Benchmarking in health care is often associated with the assessment of opportunities to reduce cost; it is really about assessing what others may be doing better than you. Benchmarking opens departments to new methods, ideas, and tools to improve their effectiveness. Benchmarking in respiratory care is predominately performed through independent agencies and consultant groups whose systems provide performance metrics without identifying or providing direct access to what the better performers are doing.

Original webcast date: April 30, 2015

Approved for 1.0 CRCE.

This webcast is sponsored in part by an unrestricted educational grant from Dräger.

The speaker will discuss the Editor's Choice in the January 2017 issue of RESPIRATORY CARE:  A Respiratory Therapist Disease Management Program for Subjects Hospitalized With COPD.

Presented by Timothy Myers MBA, RRT-NPS, FAARC

Original webcast date: January 20, 2017

This archived JournalCast is approved for 1.0 CRCE Hour

**Please note that all programs require the participant to view the entire program prior to taking the final quiz and obtaining a course certificate.**

This series of courses was designed to provide real-world education for respiratory therapists who wish to expand their breadth and depth of knowledge beyond the clinical realm. The Leadership Institute was designed and developed by content experts in respiratory care education, management, and research. The information and activities in the Leadership Institute provide a foundation for future growth in your career.

This course is sponsored in part by an unrestricted educational grant from

**Please note that all programs require the participant to view the entire program prior to taking the final quiz and obtaining a course certificate.**

User reviews for Leadership Institute-Management Track:

"I was able to relate to the data in comparison to what I was working on in my position."
"Very helpful information."

The speaker will discuss the Editor's Choice in the May 2017 issue of RESPIRATORY CARE:  Impact of A Respiratory Therapy Assess and Treat Protocol on Adult Cardiothoracic ICU Readmissions.

Presented by David Wheeler MEd, RRT-NPS, FAARC

Original webcast date: May 19, 2017

This archived JournalCast is approved for 1.0 CRCE Hour

**Please note that all programs require the participant to view the entire program prior to taking the final quiz and obtaining a course certificate.**

The speaker will discuss the Editor's Choice in the October 2016 issue of RESPIRATORY CARE:  Use of a shared canister protocol for the delivery of metered dose inhalers in mechanically ventilated patients.

Presented by Cheryl Hoerr MHA, RRT, CPFT, FAARC

Original webcast date: October 21, 2016

This archived JournalCast is approved for 1.0 CRCE Hour

**Please note that all programs require the participant to view the entire program prior to taking the final quiz and obtaining a course certificate.**

This presentation will provide an overview of telehealth and its current practice in the United States as well as a review of the Medicare Telehealth Parity Act – specifically as it relates to RTs – and a discussion of the ways in which RTs will be able to practice and advocate via telehealth.

Approved for 1.0 CRCE

Original Broadcast Date:  March 29, 2016

**Please note that all programs require the participant to view the entire program prior to taking the final quiz and obtaining a course certificate.**