Creating an Effective QAPI Program

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[3113] Creating an Effective Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) Program
Strategies for implementing an effective agency-wide QAPI program.


TAHC&H CONFERENCE RECORDING: This program was presented on 08/08/2018 at the Texas Association of Home Care & Annual Conference in Frisco. It is one of 16 presentations captured and produced for online access. Subscribers receive 24/7 on-demand access from both home and office during the subscription period shown at the bottom of this page.

Presentation Info:

  • Presentation Date: August 8, 2018
  • TAHC&H Event: TAHC&H Annual Meeting | Frisco

Subscription Type: Individual

Education-Training Credits:

  • TX HCSSA Administrator/Alternate Continuing Education
    • 1.25 Clock Hrs
  • Social Worker
    • 1.25 CEU

CE Approval Statements:
· This program meets continuing education requirements for Administrators and Alternates under Texas HCSSA licensing regulations.
· Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice is an approved provider of social work education by the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners, approved provider #1230.

HCSSA Topic(s) Addressed:

  • §558.259[d][4]agency responsibilities
  • §558.260[a][2]development and interpretation of agency policies
  • §558.260[a][5]quality improvement

Program Description:This program presents the regulatory requirements for Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI), and how to create strategies for implementing the requirements to build an effective agency-wide QAPI program.

Program Learning Outcome:

  • Learners will actively engage in the learning activity and indicate an intent to change their practice by creating strategies to implement the requirements to build an effective agency-wide QAPI program to enhance patient outcomes.

TAHC&H Faculty/Presenter: Diane Datz, RN, MA, Hospice Educator and Regulatory Specialist, HealthCare ConsultLink

About the Presenter:
Diane Datz
has been a hospice nurse and chaplain for twenty-five years. In addition to her nursing credentials, she holds a master’s degree in spiritual psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Sophia University, Palo Alto, California and a certificate in gerontology from Our Lady of the Lake University. Diane has published original end-of-life research in Omega Journal of Death and Dying and is a regular presenter at state and national end-of-life conferences and workshops. Diane also serves as an advisor to TrueSolace, an online platform for grief support. Her volunteer commitments include serving on the Advisory Board of ABODE: Contemplative Care for the Dying in San Antonio, Texas and as a Board member of Texas and New Mexico Hospice Organization. Diane co-facilitates meetings for San Antonio Death Café, part of an international movement to encourage public conversations about death and dying. Diane is also an ordained priest in The Old Catholic Church, Province of the United States. She is currently the Hospice Educator and Regulatory Specialist with HealthCare ConsultLink.


[3113] Creating an Effective Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) Program

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