Free Quality Improvement Tools

To ensure that all of your doctors and health care providers know what medications you are taking, bring them to your appointments, or if you are hospitalized. This simple strategy can reduce medication errors.

Zone tools are from the HHQI Home Health Campaign and the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ).

The Diabetes Zone Tool will provide your patients with the information they need to stay on the road to recovery at home or in the nursing home. This tool is appropriate for patients leaving the hospital or provider’s office with a diagnosis of diabetes.

The Total Hip Replacement  Zone Tool will provide your patients with the information they need to stay on the road to recovery at home or in the nursing home. This tool is appropriate for patients leaving the hospital after a total hip replacement.

The Depression Zone Tool assists individuals with self-management for depression.

The Suicide Protocol in Primary Care identifies practice tools that can assess suicide risk when present, and effectively identify intervention needs.

Use the ‘Medication Review Tip Sheet’ with the My Meds Bags to remind patients to bring their medicines to every health care visit.  Includes helpful safety reminders for patients and tips for staff to help with reviewing medicine supplies

Use this easy-to-follow Comfort Menu to offer your residents alternative pain management options that can provide comfort and help control pain without the use of pain medications. Residents and/or family members can select what items or activities they would like made available to the residents.

A tool for people to log their blood pressure readings between medical visits and share with their physicians.

The physical activity tracker is a great way for you to collaborate with your patients in setting goals for physical activity, and an easy way for patients to track their daily progress.

A checklist for patients and caregivers preparing to leave a hospital, nursing home or other health care setting (English)

A checklist for patients and caregivers preparing to leave a hospital, nursing home or other health care setting (Spanish)

Learn the Four Key Changes you can make to improve care coordination and reduce avoidable rehospitalizations.

POLST is a set of physician orders that can be used by any health care provider in the state to carry out the medical components of a person's advance directive. It is a front and back form.

Ideas for senior adults to be more active, socially connected and healthy.

Learn more about continuing education, employment, volunteer, and recreational opportunities for senior adults in North Carolina

Among persons older than 65 years, one in six suffers from depression.

If your patients are taking chlorpropamide, glyburide, or glyburide/metformin, this tip sheet will help them know the signs and symptoms of low blood sugar and better manage their medications.

This flyer provides tips on maintaining your brain's health after age 65.

This document provides suggested approaches physician practices can use to incorporate depression and alcohol screenings into their daily workflow.

Many people consume alcohol without considering the amount of money spent on alcohol or the empty calories. This document will help start the discussion.

Alcohol is absorbed into every organ of the body when consumed. This document demonstrates that impact.