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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  
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: 05/26/2020    Date Last Modified: Dec 18 2020 1:06PM  
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