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  • 1 Mar 2022 9:11 PM | Sing Palat (Administrator)

    Meeting Recording

    Updates

    Jenny Albertson, NHA, Director of Quality and Regulatory Affairs, CHCAChad Fear, Nursing Facilities Section Manager, CDPHE

    COVID-19 Treatments – Antiviral pharmacology
    Kristina Brooks, PharmD
    Assistant Professor-Research; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
    University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
    Alternative COVID Treatments

    Mitchel Dobro, Pharmacy Student

  • 1 Feb 2022 9:48 PM | Sing Palat (Administrator)

    Meeting Recording on YouTube

    Slides: Colorado Spirit Crisis Counseling Program Rooting for the Null Hypothesis

    CMDA Monthly Meeting Agenda

    Tuesday, Feb 1, 2022, 12 - 1 pm

    by Zoom

    • Updates
      • Chad Fear, Nursing Facilities Section Manager, CDPHE
      • Jenny Albertson, NHA, Director of Quality and Regulatory Affairs, CHCA
    • Colorado Spirit Crisis Counseling Program
      • Juliet Madsen, M.A. CDPHE
    • Rooting for the Null Hypothesis
      • Travis Neill, PA-C, MMS
    • COVID Comments by Clay
      • Clay Watson MD, Infectious Disease


  • 4 Jan 2022 5:21 PM | Sing Palat (Administrator)

    Recording of Zoom Meeting

    Heart Failure in SNF Slides / COVID-19 Therapeutics summary / COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation / AHCA/ NCAL COVID-19 Update Jan 3

    CMDA Monthly Meeting Agenda

    Tuesday, Jan 4, 2022, 12 - 1 pm by Zoom

    • Announcements
      • CHCA: Jenny Albertson NHA, Director of Quality and Regulatory Affairs
      • CDPHE: Scott Bookman, Director, Division of Disease Control and Public Health Response, Incident Commander: COVID-19, and Elaine McManis- Director, Health Facilities & EMS Division
      • CDPHE: Bridgett Clawson Braaten, JD, Deputy Director of Therapeutics
    • Heart Failure Management in Skilled Nursing Facilities
      • Rebecca Boxer, MD MS
    • COVID-19 Therapeutics Update - CDPHE Health Alert Network
      • Sing Palat, MD CMD
    • COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation: How to Deal With it Effectively
      • Leslie Eber, MD CMD


  • 7 Dec 2021 4:32 PM | Sing Palat (Administrator)

    Tramadol Lesson - slides  //  Schizophrenia Diagnosis - AMDA  // COVID Booster Shot information - slides // Booster Shot information sheet - AMDA // Booster Shot poster - AMDA //  Monthly meeting Zoom RECORDING

    CMDA Virtual Meeting Agenda - Tuesday, Dec 7, 2021


    Updates

    • CHCA - Jenny Albertson 
    • CDPHE- Chad Fear
    • Influenza - Greg Gahm MD

     Prescribing Tramadol;  Schizophrenia Diagnosis

    • Lea Watson MD

    COVID-19 booster vaccines

    • Leslie Eber MD CMD


  • 29 Nov 2021 11:34 PM | Sing Palat (Administrator)

    Multiple Sclerosis IDT Collaboration.ppsx/  CMDA Announcements 11.2.21.pdf

    CMDA Virtual Monthly Meeting Agenda

    Tuesday, Nov 2, 2021, 12 - 1 pm

    • Updates
      • CDPHE: Chad Fear, Nursing Facilities Section Manager
      • CHCA: Jenny Albertson, NHA
    • Collaboration to Maximize Functional Performance in Residents with Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis
      • Lorie Haverland, OTR/L, Occupational Therapist
    • CMDA Announcements
      • Provider Crisis Support
      • AMDA Futures Program
      • Influenza Update
      • Membership dues increase Jan 1, 2022


  • 6 Oct 2021 11:02 PM | Sing Palat (Administrator)

