Empathy: Talking to Patients About Substance Use Disorder

This conversation starter for clinicians from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides tips that can help engage patients and reduce their anxiety when discussing substance use and substance use disorders.





Last Updated:
March 13, 2024


TMF Partners with Large Arkansas Hospital to Achieve Significant Improvements in Sepsis Rates

March 08, 2024

TMF Partners with Large Arkansas Hospital to Achieve Significant Improvements in Sepsis Rates

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program is dedicated to improving health care quality at the community level. Hospital Quality Improvement Contractors (HQICs) are strategic partners of the QIO Program dedicated to improving the quality of care delivered to people with Medicare in hospitals.

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Opioid Utilization Dashboard

This dashboard was developed by IPRO QIN-QIO for IPRO for healthcare provider to help visualize prescribing rates within and across communities over time and can help focus efforts in geolocations in need of opioid related interventions.

IPRO QIN-QIO's publicly viewable Opioid Utilization Dashboard provides state and county level mapping of opioid utilization for the IPRO QIN-QIO region using Part D for six-month time period intervals by:





Last Updated:
March 01, 2024


Buprenorphine for Pain Relief Podcast

This podcast was developed by IPRO IPRO QIN-QIO's for healthcare professionals to help educate professionals on the management of complex, chronic pain patients.





Last Updated:
March 01, 2024


Pneumococcal Vaccine (Animated Video)

This brief, animated video was developed by IPRO for patients and providers. In laymen's terms, this video explains the role of the pneumococcal vaccine in keeping individuals safe from potentially serious illnesses. Healthcare providers can download this video and show in patient waiting areas or any public area.





Last Updated
March 01, 2024


#AskAboutQuitting Microsite

This microsite was developed by IPRO for patients and providers and provides a range of resources and tools, including educational documents, downloadable and customizable social media graphics and posters, sample press releases and newsletter content to assist providers in supporting their patients in quitting tobacco use.





Last Updated:
March 01, 2024


7 Things You Need to Know About Long-COVID

This beneficiary-facing fact sheet was developed by Quality Insights as a lower-literacy resource to help educate the public on the importance of vaccination and to highlight seven key takeaways to know about Long-COVID (or Post-COVID Syndrome).

 

 




Last Updated:
March 01, 2024


Health Equity in Hospital Reporting: Where Do We Go From Here?

This webinar recording, provided by Telligen, is from the first of a three-session series highlighting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) two new health equity in patient hospital reporting measures: Hospital Commitment to Health Equity Structural Measure and Social Drivers Screening Measures. The series included two working sessions featuring hands-on technical assistance, coaching and sharing. Viewers will learn about:





Last Updated:
January 17, 2024