Prevention & Chronic Disease Management
The chronic disease management and prevention sub-aim focuses on health care best practices and support services to improve prevention, early identification and management of chronic conditions. The Midwest QIN-QIO supports prevention and chronic disease management by partnering with providers and outpatient clinical practices to improve outcomes in four priority areas: vaccinations, Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease.
How the Midwest QIN-QIO Supports Prevention and Chronic Disease Management
Through the use of CMS-approved, evidence-based strategies and data-driven interventions, the Midwest QIN-QIO helps ensure beneficiaries receive timely and effective care that prevents disease onset, slows disease progression, and reduces adverse events. We emphasize the importance of vaccination education and reporting, routine screenings, and provider technical assistance for conditions such as diabetes and hypertension. Additionally, the Midwest QIN-QIO promotes the use of data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and population health tools to monitor progress and drive quality improvement across the care continuum.
Whether your organization needs to improve vaccination reporting, enhance chronic disease workflows, or strengthen patient engagement strategies, the Midwest QIN-QIO can help guide and support these prevention and management efforts.
Prevention & Chronic Disease Management Sub-Aims
Vaccinations
Improve vaccine education and offer technical assistance to providers and practices for vaccine delivery and reporting.
Hypertension
Focus on prevention and effective treatment protocols to reduce mortality risk from cardiovascular disease through intervention and management strategies.
Type 2 Diabetes
Improve outcomes for beneficiaries with Type 2 diabetes through enhanced provider interventions and management education for patients.
Chronic Kidney Disease
Enhance early detection and management of CKD through standardized screening guidelines and timely nephrology referrals.
Preventive Medicine & Wellness
Reduce the incidence of multiple chronic diseases and improving chronic disease outcomes.
Obesity Management, Nutrition, and Physical Activity
Help programs in obesity, nutrition, activity to manage chronic diseases and improve health
Featured Resource
NHSN HCP Flu Vaccination Tracker
This resource gives background and instructions on reporting healthcare personnel influenza vaccination rates. The vaccination data must be entered into the Healthcare Personnel Safety component of NHSN. If you or anyone at your facility does not have access to this…
Prevention & Chronic Disease Resources
Preventing Healthcare-Acquired Infections Resource Guide
The tools and resources in this resource package have been thoughtfully curated to support healthcare professionals in addressing the most pressing patient safety issues and improvement opportunities that challenge our current healthcare industry. By identifying and…
Change Pathway: Infection Prevention Back to the Basics MDROs
This Learning and Action Network Series was created to share strategies for getting “back to basics” when it comes to preventing MDROs, particularly hospital onset Clostridium Difficile (C. diff) and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Access This…
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Audit Tool
Use this tool to conduct observation audits of donning and doffing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and track compliance. This resource, which has a fillable table that you can use in your healthcare setting, includes a compliance calculator to get a compliance…
Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Risk Assessment
This resource is a tool to help focus improvement activities on essential tasks to reduce infection control risks. Completing an infection control risk assessment can help improve resident and staff safety, identify training opportunities and uncover prevention…
Chronic Kidney Disease Patient Activation Kit
Early detection and education can save lives. Use this messaging kit to communicate the importance of regular screening for kidney disease. This resource gives examples of reminders and plenty of social media posts to show you how you can spread awareness. Access This…
Change Pathway: Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections
This change pathway tool is a topic-specific, step-by-step guide to quality improvement. The change pathway is created using evidence-based practice resources and guidelines. Key quality improvement activities such as formulating an aim statement, conducting a root…
Vaccine Ambassador Program
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends using a Vaccine Ambassador Program to help increase vaccination rates by training individuals to have conversations with people about vaccinations using motivational interviewing techniques. Vaccine…
Age-Friendly Health Systems Resource Package
The tools and resources in this package have been thoughtfully curated to support healthcare professionals in addressing the most pressing patient safety issues and improvement opportunities that challenge our current healthcare industry. By identifying and addressing…
Influenza and Pneumonia: Infection Prevention and Control
Minimizing the impact of influenza and pneumonia through vaccination, early detection, and good infection prevention and control habits prevent additional strain on an already overburden US healthcare system. This toolkit provides links to resources to support the…
Root Cause Analysis Tool Selection Guide
This tool was designed to help with selecting which Root Cause Analysis tool to use: Affinity Group, 5 Whys or Fishbone. Root Cause Analysis is a structured team process that assists in identifying underlying factors or causes of an event, such as an adverse event or…