Comagine Health’s Tailored Resources and Strategy for Teaching Motivational Interviewing Help Nursing Home Improve Resident COVID-19 Bivalent Booster Rate

July 18, 2023

Comagine Health’s Tailored Resources and Strategy for Teaching Motivational Interviewing Help Nursing Home Improve Resident COVID-19 Bivalent Booster Rate

An urban nursing home in the Pacific Northwest was referred by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to Comagine Health, a CMS Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) for assistance with improving its resident COVID-19 bivalent booster rate. By implementing the interventions recommended by Comagine Health, the nursing home increased its resident COVID-19 bivalent booster rate by 53.9 percent from the time the facility was referred to the QIN-QIO and the last report to the National Healthcare Safety Network in January 2023.

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This resource, developed by Great Plains Quality Innovation Network, was created as a “Quick Review” for Minimum Data Set staff and/or infection preventionist to access residents and their vaccination status for influenza, pneumococcal and COVID-19. The tool includes sections (tabs) for several years (2021 -2024) and also a cumulative ‘At A Glance’ tab which offers a yearly graphing feature for vaccinations given. The resource section also includes booster recommendations and updates.





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