February 9, 2024

March 13 2024 – A Rollercoaster of a Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Program

Presented and recorded live March 13th, 2024 from 2 PM – 3 PM Eastern Free for all thanks to: Overview Injuries due to Safe Patient Handling and Mobility (SPHM) lead to costly worker compensation claims, lost and restricted work days, and employee turnover. At Stanford Health Care, our SPHM program started in 2009 with one […]

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December 28, 2023

February 14th, 2024 – Increasing Safe Patient Handling & Mobility Practices by Addressing Barriers to Using Ceiling Lifts and Air-Assisted Devices

[FREE to All thanks to Stryker] Presented and recorded live February 14th, 2024 from 2 PM – 3 PM Eastern Sponsored by: Overview Safe Patient Handling and Mobility equipment can often be available, but not always used by staff. In this presentation, we look deeper into the barriers that limited staff from using ceiling lifts […]

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November 21, 2023

January 10th, 2024 – History of the BMAT: Validity, Reliability, Use Across the Continuum of Care and Building in EHRs

[FREE to Members] Presented and recorded live January 10th, 2024 from 2 PM – 3 PM Eastern Overview The history of the BMAT including the why and how leading up to creation of BMAT 2.0 will be covered. The use of clinical utility studies, the IRB research project, building it in Cerner and other EHRs, […]

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October 31, 2023

December 13 2023 – Resources for Healthcare Design Across the Continuum of Care

Presented and recorded live December 13th, 2023 from 2 PM – 3 PM Eastern Free for all thanks to: Overview Healthcare is complex and solving problems in a silo often results in unintended consequences. This is especially pronounced when it comes to designing various types of healthcare facilities. Far too frequently, design professionals and the […]

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October 16, 2023

February 21st, 2024 – Veterans Administration Mobility Screening and Solutions Tool (VAMSST)

Presented and recorded live February 21st, 2024 from 2 PM – 3 PM Eastern Sponsored by: Overview This will be a live video webinar from Margaret’s medical studio with a live patient. We will briefly review the recently published Veterans Affairs Mobility Screening and Solutions Tool. (VAMSST) which is a derivative of the BMAT, with […]

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September 27, 2023

November 8th, 2023 – Safe Vehicle Transfers: Putting You in the Driver’s Seat

Presented and recorded live November 8th, 2023 from 2 PM – 3 PM Eastern Overview This presentation will elucidate circumstances both routine and emergent during which vehicle transfers occur in the acute and outpatient settings. Reasons for personal vehicle emergency transport to the hospital will be explored and injury data will be used to identify […]

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August 30, 2023

October 11th, 2023 – ASPHP Webinar: Playing It Safe: How to implement and apply safe patient handling practices in the pediatric hospital based setting.

Presented and recorded live October 11th, 2023 from 2 PM – 3 PM Eastern Overview Running, jumping, and playing, despite being hospitalized a child still wants to be a kid and it is our job to facilitate this as well as to keep them safe. The variability of the pediatric patient with multiple diagnoses, ages […]

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August 22, 2023

September 14th, 2023 – Radiology and SPHM: A Perfect Marriage

Presented and recorded live September 14th, 2023 from 2 PM – 3 PM Eastern This webinar is sponsored by Jamar Health Products and is FREE to attend. Overview Many safe patient handling and mobility (SPHM) practices are hospital focused and targeted at preventing patient handling injuries for nursing and rehabilitation staff. Radiology technologists are another […]

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June 21, 2023

August 9th, 2023 – ASPHP Webinar: The 2021 ISO standard for design of lifts and slings – Understanding how to use it in your SPHM program

Presented and recorded live August 9th, 2023 from 2 PM – 3 PM Eastern Overview ISO 10535:2021 “Assistive products, Hoists for the transfer of disabled persons requirements and test methods” is recognized as the global standard for design and testing of lifts and slings to safeguard patient and caregiver safety. This standard is recognized by […]

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July 12th, 2023 – ASPHP Webinar: Ethical Considerations in the SPHM World

[FREE to Members] Presented and recorded live July 12th, 2023 from 2 PM – 3 PM Eastern Overview SPHM teams face ethical dilemmas each day. This webinar discusses classic theories pertaining to ethics and ethical decision making, and some of the current theories that address today’s ethical dilemmas. A case-based approach is used to set […]

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