2010 Catalog: All Courses

This session is part of the Nashville CE series.
This WebEx training will walk participants through how to track key quality measures in the RPMS DDS package. Even though there are some limitations to tracking in the DDS package, some key measures such as post-surgical complication rates, percentage of patients receiving exams and treatment plans, percentage of patients completing treatment, and the proportion of patients in a specific age group receiving services can be tracked easily and regularly to assess quality of care. This interactive session will also include participants identifying key quality measures in their program and determining whether the DDS package can track those measures.

Upon completion of this session, the participant will be able to:
1. Develop quality benchmarks for your dental program.
2. Demonstrate using RPMS to gather baseline data on quality of care issues in a dental program.
3. Describe the limitations of using RPMS to track quality.
4. Use the DDS package to track the following measures:
· Post-surgical complication rate [extraction codes followed by 9930]
· Amalgam/composite success rates [amalgams or composites followed by replacement or extraction within x days]
· Sealant retention rate [1351 followed by 1351 within x days]
· Endodontic completion rate [3221 followed by 3300 series]
· Endodontic success rate [3300 series followed by extraction codes within x years]
· Percentage of patients receiving exams [exam codes/first visits, or using the “followed by” function]
. Percentage of patients completing treatment [9990/0150, or using other reports to find]
· Access to care, sealant proportion, fluoride proportion
· Other quality indicators, as requested by the audience

Timothy Ricks — Director, Office of Public Health and Area Dental Officer For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at tim.ricks@ihs.gov.

It is the policy of the Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, that faculty/planners disclose any financial or other relationships with commercial companies whose products may be discussed in the educational activity. The Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, also requires that faculty disclose any unlabeled or investigative use of pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Images that have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes are prohibited.

None of the faculty/planners for this activity has a conflict of interest, and there is no use of unlabeled or investigative pharmaceutical products or medical devices. No images have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes.The educational objectives, content, and selection of educational methods and instructors are conducted independent of any commercial entity.

The IHS Division of Oral Health is an accredited sponsor of continuing education under the American Dental Association Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP). ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the IHS at IHS CDE Coordinator or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at CCEPR.ada.org

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Tuition must be paid in full 8 weeks prior to the start date of any course. Request for refunds must be received in writing at least two weeks before the course begins. For each refund request, there will be an administrative charge of $100. No refunds will be made to registrants who fail to attend a course. If IHS CDE program cancels a course, then 100% of the tuition will be refunded.