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LHCR is working with Louisiana Home Health Agencies (HHAs)
to improve the quality of care through the Outcomes Based
Quality Improvement (OBQI) system. This nation-wide system,
developed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
(CMS) and based on OASIS data, assists HHAs in formulating a
plan of action to increase the standards of care they
provide.
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OBQI Project - Outcomes Based Quality
Improvement |
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OASIS
and OBQI Can Improve Nursing Practice -
Nursing Staff might not understand the direct
effect OASIS data can have on OBQI outcome results, and
ultimately on an agency's operations. Therefore, don't
underestimate the importance of educating field staff. The
fastest way to alienate staff is to keep them from seeing
the clinical relevance of their activities. Informing
clinical staff about the relationship of OASIS and OBQI will
help keep them committed to the quality improvement plan and
will ultimately improve your outcomes and benefit patients. |
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OBQI Web Based Training
Archive of Links and
Materials |
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Resources |
NEW! EMERGENT CARE (OASIS Item MO830)
Link to PDF of
Emergent Care Training Brochure (8.5x11)
Link to PDF of
Emergent Care Training Poster (11x17) |
Improvement in Status of
Surgical Wounds (OASIS Items
MO440, MO482 & MO488)
Link to PDF of
Improvement in Surgical Wounds Training Brochure (8.5x11)
Link to
PDF of Improvement in Surgical Wounds Training
Poster (11x17) |
Discharge to Community (OASIS Items
MO100 & MO870)
Link to PDF of
Discharge to Community Training Brochure (8.5x11)
Link to PDF of
Discharge to Community Training Poster (11x17) |
Urinary Incontinence Resources (OASIS Items
MO520 & MO530)
Link to PDF of Urinary
Incontinence Training Brochure (8.5x11)
Link to PDF of Urinary
Incontinence Training Poster (11x17) |
Ambulation Resources (OASIS Item
MO700)
Link to PDF of
Ambulation Training Brochure (8.5x11)
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to PDF of Ambulation
Training Poster (11x17) |
Transferring Resources (OASIS Item
MO690)
Link to PDF of
Transferring Training Brochure (8.5x11)
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to PDF of Transferring
Training Poster (11x17) |
Pain Interfering with Activity Resources (OASIS Item
MO420) from LHCR
Link to PDF of
Pain Interfering with Activity Training Brochure (8.5x11)
Link
to PDF of Pain Interfering with Activity
Training Poster (11x17) |
Oral Medications Resources (OASIS Item
(MO780)
Link to PDF of Oral
Meds
Training Brochure (8.5x11) from LHCR
Link to PDF of Oral
Meds
Training Poster (11x17) from LHCR |
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Resource Package
from MedQic – Improving Acute Care
Hospitalization |
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Ready, Aim, Improve (MedQic) – Acute Care
Hospitalization |
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ACH Clinical Resource Kit
(MedQic) |
Dyspnea
(OASIS Item (MO490)
Link to PDF of
Dyspnea Training Brochure (8.5x11)
from LHCR
Link to PDF of Dyspnea Training Poster (11x17)
from LHCR |
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Resource Package – Improving Bathing
(MedQic) |
Improvement
in Bathing (OASIS Item MO670) Resources -
Link to PDF of
Bathing Training Brochure (8.5 x
11) from LHCR
Link to PDF of
Bathing Training Poster (11x17)
from LHCR |
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Home Telehealth Reference 2006/2007
(MedQic) |
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Phone Monitoring - Heart Failure
(Telephone
Assessment & Follow-up Form) |
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Phone Monitoring - Diabetes
(Telephone
Assessment & Follow-up Form) |
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Immunization Toolkit 2006
(MedQic) |
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SBAR Home Health Package
(MedQic) |
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Archive of Links and
Materials |
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Conference Call Materials & Archives |
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Communicating with Physicians and Target
Setting
Archive of Links and Materials |
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Helpful Links |
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The Medicare Quality Improvement
Community (MedQIC, pronounced med-quick) is a national knowledge
forum for healthcare and quality improvement professionals.
It provides easy access to quality improvement resources.
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CMS OASIS Page |
This site stores and disseminates
policy and technical information related to OASIS (the Outcome
and Assessment Information Set) data set for use in home health
agencies. |
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Star Website |
The home health Setting Targets-Achieving Results (STAR) site.
This site allows home health agencies to set targets for
publicly reported quality measures. |
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Home Health Compare |
This tool provides you with information on how well the home
health agencies in your area care for their patients. |
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HomeCare Association of Louisiana - HCLA |
The state association of Home Health
Agencies in Louisiana. |
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Hurricane Preparedness
Resources |
Helpful links to Federal and State
Agencies and Provider Partners |
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Contact Information |
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For more
information about improving quality in the home health agency
setting, please contact: Jane Artz Bergeron (LHCR Home Health Team Leader), Donna Convington, Tricia Canella or Cindy Tullier at
homehealth@lhcr.org or
call (225) 926-6353. |
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Helpful Information |
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Home Health
Articles |
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