PDI recently released its new Healthcare Reform Champions Kit. This kit is a digital educational tool designed to explain key components of the recent Healthcare Reform legislation. The kit will assist infection preventionists and other healthcare personnel build the business acumen to work with hospital administration to drive improvements in quality of care, patient safety, satisfaction, and system profitability. The kit includes an overview of healthcare reform including the goals of The Triple Aim, set forth by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); explanations of value-based purchasing, quality indicators and reporting, and reimbursement changes; and more. PDI hopes to add these resources to its kit in the near future:  

• A how-to guide for effectively delivering the business case for infection prevention programs to C-Suite coupled with a business presentation template to help get users started.
• A glossary of key terminology and additional quick references and tips. 
• A guide for promoting hospital successes through internal and external communications.

 

For more information, visit www.PDIHC.com/HCReformKit.