Questions?

Thomas Bow
CHAMP Program Liaison
Center for Home Care Policy & Research
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
5 Penn Plaza
New York, NY 10001
212-609-5767
thomas.bow@vnsny.org

Tuition Discount

If you work for a member agency of one of the following state home care associations you get a discounted tuition of $35 per participant for the Improving Communication with Physicians course:

California Association for Health Services at Home (CAHSAH)

Georgia Association for Home Health Agencies

Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts

Home Care & Hospice Alliance of Maine

HomeCare Association of Arkansas

Home Care Association of Colorado

Home Care Association of Florida

Home Care Association of New Hampshire

Home Care Association of New York State

Home Care Association of Washington (HCAW)

MHA: An Association of Montana Health Care Providers

New Mexico Association for Home and Hospice Care

Oregon Association for Home Care

Pennsylvania Homecare Association

Rhode Island Partnership for Home Care, Inc.

Continuing Professional Education Notices

The Visiting Nurse Service of New York Home Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New York State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

It has been assigned approval code: 87JPHH-PRV-10

The Visiting Nurse Service of New York Home Care is a Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 15204.

Improving Communication with Physicians

Efficient communication with physicians improves clinician satisfaction and patient care

CHAMP's Improving Communication with Physicians course is designed for home care nurses who are interested in improving their efficiency and confidence when communicating with physicians about complex patient situations.

The course helps you to:

Identify who to communicate with depending on the circumstances
Determine how communication will occur
Use methods for making communication more effective including the SBAR technique

Improved communication results in:

Increased collaboration between home care clinicians and physicians
Increased satisfaction among clinicians and physicians
Improved patient care

This course can be completed on your office computer -- there is no need for travel. It contains clinical vignettes, downloadable/reusable tools, and exercises to help you improve your communication around complex patient issues. A competency test and final course evaluation are required.

About the Course

Tuition: $49 per participant. $35 per participant if your agency is a member of one of the state home care associations listed at right.

Continuing Education Hours: 4.0 continuing education contact (CE) hours are awarded to registered nurses upon completion.

Click the button below to register for this course.