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Patient and Family Engagement, Pressure Injury, Quality Improvement
Pressure Injury Care Planning Best Practice Guide
This resource contains best practices for improving the care plan process related to pressure injuries.
Immunization, Infection Prevention, Vaccination
Infection Prevention and Control Action Plan Template
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff create a vaccination/immunization action plan.
Infection Prevention, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient and Resident Safety, Pressure Injury, Quality Improvement
Simple Strategies for Wound Identification and First Step in Proper Treatment
Download HQIN’s Simple Strategies for Wound Identification and First Step in Proper Treatment.
Infection Prevention, Patient and Resident Safety, Pressure Injury, Quality Improvement
Simple Strategies for Pressure Injury Care Planning
Download HQIN’s Simple Strategies for Pressure Injury Care Planning.
COVID-19, Vaccination
COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Guide
This guide was designed to help nursing home leaders build COVID-19 vaccine confidence among certified nursing assistants (CNAs) and overcome barriers to vaccination.
COVID-19, Vaccination
COVID 19 Community Pharmacy Toolkit
This toolkit includes concise evidence-based COVID-19 summary information and current guidelines for healthcare professionals.
COVID-19, Vaccination
Vaccine Misinformation Management Guide
This guide aims to help organizations develop strategic action plans to rapidly counter vaccine misinformation and build demand for vaccination.
COVID-19, Vaccination
From Concern to Confidence: How Physicians Can Build Trust in COVID-19 Vaccines
This four-page guide offers recommendations and sample language that can help allay vaccine concerns to encourage as many people as possible to get vaccinated.
COVID-19, Immunization, Infection Prevention, Patient and Resident Safety
COVID-19: Best Practices for Patient Communication
This two-page resource provides steps that healthcare providers can take to encourage patient COVID-19 vaccination.
COVID-19, Immunization, Infection Prevention, Patient and Resident Safety
Talking with Patients about COVID-19 Vaccinations
This three-page resource offers tips to address patient hesitancy and barriers to getting the COVID-19 vaccination, as well as links to additional resources.
Patient and Resident Safety, Pressure Injury, Quality Improvement, Webinar
Pressure Injury Sprint Series – Session One: The Pre-admission and Admission Process
Access the slides and recording for Pressure Injury Sprint Series – Session One: The Pre-admission and Admission Process.
Adverse Drug Events, Antipsychotic Medications, C. diff, Infection Prevention, Medication Safety, Opioids, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient and Resident Safety, Pressure Injury, Quality Improvement
All Cause Harm Change Package
The Change Package is a description and list of successful practices of high-performing nursing homes (i.e., how they prevent harm while honoring each resident’s rights and preferences), organized by overarching themes, and includes strategies to prevent specific adverse events and abuse. Click HERE to access the PDF.
Patient and Resident Safety, Pressure Injury, Quality Improvement
Pressure Injury Evidence-Based Practice Checklist
Access HQIN’s Pressure Injury Evidence-Based Practice Checklist.
Infection Prevention, Patient and Resident Safety, Sepsis
Skilled Nursing Facility Sepsis Algorithm for Adults
This one-page reference tool helps clinical nursing home staff identify the signs and symptoms of sepsis.
NHSN
Long-Term Care Facility (LTCF) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Frequently Asked Questions, Scenarios & Important Links
This three-page flyer lists common scenarios nursing home staff may encounter when accessing the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). It provides solutions and links to additional resources.
Infection Prevention, Patient and Resident Safety, Sepsis
Seeing Sepsis Wallet Cards
The Seeing Sepsis wallet cards help in the early identification of sepsis in long-term care residents.
Infection Prevention, Patient and Resident Safety, Sepsis
INTERACT Guidance on Management of Possible Sepsis
This tool provides guidance on the identification and management of possible sepsis and includes a Flow Diagram illustrating an overview of Management of
Possible Sepsis in the long-term care setting.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Patient and Resident Safety, Vaccination
COVID-19 Vaccine Educational Resources for Long Term Care Facilities
This one-page flyer lists links to COVID-19 resources for various audiences.
Infection Prevention, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient and Resident Safety, Sepsis
A Guide to Understanding Sepsis
This guide is intended for family members, non-medical staff and the community at large to learn more about sepsis and how to prevent infections.
Infection Prevention, Patient and Resident Safety, Sepsis
ACT FAST! Early Detection of Sepsis Requires Fast Action
This sepsis screening tool from the Minnesota Hospital Association is tailored to long-term care settings.
Infection Prevention, Patient and Resident Safety, Sepsis
Sepsis Risk Assessment Evaluation Tool
This tool can be used to evaluate nursing home admission assessment to ensure the critical elements that indicate a potential risk for infection/sepsis are captured.
Infection Prevention, Patient and Resident Safety, Sepsis
Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Order Bundle
This Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Order Bundle is intended for use in the long-term care setting.
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
Chronic Kidney Disease Change Package
Click HERE to access the National Kidney Foundation’s Chronic Kidney Disease Change Package.
Infection Prevention, Patient and Resident Safety, Sepsis
Nursing Home Sepsis Gap Analysis
This tool is intended for nursing home staff to assess their current level of sepsis care and help identify any gaps in care.
Infection Prevention, Patient and Resident Safety, Sepsis
Hospital Sepsis Gap Analysis
This tool is intended for hospital staff to assess their current level of sepsis care and help identify any gaps in care.
Infection Prevention, Patient and Family Engagement, Sepsis
Resident and Family Guide to Understanding Sepsis
This guide defines sepsis, who is most at risk, outlines the signs and symptoms and what family members can do if they suspect a loved one may have sepsis.
