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ANNOUNCEMENTS
** Coronavirus (COVID-19) **
- TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF IN-PERSON HCQU ACTIVITIES (effective 03/16/20): Based on current information, the KEPRO HCQU is temporarily suspending face-to-face meetings/trainings and will reschedule them at later date. We will direct training participants to our online platform and conduct Complex Technical Assistance (CTA) activities via telephone. During this period, we will explore additional online trainings that can be added to our library and shift resources to our CTA activity. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact the HCQU.
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Pennsylvania Department of Health Update
- COVID-19 Informational Packet for Providers - This packet includes a COVID-19 factsheet developed by the HCQU along with factsheets and handouts from the CDC that providers might use and distribute.
Special Events
- PA Family Network Statewide Training Series through April 2020 - See ODP Announcement 19-122 for details.
- Office of Developmental Programs: Transgender Therapy Support Trainings (Mar-May 2020): See ODP flyers.
Health Risk Screening Tool (HRST) Process
- Effective January 2020, RNs and/or LPNs are permitted to complete a Clinical Review of the HRST. The process and steps required to complete a Clinical Review within the HRST web-based application remain the same.
- Guidelines for agencies assigning LPNs to complete Clinical Reviews
- Train RNs to complete Clinical Reviews so that oversight can be given to LPNs, as needed.
- When possible, choose LPNs who have experience working with people with I/DD.
- When possible, utilize LPNs who have obtained I/DD specific credentialing, such as Developmental Disabilities Certified (DDC).
- Guidelines for agencies assigning LPNs to complete Clinical Reviews
- RESIDENTIAL PROVIDER: To request addition, update, and/or removal of HRST users for the agency, please submit a revised or additional user spreadsheet to the HCQU HRST Gatekeeper (hrstgatekeeper@kepro.com), following the steps detailed in the HRST Best Practice Guide for PA Providers. New users receive HRST user profile credentials directly from HRS, via e-mail.
- Rater Requirements: Successful completion of the HRST Online Rater Training
- Clinical Reviewer Requirements: (1) RN or LPN licensure, (2) successful completion of the HRST Online Rater Training, and (3) participation in 1-day HRST Clinical Reviewer Training session. Contact pasupport@hrstonline.com for a current schedule of HRST Clinical Reviewer Training sessions and registration information.
- SCO: To request addition, update, and/or removal of HRST users for the agency, please submit a revised or additional user spreadsheet to the HCQU HRST Gatekeeper (hrstgatekeeper@kepro.com), following the steps detailed in the HRST Best Practice Guide for PA Providers. New users receive HRST user profile credentials directly from HRS. SCO users are encouraged but not required to complete the HRST Online Rater Training.
- For more information about the HRST process, refer to ODP Announcement 19-065 HRST Implementation Update; submit questions to hrstgatekeeper@kepro.com.
FATAL FOUR Training (available in online, online video-based, and instructor-led formats)
- Online Training Page – Select Fatal Four in the “Online Module” field
- Instructor-Led Training Packet/Overview
The KEPRO Health Care Quality Unit (KEPRO HCQU) is contracted to support the efforts of the Pennsylvania Office of Developmental Programs (ODP), Administrative Entities, and provider agencies within the intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD) service delivery system, family caregivers, and individuals with I/DD, to continuously improve the quality of life experienced by individuals throughout southwestern PA, including Allegheny, Bedford, Cambria, Fayette, Greene, Somerset, Washington, and Westmoreland counties.
Our goal is to enhance the health and wellness of people with I/DD through the sharing of information with individuals, agency and family caregivers, and community health professionals, thereby supporting the opportunity for individuals with I/DD to live everyday lives. To achieve this goal, we offer physical and behavioral health-related information that reflects current and accepted standards of care, evidence-based practices, and effective care strategies attuned to the specific needs of people with I/DD. This information is delivered in the form of training, technical assistance, capacity building activities, and general dissemination of informational materials and resources.
KEPRO Acquisitions, Inc. is the service provider on behalf of Westmoreland County Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
