In 1986, Congress enacted the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) to ensure public access to emergency services, regardless of people’s ability to pay.

This session focuses on a processes and strategies for documenting the quality improvement journey, which includes maintaining an inventory of performance improvement projects (PIPs) over time and capturing successes and lessons learned during implementation to be shared with staff, residents, an

At Indian Health Service (IHS), safety concerns and events are reported using the IHS Safety Tracking and Response (I-STAR) system. I-STAR is a tool that helps identify and correct system and process issues and unsafe behavior. This offers tips on using the system.

This document offers tools to support proactive ways health care providers can discuss advance care planning with their patients.

Slide deck from the June 7, 2023 presentation.