Resource: Care Management – An Implementation Guide for Primary Care Practices (PDF, 5.5 MB, 111 page) This guide, based upon research on successful strategies used in practices with documented ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines health equity as “the state in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health.” 39 Back in 2001, ...

Before initiating antibiotics it is important to pause and review all relevant clinical and laboratory data and then weigh the potential benefit versus harm of initiating antibiotic therapy. Moment 2: ...

This section provides an overview of the key concepts and tools in the Communication Module.

The United States Health Information Knowledgebase (USHIK) was an online, publicly accessible registry and repository of healthcare-related metadata, specifications, and standards. USHIK contained ...

What Is an Antibiogram and Why Should a Nursing Home Use It? A nursing home-specific antibiogram may be an effective and inexpensive tool for improving appropriate antibiotic prescribing. An ...

eCare Plans support seamless care coordination, communication, and collaboration among members of the care team (patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals) to address the full spectrum of a ...

Hospital Admission Versus Readmission Costs, 2020 (PDF, 759 KB) ...

Welcome to the TeamSTEPPS ® curriculum. The TeamSTEPPS 3.0 curriculum addresses the needs of the 21st century healthcare workforce. This document highlights the key aspects of the TeamSTEPPS 3.0 ...

Latest available findings on quality of and access to healthcare ...

The change management process must be carefully and strategically organized to attain widespread acceptance. To achieve an environment truly committed to patient safety, a successful TeamSTEPPS ...

The purpose of the Best Practices in Public Reporting series is to provide practical approaches to designing public reports that make health care performance information clear, meaningful, and usable ...