Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Advancing Excellence Press Release and Progress Announcement: September 10 LANE call

The Advancing Excellence Campaign has announced its completion of nine new quality goals and toolkits, which will be featured in a free, informational webinar on September 10, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. ET (1:00 PM MDT). Registration for the call can be found here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1848722501973917440

The Campaign's objective is to engage and challenge nursing homes to provide valuable data as well as make quality improvements. It envisions every nursing home resident in America experiencing person-centered quality of life as a result of a stable and empowered workforce, dedicated to improving clinical and organizational outcomes, and engaging in open communication and transparency.

The nine new quality goals are: 


Process Goals:
- Improving staff stability;
- Increasing use of consistent assignment;
- Increasing person-centered care planning and decision making;
- Safely reducing hospitalizations; 


Clinical Goals:
- Using medications appropriately;
- Increasing resident mobility;
- Preventing and managing infections safely;
- Reducing the prevalence of pressure ulcers; and
- Decreasing symptoms of pain.

Free resources, including implementation tools correlating to each goal, are available at www.nhqualitycampaign.org. For further information, please contact Miranda Meadow, Nursing Home Quality Data Specialist, CFMC, mmeadow@cfmc.org.


**Due to funding and venue capacity this training is not open to the general public.**