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 Health Care Some Evidence Quality of Care Sexual Activity Tobacco Use Expert Opinion Mixed Evidence Improve patient safety Support responsible marketing and provision of alcohol and other legal drugs Alcohol and Drug Use Education Housing and Transit Income Clear all Bookmark this strategy Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) Use databases, housed in state agencies, to track prescribing and dispensing of Schedule II, III, IV, and V drugs and other controlled substances Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use 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 Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) Use databases, housed in state agencies, to track prescribing and dispensing of Schedule II, III, IV, and V drugs and other controlled substances Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use
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