Dementia Care MappingTM is designed to empower staff teams to engage in evidence-based critical reflection in order to improve the quality of care for people living with dementia. It provides a direct and ongoing evidence base for practice and practice change. As such, it provides an excellent example of the principles of care mapping, in general; for any condition.

This guide was commissioned by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to identify ways evidence-based strategies for reducing readmissions can be adapted or expanded to better address the transitional care needs of the adult Medicaid population.

The PHQ-9 is a multipurpose instrument for screening, diagnosing, monitoring and measuring the severity of depression.

The PHQ-2 inquires about the frequency of depressed mood and anhedonia over the past two weeks to screen for signs of clinical depression.

A mobility assessment tool for healthcare providers.

A functional assessment tool used for care planning with the geriatric patient.

A screening tool for drug and alcohol use.

HIPAA is the most far reaching legislative act passed since ERISA. It directly affects healthcare providers all across the nation. It represents a culture change, and alters the way the healthcare sector does business. It also affects the health insurance business and the people with whom healthcare practitioners do business.

The law provides numerous rights and protections that make health coverage more fair and easy to understand, along with subsidies (through “premium tax credits” and “cost-sharing reductions”) to make it more affordable; including expanding the Medicaid program to cover more people with low incomes.

The IHI Triple Aim is a framework developed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement that describes an approach to optimizing health system performance.