The Seeds of Change: Acute Care Hospitalization, Immunizations, and Publicly Reported Measures

To download the workshop materials, click on the links below:

Objectives

• Launch new Arizona pilot-tested tools and strategies for quality improvement.

• Identify the roles of the home health agency and HSAG in Reducing Acute Care Hospitalization.

• Apply the Improvement Matrix to home health quality measures.

• Demonstrate the use of the Case Mix Analysis Tool.

Agenda (PDF, 74K)

1.   Reducing Acute Care Hospitalization (RACH)

• RAHC Change Package (PDF, 2MB)
• RAHC Strategies for Change, click here.
• Sample RAHC Plan of Action (PDF, 17K)

2.   Oral Medications

• Oral Medications Improvement Matrix (PDF, 294K)
• Oral Medications Best Practice Tools (PDF, 338K)
• Oral Medications Supporting Resources (PDF, 409K)

3.   Immunizations

• Immunization Toolkit (PDF, 1MB)

4.   Monitoring Tools

• CMS Tally Template (XLS, 256K)
• CMS Tally Workbook Instructions (PDF, 602K)



• Case Mix Analysis Tool (XLS, 302K)
• Case Mix Analysis Tool Instructions (PDF, 55K)



• Best Practices Tracker Tool (XLS, 2MB)
• Best Practices Tracker Tool Instructions (PDF, 471K)

The Microsoft Office Excel 2000 Tutorial will help you use the Best Practices Tracking Tool spreadsheet.

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