IPRO QIN-QIO Resource Library

This toolkit is an informative resource for Skilled Nursing Facilities to use as reference to make sure their facilities are prepared for infectious disease outbreaks.

Nursing Home Survey Tag Specific Emergency Preparedness Checklist

Checklist to cross reference facility emergency preparedness plan with CMS survey requirements to ensure all elements are addressed in facility emergency preparedness plan. There is also a companion document that provides links to resources for emergency preparedness plan development.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mm1VLd8robyygaA_NBKmO-rSC2OWCqwL/view?usp=drive_link

Tag Specific Emergency Preparedness Resources

Companion document to Nursing Home Tag Specific Emergency Preparedness Checklist

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Ae55H6eMFmwoV9Idj2nx-owWvfgZnFZ5

Disability metaphors abound in our culture, and they exist almost entirely as pejoratives. This handout serves as a reference for linguistic microaggressions and everyday, casual ableism.

This resource supplements the Health Equity Organization Assessment (HEOA) and offers best practices to address opportunities for improvement from the HEOA results. It is a valuable resource for any organization seeking best practices for improving consistent patient demographic data collection – including REaL (race, ethnicity and language) and SDOH (social determinants of health) – and using the data to identify and address health disparities.

NQIIC Health Equity Roadmap

This resource covers three key areas that should be addressed before beginning any quality improvement or patient safety initiative. It does have a focus on health equity.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qs1SYZ3LnVmMFjM3AINiYygWAZpPzd–/view?usp=sharing

Prior to COVID-19, health care investments in SDOH programs to support connecting patients to community resources were on the rise, supported by a proliferation of technology solutions like Aunt Bertha, Unite Us, NowPow and others. These resource databases serve as critical tools for tracking the local services landscape and connecting people to the essential resources they need to be healthy (Cartier et al. 2019). However, when adopting these technology solutions to support SDOH programs, it is important to recognize that more resource information does not always result in people being connected to resources. There are best practices for managing resource information, and using and interpreting the data to effectively and equitably connect people to resources. Here, we aim to provide examples to demonstrate the ways in which data usage and interpretation can impact equitable access to essential resources and improve connection rates.

This is designed for patients. It helps patients determine if they are ok with their anticoagulant treatment, should contact their doctor or go to the ED.

Buprenorphine for Chronic Pain: A Patient’s Guide

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention more than 50 Million adults in the US have chronic pain.

Working closely with healthcare providers to find effective treatment for chronic pain is important. This informational guide is designed to aid patients and their medical providers in their discussion about treatment options.

Chronic pain can affect sleep, lead to anxiety and fear, or weaken daily life coping strategies. Chronic pain can also affect family, coworkers and friends.

People living with chronic pain can experience stigma. This is when others do not think their pain is real, blame them for their pain, or feel the person just wants drugs.

Buprenorphine is a medication developed in the late 1960s. It was
first approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for chronic
pain in 1981 and for opioid use disorder (OUD) in 2002. Studies show it is
safer than other opioids. Today it is used to treat moderate to severe
chronic pain and OUD.

Buprenorphine for Pain: A Transition Guide from Full Agonist Opioid Prescriptions is a tool intended to aid clinicians in switching patients off of full opioid agonists to buprenorphine, a partial mixed opioid agonist for pain management.

The information presented in this document should not be considered medical advice and is not a substitute for individualized patient or client care and treatment decisions.

The Buprenorphine Resource Guide is a resource that contains the various FDA-approved formulations of buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder and pain management. This resource guide also includes a brief history of buprenorphine and explains its analgesic effects.

This toolkit is designed for organizational and program leaders who are developing programs to improve the health and well-being of individuals with complex health and social needs.

Despite the many benefits of Cardiac Rehabilitation, enrollment remains quite low – nationally, only 10% to 34% of eligible patients enroll. This resource provides guidance and tools to support awareness of the value of Cardiac Rehabilitation with patients, reduce barriers to participation, and implement evidence-based interventions, such as automatic referral with care coordination, to increase enrollment and patient engagement.

Hospitals may treat patients who are eligible for outpatient cardiac rehabilitation (CR) that do not live or work nearby. Developing and maintaining a list of active CR programs with the facility’s address, contact information, and other relevant details can help CR care coordinators find a program that may be more convenient for the patient.

Regional listing for the following IPRO QIN-QIO areas are available:

Mid Atlantic (DC, DE & MD)

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1djV0rkR7Aamy72e4jOZ8Di5RApwtbj3o

New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI & VT)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ylOrOg67_5bzZVHq8J4Cs5qKziqEFJM9/view?usp=share_link

New York, New Jersey & Ohio

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13e8YETnQmlDO4c8WBuCNMubDYtwfkgra/view?usp=share_link

This is a comprehensive list of critical clinical information that can be shared during warm handoff with the next level of care.

This training module is designed to provide just-in-time essential guidance to nursing assistants who are providing care to a patient or resident with a hemodialysis central venous catheter (HD-CVC).

This toolkit offers information for providers ready to learn how to support diverse family caregivers. It contains topline information on what providers need to know to help them build a more welcoming, supportive practice.