Resources
AHS Cardiac Rehabilitation Guide
The Million Hearts® Cardiac Rehabilitation Change Package (CRCP) is a valuable tool designed to enhance the quality of cardiac rehabilitation services by raising awareness, boosting referrals, and advocating for the benefits of cardiac rehabilitation.
Nursing Home Patient Safety Series: HAI Affinity Group – Community-Acquired Pneumonia Update
SUMMARY: This session will review pertinent definitions and categorizations of pneumonia. We will also discuss updates to the guidelines and review an example case. TARGET AUDIENCE: Infection Preventionists (IP), Nursing Home leadership, Clinical leadership. IN THIS SERIES, ATTENDEES WILL LEARN: New knowledge and tools surrounding the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of facility associated infections including […]
Nursing Home Readmission Affinity Group Session 4: Managing Readmission Risk
SUMMARY: In this session, participants will learn how to use Alliant Health Solution’s Rehospitalization Risk Assessment Tool to identify patients’ risk factors for readmission. We will also review interventions and care planning for these risks. In addition, we will provide tips for implementation and discuss the impact of social determinants of health and implicit bias […]
Leveraging Technology to Support Safer Transitions of Care
SUMMARY: Post-hospital contact with a primary care team is an established pillar of safe transitions. The prevailing model of telephone outreach is usually limited in scope and operationally burdensome. In this session, Eric Bressman, MD, MSHP, Fellow, National Clinician Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania and Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center will share learnings […]
C. difficile Infection Reduction in Long Term Care: Session Five – Early Detection, Isolation and Recommendations for Testing
SUMMARY: Did you know more than 100,000 C. difficile infections developed among residents of U.S. nursing homes? Join us for the fifth in a series of six sessions to learn how to implement a plan to reduce the risk of C. difficile infections among residents at your nursing home. Throughout the series, we will provide […]
Cardiac Risk Calculators From the American Heart Association
Two American Heart Association Cardiovascular Disease/Heart Health Risk Assessments https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/consumer-healthcare/what-is-cardiovascular-disease https://ccccalculator.ccctracker.com/
Engaging Patients in Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring
This provider-facing tool provides information on Engaging Patients in Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring (SMBP), which involves patients monitoring their blood pressure at home using a personal blood pressure measurement device.