Mountain Vista Receives 2025 Blue Ribbon Award for COVID-19 Vigilance

Mountain Vista Senior Living Community, an ABHM community located in Wheat Ridge, CO, has been awarded the 2025 Blue Ribbon in COVID-19 Vigilance award by Telligen QI Connect for their commitment to preventing the spread of COVID-19.

Established in November 2021 and awarded quarterly, the Blue Ribbon in COVID-19 Vigilance award was created for Telligen QI Connect™ participants in order to recognize the efforts that nursing homes have made to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Mountain Vista achieved the award by meeting the following critieria:

• Committed to have policies, processes and ongoing staff education to prevent the spread of COVID-19

• Resident up-to-date vaccine rate of at least 65%

This award is a two-step process, beginning with nursing homes completing the COVID-19 preparedness assessment which takes only a few minutes. Then, Telligen will complete the following:

• Determine eligibility by reviewing the COVID-19 Preparedness Assessment responses, affirming that all required items are in place. Nursing homes can take the assessment more than one time.

• Validate the nursing home’s vaccination criteria** using the CMS COVID-19 Nursing Home Data website, and confirm that the nursing home met the required rates once during the quarter.

• Participants are expected to strive to sustain high vaccination rates and accurately report to NHSN on a weekly basis.

ABHM applauds the entire  Mountain Vista team for their dedicated efforts in achieving this honor.

About Telligent QI Connect:

Telligen QI Connect™ strives to instill sustainable quality and performance improvement practices for our Telligen QI Connect™ participants. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are recognizing the efforts nursing homes have taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which protects the residents, staff and families and friends who visit nursing homes. Preventing the spread of COVID-19 requires ongoing vigilance and attention to prevention practices that rely on having written policies, procedures and education to support their implementation.