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.
Author: IPRO
Get to Know Me
One of the most important steps in providing quality dementia care is familiarity with the person. These resources can be used to provide insight into the residents’ preferences, life history, and qualities that make them unique. Knowing this information can foster a more relaxed relationship between the resident and care providers. The facility can post this resource where it is accessible to all staff working with the resident.
Feel free to contact (ipronursinghometeam@ipro.org) the IPRO nursing home team for assistance with Dementia Care or Psychotropic reduction.
A Quality Measure Case Study – High Risk Pressure Ulcers
This is a video taking the audience through one quality measure, in this case High Risk Pressure Ulcers, and tying the guidance from the RAI Manual to the specific quality measure specifications to accurately code and honestly reflect the nursing home population.
Custom Trending Report: 12 Time Periods
This is an Excel trending report that provides the opportunity to trend multiple data points with focused trending graphs instantly available to either print on standard letter-sized paper or save as individual PDFs for electronic sharing.
Monthly Pressure Ulcer Tracking Form and Guide
The Monthly Pressure Ulcer Tracking Form was developed to assist facilities track their pressure ulcers on a monthly basis with the ability to carry over unhealed/unresolved pressure ulcers unto a new monthly tracking form. It maintains an active list of all current pressure ulcers in real time to assist with the investigation, treatment and provide an important piece in the development of a targeted pressure ulcer prevention program. (See instructions below on how to download the tracking form.)
Complete this form to receive a link to download a zipped folder of the Pressure Ulcer Tracking Resources to include the Excel tracking form as well as a PDF instructional guide that explains the use of the tool: https://forms.office.com/r/369PSU6V4m
For questions on the Monthly Pressure Ulcer Tracking Form and Guide, please contact Dave Johnson (djohnson@ipro.org) or IPRONursingHomeTeam@IPRO.org.
State Operations Manual Appendix PP – Guidance to Surveyors for Long Term Care Facilities
A link to the most current State Operations Manual (SOM) for Long Term Care Facilities.
Monthly Infection and Antibiotic (ABX) Tracking Form and Guide
The infection and antibiotic tracking form was developed to assist facilities track both their infections and antibiotic use on a monthly basis. It maintains an active list of all infections and antibiotic use in real time. (See instructions below on how to download the tracking form.)
Complete this form to receive a link to download the Infection and Antibiotic Tracking Tool.
Joy in Work
Executive Summary
With increasing demands on time, resources, and energy, in addition to poorly designed systems of daily work, it’s not surprising health care professionals are experiencing burnout at increasingly higher rates, with staff turnover rates also on the rise. Yet, joy in work is more than just the absence of burnout or an issue of individual wellness; it is a system property. It is generated (or not) by the system and occurs (or not) organization-wide. Joy in work — or lack thereof — not only impacts individual staff engagement and satisfaction, but also patient experience, quality of care, patient safety, and organizational performance.
This white paper, published by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), is intended to serve as a guide for health care organizations to engage in a participative process where leaders ask colleagues at all levels of the organization, “What matters to you?” — enabling them to better understand the barriers to joy in work, and co-create
meaningful, high-leverage strategies to address these issues.
The white paper describes the following:
* The importance of joy in work (the “why”);
* Four steps leaders can take to improve joy in work (the “how”);
* The IHI Framework for Improving Joy in Work: nine critical components of a system for ensuring a joyful, engaged workforce (the “what”);
* Key change ideas for improving joy in work, along with examples from organizations that helped test them; and
* Measurement and assessment tools for gauging efforts to improve joy in work.
Hospital/Post-Acute Provider Admission Readmission Case Review Form
This form is used to gather information and facilitate a discussion for process improvement measures to address readmissions that occur within 1-7 days or 2 or more readmissions within 30 days.
Skilled Nursing Facility Transfer to Emergency Room Process Map
This process map can serve as a visual illustration of the steps in addressing Emergency Room transfers. This tool may also be used for training and quality improvement using checks [√} to ensure steps are taken. This document is not part of the Medical Record and is for quality improvement purposes only.
Transfer Tracking Form and Guide
The Transfer Tracking Form was developed to provide facilities with a tool to track both their acute care and emergency department transfers over time. It maintains an active list of all transfers and any related aspects of each transfer in real time. (See instructions below on how to download the tracking form resources.)
Complete this form to receive a link to download a zipped folder of the Transfer Tracking Resources to include the Excel tracking form as well as a PDF instructional guide that explains the use of the tool: https://forms.office.com/r/MDhux7Aw6x
For questions on the Transfer Tracking Form and Guide, please contact Dave Johnson (djohnson@ipro.org) or IPRONursingHomeTeam@IPRO.org.
Nurse-to-Nurse Report Tool (ISHAPED Patient Centered Care Approach)
Utilizing the IHI/Picker Institute ISHAPED approach, this nurse-to-nurse report tool provides comprehensive and critical information to use during transitions of care.
Care Transitions Warm Handoff Report
This is a comprehensive list of critical clinical information that can be shared during warm handoff with the next level of care.
Hospital Contact Information for Post Acute Providers
This fillable form allows a hospital to provide key contact information for receiving post-acute providers if they have questions concerning a recent patient transfer.