Nursing Home Improves Resident COVID-19 Booster Rates with Assistance from Great Plains Quality Innovation Network
Nursing Home Improves Resident COVID-19 Booster Rates with Assistance from Great Plains Quality Innovation Network
Community of Practice (CoP) Call hosted by CMS and featured successful strategies to reduce readmissions at rural hospitals enrolled in the Alliant HQIC.
Practicing hand hygiene is a simple and effective way to prevent infections. Yet, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), health care providers on average clean their hands less than half of the times they should. Additionally, on any given day, about one in 31 hospital patients has at least one healthcare-associated infection (HAI). (1)
A nursing home in a Health Professional Shortage Area where one quarter of its residents are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid (dual eligible) and 30 percent are racial or ethnic minorities, was referred to Qsource in February 2022 for assistance with improving its resident COVID-19 booster rate.
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 the new wave of COVID-19 cases driven by the Omicron variant.
Improving patient safety has always been the top priority for hospitals and is fundamental to delivering quality health services. Hospitals should assess their processes, identify optimization opportunities, and implement evidence-based practices to cultivate a culture of safety. This document provides topic-specific resources to address hospital based patient safety topics.
This Personal Health Record form modified by TMF Health Quality Institute, a Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization, through which patients can maintain and manage their health information (and that of others for whom they are authorized) in a private, secure, and confidential environment. Patients and caregivers are encouraged to download this personal health form to take with you to your doctor visits.
Mountain-Pacific Quality Health, the Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) for Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, Wyoming and the U.S. Pacific Territories of Guam and American Samoa, created a #KindnessRX campaign targeting clinicians and providers. The campaign highlights health care organizations’ good work and supports culture change and positivity with the goal of improving vaccination in Wyoming.