AHRQ ECHO National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network

Supported by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and in collaboration with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Project ECHO is launching a National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network.

Our team at Dakota Geriatrics in collaboration with Center for Rural Health is participating in the Network as an official training center for nursing homes.

Curriculum Resources and Recorded Sessions

Introduction: Characteristics of COVID-19 in Nursing Homes

• Introduction: Characteristics of COVID-19 in Nursing Homes
  Video | Slides

Week 1: Program Introduction; Preventing and Limiting Spread

• COVID-19: Stopping the Spread
  Video | Slides
• COVID-19 Case Study
  Slides
• Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) for Nursing Homes
  Video | Slides
• QAPI Case Study
  Slides
• Additional Resources
  • Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Tool for Nursing Homes Preparing for COVID-19
  • QAPI Action Plan
  • QAPI at a Glance: A Step by Step Guide to Implementing Quality Assurance Performance Improvement in Your Nursing Home
  • Week 1 Key Objectives
• Recorded Session — Coming soon

Week 2: PPE

• Introduction
• Case Study
• Breakout Room Topics
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  Video | Slides
• Additional Resources
  • Facemask and N95 Guide
  • PPE Audit Tool
  • Week 2 Key Objectives