Quality Improvement
QAPI Fishbone Diagram
Download this resource to create your fishbone diagram.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Patient and Resident Safety, Vaccination
Long-Term Care Facility Guide Checklist to Sustain COVID-19 Vaccination Process
Download HQIN’s new COVID-19 Vaccine Process Guide Checklist for Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCF)! This resource is a start-to-finish checklist to help establish and ensure that LTCF COVID-19 vaccination processes are sustainable.
Medication Safety, Opioids
MedsMatter! Conversation Series: May 20, 2021 Slides
Access the slides for the May 20, 2021 edition of the MedsMatter! Conversation Series: Front Line Perspectives About the Blue Bag Initiative
Quality Improvement
Compliance Audits and Supporting Tools
Antibiotic Stewardship, C. diff, Infection Prevention, Patient and Resident Safety
Do One Thing Differently – Lower CDI Risk
Download the resource, Do One Thing Differently – Lower CDI Risk.
C. diff, Patient and Resident Safety
Do One Thing Differently – Personal Protective Equipment Use
Download the resource, Do One Thing Differently – Personal Protective Equipment Use.
Antibiotic Stewardship, C. diff, Infection Prevention, Medication Safety
Do One Thing Differently – Antibiotic Stewardship and C. diff
Download the resource, Do One Thing Differently – Antibiotic Stewardship and C. diff.
Antibiotic Stewardship, C. diff, Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement
Do One Thing Differently – When to Test for C. diff
Download the resource, Do One Thing Differently – When to Test for C. diff.
C. diff, Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement
Do One Thing Differently – Environmental Cleaning
Download the fact sheet, Do One Thing Differently – Environmental Cleaning.
Antibiotic Stewardship, C. diff, Quality Improvement
Do One Thing Differently – Use Antibiograms to Reduce Unnecessary Exposure to Antibiotics
Download the fact sheet, Do One Thing Differently – Use Antibiograms to Reduce Unnecessary Exposure to Antibiotics.
Infection Prevention, Patient and Resident Safety
Do One Thing Differently – Every Resident, Every Time
Download the Do One Thing Differently – Every Resident, Every Time fact sheet.
Infection Prevention
Hospital Version – Remind Everyone to Wash Their Hands
Poster to remind everyone to wash their hands.
Infection Prevention, Patient and Resident Safety, Quality Improvement
Hospital Version – Simple Strategies – When to Practice Hand Hygiene
On average, health care providers perform hand hygiene less than half of the times they should. Read about when you should practice hand hygiene.
Cardiac Health, Chronic Care Management, Patient and Family Engagement, Readmissions
Stoplight Heart Failure Management Zone Tool
Tool to help patients watch for signs of heart failure, and what they should do.
Infection Prevention, Sepsis
Sepsis Resources for Hospitals
Compilation of helpful resources and links to support the early detection and treatment of sepsis.
Patient and Resident Safety, Pressure Injury, Quality Improvement, Quality Measures
Pressure Free Zone
This resource is intended to be the turnkey toolkit to help nursing homes with ongoing prevention and elimination of facility-acquired pressure injuries. This resource is available as one workbook or as individual modules.
Opioids
Slides for MedsMatter Conversation Series – A Focus on Opioids
Access the slides for MedsMatter Conversation Series – A Focus on Opioids.
Quality Improvement
Recording and Slides for “You Gave Them. What Happened with MDS Coding?”
Click the link to download the slides from the Office Hours event, “You Gave Them. What Happened with MDS Coding?”
COVID-19, Immunization, Infection Prevention, Vaccination
COVID-19 Vaccine Quick Reference Chart
Access this COVID-19 vaccine quick reference chart for the Moderna, Pfizer and Janssen vaccines.
Cardiac Health, Chronic Care Management, Diabetes, Patient and Family Engagement
Moving for a Healthy Heart
This resource is intended to provide patients with exercise recommendations and an activity log to help stay on track with physical activity goals.
Cardiac Health, Chronic Care Management, Diabetes, Patient and Family Engagement
How to Read a Nutrition Facts Label
This resource is intended to help patients understand how to interpret food nutrition labels.
Cardiac Health, Chronic Care Management, Diabetes, Patient and Family Engagement
Using Medicines to Control Your High Blood Pressure
This fillable form is intended to help patients lower their blood pressure.
Cardiac Health, Chronic Care Management, Diabetes, Patient and Family Engagement
Control Your Blood Pressure
This resource provides patients with tips on how to control blood pressure.
Cardiac Health, Chronic Care Management, Diabetes, Patient and Family Engagement
Heart Healthy Eating on a Budget
This resource is intended to help patients make heart-healthy eating choices.
Cardiac Health, Chronic Care Management, Diabetes, Patient and Family Engagement
Eating Your Way to a Healthy Heart with DASH
This resource is intended to help patients establish healthy eating goals using the DASH plan.
Cardiac Health, Chronic Care Management, Diabetes, Patient and Family Engagement
Using Medicines to Control Your High Cholesterol
This fillable form is intended to help patients lower their cholesterol and triglycerides.
Cardiac Health, Chronic Care Management, Diabetes, Patient and Family Engagement
Control Your High Cholesterol Fillable Form
This fillable form is intended to help patients track their cholesterol and triglyceride numbers.
