Addressing Stigma of Substance Use Disorders

This fact sheet, developed by the West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources and Stigma Free WV, describes how people with substance use disorders often do not seek the treatment they need because of the stigma they face - even by their health care providers.





Last Updated:
March 13, 2024


Words Matter: Using People-First, Non-Stigmatizing Language

This guide to using non-stigmatizing language when discussing opioid use disorder (OUD) and substance use disorders (SUD) was developed by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services in partnership with the University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center.





Last Updated:
March 13, 2024


TMF Partners with Large Arkansas Hospital to Achieve Significant Improvements in Sepsis Rates

March 08, 2024

TMF Partners with Large Arkansas Hospital to Achieve Significant Improvements in Sepsis Rates

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program is dedicated to improving health care quality at the community level. Hospital Quality Improvement Contractors (HQICs) are strategic partners of the QIO Program dedicated to improving the quality of care delivered to people with Medicare in hospitals.

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QIN-QIO Community of Practice Call | Atlantic Health System’s Post-Acute Care Collaboration Strategy

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IPRO QIN-QIO presents this Community of Practice webinar about the Atlantic Health System’s

The Role of Shame in Opioid Use Disorders

This activity helps participants identify the relationship between shame and opioid use disorder (OUD) and recognize its treatment implications for subsets of people with OUD, such as those who inject heroin and pregnant women and mothers with opioid use disorder.





Last Updated:
March 13, 2024


#AskAboutQuitting Microsite

This microsite was developed by IPRO for patients and providers and provides a range of resources and tools, including educational documents, downloadable and customizable social media graphics and posters, sample press releases and newsletter content to assist providers in supporting their patients in quitting tobacco use.





Last Updated:
March 01, 2024


WAVE - Ask What About Vaccines, Every Time - microsite

This tool and resource, developed by IPRO for healthcare providers to support in encouraging vaccine acceptance.  This microsite offers an array of tools and resources including educational documents, links to information, videos and podcasts, downloadable and customizable social media graphics and posters, sample press releases and newsletter content.





Last Updated
June 05, 2024


IPRO ECHO: When the Pain Won’t Stop: Whole Person Care Addressing Chronic Pain 8-session education series

This educational resource series was developed by IPRO QIN-QIO for healthcare providers and explores chronic pain from the biopsychosocial perspective of three domains: biological (e.g., tissue damage, inflammation); psychosocial (e.g., thoughts and emotions affect pain, memories of pain; and social/sociological (e.g., socioeconomic, gender, ethnicity, isolation).





Last Updated:
March 02, 2024