Mountain-Pacific Quality Health created this checklist which supplements health care agency (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [CMS], Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], etc.) guidelines to keep residents, staff and visitors safe in nursing homes.
These performance improvement plan (PIP) templates were created by Superior Health Quality Alliance to assist nursing homes in reducing rehospitalizations due to HAIs (urinary tract infection, sepsis, pneumonia, COVID-19, and Clostridioides difficile infection). Each template contains resources and outline action plans to assist in implementation.
New to the world of infection prevention or looking for prevention sources? This resource was developed by Mountain-Pacific Quality Health in partnership with the Montana Department of Health and Human Services, Epidemiology and Scientific Support Bureau.
Qsource, in conjunction with a nursing home (NH) administrator, developed a workforce retention toolkit for use in NHs. Staffing in nursing homes has a significant impact on the quality of care and outcomes residents experience. Although staffing has always been problematic for nursing homes at some level, the impact of COVID-19 has been substantial.
This plan of action, produced by TMF Networks, was developed for nursing home leadership to use when talking with nursing facility residents about their COVID-19 vaccination status.
This resource, provided by TMF Quality Innovation Network, was developed for nursing home staff and leadership to share proven ideas and best practices to incentivize vaccine champions in your facility.
This document, prepared by Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), outlines the roles and responsibilities of a vaccine coordinator. A Vaccine Coordinator is responsible for connecting nursing homes and community partners with vaccine providers to schedule on-site vaccine clinics to increase the uptake of key vaccines for Medicare beneficiaries.
This video developed by Qsource in conjunction with the Indiana Department of Health Office of Minority Health, highlights:
This package, produced by Alliant Health Solutions, includes top interventions for hospitals to review and consider for their action planning. These evidence-based best practices and resources are made available to hospital teams for quality improvement action plans.
This document, created by Comagine Health, was developed for long-term care facilities to highlight the importance of creating a conducive learning environment that can support successful learning and application through: