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The Joint Commission Pain Assessment and Management Requirements - Joint Commission
ADA Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes - American Diabetes Association
KHA VTE Quality Webinar: January 12, 2023
Recording
KHA VTE Presentation
Overview of the MAPP App Presentation
Antibiotic Interchange during Amoxicillin Suspension Shortage Guidance - Norton Children's Hospital and UK HealthCare Kentucky Children's Hospital
Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship in Kentucky Webinar - KHA Recording Presentation
Antibiotics Awareness Week - CDC
Antibiotic Stewardship Core Elements at Small and Critical Access Hospitals
Antibiotic Use in the United States: Current Report - CDC
Be Antibiotics Aware - CDC
CDC Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Assessment Tool
CDC Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs - CDC
COVID-19 Reverses Progress in Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance in U.S. - CDC
IDSA/SHEA Guidelines - Infectious Diseases Society of America
National Quality Partners Playbook: Antibiotic Stewardship in Acute Care - Quality Forum
Urine Culture Stewardship in Hospitalized Patients - CDC
White Paper: Redefining the Antibiotic Stewardship Team - American Nurses Association and the CDC
CAUTI CLABSI Process Discovery Tool
CAUTI Maintenance Audit Tool - courtesy Baptist Health Paducah
Foley Daily Log
Guidelines for Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of CAUTI in Adults - Infectious Diseases Society of America
Guidelines for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (2009) - CDC.Gov
Infographic Poster on CAUTI Prevention - AHRQ
Management of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections: Redefining the Standard of Care
Promoting Appropriate Urine Culture Management - American Journal of Infection Control
Toolkit for Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI in ICUs - AHRQ
Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals - AHRQ
Treating Asymptomatic Bacteriuria: All harm, No Benefit
ABATE Toolkit: Protocol to Reduce Bloodstream Infections in Oatients with Specific Medical Devices - AHRQ
Blood Culture Dos and Don'ts
Central Line Maintenance Bundle Audit Tool - courtesy Palmetto Children's Hospital
Central Line Maintenance Bundle Audit Tool
CLABSI Maintenance Audit Tool
Strategies to Prevent CLABSI in Acute Care Hospitals - SHEA
C. diff Factsheet - CDC
C. diff Guidelines and Prevention Resources - CDC
C. difficile Process Discovery Tool - IPRO HQIC and St. Francis Hospital
C. diff Treatment Flowsheet
C. difficile Testing Protocol
Clinical Practice Guideline: 2021 Focused Update Guidelines on Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Adults - Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) - Also published at Oxford Academic
Patients and Families: Be Antibiotics Aware, C. diff Infection - Am I At Risk? - CDC
Progression of a C. diff Infection - CDC
TAP C. difficile infection (CDI) Implementation Guide: Links to Example Resources - CDC.Gov
Standardized Overhead Paging Codes for Emergency Situations
FAQs
KHA Effective Communications in Hospitals Program Home
Blind & Visual Impairment Resources
Deaf & Hard of Hearing Resources
Federal Websites
Free Tools
Health Literacy Training
Health Literacy Resources
Hospital Communications Toolkits
Interpreter & Translator Resources
Best Practice Strategies for Organizational Health Equity - IPRO HQIC
Health Equity Organizational Assessment: Executive One Pager - IPRO HQIC
Health Equity Organizational Assessment: FAQs - IPRO HQIC
Health Equity Roadmap - AHA
Health Equity Roadmap - IPRO NQIIC
Health Equity Toolkit - Indiana Hospital Association
Importance of HQIC Health Equity Metrics - IPRO HQIC
Improving Health Care for People Experiencing Homelessness Webinar - Alliance for Health Policy
Language Access Plan - CMS
Optimal Z Code Utilization and Reimbursement Opportunities Webinar - IPRO QIN-QIO and HQIC
Racial Equity Institute Website
REaL Data Collection Toolbox - IPRO HQIC
