The DVA puts together messaging and media tips to help QIO Program contractors promote their quality improvement activities.

Opioid-related adverse events are a critical patient safety issue with added attention to preventing overuse. Health Quality Innovators (HQI) created a summary of resources, geared toward patients and caregivers, to support safe education.

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).

The FY2023 IPPS/LTCH final rule requires hospitals participating in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program to report on two new measures: Screening for Social Drivers of Health and Screen Positive Rate for Social Drivers of Health in CY2024.

Telligen’s Quality Improvement Workbook is designed to provide your team with the tools and resources needed to successfully implement quality improvement initiatives within your organization. By following the timeline, using the goal statement template, and tracking progress, you can ensure that your efforts are effective and that meaningful progress is made towards your goals.

July 26 marks the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA was signed into law on July 26, 1990, affirming the inherent dignity of every person regardless of disability and prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodations, commercial facilities, telecommunications, and state and local government services.

June is Alzheimer's & Brain Awareness Month. QIO Program contractors can use this observance to promote Alzheimer's & Brain Awareness with their stakeholders, patients and families. You can help patients learn the importance of knowing the signs and symptoms of early-onset and late-onset Alzheimer’s. Messaging can be directed to people with Medicare, providers and partners across all care settings.

The Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program 2021 Yearly Summary demonstrates how QIO Program initiatives support providers and local and tribal communities to improve health care quality, access, value and equity for people with Medicare. It provides a snapshot of the people, stories and data behind another year of challenges - and successes - in health care quality.