Resources
Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) Mini Self-Assessment
Use this mini self assessment tool with members of your QAPI Committee, to reflect on aspects of your QAPI structure, the way you use data and conduct performance improvement projects.
VHA Clinical Tools
Over 20 Opioid Safety Tools and Guides Includes Opioid Taper Decision Tool Example Tapers Chart with short-term oral medications that can be used to assist with withdrawal symptoms
Monthly Pressure Injury Tracker
This Monthly Pressure Injury Tracker can be utilized to track and trend pressure injuries in your facility. Tracking and trending can enhance your Root Cause Analysis for Performance Improvement Projects.
Critical Access Hospital in Utah Implements Plan to Reduce Readmissions
As part of the HQIC program, Blue Mountain Hospital, an 11-bed critical access hospital located in Blanding, UT, reviewed their data to establish improvement priorities. The compliance program manager, Cari Spillman, MBAHM, CHCO, CIC, chose to work on reducing readmissions because of the impact on patients and the surrounding community of Blanding. Several gaps in […]
Force Field Analysis
Force Field Analysis Fillable Form
Practical Strategies To Prevent Sepsis in Nursing Home Residents
*CME and NAB credits awarded* In this healthcare-associated infection (HAI) prevention educational event, we will discuss interventions to prevent sepsis in nursing home residents. IN THIS EVENT, WE WILL: 1. Review the burden of sepsis and sepsis-related hospitalizations in nursing facilities. 2. Provide tools and resources to prevent the HAIs that are most commonly associated […]