The Telligen QI Connect™ team, as a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO), partners with nursing homes in Colorado, Illinois, Iowa and Oklahoma to support their quality improvement efforts. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Telligen has equipped vaccine champions within nursing homes with tools and education so they can confidently discuss the COVID-19 vaccine with their peers.

The Health Quality Innovation Network team, a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor, partners with health care providers in Kansas, Missouri, South Carolina and Virginia to support their quality improvement efforts. This includes spreading best practices to help other facilities achieve similar successes.

Q&A with Cheri Fast, RN, BSN, CIC, Project Lead 

Infection prevention and control is fundamental to safer care, improved health outcomes and a reduction in costs.

The states and territories served by the TMF Quality Innovation Network are often affected by hurricanes and other natural disasters. Informational webinars were held during the summer months of 2021 to give timely, life-saving information to Medicare beneficiaries, caregivers, and the general public in English and Spanish.