Strategies What Works for Health includes evidence-informed strategies to create communities where everyone can thrive. SORT BY A-ZBest MatchNewest VIEW 102550 15 Strategies Business Health Care Quality of Care Nonprofits Ensure access to counseling and support Improve patient safety Improve quality of care Access to Care Diet and Exercise Family and Social Support Income Clear all 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 Risk assessments & personalized approaches to fall prevention among older adults Conduct individual assessments that gauge older adults’ risk of falling and develop personalized approaches to help prevent falls Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Community Safety Quality of Care Bookmark this strategy Social service integration Coordinate access to services across delivery systems and disciplinary boundaries (e.g., housing, disability, physical health, mental health, child welfare, workforce services, etc.) Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Family and Social Support 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 Trauma-informed health care Shift the way health care organizations approach trauma by adopting universal trauma precautions and providing trauma-specific care Evidence Rating: Expert Opinion Quality of Care First page |« Previous page ‹ Page 1 Currently on page 2
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 Risk assessments & personalized approaches to fall prevention among older adults Conduct individual assessments that gauge older adults’ risk of falling and develop personalized approaches to help prevent falls Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Community Safety Quality of Care
Bookmark this strategy Social service integration Coordinate access to services across delivery systems and disciplinary boundaries (e.g., housing, disability, physical health, mental health, child welfare, workforce services, etc.) Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Family and Social Support
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 Trauma-informed health care Shift the way health care organizations approach trauma by adopting universal trauma precautions and providing trauma-specific care Evidence Rating: Expert Opinion Quality of Care