Author: IPRO

6-Step change package for nursing centers to become trauma-informed.

“Physicians Fighting Stigma: Judgement-Free Scripting for Stages of Change in Opioid Use Disorder” is a series of brief videos (less than 3 minutes each), presented by Bobby Redwood, MD. with the Superior Health Quality Alliance.

6-Step change package for health care organizations to become trauma-informed.

Overview: A Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is a structured, facilitated team process to identify root causes of an event that resulted in an undesired outcome and develop corrective actions. The RCA process provides a way to identify breakdowns in processes and systems that contributed to the event and how to prevent future events.

The purpose of a RCA is to find out what happened, why it happened, and determine what changes need to be made. It can be an early step in a PIP, helping to identify what needs to be changed to improve performance.
Once you have identified changes that need to be made, the steps you will follow are those you would use in any type of PIP.

Use this Step-by-Step Guide for Performing Root Cause Analysis with Performance Improvement Teams to investigate events in your facility (e.g., adverse event, incident, near miss, complaint).

Download this fillable RCA PIP Team Template to track progress toward process improvements.

NOTE: Facilities accredited by the Joint Commission or in states
with regulations governing completion of RCAs should refer to those requirements to ensure all necessary steps are followed.

A modifiable template to develop a safe visitation policy. Please be aware you need to add your state specific guidance to policy.

Updated patient education flyer on the importance of the influenza vaccine.

SAMHSA has developed a Buprenorphine Quick Start Guide and Pocket Guide for all practitioners seeking to prescribe buprenorphine.

https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/quick-start-guide.pdf

During this keynote presentation, Dr. Ruth M. Tappen, EdD, RN, FAAN describes how to use a resident and family decision aid regarding transitions to acute care settings.

Slides from Dr. Tappen’s presentation can be found here. https://qi.ipro.org/wp-content/uploads/4_New-Day-Keynote2_Dec2021_Tappen_508-1.pdf

Lean how to understand your CASPER data and build an effective date review process.

Link to Informational Webinar.

The IPRO QIN-QIO has prepared LINKS (Local Interactive Network of Knowledge Sharers) education materials and guidance to help spread awareness about health topics relevant to your community members, to support population health.

Sepsis: What You Need to Know

Help spread awareness about what sepsis is and what patients/community members can do to prevent it with this fact sheet.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lL2kbgezd1LH-t3CzkIn7jkPXRqAH08x/view?usp=share_link

Sepsis: Staying Healthy Through Awareness

This PowerPoint presentation is about what sepsis is, how to help prevent sepsis, and ways to build awareness about it for patients/consumers. The presentation slides can be adapted to fit the needs of your specific audience or community.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19lAkuBfhb54DpnrmKhjltENQ8EV20hSW/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=103685187999998386862&rtpof=true&sd=true

This comprehensive document helps patients and families track current medications, vaccinations, health conditions and other important medical information.

Use with Quality Improvement and Care Coordination: Implementing the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain document and the Opioid and Pain Management Best Practice Aggregate Results Dashboard.