Beverly Carnal, Director of Education for Tennessee Health Management, shares with us how she is prepared for an auditor to review her infection prevention plan. Listen Here

Hope Forderhase with the Tennessee State Survey Agency shares what she is looking for in a home’s infection prevention plan. Listen Here

Lisa Pezent with the Alabama State Survey Agency discusses the top three things she looks for in infection prevention programs. Listen Here

Mia Sadler from the Alabama State Survey Agency shares the top three things she will be looking for in a QAPI Written Plan. Listen Here

Diane Carter from the Tennessee State Survey Agency shares the top three things she will be looking for in a QAPI Written Plan. Listen Here

Beverly Carnal, Director of Education for Tennessee Health Management, shares with us how she is prepared for an auditor to review her QAPI Written Plan. Listen Here

Teresa Smucker, Administrator at Healthwin in South Bend, Indiana shares how her team communicates well and emphasizes teamwork in their daily tasks. Listen Here

Josephina Batton, the director of nursing at Waters of Union City in Union City, Tennessee shares how she used the atom Alliance QAPI Written Plan How To Guide to draft her required performance improvement plan. Listen Here

Click here for materials from Collaborative One.

Here are some recorded consultations that you may find useful: http://mpqhf.com/QIO/quality-improvement-tools-resources/nursing-home-quality-improvement-tools-resources/

Consult I: https://youtu.be/kb24LwjUvnE

Consult II: https://youtu.be/ESnkrY6cEXA

Incontinence Management for Nursing Home Residents

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Change Bundle: Avoidance of Unnecessary Antipsychotic Medications in Nursing Home Residents Living with Dementia

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Change Bundle: To Encourage Nursing Home Residents' Mobility

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Change Bundle: To Prevent Healthcare Acquired Infections.

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Change Package Strategy 1: Lead with a Sense of Purpose

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Change Package Strategy 2: Recruiting and Retaining Quality Staff

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Change Package Strategy 3: Connect with Residents

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Change Package Strategy 4: Nourish Teamwork and Communication

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Change Package Strategy 5: Be a Continuous Learning Organization

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Change Package Strategy 6: Provide Exceptional Compassionate Care That Treats the Whole Person

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Change Package Strategy 7: Construct Solid Business Practices

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Person-Centered Care

Missouri LANE Webinar Series
Monday, September 21, 2015
Opening Our Eyes to a Person-Directed Culture
Webinar: Advancing Excellence MOLANE Webinar Series Getting Into Action Person-Centered Culture #1
Handout: MOLANE and MC5 Webinar Person Centered Culture #1 9-21-15.pdf
Website: MOLANE Resources

Thursday, October 1, 2015
Communicating in a Person-Directed Culture
Webinar: Person-Centered Culture Webinar Oct 1 2015
Handout: MOLANE & MC5 Webinar Series Person Centered Culture #2
Website: MOLANE Resources

Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Rolling Out the Person-Centered Care Tool with Advancing Excellence
Webinar: Webinar #3 Oct 27 2015
Handout: Handout of AE MOLANE Presentation PCC goal
Website: MOLANE Resources

Thursday, November 5, 2015
Learning from the Experts: Using Data to Improve Care with Abramson Center, Pennsylvania
Webinar: Learning from the Experts Person Centered Care Nov 5 2015
Handout: Advancing Excellence/Missouri LANE Webinar Updated #4
Website: MOLANE Resources

QAPI

QAPI Written Plan How-To Guide

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12 Steps to QAPI
Four recorded webinars provide on-demand insight and instruction on how to implement the 12 Steps to QAPI in your facility. These webinars outline the principles of QAPI and review the following resources to help you with implementation:

• QAPI at a Glance
• QAPI Companion Guide
• Nursing Home Change Package

Learn about the action steps to QAPI, proven change concepts, quality improvement tools and practical implementation tips. Watch them at your convenience on your own time.

MDS 3.0 QM User’s Manual Version 10
The MDS 3.0 QM User’s Manual V10.0 contains detailed specifications for the MDS 3.0 quality measures, including the six new measures.

Resource Guide for Quality Improvement Tools Related to New (April 2016) Nursing Home Compare Quality Measures

An 11 minute recorded webinar entitled Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) Self-Assessment, intended for nursing home QAPI leaders, is available for you to use and share. This webinar discusses the value of the QAPI Self-Assessment and provides an overview of how to complete a QAPI Self-Assessment and use the results to implement and monitor QAPI broadly in an organization. This is presented by Jane Pederson MD, MS, Geriatrician & Nursing Home Subject Matter Expert, Quality Innovation Network-National Coordinating Center Team, Chief Medical Quality Officer, Stratis Health.

