CMS: 6 Steps Nursing Homes Can Take to Avoid Preventable Harm.

A new federal report delves into the first steps nursing home leaders can take to avoid preventable harm to their residents. This 60-page resource from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services was released late last year and created with the Quality Innovation Network National Coordinating Center.

The report also includes a two-page appendix with six strategies SNFs can pursue to get started.

  1. Shore Up Staffing.
  2. Know the residents and their needs and plan care with them.
  3. Prevent, identify, and address gaps in care.
  4. Promote excellent multidisciplinary team work.
  5. Provide tangible leadership engagement with staff and residents.
  6. Ensure excellent, competent, available, continuous care—onsite.