QAPI in Home Health
Hours: 0.50
There is no doubt that improving the quality of healthcare services has been a national priority in the U.S. for the last several decades, and home health care is no exception. Since the beginning of OASIS in 1999, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has required home health agencies to assess and report the quality of delivered care and seek ways to improve patient outcomes. To further emphasize the importance of quality healthcare, CMS developed the Home Health Compare website, which publicly reports OASIS-based quality performance information (CMS, 2020a). Quality Assessment Performance Improvement, or QAPI, is a tool that home health agencies use to help identify issues within their organization and with the care delivered to patients. Once these issues are identified, QAPI allows the agency to focus their goals and create a plan that will guide them to improvement. In this course, you will learn the role that QAPI has in improving healthcare quality and the fundamental principles of QAPI. The goal of this educational program is to provide nursing professionals in home health with education about QAPI.
There is no doubt that improving the quality of healthcare services has been a national priority in the U.S. for the last several decades, and home health care is no exception. Since the beginning of OASIS in 1999, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has required home health agencies to assess and report the quality of delivered care and seek ways to improve patient outcomes. To further emphasize the importance of quality healthcare, CMS developed the Home Health Compare website, which publicly reports OASIS-based quality performance information (CMS, 2020a). Quality Assessment Performance Improvement, or QAPI, is a tool that home health agencies use to help identify issues within their organization and with the care delivered to patients. Once these issues are identified, QAPI allows the agency to focus their goals and create a plan that will guide them to improvement. In this course, you will learn the role that QAPI has in improving healthcare quality and the fundamental principles of QAPI. The goal of this educational program is to provide nursing professionals in home health with education about QAPI.
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Texas HHSC has determined that Relias Learning’s submitted training meets or exceeds the minimum standards for HCSSA administrator training in the following categories: Licensed and Certified Home Health (L&CHH). Texas HHSC also recognizes Relias Learning provides continuing education for administrators and alternate administrators. This activity is approved for 0.5000 contact hours.
District of Columbia Board of Nursing
District of Columbia Board of Nursing Approved Continuing Education program (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
Nurses will receive 0.50 contact hours for participating in this course.
Georgia Board of Nursing
Georgia Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 0.50 contact hours for participating in this course.
American Nurses Credentialing Center
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nurses will receive 0.50 Nursing Contact Hours after successfully completing this course.
South Carolina Board of Nursing
South Carolina Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 0.50 contact hours for participating in this course.
New Mexico Board of Nursing
New Mexico Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 0.50 contact hours for participating in this course.
Arkansas State Board of Nursing
Arkansas State Board Of Nursing Approved Continuing Education program (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
Nurses will receive 0.50 contact hours for participating in this course.
Describe the fundamental principles of QAPI.
Explain the role that QAPI has in improving home health care quality.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Fundamental Principles of QAPI
What is QAPI?
Improving Quality
Basic Concepts
Identifying the Problem
Quality Measures
Outcome Measures
Process Measures
QAPI in Action: Part 1
Problem Analysis
Improving Outcomes
QAPI in Action: Part 2
Monitoring the Plan
Section 3: Conclusion
Summary
Course Contributor
Resources
References
Congratulations!
Jennifer W. Burks is a Curriculum Designer in Post-Acute Care for Relias. She has over 25 years of clinical and teaching experience, and her areas of expertise are critical care and home health. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The University of Virginia in 1993 and her Master of Science in Nursing from The University of North Carolina, Greensboro in 1996. Her professional practice in education is guided by a philosophy borrowed from Florence Nightingale's Notes on Nursing, "I do not pretend to teach her how, I ask her to teach herself, and for this purpose, I venture to give her some hints." Disclosure: Jennifer W. Burks, M.S.N., R.N. has declared that no conflict of interest, Relevant Financial Relationship or Relevant Non-Financial Relationship exists.
The target audience for this course is: Nurses; in the following settings: Home Health.
Asynchronous/Online Distance Learning; please see certificate details for specifics on delivery format.
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To earn continuing education credit for this course you must achieve a passing score of 80% on the post-test and complete the course evaluation.
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