The Nursing Home Leadership Roundtable is a virtual learning and networking series, hosted by Superior Health Quality Alliance, intended for nursing home administrators, directors of nursing and infection preventionists, but are open to any interested nursing home staff. This series allows nursing home leaders to learn about emerging regulatory and clinical guidance, share best practices and engage in discussion around nursing home priority issues.

The Nursing Home Leadership Roundtable is a virtual learning and networking series, hosted by Superior Health Quality Alliance, intended for nursing home administrators, directors of nursing and infection preventionists, but are open to any interested nursing home staff. This series allows nursing home leaders to learn about emerging regulatory and clinical guidance, share best practices and engage in discussion around nursing home priority issues.

This four-part series, provided by Superior Health Quality Alliance, is an introduction to Emergency Preparedness Exercise Design and Evaluation and intended to give the audience an understanding of key definitions and the steps needed to create, conduct and evaluate an exercise that will meet the exercise requirements for CMS regulated organizations. The intended audience is nursing home administrators, directors of nursing and other staff involved in emergency planning. This series:

The presentation, presented by Great Plains Quality Innovation Network, offers an informative session on the different types of urinary tract infections (UTIs). The presenter will provide knowledge on risk factors, symptoms and the criteria for diagnosis of UTIs. Interpretation of the results from a urinalysis and urine culture will be discussed, as well as treatment options for each type of UTI.

This workbook, created by Comagine Health, explains how to use and implement Kamishibai Cards, or K Cards, in a long-term care setting. Originally based in manufacturing processes, K Cards have been adapted into health care in recent years. K Cards can be an effective method for sustaining evidence-based practices, an aid to decrease errors related to human factors, providing a template for effective gemba walks and can help provide real time feedback on a process.

This resource was prepared by Mountain-Pacific Quality Health, to provide a guide on OTC medications and how to choose the right medications to treat cold symptoms for people with chronic kidney disease. 

The zone tool, provided by Mountain-Pacific Quality Health, was prepared for health care providers, HQIC and QIN-QIO contractors, to give an overview of the signs your CKD is under control, needs a change in care or needs immediate medical intervention as well as a brief look at testing for and diagnosing CKD. 

This quick guide on a structured resident safety communication technique was prepared by Mountain-Pacific Quality Health to convey a great deal of information in a succinct and brief manner. S.B.A.R.- Situation, Background, Assessment and Recommendation.