2020 ASPHP National SPHM Education Event

This course deconstructs the Case Study at Stanford Health Care and highlights Stanford Health Care’s Safe Patient Handling (SPH) Program.  As a relatively mature program that has recently moved to new 360-bed, state-of-the-art hospital with overhead lifts in every room while continuing operations in an existing building using portable lifts, new processes/workflows have been developed while simultaneously refining existing ones.  
Areas of focus include

• Injury tracking, accountability, and follow up
• Increased engagement through the targeted use of front-line SPH Champions for both hospital and multiple ambulatory sites. 
• Training strategies discussed: upgrade of Learning Management System (LMS) content and hands-on training to efficiently deliver the most relevant knowledge and skills to a greater number of clinical/ancillary staff with increased focus on ergonomics; interdisciplinary design of hands-on overhead lift training using a scenario-based learning approach that incorporates Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool (BMAT) assessment and appropriate equipment use.  
• Improved accountability through the use of tools to support supervisor rounding on Safe Patient Handling techniques will also be discussed.