This toolkit, created by Telligen, was developed for health care providers and patients and offers links to tools and resources to support the prevention of influenza and pneumonia in local communities.
Last update: September 2021
This new tool on Medicare.gov was developed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to make vaccination data available in a user-friendly format. The tool is intended to help people with Medicare, their families, and their caregivers make informed decisions when choosing a nursing home for themselves or a loved one.
Last update: September 2021
This poster, produced by the Health Quality Innovation Network, was developed for frontline staff in Missouri to give visibility to the importance of being vaccinated.
Last update: August 2021
These change packages, developed by TMF Networks, were developed for health care professionals across all care settings who are caring for patients at risk of contracting COVID-19, the flu, or pneumonia. You must have an account on TMF Networks and log into the website in order to download these
Superior Health Quality Alliance wants to celebrate the efforts and commitment of organizations in promoting COVID-19 vaccinations for their staff. In this Youtube video, the Superior Health QIO staff shares why they received the COVID-19 vaccine.
The HQIN COVID-19 Vaccination Tracking Tool supports nursing homes in tracking COVID-19 vaccine administration for residents and staff. It includes boosters, additional doses and exemptions. It is an Excel workbook to use as a template, with instructions for use, for nursing homes to self-report data on their COVID-19 Vaccinations in residents and staff/healthcare personnel (HCP).
The Nursing Home Quality Measure Video Series was created to assist in the understanding of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) and claims-based Quality Measures that comprise the Nursing Home Quality Measure Star Rating. The goal is for nursing homes to attain a Five Star Quality Measure rating. These short videos will aid in understanding the Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reports (CASPER) and the Quality Measures; videos can be viewed individually or as series.
This tip sheet is a tool for nursing home Minimum Data Set (MDS) Coordinators and those who support entering the MDS data. Use this information as a quick reference in addition to your Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) manual and Quality Measures (QM) Users Manual to accurately code influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations.