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Quality Improvement Projects for Nursing Homes

National Patient Safety Initiative (NPSI)

As part of the National Patient Safety Initiative (NPSI), AFMC has partnered with hospitals, nursing homes and others who are committed to health care quality, to prevent patient harm by improving health care processes and systems.

AFMC works closely with selected hospitals and nursing homes to:

Other AFMC Nursing Home Projects:

Nursing Home Star Site

The nursing home Setting Targets — Achieving Results (STAR) site allows you to set targets for the following quality measures: physical restraints, high risk pressure ulcers, depression and chronic pain care. Registered nursing homes can view their quality measure scores, select appropriate targets and track their progress over time. Using the nursing home STAR site, your nursing home can become a "star" performer.

Nursing Home Star site step-by-step instructions PDF 51K

Nursing Home Toolkit PDF 1 MB