Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement
Concurrent Education Session - 60 minutes
Ashley Chastain, DrPH, MPH
Project Manager
Columbia University School of Nursing
New York, New York
Nothing to disclose
Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz, PhD, MPH, CIC
Assistant Professor
Jefferson College of Nursing
Philadephia, Pennsylvania
Nothing to disclose
Heather Bernard, DNP, RN, CIC, FAPIC, DNP, BS, RN, CIC, FAPIC
Director of Infection Prevention
Mohawk Valley Health System
Hamilton, New York
Nothing to disclose
Home healthcare (HHC) agencies are providing increasingly complex care and serve as a critical link between acute care and independent residential living. The landscape in which HHC agencies operate is changing due to the development of several value-based purchasing (VBP) initiatives by HHS, changes in the CMS’ Home Health Conditions of Participation, and The Joint Commission’s focus on IPC as a national patient safety goal for HHC.
This session will help IPs to understand and prepare for the changing landscape by:
- Presenting a research agenda to identify best practices for IPC and quality improvement in HHC;
- Describing trends in the HHC Quality of Patient Care Star Ratings (QoPC) data; and
- Reporting results from a survey and qualitative interviews of HHC personnel
- Describing the challenges to IPC and quality improvement in HHC and lessons learned