Nursing Home Infection Control and Prevention Training Options
Mountain Pacific Quality Health created a resource document to help navigate the CMS approved training options and chose which is best for your facility.
Mountain Pacific Quality Health created a resource document to help navigate the CMS approved training options and chose which is best for your facility.
Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are a threat to patient safety. To reduce the risk of infection in the very place where patients seek care, Health Quality Innovators (HQI) developed infection prevention resources that can be used in a variety of healthcare settings.
This tool is a beneficiary-focused word search puzzle related to opioid awareness that can be handed out at health fairs, in senior centers, physician offices, etc.
A recent study found that adverse drug events are the most common adverse events, and as many as 25% of those adverse drug events have been found to be preventable (Bates et al., 2023).
Health Quality Innovators (HQI) created the Opioid Adverse Drug Event Review Tool to document next steps, or actions to be taken after an investigation or analysis of the event (such as sharing findings with appropriate staff or committees, or policy changes).
This collaborative series, developed by Superior Health Quality Alliance and Telligen, in an effort to reduce stigma related to Substance Use Disorder (SUD) by addressing and understanding that SUD is a chronic condition and not a moral failing. This podcast series is intended for all care settings and the general public.
A list of tips to use when prescribing pain management.
Sample nursing home policy on administration of pain medications.