CMS QI Voices: It Starts with Your Staff: Stopping the Spread of COVID-19

In this episode, learn about the infection prevention barriers staff face and what they need to continue doing to be successful in preventing the spread of COVID-19.
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CMS QI Voices: It Starts With Your Staff: Stopping the Spread of COVID-19

QIO Program 2021 Yearly Summary

The QIO Program 2021 Yearly Summary highlights the people, stories and data behind another year of challenges and successes in health care quality.
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QIO Program 2021 Yearly Summary. January 1 - December 31, 2021. Available now.

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


The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program is dedicated to improving the quality of health care at the community level. Hospital Quality…
September 2023
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A small, 26-bed skilled nursing facility in California with an average daily census of 23 residents, was referred by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to Health Services Advisory…
September 2023
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A nursing home in a remote area of the Pacific Northwest was referred by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to Comagine Health, a CMS Quality Innovation Network-Quality…
August 2023
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Events

Health-Related Social Needs Series

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October 11

Addressing health-related social needs (or social drivers of health) can improve health outcomes. Health-related social needs include food insecurity, housing…
  • Health Equity
  • QIN-QIO
  • HQIC

GUIDE Model Overview Webinar

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August 10

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) discusses the recently launched Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model. This new voluntary model…
  • CMS
  • Long-term Care - Nursing Homes
  • Patient and Family Engagement
  • Patient Safety

Is Your Board Bored? Demonstrating the Impact of Quality

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July 27

Is your Board of Directors engaged with your quality work? Do they give the quality initiatives feedback and align them with strategic direction? During this two-…
  • Quality Improvement Initiatives (QII)
  • DVA Learning and Action Networks
  • Training
  • HQIC