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QA is on-going, both anticipatory and retrospective in its efforts to identify how the organization is performing, including where and why facility performance is at risk or has failed to meet standards.”1\n“Performance Improvement (PI)” (also called Quality Improvement – QI) is the continuous study and improvement of processes with the intent to improve services or outcomes, and prevent or decrease the likelihood of problems, by identifying areas of opportunity and testing new approaches to fix underlying causes of persistent/systemic problems or barriers to improvement. PI in nursing homes aims to improve processes involved in health care delivery and resident quality of life. PI can make good quality even better.”1\n“Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI)”: is the coordinated application of two mutually-reinforcing aspects of a quality management system: Quality Assurance (QA) and Performance Improvement (PI). QAPI takes a systematic, interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and data-driven approach to maintaining and improving safety and quality in nursing homes while involving residents and families, and all nursing home caregivers in practical and creative problem solving.”1\nRegulations require that a facility’s QAPI program be ongoing, comprehensive and address the full range of care and services provided by the facility. The program must address all systems of care and management practices. The program utilizes the best available evidence to define and measure indicators of clinical care, quality of life, resident choice. The facility’s goals reflect care processes and facility operations that have been shown to be predictive of desired outcomes for residents of SNFs and NFs. The program reflects each facility’s complexities, unique residents and care and services provided.\nA comprehensive QAPI program involves all staff. Residents and residents’ representatives are knowledgeable of the facility’s QAPI activities.\nAdditional Definitions from the CMS State Operations Manual:\n“Corrective Action”: A written and implemented plan of action for correcting or improving\nperformance in response to an identified quality deficiency. Use of the term corrective action in\nthis guidance is not synonymous with a Plan of Correction (formal response to cited\ndeficiencies). This is also separate from the written QAPI plan.”1\n“Quality Deficiency (or Opportunity for Improvement)”: A deviation in performance resulting in an actual or potential undesirable outcome, or an opportunity for improvement. A quality deficiency is anything the facility considers to be in need of further investigation and correction or improvement. Examples include problems such as medical errors and accidents, as well as improvement opportunities such as responses to questionnaires showing decreased satisfaction. This term is not necessarily synonymous with a noncompliance deficiency cited by surveyors, but may include issues related to deficiencies cited on annual or complaint surveys.”1\n“High-risk areas”: Refers to care or service areas associated with significant risk to the health or\nsafety of residents.  Errors in these care areas have the potential to cause adverse events resulting in pain, suffering, and/or death.  Examples include tracheostomy care; pressure injury prevention; administration of high-risk medications such as anticoagulants insulin, and op","cbCaivfKqueGsn80","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivfKqueGsn80","docx",245757,"English","# Purpose\n## QAPI intent and core definitions\n## Regulatory requirements and program scope\n## Key terms and care area classifications\n## Performance Improvement Projects (PIPs)\n## Sample facility plan (ABC Facility)","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the QAPI program plan?\",\"answer\":\"The plan is intended to use a systematic, interdisciplinary, comprehensive, ongoing, data-driven and proactive approach to advance safety, quality of life, and quality of care for residents.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Quality Assurance (QA) differ from Performance Improvement (PI)?\",\"answer\":\"QA sets standards and uses organizational systems to assure care remains at acceptable levels, while PI focuses on continuous study and improvement of processes to improve services or outcomes and prevent recurring problems.\"},{\"question\":\"Which types of care areas does the program emphasize?\",\"answer\":\"The program addresses full care and service ranges and highlights classifications such as high-risk areas, high-volume areas, and problem-prone areas where errors or repeated issues can occur.\"}]","QAPI Program Plan - TEMPLATE - Quality Assurance Performance Improvement Program | DOCX"]