AHRQ Establishes National Nursing Home COVID Action Network
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is partnering with the University of New Mexico’s ECHO Institute in Albuquerque and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in Boston to establish a National Nursing Home COVID Action Network.
The network will provide free training and mentorship to nursing homes across the country to increase the implementation of evidence-based infection prevention and safety practices to protect residents and staff.
The goals of the National Nursing Home COVID Action Network are to:
- Prevent SARS-COV-2 from entering nursing homes where it has not been detected.
- Identify residents and staff who have been infected with SARS-COV-2.
- Prevent the spread of SARS-COV-2 between staff, residents, and visitors.
- Provide safe and appropriate care to residents with mild and asymptomatic cases of COVID-19.
- Ensure staff members have the knowledge, skills, and confidence to implement best-practice safety measures to protect residents and themselves.
- Reduce social isolation for residents, families, and staff during these difficult times.
Read a guest column in McKnight’s Long-Term Care News from leaders at AHCA and LeadingAge about the initiative. This work builds on the COVID-19 Rapid Response Network for Nursing Homes and national nursing home huddles supported by a JAHF grant to IHI.
To read the press release, click here.
To learn more about the National Nursing Home COVID Action Network, click here.
To sign up for the network's training and mentorship, click here.
To read the McKnight's guest column, click here.
