High-Impact Outreach Strategies for Promoting Infection Control and COVID-19 Vaccine and Booster Uptake in Nursing Homes
In January 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services leveraged the expertise of Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organizations (QIN-QIOs) to increase nursing home resident COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters. IPRO QIN-QIO provided the nursing homes in its region with access to just-in-time education, training and resources to help them mount an effective defense against…
Superior Health Quality Alliance Cultivates Trust and Addresses Vaccine Hesitancy, Data Challenges
In January 2022, a nursing home that had previously received technical assistance from Superior Health Quality Alliance (Superior Health) to improve nursing home resident COVID-19 initial vaccination series rates was referred again to Superior Health for assistance with improving its resident COVID-19 booster rate. The nursing home demonstrated an 85.3 percent net increase in resident booster…
Health Quality Innovators Helps Nursing Home Improve its Resident COVID-19 Booster Rate Amid Facility-wide COVID-19 Outbreak
In January 2022, a nursing home that had not had any COVID-19 cases for more than a year was referred to Health Quality Innovators (HQI) for assistance with improving its resident COVID-19 booster rate and responding to a sudden COVID-19 outbreak. The nursing home demonstrated a 62.7 percent increase in booster rates from when the facility was first referred to HQI and the last report to the…
Customized Technical Assistance to Overcome Staff Turnover and Address Vaccine Hesitancy Helps Nursing Home Achieve 100 Percent Resident COVID-19 Booster Rate
TMF Quality Innovation Network, a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO), helped a nursing home improve resident COVID-19 booster rates from 16.9 percent at time of referral on January 9, 2022, to 100 percent by April 24, 2022, through customized one-on-one technical assistance. Root Cause Analysis Reveals Staff…
Quality Insights’ Comprehensive Communication Strategy Ensures Staff and Nursing Homes Have the Latest COVID-19 Vaccination and Booster Guidelines and Directives
Keeping nursing home staff updated on the latest COVID-19 guidelines and directives is critical for continued improvement of resident and staff vaccination rates for the COVID-19 vaccine and booster. Quality Insights, a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) is using a multi-faceted approach to educate its staff and…
Tailored One-on-One Support and Resources Help Rural Nursing Home Improve Resident Booster Vaccination Rate
One of the first nursing homes referred to Mountain-Pacific Quality Health (Mountain-Pacific) in December 2021 for assistance with improving its resident COVID-19 booster rate demonstrated a 44.1 percent increase following frequent and tailored one-on-one assistance. This increase occurred in the period between when the nursing home was referred to Mountain-Pacific for assistance and the last…
High Intensity Collaborative Program Leads Hospitals to Reduce Readmission Rates
The Health Quality Innovators (HQI) team recently led a five-month initiative aimed at reducing all-cause hospital-wide readmissions, enhancing equity, improving value and delivering person-centered care. The ASPIRE+ to Reduce Readmissions Series, which wrapped up in May 2022, was designed to provide techniques and strategies relevant to small, rural facilities as well as large, urban facilities…
“Give the BOOST a Shot” Campaign Helps Nursing Homes Improve Booster Vaccination Rates
During the timeframe between January 9 and March 20, 2022, nursing homes participating in an education campaign led by Alliant Health Solutions (Alliant), a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization, demonstrated a 15% or greater increase in resident and/or staff COVID-19 boosters. This increase occurred in the period between…
Alliant Health Solution’s One-on-One Support with Nursing Homes Increase COVID-19 Vaccination Rates for Residents and Staff
Low resident and staff vaccination rates put the most vulnerable at risk. COVID-19 vaccination is the most effective way to prevent infection among people with Medicare, a population that is at high risk of dying from complications caused by the virus. In the summer of 2021, nearly 200 nursing homes in the seven-state region served by Alliant Health Solutions (Alliant), a Centers for Medicare…