A Train the Trainer Guide: Early initiation of discharge care planning, involving the patient and/or appropriate caregiver(s), along with collaboration with community supports, can lead to better transitions to the community and reduce readmissions.
Implementing Tobacco Cessation into Electronic Health Records to Improve Patient Outcomes and Maximize Reimbursement
This guide is intended to support providers and practices to document cessation counseling details in the EHR and also to code appropriately to maximize reimbursement.
Improving Care Transitions A Guide to Tools & Resources for Providers and Patients
There are several resources and tools available that can
be implemented to improve care transitions (or care
coordination) between settings and reduce potentially
avoidable hospital utilization.
The purpose of this guide is to share some evidence-based interventions,
best practices and other supportive materials, in one
location.
Improving Health Care Quality for LGBTQ People
This 1-hour online course is designed to provide education for health care providers and staff who are responsible for collecting Medicare patient data from LGBTQ persons. Throughout this course, these providers will be called health care providers. (Requires free registration with MLN)
Improving Nursing Home Discharges Back to the Community: Toolkit
Resource and tools to enhance nursing home discharge processes for those residents with goal of returning to the community. Emphasizes coordination with Area Agencies on Aging, identifying and including appropriate caregivers, and use of follow up phone calls to reduce risk of readmission and enhance patient satisfaction.
Infection Prevention and You – Home Care
A patient-facing tool from the Association of Professionals in Infection Control (APIC). Learn how others are working to help keep you safe from infection and how you can participate in your own care.
Infection Prevention and You – Outpatient Settings
A patient-facing tool from the Association of Professionals in Infection Control (APIC) describing the role of the Infection Preventionist and how they help to keep patients safe.
Influenza Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Updated patient education flyer on the importance of the influenza vaccine.
Influenza What You Need to Know
Quick fact sheet on Influenza vaccine
Inpatient Quality Reporting Program: Screening for Social Drivers of Health
This resource is a compilation of five resources to help hospitals screen for and address the five CMS social drivers of health required for the Inpatient Quality Reporting Program.
Instrucciones Para Medir La PresiĆ³n Arterial
This one page sheet shows you how to measure your blood pressure properly. (Spanish)
Integrating Behavioral Health into Primary Care
COVID-19 changed our world, impacting both our physical and mental health. Healthcare professionals are continuing to incorporate safety protocols to help identify COVID-19 cases and protect against spread.
But what is being done to help identify mental health conditions?
Join the IPRO QIN-QIO for an educational program to help primary care offices integrate behavioral health (BH) services (including anxiety and depression screenings) into everyday practice.
This series covered:
- Building a business case for integrating and partnering with a BH organization.
- Successful integration of BH into primary care.
- Best practices for models of integration (collaboration with a BH organization, co-location of BH providers, and full integration of BH providers).
INTERACT: Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers
INTERACT (Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers) is a quality improvement program that focuses on the management of acute change in resident condition. It includes clinical and educational tools and strategies for use in everyday practice in long-term care centers.
INTERACT is designed to improve the early identification, assessment, documentation, and communication about changes in the status of residents. The goal of INTERACT is to improve care and reduce the frequency of potentially avoidable transfers to the acute hospital.
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Interpersonal Safety: A Guide to Screening and Connecting Patients to Support Services
This resource assists providers to screen their patients for interpersonal safety, a health-related social need that may impact health outcomes.
Inventory of Resources for Standardized Demographic and Language Data Collection
Collecting standardized patient demographic and language data across the health care systems is an important first step towards improving population health. Browse through the resources on standardized data collection, which include standards, reports, guides, toolkits, and articles. From the CMS Office of Minority Health.