Pressure Ulcer Reduction in Pennsylvania’s Nursing Homes Despite recent improvements in pressure ulcer reduction in Pennsylvania’s nursing homes, pressure ulcers still occur too often. Select nursing homes are partnering with Quality Insights to reduce the number of pressure ulcers that occur in Pennsylvania.

Quality Insights provides technical and educational assistance to those nursing homes that agree to work on reducing pressure ulcers. Free pressure ulcer reduction tools are available to all nursing homes in Pennsylvania. For more information on the pressure ulcer reduction project, please contact us. 

Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes
On October 22, 2009, the second phase of the Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes campaign was kicked off with the launch of a new Web site and the announcement of an all new set of goals. Even if you were a part of the first phase of the campaign, you will need to re-enroll to be a continuing part of this project. Quality Insights encourages all Pennsylvania nursing homes to visit the Web site and re-join the Advancing Excellence project.

For more information on the new goals in Phase 2 of the Advancing Excellence in American's Nursing Homes Campaign, download the Goal Task Force Update.

For more information on how to join Phase 2 of the Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes Campaign, download the information flyer.


Patient Safety National Call:  Skin and Wound Care Considerations for Non-Caucasian Skin
On November 18, 2009, the Patient Safety Quality Improvement Organization Support Center (QIOSC) hosted a webinar/teleconference on Skin and Wound Care Considerations for Non-Caucasian Skin. A recording of this program. To access it, please follow the instructions below.
  1. Open Internet Explorer.
  2. Type in https://ifmcevents.webex.com and hit enter.
  3. Click on the View Event Recordings link in the top right corner.
  4. Locate the name of the event (sorted by date): November 18, 2009, Patient Safety National Call: Skin and Wound Care Considerations for Non-Caucasian Skin
  5. Click on the View button.
  6. Enter information as prompted:
    • First Name
    • Last Name
    • E-mail Address
  7. Click the Submit button
  8. To relocate the WebEx Player box from the center of the screen, please do the following:
    • Left click and hold on the words ‘WebEx Player’ in the top left corner of the box.
    • Drag the box down to the bottom of the screen or to one of the corners.
 
Read about the new white paper on legal issues in the care of pressure ulcer patients. The white paper was written by the International Expert Wound Care Advisory Panel and funded by Medline Industries, Inc.