Does your nursing home download and print its own INTERACT forms or purchase them from MED-PASS, an Ohio-based company that specializes in developing documentation resources for healthcare providers?  All INTERACT tools are available at no charge from the official INTERACT website:  http://www.interact2.net/tools.html.  For convenience, however, some nursing homes in our coaching calls report that they purchase INTERACT forms from MED-PASS.

A quick search on the MED-PASS website shows that prices range from $5.25 for two 50-page Stop & Watch booklets to $29 for 50 Acute Care Transfer Document Checklist envelopes.  Also available are booklets of SBAR forms, Quality Improvement Review forms, Resident Transfer forms, and Change-in-Condition/Care Paths booklets.  Discounts are available for multi-item purchases.

The site notes that some of these forms, including the Stop & Watch, SBAR, and Quality Improvement Review tool, are being modified, with revisions expected to be published in December, 2012.  The new tools will be posted on the INTERACT website.  We’ll also keep you posted when they become available.

Meantime, tell us: Do you download or purchase?