Infection Prevention, Patient and Resident Safety
Pause for Prevention Program
This resource is a turnkey program to assist Nursing Homes in ensuring all staff have a basic understanding of infection prevention practices.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement, Vaccination
“Don’t Lose Track: Complete and Compliant COVID-19 Vaccine Tracking Tools” – Slides and Recording
Download the slides and recording for “Don’t Lose Track: Complete and Compliant COVID-19 Vaccine Tracking Tools.”
Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement, Readmissions
Emergency Department Visit Toolkit for Long-term Care Facilities
This toolkit provides your team with actionable steps to decrease the number of hospital transfers of short stay residents.
Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement, Readmissions
South Carolina UTI Toolkit for Long-term Care Facilities
This PDF contains strategies for improving urinary tract infections for long-term care facilities.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Vaccination
Staff COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Form
Nursing home staff can use this form to record COVID-19 vaccine status for staff.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Vaccination
Resident COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Form
Nursing home staff can use this form to record COVID-19 vaccine status for residents.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Vaccination
Instructions for Completing COVID-19 Vaccine Staff Administration Record
These instructions are intended for nursing homes staff to follow when using the Staff Vaccine Administration Record for COVID-19 form.
COVID-19, Vaccination
COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Quick Reference
Quick reference for differences between the Moderna, Pfizer, and Janssen COVID-19 vaccines.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Vaccination
Instructions for Completing COVID-19 Vaccine Resident Administration Record
These instructions are intended for nursing homes staff to follow when using the Resident Vaccine Administration Record for COVID-19 form.
COVID-19, Immunization, Infection Prevention, Vaccination
“Speaking of Vaccinations: A Peer Learning Event” Slides and Recording
Access the slides and recording link for webinar, “Speaking of Vaccinations: A Peer Learning Event.”
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Vaccination
COVID-19 Vaccination Tracking Tool
This tool supports nursing homes in tracking COVID-19 vaccine administration for residents and staff. Updated June 2021
Quality Improvement
PDSA Worksheet
Worksheet walks you through a Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) process.
Quality Improvement
SMART Goal-Setting Worksheet to Measure Performance Improvement
This worksheet is intended to help teams establish appropriate goals for individual measures and also for performance improvement projects.
Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement, Quality Measures, Vaccination
Pneumococcal Quality Measure Algorithm
This algorithm is intended to help nursing home staff understand why a resident will or will not trigger for the Pneumococcal Vaccine Quality Measure.
Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement, Quality Measures, Vaccination
Influenza Quality Measure Algorithm
This algorithm is intended to help nursing home staff understand why a resident will or will not trigger for the Influenza Vaccine Quality Measure.
Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement, Quality Measures, Vaccination
MDS Pneumococcal Vaccine Coding Algorithm
This algorithm is intended to help MDS staff code pneumococcal vaccinations accurately.
Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement, Vaccination
MDS Influenza Vaccine Coding Algorithm
This algorithm is intended to help MDS staff code influenza vaccinations accurately.
Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement, Quality Measures, Vaccination
Flu Vaccine Quality Measure Tip Sheet
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff with their flu vaccine MDS coding.
Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement, Quality Measures, Vaccination
Pneumonia Vaccine Quality Measure Tip Sheet
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff with their pneumonia MDS coding.
Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement, Quality Measures, Vaccination
Seasonal Influenza Vaccine MDS Coding Tip Sheet
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff with their seasonal influenza MDS coding.
Antipsychotic Medications, Patient and Family Engagement, Quality Improvement
About Me
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff with assessing residents and planning individual care.
Chronic Care Management, Diabetes, Patient and Resident Safety, Quality Improvement
Onsite Dialysis Webinar Presentation
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff implement onsite dialysis and understand the considerations & benefits for nursing homes and residents.
Antipsychotic Medications, Behavioral Health/Mental Health, COVID-19, Patient and Family Engagement, Quality Improvement
Activities Toolkit For Long-term Care Facilities
Contains recommendations for reducing the feeling of isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Infection Prevention, Vaccination
Simple Strategies for Encouraging Staff to Receive the Influenza Vaccine
Information sheet containing Simple Strategies for Encouraging Staff to Receive the Influenza Vaccine
Infection Prevention, Vaccination
Simple Strategies for Resident Flu and Pneumococcal Vaccines
Information sheet containing Simple Strategies for Resident Flu and Pneumococcal Vaccines
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Vaccination
Simple Strategies for Encouraging Residents to Receive the COVID-19 Vaccine
Information sheet containing Simple Strategies for Encouraging Residents to Receive the COVID-19 Vaccine
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Vaccination
Simple Strategies for Side Effects of the COVID-19 Vaccine
Information sheet with Simple Strategies for Side Effects of the COVID-19 Vaccine
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Vaccination
Simple Strategies for Encouraging Staff to Receive the COVID-19 Vaccine
Information sheet containing Simple Strategies for Encouraging Staff to Receive the COVID-19 Vaccine
Quality Improvement, Quality Measures
5 Star System Unfrozen Presentation
Behavioral Health/Mental Health
Simple Strategies – Staff Mental Health
Simple Strategies for Health Care Workers to Manage Stress
Behavioral Health/Mental Health, Patient and Family Engagement
Simple Strategies – Resident Mental Health
Simple Strategies to Help Residents Manage Loneliness and Stress
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Patient and Family Engagement, Vaccination
South Carolina COVID-19 Vaccination Toolkit For Residents and Staff
Resources and links to promote COVID-19 vaccinations for residents and staff.
Medication Safety, Opioids
MedsMatter! Horizontal Flyer VA
This resource is intended to help physicians and pharmacists explain the importance of safe medication practices with patients.
