Description
In this interactive session, MBS Coordinators will have the opportunity to learn from one another and network with their peers. We go over the basics of the MBS Coordinator role and how to set your program up for success; discuss the virtual site visit process and best practices for preparing for one; how to show the value of your program to hospital leadership; and how to improve your team dynamic. MBS Coordinators will have the opportunity to hear about novel ideas for supporting patients, discuss ways of structuring and staffing a program, and learn ways other MBS Coordinators approach QI projects with their teams. Bring your business cards and be prepared to pick the brains of your peers.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this sessions, participants will be able to:
- Understand the coordinator role and ways improve team dynamics.
- Discuss options for implementing positive change in their program through improved patient pathways, novel ideas for patient support, and project management tools
- Describe how to show the value of their program to hospital leadership.
- Describe best practices for organizing documentation and preparing for a virtual site visit.
8:00am |
Introduction Kimberly Evans-Labok, BA |
8:15am |
MBSAQIP Coordinator Panel Chelsea Price, MS RD LDN; Amber Kelly, RDN LDN; Jane Cauley, BSN RN; Katie Hiller, BSN RN |
9:15am |
MBSAQIP Resources and Tools to Support the MBS Coordinator Role Kimberly Evans-Labok, BA |
9:30am | Break |
10:00am |
Virtual Site Visits: How to Prepare Megan Daniels, BSN RN |
10:20am |
Virtual Site Visits: What to Avoid Cassie Peters, BA |
10:40am |
Getting Your Obesity Medicine Practice Off the Ground Gail Rosen, RN MSN MBA |
11:15am |
Lessons in Leadership Teresa Fraker, FACHE RN CPHQ CBN |
12:00pm | Lunch |
1:30pm |
Showing the ROI of Your Program to Hospital Leadership Stacy Brethauer, MD MBA |
2:00pm |
Quality Improvement Panel
Lorie Medlar, BSN RN; Rina Lister, RN MS HM; Melissa Majumdar, MS RD CSOWM LDN |
3:00pm | Break |
3:30pm |
Supporting Our Patients’ Long-Term Journey Lisa Nackers-Schmidt, PhD MPH; Amber Schreiner, BSN RN; Samantha Gollup, MS RD |
4:00pm |
Teamwork Panel L. Renee Hilton, MD FASMBS; Melissa Majumdar, MS RD CSOWM LDN; Lisa Allen, RN |
4:30pm |
Closing and table breakout |
5:00pm | Adjourn |