Thousands of community organizations, nursing homes, clinicians, hospitals, and patients and families have already joined Telligen QI Connect™ and benefit from:

• Training and resources with evidence-based practices to improve outcomes related to opioid misuse; care coordination; chronic disease management; COVID-19 response; immunizations; public health emergency preparedness; health equity; and more
• Access to data and data analyses to guide and implement quality improvement efforts
• Opportunities to learn from and network with high-performing peers and regional experts

Many are facing workforce challenges. Think of Telligen as staff extenders. We have data, training, connections and expertise that may help fill gaps during your workforce shortages. At the same time, we are available for 1:1 technical assistance and coaching, upon request.

Telligen is working to make the healthcare in our four-state region the best in the nation. But we can’t do it alone. We need partners like you to help us improve the health and healthcare for your patients, communities, family, friends and yourself. We are better together! Let us know how we can help. Join Telligen QI Connect™. For more information or to learn more about our no-cost offerings, email us at QIConnect@telligen.com or visit www.telligenqiconnect.com.

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It’s easy! Just fill out this short form, and you will be automatically enrolled in Telligen QI Connect™. You will receive a confirmation email, as well as two separate emails giving you access to the Secure Portal.

No! There is no cost to join Telligen QI Connect™, and all of our offerings (events, resources, technical assistance, etc.) are available at no cost to you.

Telligen serves the states of Colorado, Illinois, Iowa and Oklahoma as a Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

We are looking for individuals and organizations in our four-state region to join Telligen QI Connect™, our network of partners working on healthcare quality improvement initiatives that are data-driven and locally-tailored to improve healthcare quality and outcomes by implementing and spreading evidence-based and best practices.

Partners include nursing homes, clinicians, hospitals, community partners and patients and families who aim to make healthcare safer, more accessible and more cost-effective.

With more than 45 years of experience in healthcare quality improvement, Telligen can help you implement evidence-based practices to maximize value-based payments from Medicare and other insurers, translate clinical quality data into actionable information, review electronic medical record (EMR) practices and implement efficiencies, as well as meet other quality improvement goals, such as:

• Reducing opioid-related adverse events and deaths
• Advancing pain management and opioid use best practices
• Improving coordination of care across care settings
• Improving patient safety
• Improving chronic disease management
• Advancing nursing home quality
• Reducing COVID-19 and other infections

As the QIN-QIO, Telligen provides technical assistance and valuable resources that support the development of data-driven, locally-tailored interventions. The Telligen QIN-QIO assists communities by coordinating efforts, recruiting key participants into the work as needed, evaluating progress, synthesizing best practices and creating a sustainable infrastructure so that the progress can continue after project completion.

Technical assistance is the process of providing targeted, one-on-one support to your organization to increase your capacity for quality improvement and to improve processes based on your goals. Examples of Telligen’s technical assistance are below:

• On-site and virtual observational assessments
  • Identifying gaps between current processes and best practices
  • Pinpointing barriers to improvement
• Integrated team-based care
  • Observing and providing feedback on team dynamics
  • Addressing communication issues
• Data analysis
  • Utilizing data to tell a story
  • Improving publicly reported quality measures
• Coalition-building
  • Utilizing the Leadership and Organizing in Action (LOA) framework to mobilize change within individual settings and communities – LOA is an evidence-based framework and set of practices, skills and strategies for multi-stakeholder engagement, mobilization and coalition-building. On-demand trainings allow participants to develop leadership skills, whether they are leading a team, department, community coalition or leading change in any capacity.
• National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) support
  • Supporting data collection and submission
  • Implementing monthly reporting plans
• Value-Based Purchasing models/health information technology support
  • Identifying quality metrics and providing technical support on process improvements within the practice to maximize scores
  • Performing workflow assessments
• Quality improvement (QI) tools, training and support
  • Implementing standard work
  • Sharing tools such as flow charts, Pareto chart, fishbone diagram, brainstorming, check sheets, affinity diagrams, run charts, and other evidence-based resource guides and toolkits to support Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) programs
  • Performing plan-do-study-act (PDSA) rapid-cycle improvement
  • Performing a root-cause analysis
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
  • Accessing quality data reports
  • Identifying and reporting measures
• Community support
  • Assessing community needs
  • Facilitating meetings
  • Providing data
  • Assisting in implementation and intervention measurement