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(registration forms can be downloaded from camts.org website)

As space permits we will accept registrants at the door

Announcements for Pre AMTC Workshops 2014 in Nashville, TN at the OMNI Hotel (meeting rooms TBA)

Preparing for Accreditation

This four-hour workshop assists new applicants and reaccreditation applicants to prepare for a site visit and to understand the rationale for current and future accreditation standards along with commonly cited concerns and deficiencies.

Speaker:  Eileen Frazer, RN, CMTE, Executive Director

Cost:  $50.00 includes a copy of the Accreditation Standards

Date and time:  September 21, 2014 starting at 8:00 AM

Quality and Utilization Management

This four-hour workshop will review the basic concepts of developing Quality Management and Utilization Review and Management programs specific to medical transport – how Quality and Utilization relate to each other and the impact on safety and costs reduction. Specific examples will be highlighted that have met or exceeded CAMTS Accreditation Standards.

Speakers:  Dudley Smith, MSHPA, CMEP and Michael Frakes, APRN, CCNS, CFRN, CCRN, EMTP

Cost:  $50.00 includes handouts

Date and time:  September 21, 2014 starting at 8:00 AM

Risk Management in a Just Culture Environment

This four-hour workshop will combine the principles of Risk Management along with processes to use Just Culture concepts in addressing risks. How values and accountability affect the management of risk will be discussed along with specific examples of addressing “at risk” and “reckless” behaviors. These examples can be adapted and used by any medical transport service.

Speakers: Eileen Frazer, RN, CMTE and Patti Corbett, RN, CMTE

Cost:  $50.00 includes handouts

Date and time:  September 21, 2014 starting at 1:00 PM