by Keri McDermott | Jan 27, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has created a COVID-19 Vaccination Communication Toolkit for Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) to help build confidence in this important new vaccine. Access the COVID-19 Vaccination Communication Toolkit for...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 25, 2021 | Featured, Medication Safety
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced it would publish Practice Guidelines for the Administration of Buprenorphine for Treating Opioid Use Disorder*, to expand access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) by exempting physicians from certain...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 25, 2021 | Cardiac Care, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Public Observances
Chronic disease prevention and self-management are keys to reducing the prevalence and impact of heart disease. The National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute (NHBLI) celebrates American Heart Month in February to motivate Americans to adopt healthy lifestyles to...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 22, 2021 | Featured, Medication Safety, Opioids
Communities throughout the nation continue to be impacted by the opioid epidemic, which has worsened the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) can affect women in particular ways at all stages of life, including adolescence, adulthood, pregnancy,...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 19, 2021 | Featured, Patient Safety
Dakota Geriatrics, in partnership with Service Providers for Seniors, recently announced the launch of Age Friendly Health Care: Webinar Series. A series of 5 one-hour long tele mentoring sessions to be held every second Monday of the month at 4 p.m. CT, starting...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 18, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. CT Register Today Medications can be lifesaving treatments that change the world. Unfortunately, if not used properly medications can also lead to adverse events. In fact adverse drug events (ADEs) account for over 1 million...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 18, 2021 | Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN
Shannon Bacon Named Health Equity Manager When every individual has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible, health equity has been achieved. This concept serves as the foundation of the community health center program, whose members in North and...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 18, 2021 | Featured, Medication Safety, Opioids
An official Health Advisory from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was recently released regarding an increase in fatal drug overdoses driven by synthetic opioids. A record increase in overdose deaths of 18.2 percent was reported from June 2019 to...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 12, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured
The CDC’s data tracker compiles data from healthcare facilities and public health authorities. It updates daily to report the total number of COVID-19 vaccines that have been distributed to each state and the total number each state has administered. As of...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 11, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured
The Household Pulse Survey, run by the Census Bureau to measure how Americans are living during the pandemic, is tracking an uptick in mental health disorders: In October, 37% of Americans reported feeling hopeless more than half of the time. In 2019, that figure was...