Addressing Health Equity in Nursing Homes
Like other healthcare institutions, health disparities exist in nursing homes. These disparities can have a significant impact on health outcomes such as infection rates, hospitalizations, readmission rates, and mortality. Given the increasing diversity of the aging population in the United States, it is important that there is equity in the quality of care being provided in nursing homes, and an understanding of the diverse needs of the older adults that are being served.
Antipsychotic Medication Use Data Report
This data report, developed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), demonstrates the progress of the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes as of October 2023. The official measure of the Partnership is the percentage of long-stay nursing home residents who are receiving an antipsychotic medication, excluding those residents diagnosed with schizophrenia, Huntington's Disease or Tourette’s Syndrome.
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.
Partnership for Community Health Emergency Preparedness Planning Guide & Resource
Mountain Pacific Quality Health created the materials in this handout to provide guidance for any emergency level.
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.
Large Urban Hospital Reduces CAUTI, CLABSI, and Clostridioides difficile Rates
Large Urban Hospital Reduces CAUTI, CLABSI, and Clostridioides difficile Rates
An urban hospital in California worked with Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC), to successfully decrease its catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI), and Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) standardized infection ratios (SIRs).
The Partnership to Advance Tribal Health and the Indian Health Service Address Opioid Use Disorder in Tribal Communities
The Partnership to Advance Tribal Health and the Indian Health Service Address Opioid Use Disorder in Tribal Communities
The American Indian Alaska Native Healthcare Quality Initiative (AIANHQI), part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program, is dedicated to improving population health and the quality of health care among American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
