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Adverse Events in Skilled Nursing Facilities: National Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries
This study from the Department of Health and Human Services found an estimated 22 percent of Medicare beneficiaries experienced temporary harm events during their skilled nursing facility stays, with 59 percent of these events being preventable.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 04/25/2014    Date Last Modified: Jun 11 2020 1:27PM  
Easy to Understand Medicine Instructions Available From AHRQ in Six Languages
These new standardized instructions to improve patients' understanding of when to take medications, reduce errors and improve adherence are available in six languages.
Web link    Date Added: 02/01/2015    Date Last Modified: Dec 18 2020 12:54PM  
Implementation Guide to Reduce Avoidable Readmissions
This guide from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Partnership for Patients program offers resources, tools and suggestions for implementing a readmission reduction program in your facility.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 05/04/2014    Date Last Modified: Dec 18 2020 2:42PM  
Increase Patient Safety, Infection Prevention and Control in the Community Change Package
The TMF Quality Innovation Network developed this document to assist health care professionals to increase patient safety by reducing C. diff rates and improving antibiotic stewardship in health care facilities serving high-risk fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 05/10/2024    Date Last Modified: May 10 2024 8:46AM  
Introduction to Trigger Tools for Identifying Adverse Events
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement has developed trigger tools for health care professionals to use to help identify adverse events that could cause harm to patients.
Web link    Date Added: 05/13/2015    Date Last Modified: Dec 18 2020 2:05PM  
Medication Safety Clinical Teach-Back Cards
Now available with two new drug groups: COPD medications and antipsychotics. Clinicians in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, pharmacies and physician offices will find this tool useful for teaching their Medicare and elderly patients about their medications. Included in the tool are a cover reminder card, and eleven medication cards, including: Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) -inhibitors, Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers (ARBs), beta blockers, antiarrhythmic agents, aldosterone blockers, diuretics, nitrates (vasodilators), potassium, blood thinners (anticoagulants), antidiabetic agents, opioid medications, COPD medications and antipsychotics. Each medication card includes: 1) How the class of drug works, 2) What problems to report to the clinician, and 3) The brand or generic drug names by class.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 06/20/2017    Date Last Modified: Mar 24 2022 9:48AM  
Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation
The Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) toolkit was developed to help facilities improve their medication reconciliation process. This toolkit provides a step-by-step guide to help health care providers ensure patients are properly educated about the medications they have been prescribed to help avoid medication errors and patient harm.
Web link    Date Added: 05/12/2015    Date Last Modified: Apr 14 2022 4:17PM  
My Emergency Plan (English)
Internists/primary care physicians and nurses: Provide this document to your patients, which includes more information to help them ascertain when to call your office for help or when to go to the emergency room for a range of conditions, including shortness of breath, heart failure, complications with diabetes and more. Patients: Use this document to help determine when to call your physician for help or when to go to the emergency department for assistance.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 02/03/2015    Date Last Modified: Apr 14 2022 4:01PM  
Patient Discharge Survey (English)
Physicians and nurses at hospitals can use this document to help ensure patients being discharged from the hospital are appropriately led through the discharge process. Hospital staff can also use this survey to help document their own internal patient discharge processes to ensure all of the proper steps were followed.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 09/08/2021    Date Last Modified: Mar 24 2022 11:47AM  
Readmissions Interventions and Measures Handout
Download this handout, created by the TMF Quality Innovation Network, which provides a quick-and-easy reference of readmissions measures for the hospital, skilled nursing facility and home health settings.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 04/01/2015    Date Last Modified: Dec 18 2020 2:34PM  
Tracking Infections in Long-term Care Facilities
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network provides long-term care facilities with a customized system to track infections in a streamlined and systematic way.
Web link    Date Added: 07/21/2016    Date Last Modified: Jun 11 2020 1:28PM  
Training and Resources for Skilled Nursing Facilities
This website provides training and resources for skilled nursing facilities to understand and use their PEPPER (Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report).
Web link    Date Added: 09/27/2013    Date Last Modified: Jun 11 2020 1:28PM  
Medication Safety Clinical Teach-Back Cards (Spanish for Puerto Rico)
Now available with two new drug groups: COPD medications and antipsychotics. Clinicians in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, pharmacies and physician offices will find this tool useful for teaching their Medicare and elderly patients about their medications. Included in the tool are a cover reminder card, and eleven medication cards, including: Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) -inhibitors, Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers (ARBs), beta blockers, antiarrhythmic agents, aldosterone blockers, diuretics, nitrates (vasodilators), potassium, blood thinners (anticoagulants), antidiabetic agents and opioid medications. Each medication card includes: 1) How the class of drug works, 2) What problems to report to the clinician, and 3) The brand or generic drug names by class.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 03/31/2016    Date Last Modified: Mar 24 2022 9:48AM  
Medication Safety Clinical Teach-Back Cards (Spanish)
Clinicians in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies, pharmacies and physician offices will find this tool useful for teaching their Medicare and elderly patients about their medications. Included in the tool are a cover reminder card, and eleven medication cards, including: Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) -inhibitors, Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers (ARBs), beta blockers, antiarrhythmic agents, aldosterone blockers, diuretics, nitrates (vasodilators), potassium, blood thinners (anticoagulants), antidiabetic agents and opioid medications. Each medication card includes: 1) How the class of drug works, 2) What problems to report to the clinician, and 3) The brand or generic drug names by class.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 09/26/2017    Date Last Modified: Mar 24 2022 9:49AM  
My Emergency Plan (Spanish)
Internists/primary care physicians and nurses: Provide this document to your patients, which includes more information to help them ascertain when to call your office for help or when to go to the emergency room for a range of conditions, including shortness of breath, heart failure, complications with diabetes and more. Patients: Use this document to help determine when to call your physician for help or when to go to the emergency department for assistance.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 02/03/2015    Date Last Modified: Apr 14 2022 4:02PM  
Patient Discharge Survey (Spanish)
Physicians and nurses at hospitals can use this document to help ensure patients being discharged from the hospital are appropriately led through the discharge process. Hospital staff can also use this survey to help document their own internal patient discharge processes to ensure all of the proper steps were followed.
Adobe PDF    Date Added: 02/03/2016    Date Last Modified: Mar 24 2022 11:47AM