Medication Safety, Opioids
MedsMatter! Vertical Flyer VA
This resource is intended to help physicians and pharmacists explain the importance of safe medication practices with patients.
Medication Safety, Opioids
MedsMatter! Vertical Flyer HQIN
This resource is intended to help physicians and pharmacists explain the importance of safe medication practices with patients.
Medication Safety, Opioids
MedsMatter! Horizontal Flyer HQIN
This resource is intended to help physicians and pharmacists explain the importance of safe medication practices with patients.
Quality Improvement
Simple Strategies – QAPI Element 5: Systematic Analysis and Systemic Action
Take action aimed at performance improvement. After implementing actions, measure success and track performance to ensure improvements are sustained.
Quality Improvement
Simple Strategies – QAPI Element 4: Performance Improvement Projects (PIPs)
The work of the PIP is to develop system changes specifically targeting identified problems and then to test those changes to determine whether the goals of the project are met.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention
Targeted COVID-19 Training for Frontline Nursing Home Staff and Management Flyer
Informational sheet with directions for COVID-19 training for frontline nursing home staff and management.
Quality Improvement
Pain Zone Tool
Take your patients’ pain education to the next level with an easy, one-page Pain Zone Tool. This stoplight tool is similar to others following green, yellow and red color assessment zones. Providing this during a discussion about new or existing pain medications can help patients to become more active in their care and communication with their health care team.
Patient and Resident Safety, Quality Improvement
Enhanced Barrier Precautions for Infection Prevention Implementation and Expectations
Behavioral Health/Mental Health, Patient and Resident Safety, Quality Measures
Percent of Residents Who Have Depressive Symptoms Quality Measure Tip Sheet
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff assess residents who present depressive symptoms.
Quality Improvement
Simple Strategies – QAPI Element 1: Design and Scope
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff use the data-driven, systems approach of QAPI to record incidents identified by the IPCP.
Quality Improvement
Simple Strategies – QAPI Element 2: Governance and Leadership
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff use the data-driven, systems approach of QAPI to record incidents identified by the IPCP.
Quality Improvement
Simple Strategies – QAPI Element 3: Feedback, Data Systems, and Monitoring
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff use the data-driven, systems approach of QAPI to record incidents identified by the IPCP.
Quality Measure Tip Sheet – Falls with Major Injury
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff assess patient fall risk and prevention.
Behavioral Health/Mental Health, COVID-19, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient and Resident Safety
WEBINAR: Supporting Residents’ Mental Health During COVID-19
This session offers resident-centered strategies nursing home leaders and care staff can implement to identify the risk factors for and prevalence of depression, anxiety, trauma history and related cognitive status changes among residents. Deer Oaks provided resident-centered responses care staff can use with those experiencing symptoms and behaviors indicative of these conditions. There is also a discussion about comorbidities and the interconnection of emotional well-being to residents’ overall health outcomes.
Behavioral Health/Mental Health, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient and Resident Safety, Quality Improvement, Webinar
Slides for Identifying and Providing Person-Centered Strategies for Residents with Depression, Anxiety, or Cognitive Decline
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff identify and provide person-centered strategies for residents with depression, anxiety, or cognitive decline.
COVID-19, Quality Improvement
COVID-19 Training Flyer
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wants to help nursing homes prepare for the 2020 fall and winter months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Adverse Drug Events, C. diff, Disparities, Medication Safety, Opioids, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient and Resident Safety, Readmissions
Join the Health Quality Innovation Network for Safer Hospital Care
Antipsychotic Medications, Infection Prevention, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient and Resident Safety
Infection Preventionist Orientation Checklist
Adverse Drug Events, Diabetes, Medication Safety, Opioids, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient and Resident Safety
Mind Your Meds – Medication Safety
This resource is intended to help patients and caregivers use medications safely.
Behavioral Health/Mental Health, COVID-19, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient and Resident Safety
Coping with Grief and Loss During COVID-19 – Slides and Webinar Recording
This second session in the Health Quality Innovation Network’s (HQIN) three-part series, “Addressing Residents’ Mental Health During COVID-19,” addresses the impact and experience of grief during COVID-19, including the loss of loved ones, the loss of the life we knew and the uncertain future. Deer Oaks shares ways to manage our experience of grief, identify how this experience manifests in different ways with different people and identifies personal and collective strategies to facilitate healing for your peers, your residents and your community.
Adverse Drug Events, Medication Safety, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient and Resident Safety
Mind Your Meds – Safe Opioid Use and Disposal
This resource is intended to help caregivers and older adults increase their confidence about managing their medications and disposing those that are no longer used or that are expired.
Antipsychotic Medications, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient and Resident Safety, Quality Measures
Simple Strategies for Antipsychotic Reduction
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff evaluate the needs of residents with dementia and their use of antipsychotics.
COVID-19, Immunization, Patient and Resident Safety
WEBINAR: Give Vaccines a Shot – Addressing Influenza Vaccinations During COVID-19
This webinar provides an overview of influenza-related details including 2020-21 flu season recommendations and changes announced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Messaging about myths and truths related to the flu shot will equip health care providers to speak with anti-vaccine or vaccine hesitant patients and/or parents. A strategic framework for improving vaccination rates and continuous quality improvement to support your long-term success is also shared.
