People often need two to four different medications to help manage their blood sugar. Mountain Pacific Quality Health created this resource to show how medications, other than insulin, work to control sugar levels in your blood. The medications listed in this resource helps control your blood sugar. Each of them works with a different part of the body.
This recording from the TMF Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization focuses on hypertension, one of the risk factors for heart disease and stroke that can be controlled. During this recording, listeners will learn how to address this leading health challenge by using an evidence-based protocol, following clinical best practices, integrating team-based care and supporting patient self-measurement, where appropriate.
Sepsis is a very dangerous response to an infection and can lead to tissue damage, organ failure and even death. Use this zone tool to conduct a daily assessment.
The Healthy Living blog is a series of articles created by Mountain Pacific Quality Health (MPQH) featuring a wide variety of health and health care issues to empower patients and their families, giving them the information, education and expert insight, they need to become an active participant in our ever-changing health care climate.
This webinar recording from the TMF Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization describes a hospital and community health center collaboration that works to address the underlying needs of the patients who are most likely to become frequent visitors to hospital emergency rooms. The goal is to improve their quality-of-life outcomes and reduce readmissions while supporting substance users in central Houston.
Listen to this webinar recording from the TMF Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization to learn about strategies to address opioid misuse within the elderly population using the Age-Friendly Health System framework.
Great Plains QIN has developed a Break the Chain of Nicotine/Tobacco Dependence Change Package to guide healthcare providers and staff in improving referrals to tobacco/nicotine treatment programs and assistance. The Change Package identifies barriers and challenges to addressing tobacco and nicotine use and provides interventions supported by evidence-based tools and resources to help individuals quit.
Telligen’s Quality Improvement Workbook is designed to provide your team with the tools and resources needed to successfully implement quality improvement initiatives within your organization. By following the timeline, using the goal statement template, and tracking progress, you can ensure that your efforts are effective and that meaningful progress is made towards your goals.
