A new HHQI Disease Management: Diabetes Best Practice Intervention Package (BPIP) is now available for you to download. It includes numerous evidence-based strategies to assist with diabetes management including lifestyle modification and medications, and is focused on evidence-based guidelines for caring for patients with type 2 diabetes. Key guidelines that are applicable to home health are included from the newest American Diabetes Association (ADA) Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes. 

 
The package also includes short multimedia modules for both clinicians and patients. The modules are available on YouTube, and are also offered as MP4 files, which makes them easy to download to both laptops & tablets so you can view and share with patients without Internet access. The module presenter is a nationally renowned diabetes expert Natalie Tappe, who covers Diabetic Self-Management Education Programs and Benefits, Evidence-Based Foot Care, Prediabetes, and more. For more information, please contact us at hhqi@wvmi.org.

On May 1, HHQI added a new Diabetes Self- Management course to its Disease Management catalog in HHQI University. This course provides current evidence-based standards from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and application to ho

me health patients, along with 3.5 hours of free nursing continuing education credit approved by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation through the Alabama State Nurses Association.

The course offers tools and resources to assist patients with self-management, and is appropriate for leadership and healthcare clinicians. Enroll today.

This educational webinar presented by HHQI's Underserved Populations (UP) Network provides information and data on how a traumatic event(s) in a person's life, even as a child, can have chronic lasting effects with development and functioning. 

The individual can have higher incidence to many behavioral health, negative lifestyle behaviors, and triggers that effect their health and welfare. Understanding how trauma may be the underlying cause for vulnerable populations can assist with care planning.

Nurses and medical social workers can earn free continuing education credits (CEs) by completing the corresponding course in HHQI University. Learn how to get free CEs.

During this interactive afternoon workshop, RN Project Coordinators from the Home Health Quality Improvement (HHQI) National Campaign team will provide personalized hands-on guidance on data interpretation and the next steps toward developing and sustaining a strong Quality Assurance & Performance Improvement (QAPI) plan.  

• Interpret your agency's custom Acute Care Hospitalization reports from HHQI & identify gaps in patient care
• Distinguish 3 or more free evidence-based tools/resources to address gaps in patient care
• List 3 additional support resources to assist with development and sustainment of a QAPI plan

QAPI is coming. How should your agency prepare for it? While there are resources available that will give step by step guidance, the one area that serves as a foundation for a successful Quality Assurance & Performance Improvement (QAPI) program is an organizational culture that puts patient safety first. QAPI is about changing the culture of how care is provided and engaging all members of an organization. An organization with a strong patient safety culture not only has a foundation for their QAPI program but also the cornerstone for future performance initiatives.

During this free webinar from the Home Health Quality Improvement (HHQI) National Campaign, you'll learn how to assess your organization's culture and about different frameworks that can be implemented to improve your organization's culture.

Tina Hilmas, RN, BSN

Project Manager

Center for Patient Safety