Nursing Home
Missouri nursing homes continue working to improve the care they provide as more information becomes available to families and elders considering long-term care. Consumers can now use the Nursing Home Compare Web site to see how nursing homes in their communities are performing on 19 publicly reported quality measures. Quality of care counts, and it’s visible for all to see.
As Missouri’s Quality Improvement Organization, Primaris is contracted with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to work with Missouri nursing homes to measurably improve the quality of care they provide.
Primaris knows the daily challenges nursing homes face, such as staff turnover, communication barriers and limited resources. We want to partner with homes as they turn these challenges into opportunities to improve. Over the next two years, Primaris will work with a select group of nursing homes. We will provide special support as these homes work to improve prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers, and work to reduce the use of physical restraints.
Primaris offers a variety of free clinical tools and resources available to download and print. Click on the topics below to read additional information.
Clinical Tools and Resources
ADL
Delirium
Infection
Fall Prevention
Pain
Physical
Restraints
Pressure
Ulcers
Walking
NHQI Public Reporting
Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI)
Person Centered Care
Click here for the latest Nursing Home tools and resources.
Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes
An ongoing coalition-based campaign to improve the quality of life for residents and staff in America’s nursing homes.
National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel
Staging guidelines and illustrations of pressure ulcer stages
STAR Targets
Set your STAR targets today at www.nhqi-star.org.
Geriatric Web
A Web-based geriatric digital library to be used in the education of health care professionals and in the clinical care of the older patient.
Center to Advance Palliative Care
The Center is dedicated to increasing the availability of quality palliative care services in healthcare settings for people with life-threatening illnesses, their families, and caregivers.
MedQIC
MedQIC is the Medicare Quality Improvement Community, a Web-based resource created and supported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for its Medicare National Quality Improvement Priorities.
For more information contact:
Pam Guyer, BS, LNHA |
Alexis Roam, BSN |