Now is a great time to refresh your immunization knowledge as a healthcare professional. These free resources developed by the Home Health Quality Improvement (HHQI) National Campaign can help:

BEST PRACTICE INTERVENTION PACKAGE (BPIP): A 2016 Updates to Immunization Guidelines resource has been added to the Immunization and Infection Prevention BPIP. Log in or register now to access all of HHQI’s free immunizations resources. It’s easy to join the campaign for immediate access to free quality improvement tools. Just complete the registration form to begin improving healthcare quality using evidence-based resources and best practice educational tools.

HHQI UNIVERISTY ONLINE COURSE: The Adult Immunizations course (in the Hospitalizations course catalog) offers two hours of continuing education for nurses and a certificate of completion for all other disciplines. HHQI University registration, course enrollment, and continuing education credits are free. Learn more.

HHQI DATA ACCESS REPORTS: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)-certified home health agencies (HHAs); have free access to custom data reports created each month. HHQI uses the OASIS data that the agency is already transmitting to CMS to generate custom data reports on a variety of topics, including influenza and pneumococcal immunizations. Download the tutorial webinar.

WEBINAR: HHQI’s Cardiovascular Learning & Action Network (CardioLAN) welcomed guest speaker Mary McGoldrick for her presentation on Preventing & Controlling Influenza in Home Care.

atom Alliance assists HHAs, practitioner-owned and/or -operated offices/clinics and other healthcare facilities to implement the adult immunization recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and National Vaccine Advisory Committee standards for adult immunization practice. Go here for a list of associates dedicated to each state’s adult immunization initiative.