    Agenda

    Tues, Oct. 5, 2021, 12 - 1 pm

    Recording available at: https://youtu.be/FzG1Eb3F3V8



  • 8 Aug 2021 8:58 PM | Sing Palat (Administrator)

    CMDA Agenda (with slides)

    Click here for Meeting Recording

    Tuesday, Aug 3, 2021, 12 - 1 pm


  • 23 Jul 2021 12:06 PM | Sing Palat (Administrator)

    B.1.617.2 in Colorado for CMDA 2021-07-06 (3).pdf / Wound Care Don't Forget Dietician Pidek.pdf / Wound Modular Comparison.pdf / Nutrition Therapeutic Properties Dietary Sources.pdf

    Virtual Meeting Agenda - Tuesday, July 6, 2021 - 12 - 1 pm

    1. Enhanced Infection Prevention in Residential Care Facilities for SARS-CoV2 Virus Delta Variant
      • CDPHE, COVID-19 Medical Guidance Unit, Diane Tapay, MD, Brynn MPH, CIC
    2. Updates
      • CHCA: Jenny Albertson, NHA
      • CDPHE, Health Facilities Division: Chad Fear
    3. Nutrition Management and Wound Healing
      • Adriann Pidek, MPH RDN
    4. CMDA Annual Financial Report
      • Travis Neill, PA-C


  • 1 Jun 2021 5:40 PM | Sing Palat (Administrator)

    CMDA June 1 2021.pptx / POLST is more than a Code status order JAMDA 2021.pdf / PHO 20-20.7thAmended.53121.pdf / RCF Comprehensive Mitigation Guidance-1.docx / phocheatsheet (1).pdf

    Meeting recording: CMDA recordings playlist

    Agenda

    1. CDPHE Updates: Jo Tansey
    2. CHCA Updates: Thank you to Erin Thomas, outgoing Director of Quality and Regulatory Affairs, for her dedication and expertise
    3. Colorado MOST use in long-term care: Hillary Lum, MD, PhD
    4. CMDA Board Elections:  Leslie Eber MD, CMD.  Votes will be collected anonymously by Survey Monkey starting Tues, Jun 1 during the CMDA meeting. Candidates:
      • President: Sing Palat, MD CMD
      • Vice-President: Allison Villegas, PA-C
      • Treasurer: Travis Neill, PA-C
      • Education Coordinator: Galin Hartsuiker, PA-C
      • Community Liaison: Chris Horton, MD CMD
    5. Annual Conference recordings from April 23, 2021 are still available for claiming CME credits at the CMDA website through July 31:  Sing Palat MD CMD


  • 6 Apr 2021 5:58 PM | Sing Palat (Administrator)

    April 6, 2021 CMDA Virtual Meeting Agenda

    Noon – 1:00 PM

    Agenda

    1. Updates: CHCA, Erin Thomas and CDPHE, Jo Tansey

    2. No Matter How Popular Antibiotics Get They Will Never Go Viral  - Travis Neill PA-C

    3. Pearls from the AMDA Conference: How to improve daily practice in PALTC - Dr. Sing Palat and Dr. Leslie Eber  

    4. The CMDA/CHCA Annual Conference on April 23, 2021: It is Virtual and there is Still Time to Register - Allison Villegas PA-C

    Register at CMDA.US 

         5. Brown University Research Opportunity below       


    Remember: AMDA Podcasts are available for free at https://paltc.org/podcast

    Attachments

    COVID-19 GUIDANCE From CDPHE: Residential Care Facility (RCF) Comprehensive Mitigation Guidance Document 3/22/21

    RCF Comprehensive Mitigation Guidance.docx

    Amended Public Health Order: REQUIREMENTS FOR COLORADO SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES, ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCES, INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES, AND GROUP HOMES FOR COVID-19 PREVENTION AND RESPONSE. 3/22/21

    PHO 20-20.SixthAmended.32221.pdf

    CMDA Annual conference registration information

    CMDA Attendee registration.pdf

    CMDA conference Vendor information

    Annual Conference Vendor information

    Flier from CDPHE for familiies wanting to visit their loved one in a nursing home

    RCF Flyer.pdf


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