Setting of Care

This workbook helps States improve the quality of home- and community-based programs and supports (HCBS) programs. It will help users understand, design, implement, document, and monitor the components of a quality improvement (QI) process for HCBS programs.

This workbook is arranged into the following chapters:

• Getting started
• Preliminary assessment
• Select a topic for the QI project
• Identify barriers and actions
• Define measures and data...

This toolkit details the experiences of a workgroup of Medicaid managed care organizations that collaborated to develop new ways of identifying members of racial and ethnic subgroups, to measure gaps in care and to explore ways to improve health care quality. The workgroup members designed innovative strategies to uncover and address disparities in three targeted areas: birth outcomes and immunizations, asthma care, and diabetes care.

Communities are using the walk or bike to school as the first step to change community culture and create environments that are more inviting for everyone, young and old. This Web page provides information and materials to support local implementation of International Walk to School Month/Day in October of each year.

The campaign encourages walking or biking to school to:

• Enhance the health of kids
• Improve air quality and the environment
• Create safer routes...

This fact sheet for high school athletes is part of the toolkit for coaches, Heads Up: Concussion in High School Sports. It addresses the following topics:

• What is a concussion?
• What are the symptoms of a concussion?
• What should I do if I think I have a concussion?
• How can I prevent a concussion?

The Long-Term Care Planning Tool presents users with a series of questions and then calculates their long-term care costs, available services, and financing options. Other resources are also provided to assist users in understanding their long-term care options.

This Web page enables users to view the following long-term care services and options:

• Long-term care projected costs report
• Long-term care services report
  • Family support and caregiving
  • ...

This 58-page pocket guide is provided as an information resource to assist physicians and other health professionals in the appropriate treatment of patients with HIV/AIDS. This pocket guide supports A Guide to Primary Care of People with HIV/AIDS, 2004 Edition , and provides an easy reference for point-of-care decisionmaking.

The guide includes the following information:

• Drug information tables
• Adult antiretroviral therapy tables
• ...

This tool will help Medicare beneficiaries learn more about the new Medicare prescription drug coverage and enable them to find and compare prescription drug plans that meet their personal needs.

This tool enables users to:

• Find a Medicare prescription drug plan
• Enroll in a Medicare prescription drug plan
• View their current plan
• Learn more about drug coverage options
• Learn more about plans in their area
• Learn about important coverage...

Nursing home staff can use this self-assessment checklists to use assess processes related to delirium in the facility, in order to identify areas that need improvement.

This tool includes checklists on the following delirium-related topics:

• Delirium assessment
• Delirium care plans
• Delirium screening
• Assessing staff education and training

This brochure provides health care professionals with tips to enhance care in the emergency department (ED) for people who have attempted suicide. It also provides information on the Health Insurance Portable and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), patient discharge, and resources about suicide for medical professionals, patients, and their families.

• Patient care in the ED: Helpful...

This brochure gives patients with diabetes information about how to check their feet and tips to prevent foot injuries related to diabetes.

This brochure addresses the following topics:

• How to check your feet
• What to look for
• How to care for your feet
• Tips to remember