by Keri McDermott | May 2, 2017 | Archived
An Online Training Series for Healthcare Providers The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) recently launched an online training course focused on opioid prescription practices. The series features eight modules, of which one has been released thus far....
by Keri McDermott | Apr 27, 2017 | Archived
Most people struggle with making and breaking habits. Explaining the benefits of a change is the first step. Determining which intrinsic motivation will lead to a patient’s success is much more difficult. Evidence shows a provider recommendation is the most...
by Keri McDermott | Apr 21, 2017 | Archived
On April 20, 2017, CDC released the General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization. (The 2017 version replaces the 2011 version). According to ACIP Executive Secretary Amanda Cohn, MD, “The General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization is a living document and...
by Keri McDermott | Apr 21, 2017 | Archived
If you are new to healthcare quality improvement, you might feel overwhelmed navigating and making sense of all of the learning resources, national quality improvement entities and reporting programs. This collection of resources points quality healthcare...
by Keri McDermott | Apr 14, 2017 | Archived
According to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, hospital readmissions can be reduced by 25 percent when informal caregivers are integrated into the discharge planning process informal for elderly patients, Caregivers are unpaid...
by Keri McDermott | Apr 14, 2017 | Archived
Today, health systems and professionals are equipped with the knowledge and technology to help patients manage high blood pressure more effectively than ever before. Still, high blood pressure contributes to more than 1,100 deaths in the United States each day and...
by Keri McDermott | Apr 6, 2017 | Archived
The National Physical Activity Plan (NPAP) is engaging state and community leaders to document and share successful physical activity and chronic disease plans across the nation. This catalog of plans will contribute to the unified effort needed to achieve their...
by Keri McDermott | Apr 4, 2017 | Archived
Lower extremity amputation rates related to diabetes have been gradually increasing each year since 2009, says a new report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Quality Innovation Network National Coordinating Center (QIN NCC). The data,...
by Keri McDermott | Apr 4, 2017 | Archived
By Kayla Hochstetler; Valley Community Health Center (Grand Forks, ND) Life and death used to seem very simple to me. You were either alive, or you weren’t. A conversation about healthcare directives seemed irrelevant. This changed for me when my 16-year-old brother...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 29, 2017 | Colorectal Cancer Screening, Great Plains QIN
The American Cancer Society (ACS) released a 2017 Colorectal Cancer (CRC) report that found dramatic reductions in overall CRC incidence and mortality, but also striking disparities by age, race and tumor subsite remain. That’s according to the latest publication...
