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Healthcare Quality Resource Center

The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) Health Care Quality Resource Center is intended to provide resources and information to assist health care facilities in providing quality health care. The information may also be educational to patients and families who wish to learn more about care issues.

Healthcare Quality Improvement Project Center

The IDOH develops healthcare quality improvement projects as part of its Long Term Care Civil Money Penalty (CMP) Program. The following are web pages for quality improvement projects developed through the CMP Program:

Healthcare Facility Information Center

IDOH serves as the healthcare facility licensing and certification agency. The Healthcare Facility Information Centers are intended to provide information about regulatory requirements. The following are Healthcare Facility Information Centers currently available:

Division of Long-Term Care

Program Advisory Letters

The IDOH periodically issues Program Advisories to provide information to health care facilities about program policies and procedures concerning the licensing of health care facilities. The following are current Program Advisory Letters.

Division of Acute Care Advisory Letters

AC-2021-01-BCTuberculosis Prevention: Requirement for Birthing Centers
AC-2021-01-ABTuberculosis Prevention: Requirement for Abortion Clinics
AC-2021-01-ASCStanding Waiver for Locating Server Storage of EMRs Off-Site
AC-2020-02-HOSPCOVID-19 National/State Emergency Hospital Blanket Waiver: Patient Rooms
AC-2020-01 HOSPCOVID-19 National/State Emergency Hospital Blanket Waiver: Conversion of Standard Patient Rooms to Negative Pressure Isolation Rooms
AC-2019-01-ASCStanding Waiver for Use of NFPA 101 and NFPA 99 2012 Edition
AC 2019-01 HOSPStanding Waiver for Use of NFPA 101 and NFPA 99 2012 Edition
AC-2011-01 ASCStanding Waiver for Electronic Verification of Licensure, CSR Registration and DEA Registration
AC-2012-01 HOSPCardiographic Technicians and Cardiovascular Technologist Scope of Practice
AC-2011-01 HOSPStanding Waiver for Electronic Verification of Licensure, CSR Registration and DEA Registration
AC-2011-02 HOSPVein Harvesting by Certified Surgical First Assistants versus Certified Surgical Technologists
HAI-2011-01Healthcare Associated Infections Reporting Rule

Division of Long Term Care

LTC-2021-01-SNF/NFTuberculosis Prevention Requirement for Comprehensive Care Nursing FacilitiesAttachment: Tuberculosis Assessment and Testing of Long-term Care Residents
LTC-2021-01-RESTuberculosis Prevention Requirement for Residential Care Nursing FacilitiesAttachment: Tuberculosis Assessment and Testing of Long-term Care Residents
LTC-2019-01-SNF/NFTuberculosis Prevention Requirement for Comprehensive Care Nursing Facilities 
LTC-2019-01-RESTuberculosis Prevention Requirement for Residential Care Facilities 
LTC-2011-01-Revised-06-01-22Reporting a Reasonable Suspicion of a Crime Against a Resident of a Long-Term Care Facility

Health Care Quality Resource Centers

The Health Care Quality Resource Centers are intended to provide tools and resources about a health care topic that may be used by health care facilities in quality improvement projects. The following are Health Care Quality Resource Centers currently available. To view a Resource Center, select the topic.