Advance Care Planning, Care Transitions, Patient and Family Engagement
Advance Care Planning 101 – Presentation Handout and Recording
Advance Care Planning (ACP) helps ensure your patients’ health care and end-of-life wishes are known to you and their other health care providers, their caregivers and loved ones before a serious illness or health crisis. This session, led by the Kansas Healthcare Collaborative, discussed methods for normalizing and engaging in the ACP process and how to complete ACP documents, like a living will. Attendees also learned about the role of the patient and those appointed to act on the patient’s behalf, as well as how the ACP process is reflected in Kansas and Missouri law.
Patient and Resident Safety, Quality Measures
Weight Loss Quality Measure Tip Sheet
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff identify the correct course of action when addressing a resident’s weight loss.
Adverse Drug Events, Antipsychotic Medications, Medication Safety, Opioids, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient and Resident Safety
VIDEO: Introduction to the Blue Bag Initiative
This video introduces the Health Quality Innovation Network’s Blue Bag Initiative. The program is intended to support pharmacists’ and other health care providers’ efforts to improve patient safety and engagement while also decreasing adverse drug events.
Behavioral Health/Mental Health, Cardiac Health, Tobacco Cessation
Million Hearts® Tobacco Cessation Change Package
The Million Hearts® Tobacco Cessation Change Package is intended to help health care professional in outpatient, inpatient and behavioral health settings implement systems and strategies that improve care for patients who use tobacco.
Cardiac Health
Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Change Package
The Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Package is intended to help outpatient health care providers implement process improvements for optimal hypertension control in their patient population.
Cardiac Health
Million Hearts® Cardiac Rehabilitation Change Package
The Million Hearts® Cardiac Rehabilitation Change Package is intended to help cardiac rehabilitation programs, hospital quality improvement teams and public health professionals implement strategies to improve care for patients who are eligible for cardiac rehabilitation.
Cardiac Health
AMA 7-Step Self-Measured Blood Pressure Quick Guide
This resource from the American Medical Association is intended to help physicians and care teams start using self-measured blood pressure in their practice.
Behavioral Health/Mental Health, COVID-19, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient and Resident Safety
Reducing the Impact of Social Isolation and Loneliness – Slides and Recording
This first session in the Health Quality Innovation Network’s (HQIN) series, “Supporting Residents’ Mental Health During COVID-19,” provides education about the prevalence and impact of social isolation and loneliness. Deer Oaks, a long-term care psychology and psychiatry service, shares comorbidities for loneliness, loneliness assessment measures and resident-centered strategies for reducing social isolation and loneliness.
Infection Prevention, Patient and Resident Safety, Quality Measures
UTI MDS Coding Guidelines
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff properly use MDS Coding for Urinary Tract Infections.
Patient and Resident Safety, Pressure Injury, Quality Measures
Simple Strategies for Skin Inspections
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff identify suspicious skin problems to prevent pressure injuries.
Patient and Resident Safety, Pressure Injury, Quality Measures
Simple Strategies for Keeping the Pressure Off
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff understand high-risk pressure points to prevent pressure injuries.
Diabetes
Prediabetes and Diabetes Referral Flow Chart and Resources
This resource is intended to help health care providers screen patients for prediabetes and diabetes. It also highlights available programs for diabetes self-management and education.
Patient and Resident Safety, Quality Measures
MDS Coding Tips – Incontinence
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff understand MDS Coding for incontinence using a flow chart to guide decision making.
Patient and Resident Safety, Quality Measures
Quality Measure Tip Sheet – Incontinence
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff understand MDS Coding for incontinence.
Quality Improvement
QAPI: Everyone Has a Role and a Responsibility
This resource serves as a guide to demonstrate utilization of your data to work through a successful and sustainable QAPI plan.
Quality Improvement
Why Employees Don’t Do What They’re Supposed to Do
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff understand what motivates a working to do their best.
Quality Improvement
QAPI Sustainability Decision Guide
This is a resource to help nursing home leaders or teams determine if the interventions and changes they are making are sustainable.
Patient and Resident Safety, Pressure Injury, Quality Measures
Simple Strategies for Protecting the Skin
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff understand how to protect residents’ skin and prevent pressure injuries.
Patient and Resident Safety, Pressure Injury, Quality Measures
Simple Strategies for Healthy Skin
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff understand the impact of nutrition on the skin and the increased risk of pressure injury development.
Care Transitions, Chronic Care Management, COVID-19, Medication Safety
Medication Therapy Management – Slides and Recording
This webinar is intended for all provider types to learn about Medication Therapy Management (MTM) – what it is, how it works, turnkey programs to use and how MTM is integrated into Chronic Care Management and Transitional Care Management programs. It also covers how providers are conducting MTM successfully, especially during COVID-19, and shares tips and resources for maximizing processes and “connecting the dots” for patient safety during care transitions.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement
HQIN Generic Tracking Tool
The following workbook is a template for nursing homes to self-report data on their process measure of choice.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement
HQIN Generic Audit Tool
This resource serves as a generic audit tool for nursing home staff to keep track of many variables in their line of work.
Adverse Drug Events, Medication Safety, Opioids
Blue Bag Initiative Q&A
This resource is intended to help pharmacists, clinicians and other health care providers better understand the Health Quality Innovation Network’s Blue Bag Initiative, a flexible medication review program that helps identify potential adverse drug events.
Patient and Resident Safety, Quality Improvement, Readmissions
The Huddle Guide : Meeting Summary
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff understand how to conduct Huddle meetings.
Patient and Resident Safety, Quality Improvement, Readmissions
The Huddle Guide : Meeting Role Play
This resource is intended to introduce nursing home staff to Huddle meetings using role play.
