Superior Health Quality Alliance has developed a resource that provides feedback to nursing homes regarding their emergency preparedness plans. The document was developed to coincide with the requirements found in Appendix Z in the Updated Guidance for Emergency Preparedness.
In the decade since its founding, Alliant Health Solutions' (Alliant) Beneficiary & Family Advisory Council (BFAC) has played a significant role in the organization's mission to make health care better. The council consists of 11 volunteers over the age of 55 from across the Southeast whose primary objective is to ensure people with Medicare and their caregivers have the necessary tools and resources to make well-informed health decisions. Council members are part of the targeted age group for many of Alliant's resources and some even reside in long-term care facilities.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program is dedicated to improving the quality of health care at the community level. Hospital Quality Improvement Contractors (HQICs) are strategic partners of the QIO Program that support this mission within hospitals by helping clinical teams increase patient safety, particularly preventing hospital-acquired infections (HAIs).
This recording from the TMF Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization focuses on hypertension, one of the risk factors for heart disease and stroke that can be controlled. During this recording, listeners will learn how to address this leading health challenge by using an evidence-based protocol, following clinical best practices, integrating team-based care and supporting patient self-measurement, where appropriate.
Listen to this recording to hear from TMF Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) specialists as they discuss strategies for reducing readmissions and increasing patient and family engagement. This recording also addresses care transitions, the TMF QIN-QIO Patient and Family Engagement Network and the TMF QIN-QIO Partnership for Community Health Network.
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.
This resource provides information describing what naloxone is, how it works, why it is offered to individuals with an opioid prescription, and signs of opioid overdose. It is available in both Spanish and English.
This resource will help hospital leaders and staff understand:
This toolkit provides hospital quality and safety staff with examples of how each of the five PFE Best Practices can be applied as strategies to reduce all-cause harms. Offers a general model of patient and family engagement and all-cause harm reduction. PFE/Harms crosswalks are available by PFE Best Practice or by harm area.
