Tools
Use the search feature below to locate evidence-based tools you can use to advance home care clinical practice, build strong teams and improve quality.
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Scripts for Medication Reconciliation
Using scripts to ask patients about all of the medications they are taking (including over-the-counter preparations) can improve the "Verify" step of a Medication Reconciliation. These example scripts have been used successfully by participants in CHAMP's Medication Management course.
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Seven Basic Quality Tools
An overview of each of seven fundamental tools for improving quality (cause-and-effect diagram, check sheet, control charts, histogram, pareto chart, and scatter diagram).
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Sleep Hygiene Tips
A handout to help educate patients on how to maintain good sleep.
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Sleeping Smart Sleep Discussion Guide
A simple guide to help patients discuss sleep issues with their healthcare providers.
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Speak Up™ Brochure - Help Avoid Mistakes With Your Medicine
The Joint Commission, together with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, launched a campaign to urge patients to become active, involved and informed participants on the health care team. This tool from the campaign provides basic tips on how patients/caregivers can help prevent medication mistakes. Reviews
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Speak Up™ Brochure - Help Avoid Mistakes With Your Medicine (Spanish version)
The Joint Commission, together with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, launched a campaign to urge patients to become active, involved and informed participants on the health care team. This tool from the campaign provides basic tips on how patients/caregivers can help prevent medication mistakes. Reviews
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Speak Up™ Brochure - Planning Your Follow-up Care
The Joint Commission, together with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, launched a campaign to urge patients to become active, involved and informed participants on the health care team. This tool gives patients/caregivers guidance on how to find out about their medical condition, new medicines, and follow-up care. Reviews
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Speak Up™ Brochure - Planning Your Follow-up Care (Spanish version)
The Joint Commission, together with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, launched a campaign to urge patients to become active, involved and informed participants on the health care team. This tool from the campaign gives patients/caregivers guidance on how to find out about their medical condition, new medicines, and follow-up care. Reviews
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Speak Up™ Brochure - What You Should Know About Pain Management
The Joint Commission, together with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, launched a campaign to urge patients to become active, involved and informed participants on the health care team. This tool helps patients/caregivers to talk with healthcare providers about pain relief. Reviews
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Speak Up™ Brochure - What You Should Know About Pain Management (Spanish version)
The Joint Commission, together with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, launched a campaign to urge patients to become active, involved and informed participants on the health care team. This tool from the campaign helps patients/caregivers talk with healthcare providers about pain relief. Reviews
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Disclaimer/Permissions: All resources posted on the CHAMP web site are provided free of charge for educational, non-profit use only. Necessary permissions have been obtained for any copyrighted materials. Links to resources outside of the CHAMP web site are subject to the host site's policies. Please note that not all resources are specific to home care and they are not intended to replace or substitute professional medical advice regarding the needs of individual patients.

