CMS QI Voices

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Improvement (QI) Voices: Improving COVID-19 Outcomes in Nursing Homes Across America is an audio series that gives you a closer look at the projects and the people who are improving health care quality and outcomes.
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Reducing Hospital-Acquired Infections

About one in 31 hospital patients has at least one health care-associated infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The QIO Program's Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC) initiative is engaging hospitals in quality improvement projects to prevent hospital-acquired infections and increase patient safety.     
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COVID-19 Vaccination Resources 

for Long-term Care Facilities

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CONSIDERATIONS FOR LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES ON ACQUIRING COVID-19 VACCINATION RESOURCES

Health Care Providers:

Help your patients build COVID-19 vaccine confidence with these tips and resources.

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Free Scenario Based Training: CMS Targeted COVID-19 Training for Frontline Nursing Home Staff & Management

Available through the CMS Quality, Safety & Education Portal (QSEP).

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Quality in Action Blog Series


Nursing home residents are nearly all at risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes, including hospitalization and death. Vaccination offers the best protection against severe outcomes and can prevent the…
March 2023
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To protect Medicare beneficiaries and the Medicare Trust Fund, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) established Beneficiary and Family Centered Care-Quality Improvement…
March 2023
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HSAG Assists Critical Access and Rural Hospitals to Reduce HAIs Using TAP Reports and Interactive DashboardsHealth Services Advisory Group (HSAG), a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS…
February 2023
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Events

2023 CMS Quality Conference

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May 01

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Conference is the nation’s premier health care quality conference. The 2023 conference will be held…
  • Quality Improvement Initiatives (QII)
  • QIN-QIO
  • BFCC-QIO
  • HQIC
  • AIANHQI
  • OPSS
  • CMS
  • Training
  • Behavioral Health
  • Health Equity
  • Chronic Disease Management
  • Health Information Technology (HIT)
  • Care Coordination
  • COVID-19 and Infection Control
  • Immunizations
  • Long-term Care - Nursing Homes
  • Opioid Utilization and Misuse
  • Patient and Family Engagement
  • Patient Safety
  • Partnership for Community Health

Transitions in Care: Preventing Sepsis-related Readmissions

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April 27

Anyone can develop sepsis, a life-threatening, complex and challenging condition to manage. There are significant human and financial costs associated with it. Every…
  • Chronic Disease Management
  • DVA Learning and Action Networks
  • HQIC
  • Patient Safety
  • Patient and Family Engagement

HQIC Community of Practice Call | Connecting your Hospital Culture of Safety to Patient Harm Reduction

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April 13

According to the February 2022 New England Journal of Medicine, improvements in patient safety were quickly and severely reversed during the COVID-19 pandemic,…
  • COVID-19 and Infection Control
  • Patient Safety
  • Care Coordination
  • DVA Learning and Action Networks