This success story highlights the amazing work of Lindsay Municipal Hospital (LMH) in rural Lindsay, Oklahoma. Today, 95% of Lindsay Municipal Hospital’s inpatient population are people who are incarcerated. The agreement with the Department of Corrections allows for LMH to serve individuals in a work release program to those in maximum security. Learn about their quality improvement journey and how Telligen provides enhanced technical assistance.

This webinar discusses the Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) process in long-term care. The discussion reviews: 

• The core elements of QAPI along with the associated F-tags
• The key role data has in QAPI success
• Who's responsible for QAPI plans and projects
• Key features of a QAPI plan

This Nursing Home Leadership Roundtable will provide a safe space for Nursing Home Administrators, Directors of Nursing and Infection Preventionists to engage in a peer-to-peer discussion related to COVID-19 challenges, successes and raise questions for input from the group.

This Nursing Home Leadership Roundtable is an opportunity for nursing home leaders to learn about emerging regulatory and clinical guidance, share best practices and engage in discussion around nursing home priority issues such as COVID-19, influenza and quality improvement approaches. The calls, held on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month, will provide didactic education followed by open discussion and Q&A on any nursing-home related topic. 

Dr. Jean Storm discusses the role of the medical director (MD) in nursing homes. 
Fostering Engagement Between MDs and Facility Staff Part 1: 

The Telligen Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC) program connects over 190 small, rural and critical access hospitals from across the country to engage in activities that improve patient safety and quality of care. To address the isolation prevalent in rural healthcare communities, Telligen established a virtual platform for peer-to-peer networking known as the Quality Collective: Sharing Stories from the Field.

Cut out these sepsis badge cards to insert in nursing home staff badge holders.

• Infection and Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)
• Medical Emergency

Watch this TMF Quality Innovation Network Nursing Home Connect webinar recording to learn about nursing home facility infection control procedures, including vaccinations, as a way to prevent sepsis and associated hospital readmissions.

PDF Presentation is available as well.

Health Quality Innovator’s Daily Strategies for Use During Nursing Home Stand-Up Meetings resource is a 9-week education series tailored for nursing home stand-up meetings. Each week of the series contains five short, concentrated evidence-based talking points for use in daily stand-up meetings on a variety of topics, including strategies to reduce healthcare acquired infections.