QAPI Mini-Self Assessment

Use this mini self-assessment with your QAPI committee to reflect on your QAPI structure, data utilization, and performance improvement projects.
This mini assessment is a modified version of the CMS QAPI Self-Assessment. View the CMS comprehensive QAPI Self-Assessment Tool for semi- or
annual evaluation of your organization’s progress with QAPI available at qapiselfassessment.pdf (cms.gov).

View the comprehensive QAPI Self-Assessment Tool for semi or annual evaluation of your organization’s progress with QAPI.

QSEP Training

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wants to help nursing homes prepare for the fall and winter months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Developed to meet the urgent and ongoing needs of nursing home managers and frontline staff, insights gained during the COVID-19 pandemic have been used to create a series of scenario-based trainings to share knowledge around ways to protect, provide care and prevent the spread of COVID-19. These free CMS Targeted COVID-19 Training for Frontline Nursing Home Staff & Management learning intensives are hosted on the CMS Quality, Safety & Education Portal (QSEP). This fall, nursing home staff members can earn certificates of completion while receiving the latest guidance from CMS on COVID-19 preparedness, resident-centered care and infection prevention and control.

Quality Improvement: A Guide to Root Cause Analysis Tools

Conducting a Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is an important step to identifying areas of opportunity for improvement, to reduce avoidable hospital utilization, medication errors, or other issues.
This compendium includes evidence-based and best practice tools to help you get started. After completing the RCA process with your team, we recommend exploring the IPRO QIN-QIO Guide to Improving Care Transitions and other resources on the IPRO QIN-QIO Resource Library (https://qi-library.ipro.org).

Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit

The hospital discharge is a complex process requiring integrated communications among the inpatient care team, primary care team, community services, the patient, and the patient’s caregivers. The RED Toolkit has been expanded to provide complete implementation guidance and adapted to address language barriers, cross-cultural issues, and disparities in health care communication and trust. The toolkit now includes five additional tools that provide step-by-step instructions as a springboard for hospitals to proactively address avoidable readmissions.

REaL Data Collection Toolbox

This Learning Toolbox focuses on healthcare facilities collecting data on race,
ethnicity, and language preference (REaL) as an important component of the
provision of equity in the healthcare setting.

It includes a quick primer on data collection, and provides links to articles, tools, and resources to educate providers on the importance of knowing the diverse patient population for which they provide care.