April

04/28/2008

Risk Adjustment, Odds Ratios, and Acute Care Hospitalization

04/21/2008

Risk Adjustment Models Provide a Roadmap

4/14/2008

Emergency Care Planning

04/07/2008

Write It Dowm for Patient Self-Management Education

March

03/31/2008

An Interdisciplinary Team Approach to Transitional Care

03/24/2008

Handing Care Over to Another Healthcare Provider

03/17/2008

Transitional Care Coordination and the Personal Health Record

03/11/2008

Transitional Care Coordination and the Oral Medication Reconciliation Connection

03/03/2008

Transitional Care Coordination and the Acute Care Hospitalization Connection

February

02/25/2008

Coaching Patients and Their Caregivers to Talk to Their Doctors

02/19/2008

Personal health records

02/11/2008

Best Practice Intervention Package -- Transitional Care Coordination

02/04/2007

Vaccinations

January

01/28/2008

Patient self-management education

01/21/2008

Heart Failure and Acute Care Hospitalizations

01/14/2008

Best Practice Intervention Package - Disease Management

01/07/2008

Know the revised NPUAP pressure ulcer stages

December

12/17/2007

Patient Self-Management: Best practice improvement package

12/10/2007

OASIS 2008 UPDATE Teleconference Q & A Follow-Up

12/03/2007

Hospice, palliative, and end-of-life care

November

11/26/2007

Communicating effectively with older adults about the flu

11/09/2007

Best practice intervention package: fall prevention

11/05/2007

The importance of staff education

October

10/29/2007

Understand human error

10/22/2007

Integrating Cross-Setting Relationships at Your Agency

10/15/2007

Immunization Resources for Home Health Agencies

10/08/2007

Best Practice Intervention Package: Physician Relationships

10/01/2007

Non-pharmacological approaches to pain management

September

9/24/2007

Managing wounds

09/17/2007

Time to administer the flu vaccine for healthcare workers

09/10/2007

Immunization Best Practice Intervention Package

09/04/2007

Conference resources for PPS Final Rule

August

08/27/2007

Friday calls can help decrease weekend hospital visits

08/20/2007

Emergency care planning can reduce avoidable hospitalizations

08/13/2007

Best practice intervention package: telemonitoring

08/06/2007

Effective strategies for phone monitoring

July

07/30/2007

Frontloading visits for patients at risk for hospitalization

07/23/2007

12 considerations for a good hospital risk assessment

07/16/2007

Pain assessment in the nonverbal patient with dementia

07/09/2007

Check on Your Neighbors During Extreme Summer Weather

07/02/2007

HHQI National Campaign “Strategies for Success”

June

06/25/2007

Roadmap to improvement in pain interfering with activity

06/18/2007

Set targets and print OASIS progress charts on www.hhqi-star.org

06/11/2007

Best practice intervention package: phone monitoring & frontloading visits

06/04/2007

Join the national campaign to receive monthly acute care hospitalization data reports

May

05/29/2007

14 questions your patient should ask when considering treatment for an illness or condition

05/21/2007

15 things patients should ask about their prescriptions

05/14/2007

Non-pharmacologic approach to transferring for patients with orthostatic hypotension

05/07/2007

Best practice intervention package: medication management

April

04/30/2007

Five clues that a person with dementia is in pain

04/23/2007

30 strategies to help ensure medication adherence

04/16/2007

Are you ready for pay for performance?

04/09/2007

Study best practices for emergency care planning

04/02/2007

Ten core elements of the fall risk assessment for staff training

March

03/26/2007

Patient tips for taking medicines safely

03/19/2007

Communicating for better pain management

03/12/2007

Browse best practices for hospitalization risk assessment

03/05/2007

NPI: Get it. Share it. Use it.

February

02/26/2007

I HATE FALLING: A mnemonic for key physical findings in the elderly patient who falls or nearly falls

02/20/2007

Routine tests for people with Diabetes are not routine for African American Medicare beneficiaries

2/12/2007

Managing oral medications to help prevent hospitalizations

02/05/2007

Home modifications to prevent falls

January

01/29/2007

Fast facts on pain management

01/22/2007

Access OBQI and OBQM CASPER reports by branch

01/15/2007

Using the CASPER case mix analysis reports

01/08/2007

Register this week to be a premier agency in the national campaign

December

12/18/2006

How one agency manages pain in the elderly at home

12/11/2006

Create an emergency care plan for your patients

12/04/2006

How to work with a hospitalist

November

11/27/06

The impact of pain on sleep (video link)

11/20/06

Communication is key to solving the ACH puzzle

11/13/06

JCAHO look-alike, sound-alike medication list

11/06/06

Five essential resources for Fall

October

10/30/06

Communication is key to solving the ACH puzzle

10/23/06

Have you set your quality goals for next year?