REaL Data - Examples of How to Ask for REaL Data - IPRO HQIC
Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) Resource Guide - IPRO QIN-QIO
Socially Determined Website: Platform for Determining the Social Risk of Your Community
2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines - Journal of the American College of Cardiology (jacc.org)
Guidelines and Statements - Professional Heart Daily - American Heart Association
APIC: Association of Professionals in Infection Control
National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) - CDC
Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) Management - CDC.Gov
Actionable Patient Safety Solutions™ (APSS™) - Patient Safety Movement Foundation
Care Transitions - Indiana Hospital Association
Coaches Guide: PFE Assessment - IPRO HQIC
Discharge Planning Checklist - CMS
Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety - AHRQ
Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families - AHRQ
Video: Leveraging Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFACs) to improve Patient Safety - Patient Safety Movement Foundation
Opioid and Pain Management Practices - IPRO HQIC
Patient and Family Advisory Council Candidate Interview Guide & Decision Matrix - Jefferson Healthcare
Person and Family Advisory Committee (PFAC) Implementation Process Overview - IPRO HQIC
Person and Family Representatives on Hospital Committee (Implementation Process Overview) - IPRO HQIC
Person and Family Advisory Council Resources - AHA
Patient and Family Engagement (PFE) Implementation Guide for Hospitals - IPRO HQIC
Patient and Family Engagement (PFE) Leader Job Description - IPRO HQIC
Preadmissions Planning Checklist (English): How to Prepare for a Hospital Safe Stay - IPRO HQIC
SpeakUP - Indiana Hospital Association
Starting and Implementing a Family Advisory Council at Your Hospital - IPRO HQIC
A Team Approach To Improving the Acoustical Environment: How Teams Can Reduce Noise To Support a Healing - AHA Recording Slides
Toolkit for Engaging Patients To Improve Diagnostic Safety - AHRQ
Toolkit to Engage High-Risk Patients in Safe Transitions Across Ambulatory Settings - AHRQ
Toolkit to Improve Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care - AHRQ
Webinars:
Patient and Family Engagement Kentucky Quality Counts Data Definition Review - December 13, 2021
Presentation
How Can Person and Family Engagement (PFE) Help Reduce All-Cause Harms in Hospitals? - IPRO HQIC
IPRO HQIC Partnership in Action: Bedside Shift Change and Reporting - December 21, 2021
Recording - Passcode: BPb+HG7@.8 Presentation Tools & Resources: IPRO HQIC PFE Implementation Guide
What is Person and Family Engagement (PFE) and Why Does it Matter? - IPRO HQIC
Hand Hygiene - Indiana Hospital Association
Patient Safety Toolkit - Indiana Hospital Association
Progressive Mobility & Pressure Injuries - Indiana Hospital Association
Reducing Sedation - Indiana Hospital Association
Hospital Compare - CMS
Joint Commission Quality Check
Leapfrog
Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project (HCUP) - AHRQ
National Healthcare Quality Report - AHRQ
AHA Quality Center
Agency for Healthcare Resources & Quality (AHRQ)
AHRQ TeamSTEPPS Tools and Materials
CMS Quality Improvement Roadmap
Community Health Needs Assessment Toolkit
Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals
Joint Commission Resources for Kentucky Hospital Association Members
AHRQ IDEAL Discharge Planning
Readmissions Checklist
Consortium
Consortium Participating Hospitals
Past Events/Recordings
Sepsis Awareness Toolkit - Indiana Hospital Association
Sepsis Resources - Kentucky Sepsis Consortium
SSI Event Analysis Tool - courtesy Deaconess Hospital Henderson
AORN Cleaning Audit Tool - Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
SSI Process Discovery Tool
AHA Team Training Webinar Library
Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia, ventilator-associated events, and nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update - Society for Healthcare Epidemiology (SHEA)
VTE Prevention Webinar Recording - Cardinal Health