Digest 5 - Training & Resources (Weekly - Friday)
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The Why Behind Our Work: Serving Iowa’s Veterans
This partner feature highlights the relationship between Telligen and the Iowa Veterans Home including:
- How Telligen’s quality improvement tools and training opportunities assisted the Iowa Veterans Home
- 1:1 enhanced technical assistance provided by Telligen
- Testimonial from the Iowa Veterans Home on their experience working with Telligen
CDC Infection Prevention Training for Nursing Homes and Assisted Living (Long-term Care Facilities [LTCFs])
The Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training course is designed for individuals responsible for infection prevention and control (IPC) programs in nursing homes.
Sepsis Inservice Training for Home Health Aides, Personal Care Aides, and Paraprofessionals in Other Health Settings
Developed by the Home Care Association of New York in partnership with Sepsis Alliance, END Sepsis – The Legacy of Rory Staunton, IPRO, and CDC with support from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation.
This training will include an accessible on-demand video, available 24-7 and a brief training quiz. Participants will receive a certificate of completion at the end.
Stop the Stigma | North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
This colorful consumer- and provider-facing flyer from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services uses “this not that” statements when referencing substance use disorder and explains why some terms are stigmatizing.
Compass Opioid Stewardship Program Expert Spotlight and Podcast
The Iowa Healthcare Collaborative hosts a COMPASS opioid stewardship podcast, a six-part mini-series that that shares patients’ personal stories of opioid stigma. Episode one includes an interview with Dr. Kaylin Klie that discusses Stigma and the Importance of Language.
TMF QIN’s Persistence and Focus on Partnership Helps Nursing Home Increase its Resident COVID-19 Vaccination Rate to 100 Percent
TMF QIN’s Persistence and Focus on Partnership Helps Nursing Home Increase its Resident COVID-19 Vaccination Rate to 100 Percent
In January 2023, a large metro-area facility in Texas was referred by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to TMF Quality Innovation Network (TMF QIN), a Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO), to increase nursing home resident COVID-19 vaccinations. To make improvements, the 90-bed facility needed additional support and resources. By leveraging the expertise of TMF QIN, the facility increased its rate from 33.33 to 100 percent as reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) database in September 2023.
Health Equity in Hospital Reporting: Where Do We Go From Here?
This webinar recording, provided by Telligen, is from the first of a three-session series highlighting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) two new health equity in patient hospital reporting measures: Hospital Commitment to Health Equity Structural Measure and Social Drivers Screening Measures. The series included two working sessions featuring hands-on technical assistance, coaching and sharing. Viewers will learn about:
Stepping Into A New Era With Opioids
This webinar recording, provided by Telligen, highlights the newly updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Guidelines for Opioid Prescribing Best Practices. It gives special attention to differences between the updated and original documents. Viewers will also learn about:
Cultural Competency Curriculum for Disaster Preparedness Overview
This webinar recording, provided by Telligen, highlights how an organization can effectively communicate with underserved members in their communities. It provides an overview of the course that will help an organization to deliver culturally and linguistically competent services in disaster situations. It also touches on additional courses offered by the Office of Minority Health which follow the national culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) standards.