Annual Wellness Visit Assessment and Resource Toolkit
The Annual Wellness Visit Assessment and Resource Toolkit is a provider-facing compilation of resources, educational handouts, and links to pertinent materials developed by Quality Insights. It addresses the purpose, overall scope, guidelines and processes, assessments, and persons involved (the “who, what, how, and why”). This toolkit includes assessment tools for anxiety, depression, mobility and self-care, memory, medication, end-of-life care, honoring care decisions, and preventive plans.
COVID-19 Boosters: It’s Worth a Shot Presentation for Resident & Family Council Meetings
The COVID-19 Boosters: It’s Worth a Shot Presentation for Resident & Family Council Meetings is a PowerPoint presentation developed by the IPRO QIN-QIO to help nursing homes provide education to resident and family councils about COVID-19 boosters. The presentation can be modified by nursing homes to provide up to date COVID-19 booster information. The content has been provided in everyday language to help facilities use a train the trainer approach to allow for resident and family council leaders to provide the education.
COVID-19 Therapeutics Action Plan
IPRO QIN-QIO developed the COVID-19 Therapeutics Action Plan to help nursing homes optimize COVID-19 treatment. The plan includes a template with goals, resources and sample Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles to assist in the initiation of the plan. There is also a focus on antiviral start time, National Institutes of Health guideline adherence, monitoring and dosing. A REDCap data collection tool is available to assist with data collection and reporting.
Quick Guide to Conversations that Promote Vaccine Confidence
This resource was developed by Comagine Health to help guide health care providers by way of conversation, establish sound confidence among patients to get a vaccine and resolve ambivalence. It appeared in the Quality in Action blog article, Comagine Health’s Tailored Resources and Strategy for Teaching Motivational Interviewing Help Nursing Home Improve Resident COVID-19 Bivalent Booster Rate.
Comagine Health’s Tailored Resources and Strategy for Teaching Motivational Interviewing Help Nursing Home Improve Resident COVID-19 Bivalent Booster Rate
Comagine Health’s Tailored Resources and Strategy for Teaching Motivational Interviewing Help Nursing Home Improve Resident COVID-19 Bivalent Booster Rate
An urban nursing home in the Pacific Northwest was referred by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to Comagine Health, a CMS Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) for assistance with improving its resident COVID-19 bivalent booster rate. By implementing the interventions recommended by Comagine Health, the nursing home increased its resident COVID-19 bivalent booster rate by 53.9 percent from the time the facility was referred to the QIN-QIO and the last report to the National Healthcare Safety Network in January 2023.
Tips for Reaching Health Disparate Populations
This resource was developed by the Great Plains Quality Innovation Network to help health care providers reach disparate populations and to promote awareness of and access to vaccination. It is featured in the Quality in Action blog article, Nursing Home Improves Resident COVID-19 Booster Rates with Assistance from Great Plains Quality Innovation Network.
Why Long Term Care Residents Should Get the COVID-19 Bivalent Booster
This resource, developed by AHCA/NCAL, shares facts about the COVID-19 bivalent booster in a question and answer format. It is intended to help long-term care residents and their families understand the importance of getting the booster dose.