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32 July 20, 2023 NAB/NCERS, IL-IBON (Nurses)

Illinois Regulatory Update

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37 August 17, 2023 NAB/NCERS, IL-IBON (Nurses)

Customer Service Success: Incorporating a Hospitality Approach in LTC

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38 September 21, 2023 NAB/NCERS, IL-IBON (Nurses)

How Pharmacy Can Affect Your Bottom Line

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39 October 19, 2023 NAB/NCERS, IL-IBON (Nurses)

Using Neurolinguistic Programming to Positively Affect Your Outcomes

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40 November 16, 2023 NAB/NCERS, IL-IBON (Nurses)

Limiting Your Liability in These Challenging Times

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41 December 21, 2023 NAB/NCERS, IL-IBON (Nurses)

2024 Forecast: What Should be on Your Radar to Set Yourself Up for Success

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42 January 18, 2024 NAB/NCERS, IL-IBON (Nurses)

Global Approaches to Dementia

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6 June 12, 2020 IL-IHCA, NAB/NCERS

Utilizing Lean Six Sigma to Improve Quality, Reduce Cost & Transform your Culture

Today’s challenging economic times are forcing healthcare organizations to reconsider every aspect of their operations. Offering an alternative to staff layoffs and other expense-cutting measures, Lean Six Sigma has been shown to reduce costs, increase the quality of care, and improve customer satisfaction. Join pharmacy leaders to learn about the key Lean Six Sigma tools that operators and staff can initiate to create quick wins while engaging staff and transforming their workplace culture.		 MORE INFO
7 June 19, 2020 IL-IHCA, NAB/NCERS

Know Your Costs to Manage Your Costs

View your organization from a comprehensive business lens incorporating general cost accounting business principals into day-to-day operations. This session will help identify which rental units and services generate a profit or loss and the measures to adjust pricing, improve delivery of services, and ultimately strengthen net operating income.		 MORE INFO
8 June 26, 2020 IL-IHCA, NAB/NCERS

Appropriateness of Drug Therapy

Modern medicines have contributed to longer life spans and improved quality of life. However, when not used appropriately, effectively, and safely, medications can have devastating consequences. There are several risk factors that can lead to polypharmacy, including having multiple medical conditions managed by multiple prescribers. Monitoring patients’ active medication lists and deprescribing any unnecessary medications are recommended to reduce pill burden, risks of adverse drug events, and financial hardship. This session will review medications with increased risk of complications in the elderly and presents a process for patient active medication list monitoring and deprescribing as a therapeutic intervention.		 MORE INFO
9 July 10, 2020 IL-IHCA, NAB/NCERS

Pain Management in Older Adults

An estimated 50% of older adults living at home and up to 80% of those living in nursing homes have significant pain that is often persistent. There are many challenges that can make it difficult to treat pain in this age group, most notably the presence of other significant health problems and the difficulty of assessing pain in those with cognitive impairment. This session will review different pain types and discuss the misconceptions and consequences of untreated pain in the elderly. Analgesic therapies are examined and the current Illinois laws and regulations, and considerations for use of Cannabis are presented.		 MORE INFO
11 August 21, 2020 IL-IHCA

Plants or Pills? The Truth About Dietary Supplements

The use of dietary supplements, such as vitamins, minerals, plant products, and herbal therapies has become a routine part of the American lifestyle. But often, these items are marketed as having benefits that are unsubstantiated; do not carry adequate warnings about when they interfere with lab tests; interfere with prescribed drugs; and may be completely misused by the patient because they are “all-natural” and “must be safe, right?” Health and senior care professionals are relied upon by patients/residents and their families to have accurate information about the uses and effects of these products. Using evidence-based research, we will review the current clinical findings and safety profiles of numerous over-the-counter products used by seniors for various medical and psychological conditions. Armed with these facts, health/senior care providers will be able to advise their residents and families with more confidence.		 MORE INFO