Strengthen Your Knowledge With Training

With INTERACT^™ Quality Improvement Program (QIP), training and resources, your focus remains on providing quality care and the management of acute change in patient condition.

Offering INTERACT^® training will help improve the quality of care by providing key insights and training to support providers’ value-based care initiatives, as your organization implements and sustains the INTERACT^™ QIP.

INTERACT^™ Certified Champion Training Program – for individuals, providers and organizations to successfully prepare for the INTERACT^TM Certified Champion exam.

• Skilled Nursing
• Home Health
• Assisted Living
• ACOs

INTERACT^™ Certified Champion 4.0

Purpose

The INTERACT™ Certified Champion training is designed to train clinical leaders who will serve as champions and co-champions to implement and sustain the INTERACT^™ Quality Improvement Program (QIP) in their organization through education, embedding the INTERACT^™ QIP into routine clinical care and QI processes, monitoring INTERACT^™ QIP processes and outcomes, and providing the facility team and leadership with continuous feedback on INTERACT^™ (QIP) performance.

INTERACT™ Certified Champion Course Description:

In this two-day interactive course, the INTERACT™ Certified Champion Master Trainer will provide an in-depth description of the INTERACT^™ QIP strategies, care processes, tools, and other resources to improve care of changes in condition and prevent hospital transfers when safe and feasible; and share key lessons learned on successful Program implementation and sustaining the Program over time.

Learning Objectives:

Upon the completion of this training session, the attendee will be able to:

1. Describe the current landscape of health care reform and funding that make the INTERACT^™ an essential QI initiative for post-acute and long-term care organizations
2. Articulate the key strategies that form the foundation of the INTERACT^™ QIP
3. Understand how to optimally utilize INTERACT^™ QIP tools and resources
4. Define key strategies for successful INTERACT^™ QIP implementation, including how INTERACT^™ can help meet QAPI requirements
5. Define key strategies for successfully sustaining the INTERACT^™ QIP implementation processes
6. Measure and track organization specific INTERACT^™ QIP implementation processes
7. Measure and track organization specific INTERACT^™ QIP hospitalization and other related outcomes
8. Report and interpret feedback on INTERACT^™ QIP implementation and outcomes to the facility team and leadership
9. Demonstrate an ability to effectively educate facility staff on the INTERACT^™ QIP
10. Understand how to complete the INTERACT™ Certified Champion training certification process

Certification Process

Eligibility

Any licensed health care professional is eligible to become an INTERACT^™ Certified Champion 4.0. Experience suggests that the most effective champions are:

• Well respected
• Experienced in Long Term Care
• Experienced Clinicians
• Able to demonstrate leadership skills
• Informal Leaders

Initial Certification

1. Complete the initial two-day training
2. Successfully complete the INTERACT™ Certified Champion training certification process, to include successful completion of the Certification Exam, within 3 months

Re-certification for INTERACT™ Certified Champions

1. Complete the online recertification training
2. Successfully complete the INTERACT™ Certified Champion re-certification exam

Certified Home Health INTERACT^™ Champion (CHHIC)

Purpose

The CHHIC training is designed to train clinical leaders who will serve as champions and co-champions to implement and sustain the INTERACT^™ Quality Improvement Program (QIP) within their Agency.

CHHIC Course Description:

In this 2-day interactive course, the CHHIC Master Trainer will provide an in depth description of the INTERACT^™ QIP strategies, care processes, tools, and other resources to improve care of changes in condition and prevent hospital transfers when safe and feasible; and share key lessons learned on successful Program implementation and sustaining the Program over time.

Learning Objectives:

Upon the completion of this training session, the attendee will be able to:

1. Describe the current landscape of health care reform and funding that make the INTERACT^TM QIP (Quality Improvement Program) an essential QI initiative for post-acute care organizations
2. Articulate the key strategies that form the foundation of the INTERACT^™ QIP tools and resources
3. Define key strategies for successful INTERACT^TM Home Health QIP implementation, including how INTERACT^® can help meet QAPI requirements
4. Understand how to optimally utilize INTERACT^™ Home Health QIP tools and resources
5. Articulate the key strategies that form the foundation of the INTERACT^TM Home Health QIP tools and resources
6. Measure and track organization specific INTERACT^TM Home Health QIP implementation processes
7. Report and interpret feedback on INTERACT^TM Home Health QIP implementation and outcomes to the organizational team and leadership
8. Define key strategies for successfully sustaining the INTERACT^TM Home Health QIP over time
9. Demonstrate an ability to effectively educate Home Health staff on the INTERACT^TM QIP
10. Define key strategies for successful INTERACT^™ QIP implementation, including how INTERACT^® can help meet QAPI requirements
11. Understand how to complete the CHHIC training certification process

Certification Process

Eligibility

Any licensed health care professional is eligible to become a Certified Home Health INTERACT^TM Champion. Experience suggests that the most effective champions are:

• Well respected
• Experienced in Home Health
• Experienced Clinicians
• Able to demonstrate leadership skills

Initial Certification

1. Complete the initial two-day training
2. Successfully complete the CHHIC training certification process, to include successful completion of the Certification Exam, within 3 months

Re-certification for CHHICs

1. Complete the on-line recertification training
2. Successfully complete the CHHIC re-certification exam