Virtual Library of Shared Tools
- A free online repository of CAH-specific resources
- A one-stop-shop to locate resources, protocols and best practices related to CAH quality
- Maintained by the North Dakota CAH Quality Network
- Advance Directives
- Agreements
- Antibiotic Stewardship
- Bed Numbers and Length of Stay
- Behavioral Health
- Blood Products
- CAH Region Meetings
- Cardiac
- Care Coordination
- Conditions of Participation (COP)
- COVID
- DON Contact Lists
- EMS
- EMTALA
- Ethics
- Falls Prevention
- Finance and Operations
- Flex Conference
- Grievance Policies
- Human Resources
- Infection Control
- MBQIP
- Medication
- Nursing Services
- Other
- Palliative Care
- Patient Care
- Peer Review
- Pneumonia
- Policy examples
- Pressure Ulcer
- Program Evaluation
- QAPI
- Quality Improvement
- Readmissions
- Risk Management
- Rural Health Clinic Network
- Side Rails and Restraints
- Stroke
- Swing Bed
- Telehealth
- Transfers
How to Access the Virtual Library of Shared Tools
- Only North Dakota CAHs have access to the library through the Network's webpage: ruralhealth.und.edu/projects/cah-quality-network
- To request your username and password contact Jody Ward, Program Director at (701) 858-6729
Sharing Resources
- Maintaining the Virtual Library is a group effort
- Please let us know if updated information is available and share new resources as you have them
- The contents of the library are for informational purposes; the documents may not always reflect recent guidelines and are intended for use as reference or in conjunction with other resources
- The majority of resources are posted in PDF format and are available in other formats as requested