IPRO QIN-QIO Resource Library

An on-line instructional webinar created in collaboration with IPRO QIN-QIO and the University at Buffalo 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 1.5 hours of free ACPE continuing education for completing this program by using this code when prompted: qinub23.

It is available October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2025, and covers a review the opioid epidemic and regulatory responses, identifies legitimate medical use vs. illegitimate opioid use, reviews basic counseling items with relationship to opioids, identifies advanced counseling items related to opioids and identifies overdose risks indicating provision of naloxone.

Supporting documents for this program include:

Opioid Stewardship – Opioid Counseling Checklist

This tool is intended to help remind pharmacists about opioid-related counseling points as needed.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zYRl_w_59f-ydAu-JSfEcmugdELk1SXz/view?usp=drive_link

Conversation Starter – Opioid Dispensing, Education, and Management for Pharmacists

The Conversation Starter helps pharmacists guide the conversation they have with patients regarding opioid management and lifestyle management, opioid assessment and plan, recommendations, and follow-up steps. This guide is intended to ease what could potentially be a difficult conversation.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yA_xQ1iKvjXvdKA92_cVoWBzCBNDJOh-/view?usp=drive_link

Pain Management Zone Tool

A guide for patients and care partners to assess pain and seek medical care when appropriate using a stoplight concept of green (all clear), yellow (caution/warning), and red (emergency).

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TPSuOIdbGzG8Ue6TnBBA3bLA0IzHd8aA/view?usp=drive_link

Pain, Enjoyment, and General Activity (PEG) Scale for Assessing Pain Intensity and Interference

The Pain, Enjoyment, General Activity (PEG) Scale assesses pain intensity and interference and is considered the gold standard for pain scales.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1cLGRvi483BEt_FpZxNRuydyGdEpbq393

Quick reference fact sheet on Pneumococcal Vaccine and PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor.

The Protocol for Responding to and Assessing Patients’ Assets, Risks, and Experiences (PRAPARE) is a national effort to help health centers and other providers collect the data needed to better understand and act on their patients’ social determinants of health. As providers are increasingly held accountable for reaching population health goals while reducing costs, it is important that they have tools and strategies to identify the upstream socioeconomic drivers of poor outcomes and higher costs.

The PRAPARE Screening Tool has been translated in over 30 languages. Use this link to locate a non English version.

The PRAPARE Screening Tool

These are the slides from the September 21, 2023 webinar titled Preparing to Submit the Hospital Commitment to Health Equity Measure.

Guide to Improve Care Transitions

The Society of Hospital Medicine’s BOOST site has several resources for enhancing care transitions, including a BOOST implementation guide and tools, links to online modules, and information about PArTNER: PATient Navigator to rEduce Readmissions, which is specifically designed for Minority-Serving Institutions.

Hospital based care transition model that coordinates the patient’s discharge plan throughout the hospitalization and then provides a post-acute discharge guide and follow-up telephone calls.

All materials are meant to enhance your current process by using evidence based materials shown to improve patient discharge outcomes and reduce readmissions.

All materials are meant to enhance your current process by using evidence based materials shown to improve patient discharge outcomes and reduce readmissions.

Data collection tool to assist with baseline data collection and ongoing data monitoring for use in conjunction with the IPRO PSYCHOTROPIC REDUCTION ACTION PLAN.
The goal is to document the status at the start of your action plan intervention. With a proper baseline, you can later demonstrate the efficacy of your interventions with improved numbers.

Psychotropic Medication Change Package

This Psychotropic Change Package provides a resource with steps toward reducing and managing psychotropic medications in long term care. It includes step-by-step actions with several resources to help the facility plan its psychotropic reduction process, including
an Antipsychotic Action Plan template with SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Timebound) goals.

For questions on the Psychotropic Medication Tracking Form and Guide, please contact Dave Johnson (djohnson@ipro.org) or IPRONursingHomeTeam.org.

Resident-level review worksheet to facilitate providers with ensuring documentation, assessments, diagnoses, and other elements are considered when reviewing a resident record who is on a psychotropic.
This worksheet can be used as part of the facility’s overall Quality Assurance and Performance (QAPI) program, to assist MDS coordinators in completing the CMS Minimum Data Set (MDS) or to prepare for medical provider resident review for gradual dose reduction.

Document with links for resources for evidence-based resources for non-medication interventions. Includes:
▪ Use of Non-medication Interventions
for residents with expressions due to
cognitive and structural changes have
been demonstrated to be beneficial.
▪ Use of these resources can be
used on orientation, with annual competencies, and individual
resident-centered care planning.

QAPI Resources