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Superior Health Quality Alliance > Initiatives > QIN-QIO > Nursing Home Quality Improvement Collaborative
Nursing Home Quality Improvement Collaborative

Nursing Home Quality Improvement Collaborative

Superior Health Quality Alliance’s (Superior Health) Nursing Home Quality Improvement Collaborative expands on years of experience assisting nursing homes with improving the quality of care and the quality of life of people living in nursing homes. Superior Health provides each participating nursing home with the following:

  • data-driven technical assistance 
  • education, tools and resources to build capability, efficiency and expertise 
  • assistance meeting and exceeding regulatory requirements 

We recognize changes in payment models are driving changes in the way work is done—we’re here to help you navigate with success. 

Participants of this collaborative receive information about improving your nursing home’s quality and implementing high-quality, seamless transitions of care. In addition, your organization is invited to join initiatives focused on chronic disease prevention and self-care, increase patient safety and improve behavioral health and opioid misuse.  


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Looking for opportunities in your nursing home to improve clinical outcomes, quality measures and infection prevention and control surveillance? Superior Health and Real Time are offering this great opportunity to 300 nursing homes at absolutely no cost through October 2024. For additional information and inquiries, please check out these resources:

  • Learn about the collaborative. (PDF)
  • Infection Control and Antibiotic Stewardship Surveillance (PDF)
  • Unlock the Power of Your Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Turn Data into Actionable Insights (PDF)

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Front Line Forces training modules and resources cover topics developed with the direct care staff in mind, created for those working in long-term care and other health care settings.
Current offerings include:

    • Pressure Injury and Prevention
    • Caregiver Well-Being
    • Hand Hygiene
    • Substance Use Disorder
    • Preventing Falls and Falls with Injury
    • Urinary Tract Infections
    • Vaccinations
    • Sepsis
    • and more!

Resources

General

All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Homes

Change Package | National Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative

Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)

Sepsis

      • Sepsis Screening Tool (PDF)
      • Recognition and Management of Sepsis in the Long-term Care Setting: Introduction to Sepsis (video) and Presentation PDF
      • Recognition and Management of Sepsis in the Long-term Care Setting: Using QAPI  (video) and Presentation PDF
      • Front Line Forces: Sepsis

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      • General Infection Prevention
      • Reduce Spread of Infection
      • Current COVID-19 Outbreak
      • Current High COVID-19 Transmission Rate

Targeted COVID-19 Training for Nursing Homes: Tutorial for Access CMS QSEP Training (PDF)

Quality Measure Tip Sheet: Influenza Vaccine – Long and Short Stay

Quality Measure Tip Sheet: Pneumococcal Vaccine – Long and Short Stay

IPC Component Checklist – Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities (PDF)

Motivational Interviewing Strategies for Vaccination Readiness (PDF)

Resistance to COVID-19 Booster Vaccines (PDF)

Influenza and Pneumococcal Immunization Toolkit (PDF)

Emergency Preparedness Planning

Playlist: Be Prepared: Emergency Preparedness Planning Series (YouTube)

Diabetes Patient Preparedness Plan

Nursing Home Quality Measures

Five-Star Quality Measure Rating Excel Calculation Tool Instructions (PDF)

Nursing Home Compare Five-Star Quality Measure Rating Calculation Tool (Excel)

How to Access the Nursing Home Five-Star
Rating Preview Report
 (PDF)

Antipsychotic Medication Use

Change Bundle: Avoidance of Unnecessary Antipsychotic Medications in Nursing Home Residents Living with Dementia

Fishbone Tool with Antipsychotic Medication Examples (PDF)

Five Whys Tool with Antipsychotic Medication Examples (PDF)

How to Help Your Loved One: Improve Dementia Care by Reducing Unnecessary Antipsychotic Drugs

Information Sheet: Antipsychotic Medication Use for Person with Dementia Living in Long-Term Care Facilities

Quality Improvement Plan for Antipsychotic Medications (PDF)

Mental and Behavioral Health in Long Term Care

Older Adult Mental Health Video Training Series

Technology Solutions and Platforms to Combat Social Isolation (PDF)

National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)

C. difficile Reporting Guide for Long Term Care Facilities (PDF)

FAQs for Reporting C. difficile (CDI) in National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) (PDF)

How to Share Your NHSN Data with Superior Health Quality Alliance (PDF) updated Oct. 27, 2022

Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI)

QAPI Meeting Agenda Guide

QAPI Meeting Agenda (Word Doc)

QAPI Written Plan How-to Guide (PDF) Appendix (Word Doc)

Root Cause Analysis Toolkit for Long-Term Care

Action Plan Template and Instructions (Word Doc)

Measure/Indicator Collection and Monitoring Plan (Word Doc)

QAPI Goal Setting (Word Doc)

QAPI Measure/Indicator Development Worksheet (Word Doc)


Findings from the Field

Playlist of Findings from the Field Videos

Guides:

    • Environmental (EVS) and Laundry
    • Food Service
    • New Resident and Transport
    • Quarantine and COVID-19 Units
    • Waste Management

The Focus of Our Work

Superior Health is powered by eight organizations with proven success driving achievement of Medicare quality improvement program goals. Superior Health will work to improve the quality of health and health care for health care consumers, patients, clinicians, health care organizations and communities by supporting these five areas:

  • Improve nursing home quality focusing on reducing unnecessary resident harm, reducing hospitalizations and increasing a facility’s Five Star Quality Rating.
  • Increase quality of care transitions through engagement of community coalitions to reduce unnecessary emergency department visits and increase medication safety.
  • Increase chronic disease prevention and self-care for those living with cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic kidney disease.
  • Increase patient safety including reducing adverse drug events and healthcare-related infections.
  • Improve behavioral health and opioid misuse through prevention and access to health services.

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Show Your Progress with Data

KeyMetrics is the data collection and reporting tool for the QIN-QIO work. Please click the image below to access this tool.

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