Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Cycle Template
This resource was developed by Alliant Health Solutions to help health care providers create a strategy and action plan when facing barriers. It is featured in the Quality in Action blog article, Alliant Health Solutions Helps Skilled Nursing Facility with High Turnover Population Achieve a 100 Percent COVID-19 Booster Rate.
Alliant Health Solutions Helps Skilled Nursing Facility with High Turnover Population Achieve a 100 Percent COVID-19 Booster Rate
Alliant Health Solutions Helps Skilled Nursing Facility with High Turnover Population Achieve a 100 Percent COVID-19 Booster Rate
A small, hospital-based skilled nursing facility (SNF) was referred by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to Alliant Health Solutions (Alliant), a CMS Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO), for assistance with increasing its resident COVID-19 booster rate. The QIN-QIO conducted a root-cause analysis (RCA) and helped the SNF use the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) method to create an action plan to address the barriers uncovered by the RCA.
Quality Improvement Action Plan for COVID-19 Bivalent Vaccine Booster
This template, developed by IPRO QIN-QIO, is intended to help nursing home staff identify the process or problem needing improvement related to increasing uptake of the COVID-19 bivalent vaccine. It helps facilities select SMART goals, identify baseline measurements, create a scope of plan, identify resources (several are also provided), identify potential barriers, develop mitigation strategies and includes a Data Collection Tool.
Influenza, Pneumococcal and COVID-19 Immunization Toolkit
This resource, developed by IPRO QIN-QIO, is applicable to all health care settings. It provides resources and information on influenza, pneumococcal, and COVID-19 vaccines as well as strategies to implement a successful vaccine campaign.
Nursing Home Vaccination Change Package
This change package, developed by the Great Plains Quality Innovation Network, was created for nursing homes to help improve vaccination rates among residents and staff. It identifies barriers and challenges to influenza, pneumonia and COVID-19 vaccination and provides interventions supported by evidence-based tools and resources to improve vaccination quality measures and rates.
TMF’s Persistence Helps Nursing Home Increase its Resident COVID-19 Booster Rate by More Than 50 Percent
TMF’s Persistence Helps Nursing Home Increase its Resident COVID-19 Booster Rate by More Than 50 Percent
A small nursing home in a Midwest suburb struggling to increase its resident COVID-19 booster rate was referred by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to TMF, a CMS Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) for assistance. With TMF’s help, the nursing home demonstrated a 53.5 percent increase in its resident COVID-19 booster rate from when it was first referred to the QIN-QIO and the last report to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) database in October 2022.
Navigating a Gatekeeper
TMF Doubles Nursing Home Attendance at Education Events with Five-Part QAPI Series
TMF Doubles Nursing Home Attendance at Education Events with Five-Part QAPI Series
TMF Health Quality Institute, a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO), works with nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities in Arkansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, Puerto Rico and Texas to improve staff and resident COVID-19 vaccination and booster rates. To accomplish this, TMF provides technical assistance and education to facilities through weekly webinars and online office hour events.
Long-Term Care COVID-19 Vaccination Tracking Infographic
This fillable PDF was developed by Mountain-Pacific Quality Health, a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization, to help nursing homes track measures related to COVID-19 vaccination and boosters including:
Visitation Posters for Nursing Homes
Superior Health Quality Alliance, a Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) developed four visitation posters intended for nursing homes.
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