Patient & Family Engagement Quickinar Series
Establishing a partnership with patients and families is imperative to improve patient quality and safety. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed the 5 Metrics for Person and Family Engagement to provide HQIC facilities a framework to engage patients and families in their care.
Integrating Residents and Family Engagement Strategies Into Your Harm Reduction Efforts – Change Package
This Change Package for Nursing Home Partnership, prepared by Great Plains Quality Innovation Network, demonstrates how effectively implementing cross-cutting strategies can accelerate your improvement efforts and also includes the engagement of residents and their family members as active partners.
Social Drivers of Health: The Missing Link
This event sponsored by Qsource and with Madeline Wilson, Patient Safety and Quality Advisor for the Indiana Hospital Association, focuses on the use of Z codes and the impact on social drivers of health.
Faces of Sepsis ™
Faces of Sepsis™ stories allow those affected by sepsis to share their experiences of illness, treatment, recovery and loss and aim to capture the diversity of people who had sepsis. Some stories describe a quick recovery while others cover the long-term effects of post-sepsis syndrome (PSS).
Life After Sepsis Video
For patients that survive sepsis, life takes on new challenges that must be overcome together with doctors, spouses, family members and caregivers. This new informational video helps explain the common symptoms patients experience after surviving sepsis. Produced by Sepsis Alliance and the Society of Critical Care Medicine, Life After Sepsis provides practical tips for sepsis patients to follow so that they can get stronger, avoid readmission to the hospital and lead life to its fullest.
Sepsis and Aging
Adults aged 65 years and older are 13 times more likely to be hospitalized with sepsis than adults younger than 65, and 63% of older adults 60 years and older are admitted to the ICU present with sepsis upon admission. Like strokes or heart attacks, sepsis is a medical emergency that requires rapid diagnosis and treatment.
Sepsis Caregiver Resources
When a loved one becomes ill with sepsis, it can be a scary time – one that most people aren’t prepared for. Caregivers may not know what sepsis is or how to help their loved ones. This website includes resources that may help them navigate this complex and difficult journey, including a When a Loved One Has Sepsis: A Caregiver’s Guide.
Sepsis Information Guides
Sepsis Alliance has a library of Sepsis Information Guides covering dozens of sepsis-related topics. These guides are available for free download and are provided in a high-resolution format for printing and distributing to patients, families, co-workers, friends and other professionals.
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