REMINDER: Pain Management and Opioid Oversight WebEx
REMINDER: Pain Management and Opioid Oversight WebEx Pain management and opioid oversight: Ensuring quality, safety and compliance The Nebraska Coalition for Patient Safety is hosting a WebEx on the timely topic of antibiotic stewardship and pain management; focusing...
REMINDER: Strategies for Addressing Vaccine Misinformation in the Practice
All healthcare professionals are invited to join…. Wednesday, August 28, 2019 12:00 – 1:00 pm CT Hosted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) With the recent outbreaks of measles across the United States, ensuring individuals have access...
SEPSIS: Help Us Spread Awareness
In 2011, Sepsis Alliance designated September as Sepsis Awareness Month. Every September since, individuals and healthcare professionals, in every area of medicine and organizations big and small, are encouraged to help save lives by raising awareness of the leading...
Nebraska Hospital Association HIIN Receives AHA Performance Improvement Award
The Nebraska Hospital Association HIIN recently received the American Hospital Association Performance Improvement Award based on the exemplary improvement achieved on the American Hospital Association/Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) Hospital...
Team Member Reflections: Joy and Satisfaction
As you may know, the Great Plains Quality Innovation Network is part of the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) program, funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). At this time, CMS is working to identify priority areas for the QIO program...
Team Member Reflections: Successful Initiatives
As you may have heard, the Great Plains Quality Innovation Network is part of the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) program, funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). At this time, CMS is working to identify priority areas for the QIO...
Drug Overdose Deaths Drop in U.S. for First Time Since 1990
United States drug overdose deaths last year dropped for the first time in nearly 2 decades, federal health officials reported. Access the National Center for Health Statistics Vital Statistics Rapid Release report. According to the Centers for Disease Control and...
CMS Advances MyHealthEData with New Pilot to Support Clinicians
Pilot program gives clinicians direct access to claims data, putting patients over paperwork and at the center of their care. Earlier today, at the White House Blue Button Developers Conference (BBDC), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced...
Opioid Guardianship: A Blueprint for Change
Data-Driven Opioid Guardianship: A Health Care System’s Blueprint for Change Drug overdose is the leading cause of death in the United States and opioid addiction is driving this epidemic. In 2016, over 214 million prescriptions were written for opioids. On...
Pain Management and Opioid Oversight WebEx
Pain management and opioid oversight: Ensuring quality, safety and compliance The Nebraska Coalition for Patient Safety is hosting a WebEx on the timely topic of antibiotic stewardship and pain management; focusing on implementation, policies and prescribing...