Monday, August 25, 2014

AHRQ's Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions


Some hospital administration, quality improvement or nursing staff may find this of interest :


Reducing readmissions is a national priority for payers, providers, and policymakers seeking to improve health care and lower costs. Readmissions are a significant issue among patients with Medicaid. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) commissioned this guide to identify ways evidence-based strategies to reduce readmissions can be adapted or expanded to better address the transitional care needs of the adult Medicaid population.

Contents :
 Acknowledgments
About the Principal Investigators
Introduction
Why Focus on Medicaid Readmissions?
How To Use This Guide
Overview of Guide Content
Roadmap of Tools
Section 1: Know Your Data
Section 2: Inventory Readmission Reduction Efforts Section 3: Develop a Portfolio of Strategies Section 4: Improve Hospital-Based Transitional Care Processes for Medicaid Patients Section 5: Collaborate With Cross-Setting Partners Section 6: Provide Enhanced Services for High-Risk Patients References


Tools :
Introduction to the Tools
Tool 1: Data Analysis Tool
Tool 2: Readmission Review Tool
Tool 3: Data Analysis Synthesis Tool
Tool 4: Hospital Inventory Tool
Tool 5: Cross-Continuum Team Inventory Tool Tool 6: Conditions of Participation Checklist Tool Tool 7: Portfolio Design Tool Tool 8: Readmission Reduction Impact and Financial Analysis Tool Tool 9: Readmission Risk Tool Tool 10: Whole-Person Assessment Tool Tool 11: Discharge Information Checklist Tool 12: Cross-Continuum Team How To Tool Tool 13: Community Resource Guide Tool



Prepared for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality under Contract No. HHSA290201000034I.

Friday, August 15, 2014

Introducing Nursing Reference Center


Nursing Reference Center (NRC) is a new intuitive and easy-to-use point-of-care reference  tool for our Nurses.

NRC offers  :
·         Nursing Skills & Procedures
·         Quick Lessons  (2-pg summaries on diseases and conditions)
·         Evidence-Based Care sheets
·         Drug Info with Nursing Implications
·         Patient Education to supplement LogiCare/ExitCare
·         And much more …

If you missed the live demos for Nursing Reference Center, it’s not too late!
Watch the in-depth WebEx recording  (30 min) by the official NRC Trainer, Kathy Jensen.    There is a short registration form to view the WebEx.

Where can you find Nursing Reference Center?
            The Source > Links & Resources > In the search box, type in “nu”                                                                            > Click on Nursing Reference Center

It’s also linked within many of the EMRs such as Meditech, Centricity, and MedHost.
Questions or comments, contact Your Librarians :

Deb Knippel   or   Michele Matucheski

3 New eBooks - Neonatology and PeriAnesthesia Nursing

We have 3 new eBooks available to all Ministry Associates through The Library Without Walls :

Publication Date: 2012    via R2 Library
 
Publication Date: 2012   via R2 Library
ISBN: 9780763769987  via StatRef
Publication Date: 2011

Use the links above to access these eBooks now.

You can access these and our other 200+ eBooks in our Ministry Libraries Catalog and our eBookshelf QuickBase Application

Select eBooks are also available on our subject-specific LibGuides like Nursing Standards.

Most of our eBooks can also be found in our A-Z List under the eBooks Tab

Because we purchased online access to these eBooks, staff should be able to get through to the full-text as long as you are using an Affinity / Ministry computer within the footprint of our IP addresses. 


For information on how to use R2 Library efficiently, see the R2 Library QuickStart Guide or the R2 Digital Library User Guide.

Suggestions for other eBooks to purchase for Ministry Health Care as a System?  

Contact Your Librarians :   Deb Knippel or Michele Matucheski

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

3 New eBooks via R2 Library : Pain, AACN, and Sleep

We have 3 new eBooks available to all Ministry Associates through The Library Without Walls. 

       

PAIN ASSESSMENT AND PHARMACOLOGIC MANAGEMENT
Chris Pasero, MS, RN-BC, FAAN, Margo McCaffery, MS, RN-BC, FAAN


PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF SLEEP MEDICINE
Meir Kryger, MD, FRCPC, Thomas Roth, PhD, William Dement, MD, PhD
AACN PROCEDURE MANUAL FOR CRITICAL CARE
Debra Lynn-McHale Wiegand, PhD, RN, CCRN, FAAN

Use the links above to access these eBooks now.

You can access these and our other 200+ eBooks in our  Ministry Libraries Catalog and our eBookshelf QuickBase Application

Select eBooks are also available on our subject-specific LibGuides like Nursing Standards.

Because we purchased online access to these eBooks, staff should be able to get through to the full-text as long as you are using an Affinity / Ministry computer within the footprint of our IP addresses. 

R2 Digital Library
For information on how to use R2 Library efficiently, see the R2 Library QuickStart Guide or the R2 Digital Library User Guide.

Suggestions for other eBooks to purchase for Ministry Health Care as a System?  
Contact Your Librarian :   Deb Knippel or Michele Matucheski