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: QAPI Self-Assessment
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