Patient and Resident Safety, Quality Improvement, Readmissions
The Huddle Guide : Tip Sheet
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff conduct Huddle meetings and offers tips on how Huddle meetings work, the different types of Huddle meetings and keys to successful meetings.
Patient and Resident Safety, Quality Improvement, Readmissions
The Huddle Guide : Predictors of Risk & Risk Factors
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff understand the risk and risk factors associated with negative resident outcomes.
Patient and Resident Safety, Readmissions
Simple Strategies – Stop and Watch
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff identify changes in a resident’s condition.
Patient and Resident Safety, Readmissions
Simple Strategies – Changes in Condition
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff assess changes in a resident’s condition.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement, Webinar
Nursing Home Office Hours – Audits and Tracking
This resource serves as a guide to walk through the HQIN Infection Control Audit and Data Tracking Templates.
Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement, Vaccination
Resident Influenza, Pneumococcal, TB Vaccination Log
The following resource is intended to help nursing home staff track that residents have been appropriately assessed and received influenza, pneumococcal, and TB vaccinations.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement
Terminal Cleaning Tracking Tool
The following workbook is a template for nursing homes to self-report data on their compliance in Monitoring Terminal Cleaning.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement
CDC Environmental Cleaning Checklist
This resource from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is intended to help nursing homes monitor terminal cleaning.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement
Daily Cleaning Tracking Tool
The following workbook is a template for nursing homes to self-report data on meeting standards for their Daily Cleaning Inspection Form.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement
APIC Daily Cleaning Inspection Audit
This resource from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) is intended to help nursing homes ensure all areas of a resident’s room are cleaned.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement
Peri Care Audit Tracking Tool
The following workbook is a template for nursing homes to self-report data on their process measure of choice.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement
Peri Care Audit
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff perform a peri care audit.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement
Masking Audit Tracking Tool
The following workbook is a template for nursing homes to self-report data on their process measure of choice.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement
Masking Audit
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff audit masking protocol.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement
Masking and Face Shield Tracking Tool
The following workbook is a template for nursing homes to self-report data on their process measure of choice.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement
Masking and Face Shield Audit
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff audit their proper usage of masks and face shields.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement
Indwelling Catheter Audit Tracking Tool
The following workbook is a template for nursing homes to self-report data on their process measure of choice.
Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement
AHRQ Long-Term Care Indwelling Catheter (IUC) Maintenance Checklist
This resource from the Association of Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI is intended to help nursing homes ensure residents are protected from infections caused by indwelling urinary catheters.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement
Hand Hygiene Competency Tracking Tool
The following workbook is a template for nursing homes to self-report data on their hand hygiene competency.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement
Personal Protective Equipment Competency Tracking Tool
The following workbook is a template for nursing homes to self-report data on their personal protective equipment (PPE) competency.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement
Personal Protective Equipment Competency Validation
This resource from the Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology (SPICE) is intended to help nursing homes assess staff understanding of donning and doffing personal protective equipment.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement
COVID-19 PPE Audit Tracking Tool
The following workbook is a template for nursing homes to self-report data on their process measure of choice.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement
COVID-19 Donning and Doffing Audit
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff with donning and doffing PPE.
Care Transitions, Chronic Care Management, Patient and Resident Safety, Readmissions
Quick Huddle on How to Use the “Change in Condition Alert” Form
This resource is intended to help long-term care and dialysis facilities in Missouri and Kansas understand how to use the Change in Condition Alert Form.
Care Transitions, Chronic Care Management, Patient and Resident Safety, Readmissions
Change in Condition Alert
This resource is intended to help long-term care and dialysis facilities in Kansas and Missouri improve communication during patient transitions between dialysis and a long-term care facilities.
Behavioral Health/Mental Health, COVID-19
Webinar: Integrating Behavioral Health to Improve Patient Outcomes
The number of patients suffering from behavioral health conditions continues to increase and is a major concern for health care providers, particularly in this time of COVID-19. Many primary care practices struggle to provide mental health and substance abuse treatment and lack innovative strategies to meet the behavioral health needs of their patients. During this webinar, you will learn about the benefits of and models and methods for integrating behavioral health into your practice, as well as strategies for coding and billing. You also will hear from a Federally Qualified Health Center that modified its medication assisted treatment program during the pandemic to continue meeting the needs of its patients and learn how it plans to bring clinicians and patients back onsite to the practice
Diabetes
Diabetes Self-Management Instructions
This resource is intended to help patients with diabetes manage their daily health.
Diabetes
Foot Care for Patients with Diabetes
This resource is intended to help patients with diabetes keep their feet healthy.
Quality Improvement
Nursing Home Office Hours: HQIN Action Plans
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff walk through the HQIN Infection Control Action Plan Templates.
Adverse Drug Events, Antibiotic Stewardship, C. diff, Infection Prevention, Medication Safety, Patient and Resident Safety, Quality Improvement, Sepsis
Antibiotic Stewardship Action Plan Template
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff create an infection prevention and control action plan.
Infection Prevention, Patient and Resident Safety, Quality Measures
Quality Measure Tip Sheet – Urinary Tract Infections
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff understand MDS Coding for residents with urinary tract infections.
Chronic Care Management, COVID-19
Webinar: How to Use Chronic Care Management Services During COVID-19
Patients with multiple chronic conditions are at a higher risk of mortality or other clinical complications if their conditions become uncontrolled. During the COVID-19 pandemic, these high-risk patients have become more reluctant to seek medical treatment. Chronic Care Management (CCM) services are an effective way for clinicians to manage their high-risk patients remotely while supporting social distancing recommendations. Following this webinar you will be able to: 1) Describe CCM services, including strategies for implementation and billing; 2) Understand the impact of COVID-19 on providers and patients with multiple chronic condition; 3) Describe the different models of conducting CCM.
