Strategies What Works for Health includes evidence-informed strategies to create communities where everyone can thrive. SORT BY A-ZBest MatchNewest VIEW 102550 3 Strategies Some Evidence Expert Opinion Quality of Care Evidence of Ineffectiveness Improve patient safety Increase opportunities for oral health care Access to Care Community Safety Employment Housing and Transit Income Clear all Bookmark this strategy Allied dental professional scope of practice Expand the role of allied dental professionals (e.g., hygienists, therapists, etc.) via changes to statute, dentist supervision requirements, etc. Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Access to Care Bookmark this strategy Public reporting of health care-associated infections Make health care facilities’ health care-associated or hospital-acquired infection (HAI) rates readily available to patients and providers Evidence Rating: Expert Opinion Quality of Care Bookmark this strategy State-level minimum nurse staffing requirements for nursing homes Establish state level regulations that require nursing homes to employ at least a set number of licensed and non-licensed nursing staff, often set in terms of staff hours per resident day Evidence Rating: Expert Opinion Quality of Care
Bookmark this strategy Allied dental professional scope of practice Expand the role of allied dental professionals (e.g., hygienists, therapists, etc.) via changes to statute, dentist supervision requirements, etc. Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Access to Care
Bookmark this strategy Public reporting of health care-associated infections Make health care facilities’ health care-associated or hospital-acquired infection (HAI) rates readily available to patients and providers Evidence Rating: Expert Opinion Quality of Care
Bookmark this strategy State-level minimum nurse staffing requirements for nursing homes Establish state level regulations that require nursing homes to employ at least a set number of licensed and non-licensed nursing staff, often set in terms of staff hours per resident day Evidence Rating: Expert Opinion Quality of Care