Regulatory and Accreditation Compliance Solutions

Toolkits, processes and protocols to streamline improvements leading to enhanced performance on regulatory and accrediting agency surveys.

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	Medication Reconciliation Essential Data Specifications This resource can help health care providers collect, communicate, and manage critical information needed for medication reconciliation when patients move from one practice setting or level of care to another. Data collection may be electronic or on paper. This information can be used to reduce medication errors and ensure safe transitions. The tool is available as a PDF, requiring Adobe Reader.
	Measures in Decreasing Workplace Violence The APNA has made a Position Statement regarding violence in the workplace, bringing awareness and insight to horizontal violence. Along with this Position Statement are guidelines that can be implemented in reducing harm in the occupational setting. This document is available as a PDF and requires Adobe Reader for viewing.
	MATCH - Medication Reconciliation Toolkit Northwestern Memorial Hospital developed a web-based, comprehensive, multidisciplinary team approach to evaluate the extent of adverse events and develop interventions to improve patient safety and quality of care. A MATCH team includes physicians, nurses, pharmacists, health services researchers and experts in quality and patient safety. This toolkit is a culmination of Northwestern Memorial Hospital's experiences as well as collaborations with other organizations and individuals locally, regionally and nationally. This guide requires a web browser.
	MARR Long-Term Care Tool Kit The MARR Coalition designed this toolkit to help health care providers caring for patients in long-term care facilities. The toolkit is based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s -12 Steps to Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance Among Long-Term Care Residents, as well as their recommendations. This toolkit includes: Guides on how to break specific links in the chain of infection, practical information, protocols, policies, and tools which are designed to be easily modified for individual facility needs.
	Leadership Guide to Patient Safety This paper presents eight steps that are recommended for leaders to follow to achieve patient safety and high reliability in their organizations. Each step and its component parts are described in detail in the sections that follow, and resources for more information are provided where available. The report was developed by IHI. The report is available as a PDF and requires Adobe Reader.
	Keeping Kidney Patients Safe: Patient Safety Improvement Toolkit The free toolkit includes planning tools, information and promotional materials to assist in planning and implementing a safety improvement program.
	ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment for Automated Dispensing Cabinets The ISMP, in response their analysis of reported medication errors, has developed a survey toolkit in order to assess the medication safety practices in healthcare institutions, regarding the use of automated dispensing cabinets.
	International Sexual Health Toolkit: Prevention and Protection – Condom Use This toolkit was developed to health policy makers, program managers, service providers, and others plan, manage, evaluate, and support services that encourage condom use and summarizes current evidence regarding condom use. This toolkit is available online through the K4Health site and separated into tabs. A web browser is required.
	Infection Prevention Plus Measures Toolkit Developed by Kaiser Permanente, the purpose of this toolkit is to make references, product information, and associated tools readily accessible to support infection prevention and control staff in the implementation of interventions that are in addition to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement infection prevention How-to Guides from the 5 Million Lives Campaign. This toolkit is not intended to suggest that these interventions are mandatory. The toolkit is available as web-based documents, PowerPoint files, and Word files, requiring a web browser, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Word.
	Infection Control: Learning Through Action to Reduce Infection This is a quick, simple action tool to use when a patient has a confirmed infection such as a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacterium, Clostridium difficile (C. diff), or other life-threatening infections. It is based on the root cause analysis (RCA) approach, and it is primarily a learning exercise. The tool is available as a PDF, requiring Adobe Reader.
	Improving Preventive Care Services for Children: A BCAP Toolkit The Improving Preventive Care Services for Children Toolkit provides a practical approach for increasing the quality of preventive care for children covered under Medicaid and SCHIP. It includes a simple process improvement model to consistently follow; strategies for identification, stratification, outreach, and intervention, including plan case studies; tools to encourage providers to adopt streamlined preventive care practices; and communications tactics for creating change. The report is available as a PDF, requiring Adobe Reader.
	Improving on Transitions of Care: How to Implement and Evaluate a Plan NTOCC has created information to help healthcare professionals understand how poor transitions impact care delivery and how you can help improve transitions in your facility. NTOCC developed an implementation and evaluation outline for transitions of care tools and resources for institutions, to raise awareness about transitions of care among health care professionals, government leaders, and consumers to increase the quality of care, reduce medication errors, and enhance clinical outcomes.