ADE Resource Guide *New

12-page resource provides guidance for the formation of community groups to reduce the incidence of adverse drug events; includes links to provider and patient resources.

Aspirin Toolkit

1-page reference provides links to resources (patient and staff education) for improving appropriate aspirin therapy; includes clinical guidelines and patient handouts.

Becoming a High Reliability Organization

131-page guide offers operational advice for hospital leaders to implement HRO concepts to achieve safety, quality, and efficiency goals.

Blood Pressure Toolkit

2-page reference provides links to resources (patient and staff education) for improving blood pressure management; includes clinical guidelines and patient handouts.

CDI Toolkit

Resources related to best practices for prevention of Clostridium difficile; includes strategies for leadership, communication, antibiotic stewardship, and environmental control.

Cholesterol Management Toolkit

2-page reference provides links to resources (patient and staff education) for improving cholesterol management; includes clinical guidelines and patient handouts.

Clinical Microsystems: Inpatient Unit

33-page guide for assessing, diagnosing and treating your inpatient unit; provides an organizing structure with steps, forms, and process flowcharts. Developed by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, IHI, et al.

Clinical Microsystems: Long-Term Care

57-page guide for assessing, diagnosing and treating your long-term care facility; provides an organizing structure with steps, forms, and process flowcharts. Developed by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, IHI, et al.

Clinical Microsystems: Outpatient Primary Care Practice

36-page guide for assessing, diagnosing and treating your practice; provides an organizing structure with steps, forms, and process flowcharts. Developed by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, IHI, et al.

Clinical Microsystems: Outpatient Specialty Care Practice

32-page guide for assessing, diagnosing and treating your practice; provides an organizing structure with steps, forms, and process flowcharts. Developed by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, IHI, et al.

CMS QAPI Guide: What You Need to Know

A companion to QAPI at a Glance, this 21-page toolkit will help nursing homes chart their progress in implementing QAPI practices. Includes easy-to-understand explanations, checklists of action items, and suggestions for implementation.

Colorectal Cancer Toolkit

This one-page document provides links to various tools and resources that you can use to improve colorectal cancer screening.

CRE Toolkit

Guidance For Control of Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae; 32-page toolkit that expands upon the CDC recommendations for controlling CRE within the acute care environment.

CUSP Toolkit

Training tools to make care safer by improving the foundation of clinical teams; combines clinical best practices and the science of safety.

CVD Behavioral Therapy Toolkit

1-page reference provides links to G0446 coding and billing guidelines, CME, and patient education material; includes aspirin, blood pressure and healthy diet guidelines.

Developing and Running a Primary Care Practice Facilitation Program

134-page guide for organizations interested in starting a practice facilitation program to improve primary care; describes programs designed to work with primary care practices on quality improvement activities, with an emphasis on primary care redesign and transformation.

Drug Safety Toolkit

Focusing on medication reconciliation, this document provides key links to tools and resources to help you promote and improve drug safety in various care settings.

ERASE C. difficile Project CDI Toolkit

Designed to aid hospital staff and leadership in developing an effective antimicrobial stewardship program with the potential to reduce CDI.

HAI Toolkit

Resources related to best practices for prevention of healthcare-associated infection; includes information on CLABSI and CAUTI, and strategies for leadership, communication, and antibiotic stewardship.

Health Literacy Toolkit *New

Tool to guide your organization to improve health outcomes and patient experience.

Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit

227-page manual provides step-by-step guidance and tools for assessing your practice and making changes so you connect with patients of all literacy levels.

How to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates in Practice

130-page guide from the American Cancer Society with strategies and tools for improving screening rates in primary care practices.

Human Factors: Managing Failures in Human Performance

This manual explains the different types of human failures and offers examples and solutions for addressing each.

Immunization Toolkit

This one-page flyer has more than 30 links to tools and resources that you can use to promote the importance of immunizations this year.

Improving Patient and Worker Safety

171-page Joint Commission monograph discusses high reliability, management principles, strategies, and tools to advance patient and worker safety; includes activities, interventions, and action steps.

Integrating Chronic Care and Business Strategies in the Safety Net

Informs safety net providers on how to redesign their systems of care to implement the Chronic Care Model while attending to financial challenges; provides a step-by-step practical approach to guide primary care teams through quality improvement.

Mammography Toolkit

This one-page document provides links to tools and resources to help promote mammography and breast cancer screening.

Managing Behaviors

Included in this guide are algorithms and a behavior assessment to help you diagnose and treat common behavior problems in nursing home residents.

Meaningful Use Toolkit

1-page reference gives step-by-step guidance and resources for Eligible Professionals in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program.

NHSN Survival Guide *New

Quick reference resource to assist hospitals in improving the quality of data in the CDC NHSN system.

Partnering with Patients and Families to Enhance Safety and Quality Toolkit

26-page toolkit to help health care leaders, clinicians, and staff partner with patients and families to enhance quality and safety.

Preventing Pressure Ulcers: A Toolkit for Hospitals

156-page manual provides guidance for tailoring pressure ulcer prevention efforts at your facility; includes assessment, implementation, best practices, and measurement, with appendix of tools and resources.

Project RED Toolkit

Tools developed to facilitate the Re-Engineered Hospital Discharge intervention, with 5 tools that provide step-by-step instructions to help hospitals proactively address avoidable readmissions.

Quality Improvement Workbook

The worksheets collected here can be used to guide your team, start to finish, through the steps necessary to implement a process change. Also available in Microsoft Word format.

Restraint Reduction & Elimination Toolkit

Comprehensive toolkit to help jumpstart restraint reduction efforts; includes staff and family member education, assessment and planning tools, and 100+ restraint alternatives.

Root Cause Analysis Toolkit *New

Designed to assist community efforts to reduce hospital readmissions, outlining a step-by-step approach to conducting a cross-setting root cause analysis. Includes tools for acute and post-acute providers.

Smoking Cessation Toolkit

2-page reference provides links to resources (patient and staff education, consumer support groups) for smoking/tobacco cessation; includes clinical guidelines and patient handouts.

SSI Toolkit

Resources related to best practices for prevention of surgical site infection; includes strategies for leadership, communication, antibiotic stewardship, and environmental control.

Staff Stability Toolkit

96-page guide helps nursing home leaders keep and grow staff by gathering and analyzing data, using training strategically, adopting smart management practices, and setting the stage for success.

Team Development Manual

8-page guide to help you assess your organization's team culture, deal with difficult people, address team dysfunctions, and foster a strong team environment.

The Health Communicator's Social Media Kit

59-page CDC manual explains how to use Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and other social media platforms for effective health communication.

Toolkit for Redesign in Health Care

Outlines an approach to redesign/transform the process of care in the hospital setting; includes sample forms and clinical literature review.

Toolkit for Serving Diverse Communities

134-page manual from the U.S. Administration on Aging with step-by-step guidance for asessment, identification of resources, design of services, and program evaluation.