10/16/06

Use the home health STAR Web site to set quality measure goals.

10/09/06

What accounts for differences in the use of hospital emergency departments across US communities?

10/02/06

Observing unspoken signs of pain

September

9/25/06

Evaluate your immunization assessment process

9/18/06

Influenza and pneumococcal vaccine myths

9/11/06

Learn more about pain during pain awareness month

9/4/06

Only two ways to improve a process

August

8/28/06

Acute care hospitalization (ACH) best practice audio recordings

8/21/06

The Care Transition Intervention© of U. of Colorado

8/14/06

Manage all of the players to reduce avoidable hospitalizations

8/7/06

Four strategies to improve physician relations

July

7/31/06

Set goals for improvement on new Web site for agencies

7/24/06

Translate medical jargon into plain language

7/17/06

Improve communication with patients

7/10/06

Traveling tips for people with COPD

7/3/06

Communicate with physicians using the SBAR process

June

6/26/06

Five safe healthcare practices to teach your patients

6/19/06

5 causes of inactivity

6/12/06

Functional ABILITY related to transferring

6/5/06

Safe steps to reduce falls *

May

5/29/06

Pain relief through best practice education for staff

5/22/06

Unmet ADLs lead to an increased risk of hospitalization

5/15/06

Use evidence-based research to manage dyspnea

5/8/06

Facts about preventable hospitalizations, AHRQ 2000

5/1/06

Nine focus areas to reduce avoidable hospitalizations

April

4/24/06

Strategies to reduce hospitalization in heart failure management

4/17/06

Web-based training modules focus on quality improvement

4/10/06

Manage the risks of telehealth equipment malfunctions and failures

4/3/06

Essential processes to reduce avoidable hospitalizations

March

3/20/06

Assessment of risk factors for hospitalization and emergent care

3/20/06

Know which Medicare notices of non-coverage to issue

3/13/06

Tips for reducing avoidable acute care hospitalizations

3/06/06

Dyspnea: Teach patients quick relief techniques

February

2/27/06

Look on the bright side of human errors

2/20/06

Educate physician practices about home telehealth

2/13/06

Health information translations for patients with limited English skills

2/06/06

Medication management & the older adult

January

1/30/06

Managing Clostridium difficile (C-Diff)

1/23/06

Think outside the box for staff education.

1/16/06

Improvement strategies for reducing pain that interferes with activity

1/9/06

CMS plans to eliminate OASIS seven-day lock date

December

12/19/05

Ohio focuses on pain that interferes with activity

12/12/05

The technology of home telehealth.

12/5/05

Understanding the basics about home telehealth

November

11/21/05

Improvement in urinary incontinence

11/14/05

Improvement in dyspnea as a quality measure

11/7/05

Discharging patients to the community as a quality measure

October

10/31/05

The time to immunize is now.

10/24/05

United in focus to reduce acute care hospitalizations

10/17/05

Get your home health agency involved in the national Home Health Quality Initiative.

10/10/05

Strategies to reduce acute care hospitalization

10/3/05

Immunizations in Home Health Care

September

9/26/05

Plan of Action Development 101 - part 6 of 6

9/19/05

Plan of Action Development 101 - part 5 of 6

9/12/05

Plan of Action Development 101 - part 4 of 6

9/5/05

Take a break on Labor Day

August

8/29/05

Plan of Action Development 101 - part 3 of 6

8/22/05

Plan of Action Development 101 - part 2 of 6

8/15/05

Plan of Action Development 101 - part 1 of 6

8/8/05

Partner with Ohio KePRO in quality improvement

8/1/05

8^th Statement of Work to Emphasize Transformational Change

July

7/25/05

Update your provider information

7/18/05

Understanding the Benefits Improvement and Protection Act (BIPA)

7/11/05

Prevent heat-related illness

7/4/05

Outcomes-Based Quality Improvement Seminar

June

6/27/05

Ask "What Can We Do by Next Tuesday?"

