March 2019

 

To: All Home Therapies QIA and Transplant QIA  Facility Staff, Patient SMES and Stakeholders

We are off to a strong start with these QIAs, and for March there will be National NCC LAN Webinars (details below), and a challenge to you and your staff to be INNOVATIVE and "think outside the box"  in how you educate your staff and patients about Home Therapies and Transplant Treatment Options. (Pro tip - the ESRD NCC LAN events are considered staff education activities!)

 

The Network's  March Innovation:

Streamlining for less paperwork: We are partnering with the Patient Services Department to include their Monthly Patient Engagement facility assessment in the Monthly Status Report to reduce burden and superfluous data collection.

 

Please review the March MSR worksheet (PDF)  to see how you are being asked to report on March activities, and submit your answers online by March 31st.

*Please note that the you are only required to report for the QIAs that you are enrolled in, but also, please feel free to utilize, share or comment on any other QIA interventions that you may be interested in.

#2. Staff Education/Knowledge Assessment

Assess 75% of your staff (total clinical and non clinical) on their treatment options knowledge. Can you name the 4 treatment options for ESRD?  ( Pro-tip This brief assessment that can be completed verbally and/or in written format)

#3. MEI Patient Interest Checklist  PDF
Please utilize this checklist with at least 2 patients in March while developing annual plan of care patient meetings.   

MSR MEI Patient Checklist Reporting:

Please discuss the topics of interest that patients requested information on in your March QAPI meeting, and on the MSR, report the number of patients utilizing the form and the resulting requests for more information on TREATMENT OPTIONS section only.  Also, provide feedback (Adopt/Adapt/Abandon) on the usefulness of form, and any patient comments about form. 

#4. Identify QIA CHAMPIONS

Do you have any staff members or patients that are willing to champion Home Therapies or Transplant? The Network will provide name badges and resources for these volunteers. 

How is your Education Station Progressing?

Are you working with your staff and patients to develop an Education Station?  Are there Barriers or Successes? March is the month to review your progress - what stage are you at? (Planning, Launching, or Procrastinating?)

Pro Tip: Remember to ask for suggestions and integrate any feedback or innovation. This can be a bulletin board, a table display or something outside of the box (INNOVATION Is the key to success!)

For tips on how to have a successful Education Station, see  our tip sheet PDF

To order FREE printed materials use our online order form. ( If you ordered in February, we are just sending materials this week)

Reporting: By June 2019 , you will be asked to submit a picture of your education station for our Annual Education Station Contest.

Patient Knowledge Assessment

Assess at least 10% of your patients on their knowledge about your QIA topic(s). (If you completed 100% of your assessments, you can skip this monthly activity) This brief assessment that can be completed verbally and/or in written format. 

The baseline question is:

Can you name four treatment options for ESRD?

Reporting: Please discuss the results of this assessment in your March QAPI meeting, and in April, you will be asked to provide the number of patients assessed (at least 10% of your census), the answer totals, and any patient comments about the questions in your monthly status report. 

Upcoming Webinars:

Applying Best Practices and Theory to Improving Transplant Discussions | View Recording

1/15/2019 Home Therapies QIA LAN Call

• Identify 2 benefits of more frequent hemodialysis.

• Name 3 factors that make for a good home hemodialysis candidate.