A Readiness Assessment Tool for Nursing Homes
On-Time Quality Improvement for Long-Term Care
The Readiness Assessment Tool is designed to help nursing homes assess whether they are ready to undertake organization-wide practice and culture changes for Quality Improvement. The Health Information Technology (IT) Assessment Tool allows administrators to evaluate their facility's current technology usage and to assess obstacles for implementation of health IT.
Successful implementation of quality improvement (QI) initiatives begins with an honest and objective assessment of the current state of an organization’s culture and its attitude and commitment toward improving the quality of care and services it provides. Without first assessing its readiness – in attitude, resources and infrastructure – for change, an organization may likely find itself unprepared and unable to support its QI goals. As a result, the organization is apt to experience little success in meeting these goals.
This Readiness Assessment Tool is designed to assist nursing homes in assessing whether they are ready for and have the capacity to undertake organization-wide practice and culture changes for the purposes of QI. The tool focuses on assessment of several distinct areas fundamental to successful QI, areas such as organizational commitment to QI, leadership, communication, and teamwork. Completion of the tool will help an organization to identify the area(s) in which it is weak and which may lessen the organization’s degree of readiness and capacity for change. This knowledge will, in turn, help the organization strengthen particular aspects of its infrastructure to ensure more successful implementation and sustainability of QI efforts.
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