6/20/05

Understanding OASIS is Key to OBQI

6/13/05

20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors

6/6/05

Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000

May

5/30/05

Safe Practices for Better Health Care - Part 5

5/23/05

Safe Practices for Better Health Care - Part 4

5/16/05

Safe Practices for Better Health Care - Part 3

5/9/05

Safe Practices for Better Health Care - Part 2

5/2/05

Safe Practices for Better Health Care - Part 1

April

4/25/05

Emergent Care - 24-Hour Timeline is Key

4/18/05

Help is only a click away

4/11/05

MedQIC fully operational

4/04/05

Three Attributes of Leadership

March

3/28/05

Inherent in the work of quality improvement is the necessity for change

3/21/05

Visit MedQIC, a Medicare Quality Improvement Community

3/14/05

Sixteen Reasons that Affect People's Performance

3/07/05

Following the paper trail

February

2/28/05

A Word About Documentation

2/21/05

A Glimpse of the Future of Home Health Compare

2/14/05

Preparation for the Regional Work Group

2/07/05

Regional Work Group

January

1/31/05

Strategies to Retain Employees

1/24/05

Hiring for Success

1/17/05

Set Your Sight on Half-Lives

1/10/05

What made the difference to achieving success?

1/03/05

What made the difference to achieving success?

December

12/20/04

Home Health Team would like to wish you a healthy and happy holiday season!

12/13/04

Holiday Season Wish List

12/06/04

OASIS and Nursing Practice

November

11/29/04

Application of the Home Health Agency (HHA) Conditions of Participation (CoPs) to Patients Receiving Chore Services Exclusively

11/22/04

Happy Thanksgiving

11/15/04

Microsystems in Health Care - Part 4

11/08/04

Microsystems in Health Care - Part 3

11/01/04

Managing the Change - Part 2

October

10/25/04

Making the Change - Part 1

10/18/04

A thought to MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

10/11/04

Quality is Not a Department

10/04/04

Tidbits

September

9/27/04

CMS Issues Policy Change for Accurate Coding of OASIS Pressure Ulcer Items

9/20/04

Now is the Time to Get Vaccinated!

9/13/04

Monitoring the Plan of Action

9/6/04

Intervention Actions

August

8/30/04

Writing Best Practices

8/23/04

Writing a Problem Statement or a Strength Statement

8/16/04

The Process of Care Investigation

8/9/04

The Beginning

8/2/04

Determining Your Success: How Effective Was Your Plan of Action

July

7/26/04

Recipe for a Successful Agency

7/19/04

Patient Fall Prevention Education Programs

7/12/04

Focus on Function

7/5/04

Producing Results in Others - Human Resource Series, Part V

June

6/28/04

Out of Site, Out of Mind? - Managing Off-Site Employees

6/21/04

Dealing With Change

6/14/04

The New and Changing Work Force

6/7/04

Change Management

May

5/31/04

Use of the Symptom Diary for Self Monitoring and Disease Management

5/24/04

Use the CASPER Outcome Tally Reports for Quality Improvement

5/17/04

Standing Orders for COPD

5/10/04

Standing Orders Part III for Surgical Wounds

5/03/04

Standing Orders Part II Congestive Heart Failure

April

4/26/04

How to use Quality Toolkit and Charting Our Progress

4/19/04

Standing Physician Orders Part I

4/12/04

M0830 – Emergent Care

4/05/04

A Roadmap for Improvement in Dressing Upper Body

March

3/29/04

A Roadmap for Improvement in Ambulation/Locomotion

3/22/04

A Roadmap for Improvement in Transferring

3/15/04

A Guide to Improvement in Dyspnea

3/08/04

A Roadmap for Improvement in Status of Surgical Wounds

3/02/04

A Roadmap for Improvement in Management of Oral Medications

February

2/23/04

A Roadmap for Improvement in Bathing

2/16/04

A Roadmap for Improvement in Pain Interfering with Activity

2/09/04

A Roadmap for Any Emergent Care

2/02/04

A Roadmap for Acute Care Hospitalization Part 2

January

1/26/04

A Roadmap for Acute Care Hospitalization Part I

1/19/04

Risk Adjustment Models Provide a Roadmap

1/12/04

How Can an Investment in OBQI Result in Clinical, Financial, and Competitive Gains?

1/05/04

Preparing for the Annual Evaluation