Empowered Patients, Efficient Practices: Continuous Clinical Improvements
Course: #39631Level: Intermediate 1 Hour 157 Reviews
AB is excited to offer a five-part series that focuses on empowering patients and creating more efficient practices. Join us for part one of this series to discuss the greatest barriers to practice efficiencies, overcoming obstacles through change management, and getting the right candidates into your clinics.
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to identify one change that they could implement to improve clinical efficiency.
- After this course, participants will be able to identify one strategy that could be utilized to get CI candidates into CI clinics.
- After this course, participants will be able to identify an AB resource to help CI candidates connect with CI clinics.
Course created on September 5, 2024
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction to Topic |
| 5-20 Minutes | Change Management in Clinics |
| 20-40 Minutes | Continuous Clinical Improvements |
| 40-55 Minutes | Getting the Right Candidates into your CI Clinic |
| 55-60 Minutes | QA and Summary |
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Rene Gifford
PhD CCC-A
René Gifford holds the Fred H. Bess Chair in Audiology, is a tenured Professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences, and is Director of the Implantables, Hearing Enhancement, and Amplification Research (I HEAR) Laboratory at Vanderbilt University in the School of Medicine. Her research has been funded by the NIH for over 20 years and focuses on auditory perception for individuals with cochlear implants and hearing aids including basic auditory function, audiovisual processing, spatial hearing, as well as speech, language, and literacy. She has over 150 peer-reviewed publications and is the author of a book, now in its second edition, entitled “Cochlear Implant Patient Assessment: Evaluation of Candidacy, Performance, and Outcomes."
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Jacob Hunter
MD
Jacob Hunter is currently the Otology/Neurotology Division Chief and Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. He completed his Neurotology Surgery Fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center with The Otology Group, having been recruited to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center where he was the Dedmon Family Scholar in Clinical Care. He has clinical and research interests including vestibular schwannoma management, cochlear implants, endoscopic ear surgery, skull base surgery and chronic ear disease.
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Phillip Chang
MD
Dr Phillip Chang specializes in ear surgery in children and adults with training and interest in tympanomastoid surgery, cochlear implants and acoustic neuroma surgery. Following his ENT training in Sydney, Dr Chang completed a series of fellowships with Ugo Fisch in Zurich, David Moffatt in Cambridge and The House Ear Clinic in Los Angeles. Currently Dr Chang operates at St Vincent’s Private Hospital, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Prince of Wales Private Hospital, Norwest Hospital and St Luke’s. In addition, Dr Chang serves as the clinical director for a pediatric cochlear implant program (The Shepherd Centre) and an adult program (Hearing Implants Australia).
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Financial: Renee Gifford is a consultant and an advisory board member for AB & Cochlear, a consultant for Skylark Bio & Sony, and has received research grants from NIH NIDCD (present), AB (present), & Cochlear (past). Non-financial: Renee Gifford has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
Sponsor Disclosure: This Course is presented by Advanced Bionics in partnership with AudiologyOnline.
Content Disclosure: This learning event focuses on Advanced Bionics products and services and will not include info on other products or services.
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