As part of ongoing quality improvement initiatives, GNYHA and the Continuing Care Leadership Coalition (CCLC) are conducting “train the trainer” workshops focused on a systematic team-based approach to improving quality of care related to pressure ulcers across health care settings. CCLC and GNYHA developed the program with funding from the Health Workforce Retraining Initiative (HWRI), which the New York State Departments of Health and Labor awarded CCLC for the purposes of improving pressure ulcer care. 

To create the training, GNYHA and CCLC worked with a steering committee of hospital and long term care members and other experts, including the training consultant for the workshops, Jeffrey Levine, M.D., a local geriatrician and expert in wound care and pressure ulcer improvement. GNYHA and CCLC’s pressure ulcer workshop addresses six key elements of pressure ulcer care: prevention, assessment, treatment, documentation, regulation and risk management, and leadership and team building. The interactive, cross-setting learning environment allows member to share best practices and raise awareness about ways to successfully reduce the risk of pressure sores across the entire continuum of care. Two additional workshops are scheduled for July 2008. For more information, please contact Kelly Donohue at donohue@cclcny.org.