Available Now: New Immunization and Infection Prevention Best Practice Intervention Package (BPIP)
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 Just in time to start planning your fall immunization strategy, the HHQI National Campaign has created an all-new Best Practice Intervention Package (BPIP) about seasonal influenza and pneumococcal immunizations, and infection control.
To download the Immunization and Infection Prevention BPIP:
- Log-in using this link (if you aren't logged in already)
- For easier access in the future, you can also check the "remember me" box which allows you to stay logged in
- Go to the Education tab to see a list of BPIPs
- Click on the Immunization and Infection Prevention BPIP link
The primary focus of this BPIP is to provide information and resources on immunizations along with a short section on infection prevention. Both the immunization and infection prevention sections contain evidence-based information and have an Awareness-Assessment-Action component.
To supplement this BPIP, you will also have access to all new HHQI Influenza and Pneumococcal Immunization Data Reports in HHQI Data Access starting June 24. These reports are based on your OASIS-reported information and are absolutely free and individualized for all Medicare-certified home health agencies.
Please register for HHQI Data Access (if you haven't already) so you can have access to your agency's ACH and Medication Management reports now, and Influenza and Pneumococcal reports in a few weeks. It'll be the perfect follow-up to when you download the Immunization and Infection Prevention BPIP now.
And don't forget that downloading HHQI BPIPs is your ticket to earning an exclusive HHQI Gold Metal insignia in 2014 as part of our Go for the Gold! incentive. Learn more. |
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If you missed the live broadcasts of our recent Pave Your Path Webinars, the complete series archive is available now.
The Pave Your Path Webinar series focuses on using the Model for Improvement to systematically improve care delivered by home health care agencies, and is a joint presentation of the HHQI National Campaign and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Both organizations would like to sincerely thank the thousands of people who participated in the live sessions and interacted with our expert panelists over the past four months.
It's not too late to participate and interact now. You can view the complete archive of the series online, which includes:
- Pave Your Path 1: How to Improve - Will, Ideas and Execution
- Pave Your Path 2: Using the Model for Improvement
- Pave Your Path 3: Learning toward Improvement
- Pave Your Path 4: Improvement Science and Helpful Techniques
Then you can also join us on June 14 at
2:00 p.m. ET for a LiveChat with the HHQI Team about the Model for Improvement and the complete Pave Your Path Webinar series. Set a reminder to participate.
You may also contact us at any time at [email protected] for more information.
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June 12: Compulsive Hoarding for Case Managers Webinar
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Please register now for our next free HHQI Webinar broadcast: Compulsive Hoarding for Case Managers on June 12 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. Eastern. This two-hour Webinar is a joint presentation of the HHQI National Campaign's Underserved Populations (UP) Network and Celtic Healthcare of Mars, Pennsylvania.
Celtic Healthcare will be providing free Social Worker continuing education contact hours (NASW approved - 2.0 hours) for participating in the Webinar live, or viewing its recording before September 30, 2013.
Keynote presenters for the Webinar will be Celtic Medical Director Dr. Patricia Nay, and Celtic Eastern Regional VP Tonya Miller. The presentation will be followed by discussions on how agencies can work as an interdisciplinary team to assist patients who have hoarding tendencies to be safer in their homes. Learn more and register now.
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The HHQI Underserved Populations (UP) Network Newsletter
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Starting this month, the HHQI National Campaign Underserved Populations (UP) Network will debut the UPDate, a free publication that will focus on specific home health quality improvement topics for providers who serve underserved, dual-eligible, and health disparate patient populations, as well as the needs of small, non-profit home health agencies. Sign up for the UPDate now.
We recognize that home health practitioners are extremely busy, so our UPDate newsletter will provide short summaries of current meaningful articles, best practices, and appropriate resources.
The upcoming UP Networking schedule will also be a reoccurring section in the newsletter. In addition to the June 12 Compulsive Hoarding for Case Managers Webinar, the next UP Network event will be:
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You can also listen to
at any time to learn more about the wealth of opportunities we have for providers who serve underserved populations.
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HHQI Participation Milestone: 10,000 Strong...and Continuing to Grow
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Did you hear the good news? We did it! 10,000+ people are now actively participating in the Home Health Quality Improvement (HHQI) National Campaign! Thank you so much for helping us reach this important milestone.
You can help us continue to grow by recommending that your friends and colleagues register to participate in the HHQI National Campaign. We would also like to extend sincere appreciation to our alliance of HHQI Network Coordinators and Stakeholder Work Committee members who have helped us achieve this key participation milestone. Working together, we can make a significant impact on what matters most: America's home health patients.
Again, thank you for helping us reach this milestone and for your participation in the HHQI National Campaign!
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Join us on Friday June 14 at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern) to for an online LiveChat with the HHQI team. This month we will be discussing PDSA and the Model for Improvement among other topics. This is a fun, interactive online format that allows you to network with others in real time. Set a reminder for this event or view an archive
of last month's LiveChat. See you on the 14th at 2:00 p.m. Eastern!
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June 2013
Agency of the Month
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Turlock, California
"At CovenantCare at Home, our patients come first. We strive to provide the very best care possible to those entrusted to our care. We are thankful for organizations such as HHQI to partner with us in education and provide tools to help us achieve exemplary care."
- Ronda Malmberg, BSN, CWS
Administrator CovenantCare at Home
Enter now for a chance to become the next HHQI National Campaign Agency of the Month.
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Partner Resource Spotlight:
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Geriatric Falls Prevention Toolkit
To help reduce the number of falls experienced by older patients, CHAMP selected and organized evidence-based tools from their Resource Library into their Geriatric Falls Prevention Toolkit. It includes:
- Clinically-focused and validated tools
- Intervention tools
- Tools to help communicate about risks for falls
- Guidelines and evidence-based best practices
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Find out others' experiences with home health quality improvement by visiting MyHHQI Blog.
Our latest post is about how to begin identifying pills that are not in bottles. We also have recent posts about Asian/Pacific American heritage and a key campaign milestone.
If you would like to be a guest blogger or have topic suggestions for future posts, please contact us at [email protected]
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Download the Underserved Populations (UP) Best Practice Intervention Package Now
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- Log-in using this link (if you aren't logged in already)
- Go to the Education tab to see a list of BPIPs
- Click on the Underserved Populations (UP) BPIP link
If you need assistance to download the BPIP, please contact HHQI at [email protected].
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Click here for a chance to be selected as the HHQI National Campaign's next Agency of the Month.
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Be one in a Million Hearts
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In September 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services launched the Million Hearts initiative to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by the year 2017. The initiative focuses on improving the ABCS (Aspirin therapy for those at risk, Blood pressure measurement and control, Cholesterol measurement and management, and Smoking cessation).
There is a need to target and provide assistance to home health providers and their patients to support the initiative and prevent heart attacks and strokes. Consequently, the HHQI National Campaign will be working with CMS to include the home health community in the Million Hearts work.
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Meet HHQI Team Members Face-to-Face
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We will be hitting the road this summer to spread home health quality improvement best practices across the country with onsite HHQI presentations, including:
June 26 - Misty Kevech will be at the International Home Care Nurses Organization inaugural conference in Cleveland titled, "The Future of Health Care is at Home" discussing the HHQI National Campaign. Learn more.
July 24 - Cindy Sun will be presenting an overview of HHQI Tools and Resources during the Home Care Association of Florida's 2013 Annual Conference in Orlando titled, "FORWARD. Renewing. Adapting. Transforming." Learn more.
If you will be attending either of these upcoming events, please contact us at [email protected] so you can make arrangements to attend these presentations and meet Misty and Cindy. We'd love to see you there!
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