Nursing Home Readmission Affinity Group Session 5: Engaging the Interdisciplinary Team

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Participants learn how a facility integrated its interdisciplinary team into patient education on

Comagine Health’s Tailored Resources and Strategy for Teaching Motivational Interviewing Help Nursing Home Improve Resident COVID-19 Bivalent Booster Rate

July 18, 2023

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.

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Alliant Shop Talks | February 2023

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Ready.Set.Go! Toolkit

Ready.Set.Go! is a tool developed by Convergence HQIC to help hospitals enhance the critical processes that connect pre-admission encounters to bedside rounding for a successful discharge. Patients, family caregivers, hospital staff and state partners from Convergence HQIC collaborated in a dynamic process to develop the tool and help hospitals build connections between these three touch points in the patient journey to improve outcomes and reduce readmissions.




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July 18, 2023


2023 CMS Quality Conference

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

HQIC Community of Practice Call | Successful Strategies for CLABSI Prevention

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Preventing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSIs) remains a national patient s

Don’t be AmBivalent about the Bivalent Boosters: Understanding the Emerging Science Behind the Updated Boosters

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This dynamic webinar hosted by Telligen QI Connect™ features the most current information on

Frequently Asked Questions About CLABSIs

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention developed answers to frequently asked questions about central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) to help patients understand what an CLABSIs are and how they are treated, understand the steps hospitals are taking to prevent CLABSIs and outline steps patients can take to help prevent CLABSIs.




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July 18, 2023


Frequently Asked Questions About Ventilator-associated Pneumonia

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention developed answers to frequently asked questions about ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) to help patients understand what VAP is and how its treated, understand the steps hospitals are taking to prevent VAP and outline steps patients can take to help prevent VAP.




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July 18, 2023