Nursing Home Quality
Better Together.We look forward to partnering with and supporting nursing homes across our region over the next five years. We will work together to implement quality improvement strategies to achieve overall better care, lowered healthcare costs and better health outcomes.
Specifically, we will partner with nursing homes to:
- Improve the Five Star Quality Domain Score Rating that includes 15 quality measures
- Reduce adverse drug events with a focus on anticoagulants, diabetic agents, opioids and antipsychotic medications
- Increase resident safety
- Reduce healthcare acquired infections and conditions
- Improve appropriate and quality care transitions with an emphasis on the reduction of emergency department visits and readmissions
We will meet nursing homes where they are at in their quality improvement journey. Participating homes will have access to expertise and technical assistance from our team. Best practices, data, tools and trainings will be available to support nursing homes in achieving set quality improvement aims. We will identify and facilitate educational opportunities and peer networking while utilizing data as a driver for change.
Nursing Home Quality News
News
LTCF COVID-19 Module Enrollment Refresher Video Now Available
CDC Launches LTC Frontline Staff Training Webinars
CMS Issues Nursing Homes Best Practices Toolkit to Combat COVID-19
New Nursing Home Guidance on Requirements for Notification of Confirmed and Suspected COVID-19 Cases
North Dakota State-Specific Resources
Nursing Home Related Training Events
South Dakota State-Specific Resources
Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
Advance Care Planning
Adverse Drug Events
Antibiotic Stewardship/C.diff Reduction
Antipsychotic Medications
All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Homes Change Package
All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Homes Implementation Guide
Antipsychotic Reduction Resident Prioritization Tool
CMS National Partnership Resources
CMS-Antipsychotic Reduction; Resident Prioritization Tool
Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drugging Advocacy Toolkit
Medications Linked to Falls
National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes
National Partnership-Dementia Care Resources
Bladder & Bowel
Dementia Care
Depression
DREAM Toolkit
ABCs of Combating Isolation
All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Homes Change Package
All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Homes Implementation Guide
National Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative Change Package
Change Packages Crosswalk
IA-ADAPT Improving Antipsychotic Appropriateness in Dementia Patients
Falls
Healthcare Related Infections
All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Homes Change Package
All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Homes Implementation Guide
AHRQ Toolkit to Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities
CDC Nursing Home and Assisted Living Tools, Training, and Resources for Healthcare Infections
Head to Toe (H2T) Infection Prevention Toolkit
Nursing Home Training Sessions
Infection Control Dashboard – Auditing Results Tool
Infection Control Dashboard – Auditing Results Tool EXAMPLE
North Dakota Department of Health-HAI Division
South Dakota Department of Health-HAI Division
Influenza and Pneumonia Vaccination
All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Homes Change Package
All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Homes Implementation Guide
National Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative Change Package
Change Packages Crosswalk
CMS Nursing Home Compare Five Star Rating System User Guide
Long-Term Care Facility Immunization Toolkit
Long-Term Care Toolkit to Increase Vaccination Among Personnel
Vaccines for Adults
Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary (MSPB)
Pain & Opioids
Acute and Persistent Pain Management of the Older Adult
Adverse Drug Event Resources
AHA-Stem the Tide Opioid reduction toolkit
CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
CDC Opioid Guidelines Resources
Geriatric Pain Management Resources
Opioid Misuse Resources
Opioid Use in Long-Term Services and Supports Education Modules
Pain: Considering Complementary Approaches (eBook)
Pressure Injuries
All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Homes Change Package
All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Homes Implementation Guide
National Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative Change Package
Change Packages Crosswalk
CMS Nursing Home Compare Five Star Rating System User Guide
DREAM Toolkit
Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Quality Improvement
CMS Quality Measures User Manual
CMS Nursing Home Compare Five Star Rating System User Guide
CMS QAPI Nursing Home Resources
Developing a Restful Environmental Action Manual (DREAM) Toolkit
Employee Competency Assessments CMPRP Toolkit 1
Employee Satisfaction Survey CMPRP Toolkit 2
Guide to Staff Satisfaction CMPRP Toolkit 3
Head to Toe Infection Prevention Toolkit
All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Homes Change Package
All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Homes Implementation Guide
National Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative Change Package
Change Package Crosswalk
Performance Improvement Project (PIP) Template (print version)
Performance Improvement Project (PIP) Template [fillable form)
QAPI How to Guide
QAPI Plan Template Worksheet [fillable form]
QAPI Structure Diagram
Re-hospitalization and Emergency Department Visits
Residents Whose Ability to Move Independently Worsened
Successful Return to Home & Community from a SNF
All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Homes Change Package
All Cause Harm Change Package Supplemental Resource
National Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative Change Package
Change Packages Crosswalk
Five Star Quality Rating System Technical Users’ Guide
INTERACT Tools/Training/Solutions
Toolkit to Educate and Engage Residents and Family Members
Trauma Informed Care
Unnecessary Emergency Department Visits and Readmissions
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Quality Care Coalition
Join our mission to make healthcare in your organization and community better. We are looking for committed nursing homes, community leaders and healthcare organizations to partner with us. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to be change makers. Join the Great Plains Quality Care Coalition today.