This educational guide is intended to foster the development of primary care practice teams to enhance care for vulnerable patients who are at risk of CKD or who have CKD and are at risk of progression of disease or complications. This guide addresses three aspects of care: identification of CKD; treatment and monitoring progression; and delivering patient-centered care. It is meant to inform readers about disparities in the care of patients with CKD, present potential actions that may improve care and suggest other available resources that may be used by primary care practice teams in caring for vulnerable patients.
CMS Hospital Health Equity Measures & Joint Commission Standards to Reduce Disparities
These are the slides from the presentation on March 2, 2023 featuring Julia Venanzi from CMS and Christine Cordero from the Joint Commission.
CMS Nursing Home Adverse Drug Event Trigger Tool
This tool was developed by CMS for use by nursing home surveyors and is a valuable resource for organizations that are focusing on preventing ADEs.
It was designed to help surveyors identify:
1. The extent to which facilities have identified resident-specific risk factors for adverse drug events
2. The extent to which facilities developed and implemented systems and processes to minimize risks associated with medications that are known to be high-risk and problem-prone
3. When a preventable adverse event has occurred, evaluate if the nursing home identified the issue and responded appropriately to mitigate harm to the individual and prevent recurrence.
Collecting REaL Data – Examples of How to Ask for REaL Data
This Resource Guide provides examples on how best to collect race, ethnicity, and language (REaL) data and ensure it is being collected consistently and accurately.
Communicating With and About People with Disabilities
General tips to follow to communicate appropriately and respectfully with and/or about an individual with a disability.
Compendium of Resources for Providing Affirming Care to LGBTQ+ Individuals
Individuals that identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or other sexual orientations and gender identities face unique health-related challenges and disparities due to discrimination and stigma in health care settings.
The IPRO QIN-QIO has developed this compendium of tools and resources for healthcare professionals to help promote more affirming, inclusive, and equitable care for the LGBTQ+ community.
Compendium of Resources for Serving Individuals with Disabilities
This compendium of tools and resources aims to support healthcare professions in providing equitable and high-quality care for individuals with disabilities.
Complex Care Compendium: A Guide to Support Better Outcomes for People with Complex Needs
Effective and person-centered care is key to supporting the overall health of adults who are experiencing physical, behavioral and/or social needs. There are several emerging practices in the field that help improve care delivery, reduce avoidable hospital utilization and lead to healthier outcomes for patients.
This compendium highlights select models and practices related to complex care.
Complicated grief and related factors among nursing staff during the Covid-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study
The challenging working conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic created a perfect storm that can seriously impact nurses’ physical and psychological well-being. Our study aimed to investigate complicated grief and its related factors among nursing staff during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Due to frequent exposure to patients’ deaths, healthcare providers are at increased risk of suffering from complicated grief during the Covid-19 and post-pandemic. If it remains unresolved, complicated grief can result in significant health problems and the experience of burnout among nurses. Governments, health authorities, and nursing managers should support nurses who work in Covid-19 settings to reduce the adverse impact of the pandemic
on nurses’ health and well-being.
Considerations for Referring Patients to RDN for Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) Services for Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease Care
Provider-facing tool to learn about DSMT reimbursement.
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.
COVID Therapeutics Action Plan
The COVID therapeutics action plan provides a template with goals, resources and sample PDSA cycles to assist in the initiation of a plan to optimize the treatment of COVID. The action plan includes a focus on antiviral start time, NIH guideline adherence, monitoring and dosing . A REDCap data collection tool is available to assist with data collection and reporting.
COVID-19 Resources for Vulnerable Populations
CMS OMH has complied Federal resources on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) to assist partners who with with the most vulnerable – such as older adults, those with underlying medical conditions, racial and ethnic minorities, rural communities, and people with disabilities.
COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Campaign
A recap of best practices from the February 2, 2022 CMS Stakeholders Call on increasing boosters for residents and staff.
COVID-19 Vaccine Flyer
Quick reference flyer on COVID-19 Vaccine