Summary of the project

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation embarked on a nationwide effort to improve the quality of care and reduce avoidable hospitalizations among long-stay nursing home residents. JHF was selected to participate and has since served as the lead education partner in Pennsylvania for the RAVEN (Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations using Evidence-based interventions for Nursing Facility Residents) initiative, which is led overall by UPMC.

JHF’s long-term care team has developed customized education and training offerings for RAVEN, including those related to quality improvement, palliative care, POLST (Pennsylvania Orders for LifeSustaining Treatment), dementia, and Condition-Specific Assessment and Communication Tools (CSACTs, used to improve nurse-physician communication).