Quality Improvement
Plan-Do-Study-Act Worksheet
This resource is intended to help run small tests of change to reach an efficient process and achieve the desired results.
Quality Improvement
SMART Goal Setting Worksheet
This resource is intended to help teams establish goals for individual measures and also for performance improvement projects.
COVID-19, Opioids
Brandeis Opioid Resource Connector
This website offers more than 150 community-based program models across the continuum of care that can be used as models for initiatives aimed at reducing opioid addiction and overdose. The site also includes toolkits, reports, peer-reviewed articles and data and mapping tools, including resources specific to COVID-19.
Quality Improvement
Nursing Home Office Hours: Guidance for Performing Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Presentation – July 14, 2020
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff perform root cause analysis.
Quality Improvement
Five Whys Worksheet
This resource is intended to help nursing homes ask why to get to the root cause of a problem.
Antipsychotic Medications, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient and Resident Safety, Quality Measures
Simple Strategies: Engagement and Sleep Hygiene
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff prevent resident falls through engagement and good sleep hygiene.
Adverse Drug Events, Antipsychotic Medications, Medication Safety, Patient and Resident Safety, Quality Measures
Simple Strategies: Medication Management
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff prevent resident falls through medication management.
C. diff, COVID-19, Infection Prevention, NHSN, Quality Improvement
NHSN Instructions
This resource is intended to instruct nursing home staff on how to join the HQIN nursing home reporting NHSN group.
Medication Safety
Tips for Using Medicines Safely
This resource offers four tips to help patients, families and caregivers use medications safely.
Advance Care Planning
Advance Directives by State
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization offers free advance directives and instructions for each state.
Advance Care Planning
Prepare for Your Care
Prepare for Your Care is a step-by-step program that uses video stories to help you develop your advance directive and is available in 10 languages.
Advance Care Planning
Trusted Decision Maker Form
Developed by the Providence Institute for Human Caring and distributed in partnership by CAKE, this downloadable document communicates your health care preferences.
Advance Care Planning
Advance Care Directives
The U.S. National Library of Medicine’s Medline Plus website offers easy-to-understand information on advance directives including living wills, do-not-resuscitate orders and more.
Advance Care Planning
National POLST website
The national POLST website offers state-by-state information on the availability of and resources for Portable Physician Orders on Treatment preferences.
Medication Safety, Patient and Family Engagement
Medication Log
This resource is intended to help older adults keep track of the medications they are taking, the dose, time of day, reason for taking and the doctor who prescribed the medication.
Advance Care Planning
Video: Who Will Speak for You?
This two-minute video from The Conversation Project highlights how it might feel when trying to choose a health care proxy.
Advance Care Planning
Toolkit for Health Care Advance Planning
The American Bar Association’s Toolkit for Health Care Advance Planning offers nine tools to help with all aspects of advance care planning.
Advance Care Planning
Getting Your Affairs in Order: Advance Care Planning
The National Institutes of Health Institute of Aging: Advance Care Planning website offers information about advance care planning and a checklist to make sure arrangements are in place before serious illness or a health care crisis.
Advance Care Planning
The Conversation Project
The Conversation Project is dedicated to helping people talk about their wishes for end-of-life care. The website offers tools and resources to help you get the conversation started today.
Advance Care Planning
Advance Care Planning Resources
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Geriatrics and Extended Care website offers resources to help with all aspects of advance care planning.
Chronic Care Management
Chronic Care Management Comprehensive Care Plan Template
This resource is intended to help clinicians develop a care plan for patients with chronic conditions.
Patient and Resident Safety, Quality Measures
Simple Strategies: Falls Prevention
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff prevent resident falls.
Patient and Resident Safety, Quality Measures
Simple Strategies: Environmental Safety and Fall Prevention
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff prevent resident falls by reducing environmental hazards.
Medication Safety, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient and Resident Safety
Be Prepared for Medical Appointments: Build Your Question List
This resource is intended to help patients and caregivers know what questions to ask their doctor about prescription medications, medical tests, new diagnoses, treatment for an illness or condition, recommended surgery, and questions to ask when choosing a health plan, health care provider or long-term care.
Diabetes
It’s Good to Know About Your Diabetes
This resource is intended to help patients and caregivers manage their diabetes including tracking A1C (average blood sugar), blood pressure, HDL (good cholesterol), Triglycerides (fats), yearly dilated eye exam, diet and exercise, foot exam history and vaccine history.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention
Poster: Donning and Removing Personal Protective Equipment
This resource illustrates the order for donning and removing personal protective equipment.
Patient and Resident Safety, Pressure Injury, Quality Measures
Quality Measure Tip Sheet – Pressure Injuries
This resource outlines the MDS coding requirements for high risk residents with pressure injuries (long stay) and tips for proper coding.
COVID-19, Telehealth
Webinar: Leveraging Telehealth to Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19
This webinar discusses how to provide telehealth services in the physician practice setting during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19, Patient and Resident Safety
Patient Safety Considerations During COVID-19
This webinar highlights the patient safety considerations associated with patients delaying necessary health care as a result of COVID-19.
Adverse Drug Events, Antibiotic Stewardship, C. diff, COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Medication Safety, Patient and Resident Safety, Sepsis
Simple Strategies – Antibiotic Stewardship to Prevent Adverse Drug Events
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff capture risk factors during the nurse-to-nurse assessment to prevent adverse drug events.
