Patient Safety in Nursing Homes

The issue of patient safety in West Virginia’s nursing homes has reached paramount importance. Select nursing homes are working with WVMI in a collaborative effort to improve patient safety in several key areas:

• Reduce the incidence of pressure ulcers in nursing homes
• Reduce the incidence of physical restraints in nursing homes
• Provide quality improvement technical assistance to nursing homes in need 

For more information about participating in these projects, contact us

To sign up for the nursing home listserv, a discussion forum that utilizes e-mail as its means of communication, follow this link


 

AHRQ Nursing Home Patient Safety Surveys
Please access the
user guide for answers to your questions about the new AHRQ patient safety surveys for nursing homes.