Clinical Medicine
Proposals should be problem-based and
include case studies specifically related to long-term care. The topics
listed below are general topic areas only. Research studies are
encouraged.
- Behavior
Management/Non-Pharmacologic Interventions
- Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Dementia
Assessment/Treatment
- Depression
- Dermatologic
Disorders
- Diabetes
- Fall
Management: Prevention and Protection
- Heart
Failure/CHF
- Hydration/Fluid
Balance
- Infectious
Disease Assessment/Management
- Medication
Management
- Mental
Health Issues
- Multiple
Sclerosis: Management of Advanced Disease
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- Non-Pain
Symptom Management
- Non-Parkinson's/Neuroleptic
Disorders
- Nutrition
- Oral
Health
- Osteoporosis
- Pain
Management
- Palliative/End-of-Life
Care
- Parkinson's
Disease
- Pressure
Ulcers
- Preventive
Care in LTC
- Rehabilitation
- Stroke
- Urinary
Incontinence
- Weight
Loss
- Wound
Care
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Management/Medical Direction
Presentations must be administrative
medicine topics that are specifically related to the long-term care
environment.
- Acute
Care, transitions to/from the hospital
- Advanced
Directives/What to include; How to use
- Biomedical
Ethics
- Contract,
Insurance, Liability Issues
- Cultural
Considerations/Diversity in Long Term Care
- Determining
and Documenting Medical Necessity
- Documentation
and Coding
- Elder
Abuse/Definition and Prevention
- Human
Resources/Staff Retention/Training
- Implementation
of Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Infection
Control
- Information
Management: New Technologies
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- Leadership
Skills
- Managing
the Attending Physician Staff
- Outside
Services: Expectations/Contracts (e.g., mental health
specialists, dentist, rehab providers, ets.)
- Part-Time
Medical Direction
- Quality
Management
- Reduction
of Medication Errors
- Risk
Management/ Interdisciplinary Risk Planning
- State
Survey Updates
- Stress
Management, medical directors/staff
- Using
Quality Indicator Reports to Improve Practice/Clinical
Outcomes
- Working
with Families
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Palliative Care & Hospice
- Clinical
Practice Guidelines
- CPT
Coding
- Ethics
- Family
Issues
- Federal
Rules and Regulations
- Fraud
and Abuse
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- Interdisciplinary
Teams
- Non-Pain
Symptom Management
- Pain
Management
- Quality
of Life and End-of-Life Issues
- Risk
Management
- Using
Advanced Directives to Impact Care Plan
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Home Care
- Clinical
Updates in Home Care
- Clinical
Practice Guidelines
- CPT
Coding
- Ethics
- Family
Issues
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- Federal
Rules and Regulations
- Infection
Control
- Management
in Home Care
- Reimbursement
- Research
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Pediatric Long-Term Care
- Clinical
Updates
- Ethics
- Family
Issues
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- Management
Issues
- Quality
of Life Issues
- Pediatric
Hospice Care
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Clinical
Care and Medical Management in Other Long-Term Care Sites
- Adult
Day Care
- Assisted
Living
- Community
Mental Health Systems
- MR/DD
Facilities/Programs
- Veterans
Administration Facilities
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Best Caring Practices in the Geriatrics Continuum
2007 is joint-sponsored by the American Medical Directors Association and Florida Medical Directors Association in conjunction with the Florida Chapter of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, and in collaboration with the American Academy of Home Care Physicians and the Florida Geriatrics Society.
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