2023 CMS Quality Conference

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Conference is the nation’s premier

Teach-Back Customizable Toolkit

This resource, developed by Great Plains Quality Innovation Network (QIN), was created to educate health care providers and their teams about the teach-back method. The teach-back method ensures patients understand what they need to know or do regarding their health by asking them to state in their own words what a provider has told them they need to know or do. Many of these documents can be modified to the fit the needs of an individual provider or care team.





Last Updated:
July 18, 2023


American Heart Month Flyer

This resource, developed by TMF Quality Innovation Network in honor of American Heart Month in February, was created to promote cardiac rehabilitation among health care providers and to offer providers resources they can share with patients to improve their heart health.





Last Updated:
July 18, 2023


Leveraging Technology to Support Safer Transitions of Care

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Contact with a patient's primary care team after discharge is a best practice for safe care trans

Strategies to Incorporate Cultural and Linguistic Competency into Long Term Care

This resource was developed by IPRO QIN-QIO to help long-term care providers implement strategies that make care more culturally and linguistically appropriate for residents, especially racial/ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities, those who identify as LGBTQ+, and individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP).





Last Updated:
July 18, 2023


A Guide to Screening for Isolation and Loneliness

This resource was developed by IPRO QIN-QIO to help health care providers screen patients for social isolation and loneliness. It includes information and best practices for screening, including a validated assessment that can be used at the point of care. It also includes several resources for patients who screen positive.





Last Updated:
July 18, 2023


A Guide to Screening for Transportation Barriers

This resource was developed by IPRO QIN-QIO to help health care providers screen patients for transportation barriers. It includes information and best practices for screening, including a two-question assessment that can be used at the point of care. It also includes several resources for patients who screen positive for transportation barriers.





Last Updated:
July 18, 2023


A Guide to Screening Patients for Food Insecurity

This resource was developed by IPRO QIN-QIO to help health care providers screen patients for food insecurity. It includes information and best practices for screening, including a validated two-question assessment that can be used at the point-of-care. It also includes several resources for patients who screen positive for food insecurity.





Last Updated:
July 18, 2023