Adverse Drug Events, Antibiotic Stewardship, C. diff, COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Medication Safety, Patient and Resident Safety, Sepsis
Simple Strategies – Antibiograms for Reducing Exposure to Antibiotics
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff understand antibiograms and how to use one to reduce unnecessary exposure to antibiotics.
Infection Prevention, Patient and Family Engagement, Sepsis
Patient and Family Guide to Understanding Sepsis
This guide defines sepsis, who is most at risk, outlines the signs and symptoms and what family members can do if they suspect a loved one may have sepsis.
Quality Improvement
Building the Business Case for Quality Improvement
This template helps health care leaders and staff arrange their thoughts and document important elements of their organization’s quality improvement initiative.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient and Resident Safety
Clean Hands Save Lives
This poster explains when to clean your hands to prevent the spread of germs.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient and Resident Safety
Hand Hygiene for Residents
This poster reminds nursing home staff to remind residents to wash their hands to prevent the spread of germs.
Patient and Resident Safety, Quality Measures
Four P’s to Purposeful Rounding
This tool is intended to help nursing homes reduce the number of falls in their facility, particularly among new admissions and residents at high risk for falls.
Patient and Resident Safety, Pressure Injury, Quality Measures
It’s Time to Take the Pressure Off
This brochure is a pressure injury prevention and treatment guide for nursing home residents, families and staff.
Antipsychotic Medications, Medication Safety, Patient and Resident Safety, Quality Measures
Quality Measure Tip Sheet – Antipsychotic Medications
Patient and Resident Safety, Pressure Injury, Quality Measures
Pressure Points Pocket Card
This resource illustrates pressure points and proper positioning and offers tips for reducing nursing home residents’ risk of pressure injuries.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Patient and Resident Safety
Simple Strategies – Know When to Practice Hand Hygiene
This resource explains when to practice hand hygiene.
Adverse Drug Events, Antibiotic Stewardship, C. diff, COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Medication Safety, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient and Resident Safety
Long-Term Care Antibiotic Stewardship Resources
This guide offers antibiotic stewardship resources for nursing homes.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Patient and Resident Safety
Simple Strategies – Every Resident Every Time
This resource explains Standard Transmission Precautions and the importance of using these precautions with every resident, every time.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Patient and Resident Safety
Simple Strategies – Personal Protective Equipment
This resource describes how to properly use personal protective equipment.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Patient and Resident Safety
Simple Strategies – Environmental Cleaning and Infection Prevention
This resource helps nursing homes assess their current environmental cleaning practices.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Patient and Resident Safety
Simple Strategies – Use Friction
This resource explains how to use friction for proper hand hygiene.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Patient and Resident Safety
Do One Thing Differently – Know WHEN to Practice Hand Hygiene
This resource explains when to practice hand hygiene.
Antibiotic Stewardship, Medication Safety, Patient and Resident Safety
Nursing Home Antibiotics Word Search
This tool is intended to help patients and families become more aware of antibiotics, when they are used and when they are not used.
Adverse Drug Events, Antibiotic Stewardship, Infection Prevention, Medication Safety, Patient and Resident Safety, Quality Measures
Nursing Home Suspected UTI Action Tool
This tool is intended to guide nursing home staff in the initial evaluation of possible urinary tract infection (UTI) in residents without a urinary catheter.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement
COVID-19 Focused Survey Readiness Book
This resource is intended to help nursing homes prepare for the COVID-19 Focused Survey.
COVID-19, Patient and Resident Safety, Pressure Injury, Quality Measures
Resources to Decrease Risks of Social Distancing & Isolation Precautions
This document provides nursing homes with easy access to evidence-based resources to help prevent falls and pressure injuries.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention
Be Prepared – LTC Infection Prevention Education
This PowerPoint presentation is intended to be used by nursing home leadership to educate staff on infection prevention.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Patient and Family Engagement
HQIN Infection Prevention Resources
This guide offers infection control resources for nursing homes from a variety of sources including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Association for Professionals in Infection and Control.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient and Resident Safety
Simple Strategies for Infection Prevention – Don’t Touch Your Face!
This resource is intended to remind nursing home staff and residents not to touch their face and offers tips for infection prevention.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient and Resident Safety
Don’t Touch Your Face poster
This poster reminds nursing home staff and residents not to touch their face as an infection prevention strategy.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention
Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Cases of COVID-19
This resource outlines the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s infection prevention and control recommendations and rationale for the recommendations.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Quality Improvement
Hand Hygiene Competency Validation – SPICE Tool
This tool is intended to help health care providers assess staff understanding of hand hygiene.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention
Respiratory Protection: N95 vs. Surgical Mask
This tool is intended to help health care providers assess staff understanding of hand hygiene.
COVID-19, Telehealth
Tips for Engaging Patients via Telehealth
This resource shares tips for clinician practices on how to clearly communicate the practice’s telehealth technology, processes, guidelines and service information.
COVID-19, Infection Prevention
VDH Long-Term Care Facility Playbook to Access Resources to Support COVID-19 Outbreak Responses
This resource is intended to help nursing home staff access resources to COVID-19 for long-term facilities.
Adverse Drug Events, Antibiotic Stewardship, C. diff, COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Medication Safety, Patient and Resident Safety, Sepsis
Simple Strategies for Antibiotic Stewardship
This resource offers tips and information about antibiotic stewardship to prevent adverse drug events.