This tool helps patients and family members communicate with clinical staff throughout their hospital stay; Includes tips for effective communication and a planning tool to help patients/family members plan for each interaction and actively participate in care. Includes a section for hospital clinical staff.
Sepsis is a very dangerous response to an infection and can lead to tissue damage, organ failure and even death. Use this zone tool to conduct a daily assessment.
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.
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.
Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are a threat to patient safety. To reduce the risk of infection in the very place where patients seek care, Health Quality Innovators (HQI) developed infection prevention resources that can be used in a variety of healthcare settings.
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 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.