The recording, slides, and transcript are available here: http://www.healthcarecommunities.org/Communities/MyCommunities/QIO11thSOW/QIN-QIO/Documents.aspx?CategoryID=832265&EntryID=93112

Antipsychotics
AE/ National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care Resources

Hand in Hand: A Training Series for Nursing Homes
Available as a self-paced training as well as an instructor-led course and may be accessed using the links below. The self-paced training may take approximately 24 hours to complete.

This training focuses on caring for residents with dementia and on preventing abuse. CMS, supported by a team of training developers and subject matter experts, created this training to address the need for nurse aides’ in-service training on these important topics.

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Change Bundle: Avoidance of Unnecessary Antipsychotic Medications in Nursing Home Residents Living with Dementia

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Increasing Mobility

Joint Commission: Preventing Falls and Fall-Related Injuries in Health Care Facilities

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Elements of Pressure Ulcer Prevention - a Discussion and Evaluation

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Change Bundle: To Encourage Nursing Home Residents' Mobility

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Person-Centered Care

Managing Personality and Behavior Changes (PDF)

Communication and Alzheimer’s

Person-Centered Care Webinars and Resources from the Missouri LANE

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Resident/Family/Beneficiary Engagement

A Process for Care Planning & Resident Choice

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Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkit for Nursing Homes

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The Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship for Nursing Homes (CDC Webpage)
Practical ways to initiate or expand antibiotic stewardship activities in nursing homes

Antibiotic Stewardship Assessment

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Hand Hygiene Assessment

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Environmental Cleaning Assessment

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Signs of Sepsis Infographic

Nursing Home CDC Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship

Nursing Home CDC Core Elements Antibiotic Stewardship Appendix A

Nursing Home CDC Core Elements Antibiotic Stewardship Appendix B

Nursing Home CDC Core Elements Antibiotic Stewardship Checklist

Long-Term Care NHSN Enrollment Checklist

Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide

NHSN Tip Sheet (Add a User)

NHSN Tip Sheet (Add new facility administrator)

Tip Sheet: Entering CDI even in NHSN

Tracking and Reporting CDI in Nursing Homes (Webinar)

After you’re registered with NHSN, you need to get started tracking and reporting your CDI data. This webinar will show you some websites and resources that will help you maintain complete and thorough infection records for your long-term care facility.

You will learn:

• How to use the Advancing Excellence tracking tool
• How to input CDI data for your residents
• How to report CDI data to NHSN

National Healthcare Safety Network Enrollment for LTC Facilities (Webinar)

This presentation provides instruction for enrolling your Long-Term Care facility in the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), the CDC’s Healthcare Associated Infection Tracking System. Entering infection data into NHSN will allow facilities to help establish a national baseline for nursing home C. Difficile rates and subsequently identify goals to improve the quality of care and resident outcomes.

What you will learn

• How to successfully enroll your long-term care facility into NHSN and the Secure Access Management System (SAMS)
• Identify CDC resources to assist in NSHN and SAMS enrollment

Preparing your Long Term Care Facility to Report C. difficile in NHSN (Webinar)

This presentation provides instruction for preparing your long-term care facility to report to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), the CDC’s Healthcare Associated Infection Tracking System. Entering infection data into NHSN will allow facilities to help establish a national baseline for nursing home C. Difficile rates and subsequently identify goals to improve the quality of care and resident outcomes.

You will learn:

• How to successfully set up for reporting C. diff statistics
• How to create a monthly reporting plan
• How to join groups in NHSN system

atom Alliance and the Tennessee Department of Health have partnered to develop a five-part Webinar training series for healthcare providers to decrease C. difficile infections (CDI). Topics covered in the series include:

• Testing and Early Detection
• Contact Precautions and hand Hygiene
• Antibiotic Stewardship
• Environmental Cleaning
• Resources Available for Healthcare Providers

Each session includes downloadable presentation slides and a transcript, along with other relevant resources.

Five part series on Antimicrobial Stewardship in Long-term Care Facilities

• Antimicrobial Stewardship and Long-term Care Facilities: Introduction – Video 1 (11 min.)
• What is Antimicrobial Stewardship – Video 2 (10 min.)
• Antimicrobial Stewardship in Long-term Care Facilities – Video 3 (10 min.)
• Stewardship Interventions in Long-term Care Facilities – Video 4 (16 min.)
• Interpreting Clinical Microbiology Reports – Video 5 (15 min.)

QuILTSS Consistent Assignment Webinar Series Session 1
May 18, 2016

Session 1 Webinar Powerpoint Presentation

Q&A Summary from the Kick-Off Webinar

QuILTSS Consistent Assignment Webinar Series Kick-Off
April 20, 2016

Kick-Off Webinar PowerPoint Presentation

Consistent Assignment Tip Sheet