The Fundamentals of QAPI for Home Health
Table of Content About CMS Tools Performance improvement projects Enter your information to unlock the learning objectives. Home health agencies are to address patient safety and infection prevention within the agency QAPI program. Learn about CMS’s guidance, how to identify potential problem areas, and some implementation examples. Discuss several approaches to tracking and trending issues related to patient safety and infection prevention. This is where our Quality Outcomes Support Program comes in. The agency develops a new home safety training sheet for patients/caregivers and instructs all direct caregivers to reinforce the safety training tips at each visit. Determine the changes that need to be made to employee training, policies and/or procedures to eliminate the incident risk. Quality Assurance & Performance Improvement is a home health regulation in the Conditions of Participation . QAPI is the integration of both Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement togethe...