Session I – GUIDE – Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience in the Home –
An Approach to Person-Centered Dementia Care
This presentation will provide an overview of the CMS Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model and its role in supporting people living with dementia and their caregivers in the home setting. Attendees will learn how the GUIDE Model promotes coordinated dementia care, caregiver education, care navigation, and access to community-based supports. The session will highlight practical considerations for case managers, including referral pathways, interdisciplinary collaboration, caregiver engagement, and strategies to help individuals remain safely supported at home.
Article – Andwell’s GUIDE program tailors dementia support for Maine families
Dr. Christopher A Wellins
MaineHealth, Internist
Session Objectives:
- Cite the foundational work of Physician Advisor Programs
- Describe the specific activities and regulatory impact of the Physician Advisor Program
- Discuss how to maximize interactions between Case Management and your Physician Advisor Program
Michael P Madaio, DO
MaineHealth
– Preventive Medicine, Public Health & General Preventive Medicine
– Infectious Disease
– Internal Medicine
Session III – Vaccines Then and Now – Where we came from and where we may be going
Session objectives:
- Summarize key milestones in the history of vaccine development.
- Explain the impact of vaccination on human development and population health.
- Analyze current changes and emerging trends in vaccination schedule recommendations.
Dr. Ranjiv Advani
MaineHealth
Emergency Medicine
Burnout, and lack of Occupational Wellbeing, have become endemic in the American Health Care System. Traditionally, wellbeing was thought of as the responsibility of the individual healthcare worker. More recent wellbeing literature has taught us that Wellbeing is far more about the Workplace, and includes Culture of Wellbeing and Efficiencies of Practice, in addition to these Individual Factors. We will discuss the evolving science of Wellbeing, and talk more in depth about Culture, Values and Relationships as they impact our staffs Wellbeing.
Aarabi Balasubramanian
Founder & CEO, EmTech Care Labs
Charles Petrini-Poli
Founder and CEO, Lolo Care; Founder, HUB Healthcare
Rahul Vanjani, MD
Co-Founder and CEO at ITO Health
David Melancon
Co-Founder and COO at ITO Health
Learning Objectives
- Identify at least two common roadblocks in care transitions that can be addressed through collaboration between case managers and health tech innovators.
- Describe how case managers’ workflow expertise can inform the refinement or implementation of technology platforms across the care continuum.
- List specific types of information or feedback that tech founders need from case managers to ensure solutions support real world patient and family needs.
- Apply a simple communication framework to articulate a workflow challenge to a technology partner (e.g., What’s the problem? When does it happen? What’s the impact?).
- Compare the shared goals of case managers and health tech companies in improving patient transitions and outcomes.
Special thanks and appreciation to conference exhibitor sponsors, their support has allowed CMSNE the opportunity to bring a quality educational program to our membership. Acceptance of support from these sponsors in no way implies endorsement of their products and/or services by CMSNE or the program’s accreditation agencies.
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Mary McNulty, RN, MSN, CCM, ACM-RN, Conference Chair
Nancy Benoit, RN, CCM, CRRN
Deborah Groff, BSN, RN-BC, CCM, MPS
Cindy Smith, RN, BSN, CCM
June Stark, RN, BSN, MEd