Prepared by IPRO HQIC Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Quality Improvement & Innovation Group
Health Equity Organizational Assessment (HEOA) Frequently Asked Questions
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Executive Audience: How the HEOA can lower your financial risk and help achieve the Triple AIM
Prepared by IPRO QIN-QIO NQIIC, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Quality Improvement & Innovation Group
Executive Audience: How the HEOA can lower your financial risk and help achieve the Triple AIM
Collecting REaL Data – Examples of How to Ask for REaL Data
Prepared by IPRO Hospital Quality Improvement Contractors (HQIC)
This Resource Guide provides examples on how best to collect race, ethnicity, and language data and ensure that it is being collected consistently.
Importance of HQIC Health Equity Metrics
Prepared by IPRO HQIC
This resource provides rationale and talking points related to the importance of the HQIC health equity metrics.
Best Practice Strategies for Organizational Health Equity
Adapted from HSAG by IPRO QIN-QIO HQIC, Network of Quality Improvement and Innovation Contractors (NQIIC), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Quality Improvement and Innovation Group
This resource provides best practice strategies, tasks, and tools for each of the seven Health Equity Organizational Assessment (HEOA) categories.
REaL Data Collection Toolbox
Prepared by IPRO HQIC
This Learning Toolbox focuses on healthcare facilities collecting data on race, ethnicity, and language preference (REaL) as an important component of the provision of equity in the healthcare setting. It includes a quick primer on data collection, and provides links to articles, tools, and resources to educate providers on the importance of knowing the diverse patient population for which they provide care.
IPRO HQIC presents: The Impact of Meaningful Medication Reconciliation on ADEs, January 13, 2022
This material was prepared by The Bizzell Group (Bizzell), the Data Validation and Administrative (DVA) contractor, under contract with
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Hospital leaders from across the country attend the HQIC Community of Practice Call. The small, rural and critical access voice was amplified through sharing of barriers and best practices alike. Furthermore, subject matter experts shared their perspectives and their favorite resources. This resource contains a link to the Januray 13, 2021 video, presentation slides, and tools documentation.
ZONE TOOL | COVID-19 Self-Management Zone Tool
This resource was prepared by the Health Service Advisory Group (HSAG)
and adapted by Alliant Health Solutions. It is redistributed by the IPRO
HQIC, a Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor, under contract with
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
This tool is used by healthcare providers across the continuum of care to educate and prepare patients for safe self-management of COVID-19 illness.
IPRO HQIC December 2021 LAN: Partnership in Action: Bedside Shift Change & Reporting
The American Institutes for Research (AIR) and the IPRO Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC)
The American Institutes for Research (AIR) and the IPRO Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC) gathered hospitals that have successfully implemented shift change huddles or bedside reporting in partnership with patients and families. This LAN event included a facilitated discussion among attendees about the top barriers to implementing this practice in their hospitals and the steps hospitals can take today to overcome those barriers. This resource includes a recording of the LAN event and accompanying slides.
HQIC Antibiotic Stewardship Workgroup: Penicillin Allergy Module
Developed by the Network of Quality Improvement and Innovation Contractors for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services Quality Improvement and Innovation Group – QIN/QIO HQIC
This resource contains two video conversations on how to develop and maintain a successful penicillin allergy program, and how to initiate and sustain an antibiotic allergy clarification program. Additional resources include CDC fact sheet, allergy poster, and Evaluation and Diagnosis of Penicillin Allergy for Healthcare Professionals documentation.
Optimal Z Code Utilization & Reimbursement Opportunities, Webinar, December 7, 2021, 11 AM
An IPRO NQIIC Health Equity Cross-Task Event
This resource provides a recording and slides from a webinar presentation on how healthcare organizations can play an important role in advancing the collection of social determinants data and how these social risk factors impact patient health and quality of life. Additionally, the presenters provide valuable information on optimal Z code use for reimbursement.
Person and Family Engagement Implementation Guides for Hospitals
Developed by the American Institute of Research (AIR) in partnership with IPRO HQIC
This resource provides hospital leaders and staff with practical, step-by-step guidance to successfully implement the 5 PFE Best Practices in the CMS-funded Hospital Quality Improvement Contract (HQIC) program. Each guide walks the user through the definition of the PFE Practice, the intent of the Practice, the benefits of partnering with patients and families to increase safety in the hospital setting, concrete examples from the field, and a list of resources to support implementation. These guides are meant to be a supplement to the Hospital Roadmap for Person and Family Engagement.
Guide Practice 1 Preadmission Planning Checklist
Guide Practice 2 Discharge Planning Checklist
Guide Practice 3 Shift Change Huddles and Bedside reporting
Guide Practice 4 Designated PFE Leader
Guide Practice 5 PFAC or Representatives on Hospital Committee