This resource, provided by Great Plains QIN-QIO, provides an overview of the importance of immunizations, who should be immunized, potential consequences of not getting an immunization and what immunizations should be received.
The end of the public health emergency and the commercialization of COVID-19 vaccines has led to vaccine administration and billing challenges for nursing homes across the country.
Comagine Health’s vaccination initiative spanning December 2023 through March 2024 aimed to address persistently low COVID-19 vaccination rates among long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) residents across its six-state region. Recognizing the critical need to protect populations at greater risk of adverse outcomes from COVID-19, Comagine Health created a guide outlining the necessary steps and considerations for implementing and improving on a facility’s internal vaccine campaign.
Vaccine Voices is an audio learning tool, presented in a podcast format, aimed at long-term care providers who are tasked with having conversations with residents and staff about Covid-19 vaccines. Each of the six episodes addresses a specific underlying cause of vaccine resistance and demonstrates the use of Motivational Interviewing techniques to encourage productive and respectful conversations.
This patient-facing, animated video addresses vaccine fatigue that may be a barrier that prevents many people from getting the updated Covid-19 vaccine.
This patient-facing animated video addresses misinformation and the confusion that many people face when trying to make decisions about the Covid-19 vaccine.
A midsize long-term care facility on the West Coast was referred by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to Comagine Health, a Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO), for assistance with increasing nursing home resident COVID-19 vaccinations. Despite many facility residents agreeing and consenting to vaccination, the nursing home’s resident immunization rate was lagging several similar facilities in the region.
Why have there been so many COVID-19 vaccines since 2020? This infographic displays how the vaccines have to keep up with COVID-19 variants, starting from the initial variants to the current variants in circulation.
An A through Z list of 26 COVID-19 infection prevention and control resources for nursing facility staff, complied by TMF Health Quality Institute.
