Comagine Health’s One-on-One Assistance Reduces Burden on Nursing Home Staff to Help Facility Increase its Resident COVID-19 Bivalent Booster Rate 

September 07, 2023

Comagine Health’s One-on-One Assistance Reduces Burden on Nursing Home Staff to Help Facility Increase its Resident COVID-19 Bivalent Booster Rate 

A nursing home in a remote area of 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.

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Infection and Sepsis Zone Tool

Sepsis is a very dangerous response to an infection and can lead to tissue damage, organ failure and even death. Use this zone tool to conduct a daily assessment.


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August 30, 2023


Sharing Out Suggestions for Compliance F880 Infection Prevention

Mountain-Pacific Quality Health publishes a weekly email covering a common citation including what is included in the F-tag, examples, definitions, suggestions and resource links. This week's edition covers F880 Infection Control, where the facility conducts an annual review of its infection prevention and control plan (IPCP) and update their program, if necessary.


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August 30, 2023


The Healthy Living Blog

The Healthy Living blog is a series of articles created by Mountain Pacific Quality Health (MPQH) featuring a wide variety of health and health care issues to empower patients and their families, giving them the information, education and expert insight, they need to become an active participant in our ever-changing health care climate.





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Health Equity and CLAS in Nursing Homes

Qsource prioritizes equity in the quality of care being provided to all residents in nursing homes and understanding the diverse needs of the older adults that are being served. Nursing homes that focus on health equity, which includes cultural competence, can help build patient trust, strengthen provider-patient communication, provide better patient experience, improve the quality of care, and decrease healthcare costs.





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Top 10 Infection Control Deficiencies

This information sheet features the top infection control deficiencies identified by infection preventionists and suggestions on how to remediate each issue.





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Creating Pathways to Stability

This webinar recording from the TMF Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization describes a hospital and community health center collaboration that works to address the underlying needs of the patients who are most likely to become frequent visitors to hospital emergency rooms. The goal is to improve their quality-of-life outcomes and reduce readmissions while supporting substance users in central Houston.





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Opioids and the Age-Friendly Health System Framework

Listen to this webinar recording from the TMF Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization to learn about strategies to address opioid misuse within the elderly population using the Age-Friendly Health System framework.





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August 15, 2023