Congestive Heart Failure 
Quality Assurance Training
in Rural Hospitals

An Interactive Videoconference Seminar
Phoenix & Tucson  

Thursday July 8, 2004
8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Click here to view the archived video of this seminar.

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the most common diagnosis in hospitalized patients over 65 years of age, and represents a significant and increasing public health concern.

We are offering this interactive videoconference on quality improvement in Arizona’s critical access and other rural hospitals for patients hospitalized with CHF.
Learn about the current understanding of CHF pathophysiology, and the latest developments in diagnosis and treatment. Be introduced to the Chronic Care Model. Bring your questions! Leave more confident in your quality improvement efforts. Useful tools and valuable intervention ideas will be provided. Register now!

Who Should Attend
Hospitals are encouraged to send quality improvement managers, directors of nursing, staff nurses, case managers, discharge planners, pharmacists, physicians, administrators and emergency medical services personnel.

Where
Phoenix:
Arizona Health Sciences Center
4001 N. Third St., Suite 415
(Corner of 3rd Street and Indian School Rd.)
and
Tucson:
Arizona Health Sciences Center
1501 N. Campbell Ave.
Room 3230 (3rd Floor) 

When
Thursday, July 8, 2004, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Doors open at 8:00 a.m. Lunch and refreshment breaks will be provided.

Cost
$50.00 (Fee is waived for designated critical access hospitals.)

Registration Form and Detailed Agenda

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Continuing Education Credit
Applications for continuing education credit are being processed for Certified Professionals in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ), Family Physicians and Nurses.

Sponsors
This workshop is sponsored by the Arizona Rural Hospital Flexibility Program of the Rural Health Office in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health, University of Arizona, in partnership with Health Services Advisory Group, the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) for the state of Arizona.
This training program is made possible with funding from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program.