Read about Medstar Washington Hospital Center’s intervention to address food insecurity as part of its Community Health Program, including helping employees who are food insecure.
Modernizing Health Care to Improve Physical Accessibility
This document is intended to provide recommendations on how to improve accessibility in order to improve quality of care for patients with disabilities. It includes guidance on how to increase physical accessibility of medical services, tools to assess a practice or facility’s accessibility for individuals with disabilities, and tips and training materials to support efforts to reduce barriers and improve quality of care.
Modernizing Health Care to Improve Physical Accessibility: A Web-based Training Course
This online course by the CMS Office of Minority Health offers solutions for increasing the physical accessibility of health care settings and services for people with disabilities. This is an online course on the Medicare Learning Network (MLN).
Monthly Falls Tracking Guide & Form
The Monthly Falls Tracking Form was developed to assist facilities track their falls on a monthly basis. It maintains an active list of all falls in real time to assist with both investigation and provide an important piece in the development of a targeted fall prevention program. (See instructions below on how to download the tracking form.)
Complete this form to receive a link to download a zipped folder of the Falls Tracking Resources to include the Excel tracking form as well as a PDF instructional guide that explains the use of the tool: https://forms.office.com/r/7h3ygCb9ki
For questions on the Monthly Falls Tracking Form and Guide, please contact Dave Johnson (djohnson@ipro.org) or IPRONursingHomeTeam@IPRO.org.
Monthly Infection and Antibiotic (ABX) Tracking Form and Guide
The infection and antibiotic tracking form was developed to assist facilities track both their infections and antibiotic use on a monthly basis. It maintains an active list of all infections and antibiotic use in real time. (See instructions below on how to download the tracking form.)
Complete this form to receive a link to download the Infection and Antibiotic Tracking Tool.
Monthly Pressure Ulcer Tracking Form and Guide
The Monthly Pressure Ulcer Tracking Form was developed to assist facilities track their pressure ulcers on a monthly basis with the ability to carry over unhealed/unresolved pressure ulcers unto a new monthly tracking form. It maintains an active list of all current pressure ulcers in real time to assist with the investigation, treatment and provide an important piece in the development of a targeted pressure ulcer prevention program. (See instructions below on how to download the tracking form.)
Complete this form to receive a link to download a zipped folder of the Pressure Ulcer Tracking Resources to include the Excel tracking form as well as a PDF instructional guide that explains the use of the tool: https://forms.office.com/r/369PSU6V4m
For questions on the Monthly Pressure Ulcer Tracking Form and Guide, please contact Dave Johnson (djohnson@ipro.org) or IPRONursingHomeTeam@IPRO.org.
My After Nursing Home Care Plan
Discharge Planning tool completed by nursing home interdisciplinary teams with the patient and caregiver throughout the discharge planning process. Adapted based on materials from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Project RED (Re-engineered Discharge), and the Coleman Transitions Intervention in support of the Special Innovation Project: Improving Nursing Home Discharges Back to The Community Implementation Guide.
My Diabetes Specialty Team
One page patient education resource: Learn about specialists who treat conditions related to diabetes.
My Health Plan – Taking Care of Heart Health
Education booklet for patients and caregivers to enhance self care and monitoring, as well as early identification of heart failure symptoms.
My Medication List
This comprehensive document helps patients and families track current medications, vaccinations, health conditions and other important medical information.
Naloxone Saves Lives: Information for patients, their families/care partners and pharmacists
This patient education document is available in both English and Spanish. It describes what naloxone is, how it works, why it is offered to individuals with an opioid prescription, and signs of opioid overdose.
Naloxone Conversation Starters for Pharmacists
Reminders for Pharmacists When Offering Naloxone
• Offer a consultation about naloxone for opioid prescriptions.
• Be sure to advise patients that naloxone can be used to reverse any opioid overdose.
• Tell patients about available statewide programs that offer naloxone for free or at a lower cost.
• Patients may not be comfortable speaking about naloxone due to stigma associated with opioid use.
A list of multiple state naloxone resources is included.
National Action Plan for ADE Prevention
The National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention (ADE Action Plan) was established to address two key objectives: (1) identify common, preventable, and measurable adverse drug events (ADEs) that may result in significant patient harm; and (2) align the efforts of Federal health agencies to reduce patient harms from these specific ADEs nationally.
On the basis of national ADE data from inpatient and outpatient settings, three types of ADEs were considered to be common, clinically significant, preventable, and measurable, and were therefore selected as the high-priority targets of the ADE Action Plan.
The three initial targets of the ADE Action Plan are:
1. Anticoagulants (primary ADE of concern: bleeding)
2. Diabetes agents (primary ADE of concern: hypoglycemia)
3. Opioids (primary ADE of concern: accidental overdoses/over sedation /respiratory depression)
The ADE Action Plan suggests a four-pronged approach to reduce patient harms from these three ADEs: Surveillance, Prevention, Incentives and Oversight, and Research.
New York Office of Mental Health: Grief Counseling Resource Guide
A guide to working with individuals experiencing trauma-related grief.
New York State Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) Instructional Webinar – free when using code
An on-line instructional webinar created in collaboration with IPRO QIN-QIO, the University at Buffalo, and the NYS Department of Health Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement can be accessed at the link above.
Prescribers and pharmacists who work or live in DC, DE, CT, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, OH, RI, VT can earn 1.0 hour of free ACCME or ACPE continuing education for completing this program by using this code when prompted: qinub23.
It is available June 15, 2023, through June 12, 2025, and covers a variety of topics associated with the New York State Prescription Monitoring Program Registry (PMP) for controlled substances, including the use of the PMP registry search, use of the PMP Data Collection Tool, and interstate data sharing.
NJ DOH Glove Doffing Training Video
The NJ DOH has created a short video to demonstrate glove doffing. It illustrates two methods, Beaking and Pinch and Pull. This is an excellent addition to staff hand hygiene competency training.