Sixty percent of nursing home adverse events – including pressure ulcers, medication errors, falls and infections – are deemed preventable and it’s estimated that one in five nursing home residents suffers preventable harm.
Overview
The Telligen QIN-QIO works with nursing homes to help them achieve their goal of providing high-quality, person-centered care. The National Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative enables Telligen to engage nursing homes in quality improvement work using a Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) framework.
Explore topics and resources selected especially for nursing homes with these Telligen toolkits:
- Antibiotic Stewardship in Nursing Homes Toolkit
- Clostridium difficile (CDI) Prevention for Nursing Homes Toolkit
- Improve Your Quality Measures Do-It-Yourself Nursing Homes Toolkit
- Pressure Ulcer/Injury Prevention Toolkit
- Dementia Care Toolkit
- Bowel and Bladder Incontinence Toolkit
- Fall Prevention Toolkit
- Pain Prevention Toolkit
- Organizational Essentials to Improve Star Rating Toolkit
Download our fact sheet to learn more about this healthcare quality improvement work.
Feature
Nursing Homes Recognized for Healthcare Quality by Telligen and the National Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative
The National Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative (NNHQCC) Honor Roll recognizes performance for the long-stay quality measures on Nursing Home Compare, which has aligned with the top 10 percent of nursing homes in the U.S. Nursing homes on Nursing Home Quality Collaborative Honor Roll have achieved a quality measure composite score of six or less for at least one quarter. View the complete lists of honor roll recipients in Colorado, Illinois and Iowa here.
Contact Information
Colorado
Elizabeth Schulte Mullins
Elizabeth.Schulte@area-d.hcqis.org
Kristen Ives
Kristen.Ives@area-d.hcqis.org
Illinois
Lisa Bridwell
Lisa.Bridwell@area-D.hcqis.org
Nell Griffin
Nell.Griffin@area-d.hcqis.org
Stacy Gordon
Stacy.Gordon@area-d.hcqis.org
Iowa
Gina Anderson
Gina.Anderson@area-d.hcqis.org
Sarah Wendelboe
Sarah.Wendelboe@area-d.hcqis.org
Latest Resources
- Turnover: What Can Nursing Homes Do About It?
- What’s An Infection Preventionist To Do? Review of the New Role as it Pertains to a Urinary Tract Infection Two Part Webinar – Part II
- Staff Stability: Improving Processes in Nursing Homes
- Antibiotics: Take a Time-Out
- Just When You Yeast Expect It: The Emergence of Candida auris