Improving Pain Assessment QIA

The goals of the Improving Pain Assessment (IPA) QIA for facilities in the Network 17 service area are to decrease CROWNWeb responses to:

• "No documentation of pain assessment, and no reason is given" to zero in 10 percent.
• "Pain assessment documented as positive using a standardized tool. A follow-up plan is not documented and no reason given" by 10 percent from the 2016 baseline.

Focus facilities will participate in the IPA QIA through September 30, 2018.

Resources:

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Nonopioid Treatments for Chronic Pain

• General
  • Keep Comfortable on Dialysis
    This one page document for patients provides some ideas to help promote comfort and ease patients' pain that can be tried before moving to medication. 
  • Non-pharmacological Interventions for Pain: Recommendations for Dialysis Staff 
    This one page document provides non-opioid interventions for chronic pain based on CDC recommendations and patient subject matter expert feedback. 
  •  CROWNWeb Pain Assessment Options
    This document provides an easy-to-follow explanation of how to complete the CROWNWeb Pain Assessment Options submission.
  • Monthly Tracking Tool
    Use this monthly tracking tool to document Improving Pain Assessment QIA data for reporting progress/status to the Network monthly by the 5th of the following month. 
    
    • PDF format
    • Excel format