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Tools to Help Reduce Falls
Preventing falls is a challenge in every nursing home. These two resources can you help assess fall risk and prevent falls at your facility.
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Permalink GalleryQsource Top 10 Provider Stories of 2015
Adverse Drug Events, Antipsychotics, Behavior Health Tools and Tips, cardiac, Collaborative, Communities, Coordination of Care, Diabetes, HAI Tools and Tips, Home Health Agencies, Improving Immunization Rates Tips, Interventions, Mobility, PQRS, Prevention Coordination, Providers, QAPI, Readmissions, Reducing Healthcare Acquired Conditions, Tools & Tips
Qsource Top 10 Provider Stories of 2015
In case you missed these stories, here are the top 10 provider-focused stories shared on Qsource in 2015.
Top 10 Provider Stories
Pledge to Get Your Flu Vaccine
Important Update to Pneumococcal Vaccine Recommendations
Have You Been Notified About a PQRS Negative Payment Adjustment?
Five Changes to the Five-Star Nursing Home Rating System
Qsource Partners with Cherokee Health Systems
Top 5 Most Downloaded Tools for Nursing Homes in 2015
Nursing homes across the five Qsource states—Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee—are working diligently to improve resident care. Here are the top five nursing home quality improvement resources downloaded from Qsource in 2015
Change Package Strategy 5: Be a Continuous Learning Organization
A continuous learning organization
knows where it stands,
knows when and how to change,
uses data to drive performance and
views the organization as an interdependent system.
Coaches Keep TeamSTEPPS on Track
After a facility conducts TeamSTEPPS training, internal coaches become change agents to help promote and sustain the continuous work and model the new behaviors and change.
Managing Change Using TeamSTEPPS
Pursuit of the goal for the safest and highest quality healthcare requires optimization of a complex and integrated delivery system that includes people and processes.
TeamSTEPPS: Putting It All Together
The tools and strategies presented in The Long-Term Care Version of TeamSTEPPS correspond to individual teamwork skills
The Communications Lifeline in TeamSTEPPS
Communication is the lifeline of a well-functioning team. Communication strategies and tools improve effectiveness and promote the sharing of information.
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Permalink GalleryThe Commonwealth Fund Creates eBook for Medicare’s 50th Anniversary
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The Commonwealth Fund Creates eBook for Medicare’s 50th Anniversary
Medicare at 50 Years, an eBook created by The Commonwealth Fund, comprises six in-depth papers about the past, present and future of Medicare, each written by a national expert on Medicare and health policy.
Teamwork: It’s Mutual in TeamSTEPPS
Mutual support is critical to the social and task performance aspects of teams. Team members need to fully understand what each one of the others does in order to provide reinforcement.
Mutual support is the essence of teamwork. It provides a safety net to help prevent errors, increase effectiveness and minimize strain caused by