Home Health Tip of the Week

QIO HHQI Weekly Update :: December 17, 2007

TIP OF THE WEEK

Patient Self-Management: Best practice improvement package

This tip of the week is a reprint of the December 2007 Best Practice Intervention Package (BPIP) for the Home Health Quality Improvement National Campaign, focusing on patient self-management. You may also download the BPIP in its entirety.

The December 2007 BPIP for the Home Health Quality Improvement National Campaign has been released. This month's topic is Patient Self-Management.

Leadership Track (PDF)

Nurse Track (PDF)

Therapist Track (PDF)

Medical Social Worker (PDF)

Home Health Aide (PDF)

Examples of Excellence (PDF)

Group Health Steps to Health Central Form (Word)

Fast Track (PDF)

Full Contents: BPIP - Patient Self-Management (PDF)

ASSOCIATED RESOURCES

Planned Care: Self-Management Support in Home Healthcare (by Masspro) (PDF)

Masspro's individual tools from the above package

Patient Self-Management Brochure (Word)

Patient SBAR (Word)

Personal Health Record (Word)

Phone Monitoring Assessment Guide (Word)

Patient Assessment of Self-Management (Word)

Planned Care: Patient Self-Management Support, Staff Education Workbook (by Masspro)

Action Plan Tools

Masspro's

Self-Management: Healthy Changes Plan (Word)

Confidence Scale (Word)

My Action Plan

English Action Plan (PDF)

Spanish Action Plan (PDF)

Chinese Action Plan (PDF)

My Action Plan (HHQIOSC modified version of New Health Partnership)

English (PDF)

Spanish - Mi Plan de Accion (PDF)

Monthly BPIP poster (PDF)

Talking with Your Doctor Package (For Patients)

The Talking with Your Doctor Package was developed by the National Institute on Aging. This is a resource for patients who want to learn how to become better self-managers and how to become more active in their healthcare.

Electronic Test (Word)

Effective techniques for Patient Self-Management Video by California Healthcare Foundation

To view the video, visit the California Healthcare Foundation Web site by clicking on the link above. This video provides three different demonstrations of patients learning to self-manage. This is a 30-minute presentation providing strategies and tools that have been proven effective in helping patients to self-manage and adopt healthy behaviors. This material is presented by William H. Polonsky, PhD, CDE., of the University of California, San Diego.

PODCASTS/AUDIO RECORDINGS

Right click on the audio file link below to select "Save Target As..." This will allow you to save the audio recording to your hard drive. You may then listen to the podcast from your computer or burn it to a CD.

Strategies to Improve Patient Self-Care Management Skills by Lisa Gorski (MP3)

Self-Care Management for Home Health Aides by Carol Siebert and Karen Vance (MP3)

EDUCATIONAL WEBEXES

Please read the instructions for downloading the WebEx software. Even if you have previously installed WebEx, you will need to download the software. Once you have installed the software, right-click on the WebEx file link below to select "Save Target As..." This will allow you to save the WebEx recording to your hard drive. You may then view the WebEx.

INTRODUCTION TO THE BEST PRACTICE INTERVENTION PACKAGE - PATIENT SELF-MANAGEMENT

The Patient Self-Management WebEx provides a quick overview of this Best Practice Intervention Package. The presentation introduces clinician education resources and many national key tools are highlighted. The WebEx’s purpose is to provide a general overview for leadership of the package and/or for clinicians to learn more about the Best Practice Intervention Packages, specifically Patient Self-Management.

Download the WebEx (WRF)

Download the Handouts from the WebEx (PDF)

Download the PowerPoint presentation of the WebEx (PPT)

SUPPORTING PATIENT SELF-MANAGEMENT THROUGH PLANNED CARE: EVIDENCE AND TECHNIQUES (STAFF EDUCATION)

Download the WebEx (WRF)

Download the WebEx podcast (MP3)

Download the handouts (PDF)

Download the PowerPoint presentation of the WebEx (PPT)

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Free 1.75 CNE contact hours are available for Registered Nurses and a Certificate of Participation for LPNs/LVNs for completing the Nursing Track of this Best Practice Intervention Package: Patient Self-Management. An online evaluation/post-test is required after completing the Nursing Track. Registered Nurses and LPNs/LVNs click here.

Therapists (PT, OT, ST, PTA & COTA) may apply for a certificate of participation -- 1.75 continuing education hours. An online evaluation/post-test is required after completing the Therapy Track. PTs, OTs, STs, PTAs, & COTAs follow this link.

Continuing Education Provider Information for Patient Self-Management - Therapy (PDF)

Continuing Education Provider Information for Patient Self-Management - LPN/LVN (PDF)

VOLUNTARY SURVEY

December's Best Practice Intervention Package - Patient Self-Management Voluntary Survey

RESOURCE SPOTLIGHT

OASIS Update 2008 with Corinne Stevenson – Recording Now Available!
On December 5, 2007, Corinne Stevenson, Ohio OASIS Education Coordinator provided a 1-hour teleconference on changes to the Home Health OASIS that take effect January 1, 2008. Don’t wait until January to order this important teleconference!

IN THE NEWS

UNDERUTILIZATION OF COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENINGS BY MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES: STUDY

December 10, 2007 -- Cancer, American Cancer Society -- The majority of Americans in Medicare are not getting screened for colorectal cancer, according to a study by researchers at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland. Read the abstract online >>

EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS BY SENIORS RISING: STUDY (PDF)

December 5, 2007 -- Annals of Emergency Medicine -- The rate of visits to U.S. hospital emergency rooms by senior citizens grew faster than that of any other age group between 1993 and 2003, according to a study by researchers at George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC. Read more >>

THREE COMMON MEDICATIONS TRIGGER EMERGENT CARE IN OLDER ADULTS: STUDY

December 4, 2007 -- Annals of Internal Medicine -- The Beers criteria is a consensus-based list of 41 potentially inappropriate medications for the elderly. However, it is three medications outside of this list – warfarin, insulin, and digoxin – that account for 33 percent of adverse events leading to emergency department visits by older Americans, according to researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read more >>

COMING ATTRACTIONS

Home Health PPS Update: Why Accurate Diagnosis Coding is More Important Than Ever
National Association for Home Care & Hospice Audio Seminar/Webinar
December 19, 2007, 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. (ET)
Members: $179, Non-Members: $229
To register, call (800) 335-5535

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Publication No. 8002-OH-002-12/17/2007. This e-mail was prepared by Ohio KePRO, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Ohio, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy.

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