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brought to you by the Home Health Quality Improvement (HHQI) National Campaign
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HHQI has free resources to help you promote many of April's annual events among your patients and staff. Visit the April Resources page on the HHQI website.
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Coming in May 2018: Wound Management BPIP
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HHQI will be releasing the Wound Management Best Practice Intervention Package (BPIP) early in May. The BPIP brings together evidence-based practices from leading expert organizations, such as Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN); National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP); International Skin Tear Advisory Panel (ISTAP); and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
The utilization of an interdisciplinary approach to wound care to improve care and efficiencies is emphasized throughout the BPIP, and m
any tools for leadership, clinicians, and patients to support your agency's wound management program will be provided.
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Types of Wounds:
- Pressure ulcers/injuries
- Venous, arterial, and neuropathic lower-extremity wounds
- Surgical wounds
- Skin tears
- Burns
- Ostomies
Featured Tools:
- Specific wound assessment & treatment protocols
- Wound OASIS specific guidance tool
- Several online algorithms
- Clinician pocket cards (HHQI)
- Updated Wound Management & Pain Management ZONE tools (HHQI)
- Wound Infection & SBAR tools from Great Plains Quality Innovation Network (QIN)
- Sample Clinical Wound & Skin Management Competency
- Wound Case Studies
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Free Continuing Education (CE) Credits for Nurses
A corresponding course will also be available in HHQI University.
This activity has been submitted to Alabama State Nurses Association for approval to award 3.5 contact hours. Alabama State Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. To receive CE credits, you must read the BPIP and complete additional coursework in HHQI University.
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April 2018 HHQI Agency of the Month
 This month, HHQI recognizes
NHC HomeCare of Milan, Tennessee for their dedication to improving home health care quality.
Home health agencies that are active in the HHQI National Campaign and closest to the
national, r
isk-adjusted ACH 20th percentile and/or the national, risk-adjusted Oral Medication Improvement 80th percentile (or better) are eligible for random selection as HHQI Agency of the Month.
Be in the spotlight.
Nominate your agency today
, and if you are selected, your organization will be prominently featured here in HHQI Inside Edition -- which reaches more than 13,000 subscribers -- and on the HHQI website. Your achievement will also be shared via HHQI's social media channels.
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2018 HHCDR Updates Now Complete
HHQI Measures #241 & #2 have been "sun-setted" and removed from HHQI's Home Health Cardiovascular Data Registry (HHCDR).
Additionally, two new cardiovascular measures have been added to the HHCDR. P
articipating agencies now have the opportunity to submit patient data regarding statin therapy (HHQI Measure #438) and cardiac rehab referral (HHQI Measure #643).
Visit the HHCDR Measures page on the HHQI Data Access website for complete specifications on all current measures.
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Save the Dates
'Third Thursdays' Event Schedule
Home health professionals are busy. Now, there's an understatement. In order to make the most of your limited time, HHQI's three primary online Networking events -- LiveChat, Cardiovascular Learning & Action Network (CardioLAN) webinars, and Underserved Populations (UP) webinars -- will
each be held quarterly.
Events will rotate and always begin at
2pm (ET) on the third Thursday of the month
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Minority Health Month Webinar
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April 19, 2018
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2-3pm ET
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Serving Racial & Ethnic Minority Populations
 Health disparities continue to exist for racial and ethnic minorities. This educational webinar presented by the Home Health Quality Improvement National Campaign (HHQI) featuring the Office of Minority Health will provide insight for agencies to better address these disparities.
Learn more about the
National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Standards
in health and healthcare to advance health equity, improve quality, and help eliminate health care disparities by establishing a blueprint for health and healthcare organizations. The presenters will also share why accurate data collection and reporting is important to assist with improvement strategies.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Identify the purpose of the Office of Minority Health
- Describe two benefits of CLAS Standards for racial & ethnic minority patients
- Identify two reasons for collecting & reporting more specific racial & ethnic populations data
FEATURED EXPERT
Carol Jimenez, JD
Deputy Director, Office of Minority Health
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Service
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FREE NURSING CE CREDIT
This activity has been submitted
to Alabama State Nurses Association
for approval to award 1.25 contact hours. Alabama State Nurses Association is accredited as an
approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation (ANCC).
To receive CE credit, participants
must watch the webinar and
complete
related coursework in HHQI University.
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Please visit the
April 2018 UP webinar page
to register or for more information, including the latest information on CE status and presentation slides as soon as they are available.
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MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED FOR THIS WEBINAR.
If you'd like to be among the first to know about upcoming educational events,
subscribe to our topic-specific mailing lists. Details will be delivered straight to your inbox as soon as they are available, so you'll be sure to get a seat for our most popular webinars.
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Upcoming Industry Webinars, Courses & Other Events
*Continuing education credit is included, available, or pending.
Reference to any specific organization or its products or services is for information and convenience and
does not constitute endorsement
, recommendation, or favoring by Quality Insights, the Home Health Quality Improvement National Campaign, or the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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| This material was prepared by Quality Insights, the Medicare Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization supporting the Home Health Quality Improvement National Campaign, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The views presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy. Publication number 11SOW-WV-HH-MMD-040418 |
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