Toolkits

Nationally, more than 40 people die every day from overdoses involving prescription opioids. Additionally, 4.3 million Americans engaged in non-medical use of prescription opioids in the last month according to the Centers for Disease Control. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, between the years of 2017 and 2022, the rates of Non-Fatal Opioid Overdoses has increased by 33.2% in Nebraska. In early 2018, the Nebraska Hospital Association Board of Directors authorized the formation of a NHA Steering Council on the Opioid Epidemic to develop a toolkit to assist NHA members in the following areas: 

Due to the persistent prevalence of the Opioid Epidemic in healthcare today, this toolkit received revisions and optimizations in 2024. The development of the toolkit has been a collaborative effort on the part of many. The Nebraska Medical Association and the Nebraska Pharmacists Association provided invaluable support and insight into the nuances of this epidemic. The NHA thanks the members of the Steering Council for paving the way and the continual content contributors for their valuable input.

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The NHA Quality Team created this Equity Toolkit to assist Nebraska hospitals to drive equitable care across the state while also meeting regulatory requirements related to health equity. It is our goal to help health care leaders understand health equity and create actionable work to drive equitable care.

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Sepsis incidence and health care costs have been on the rise for over two decades, making it a key topic for health care leaders to understand best practice and drive process improvement. Anyone can get an infection and any infection can lead to sepsis. The Nebraska Hospital Association in partnership with a multidisciplinary team of health care leaders from organizations across the state created the initial NHA Sepsis Toolkit.

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According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), nearly 75% of all workplace assaults occur in a healthcare setting. Health care accounts for nearly as many serious violent injuries as all other industries combined and many more assaults or threats go unreported. Sources of workplace violence include patients, visitors, intruders, and even coworkers. OSHA defines workplace violence as any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other threatening disruptive behavior, that occurs at the work site. Violence can affect all persons within a health care setting and includes verbal assaults, threats, physical assaults and homicides. 

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As health care continues to move towards a performance-based system, the quality professional’s role is key to ensuring accountability for the quality and safety of the care our organization is delivering. An effective quality program is vital to an organization’s overall performance. As health care continues to move towards a performance-based system, the quality professional’s role is key to ensuring accountability for the quality and safety of the care our organization is delivering. An effective quality program is vital to an organization’s overall performance.

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