by Keri McDermott | Nov 17, 2020 | Featured
Access to geriatric care improves the quality of life for patients and residents in our communities. Great Plains Quality Innovation Network is partnering with the University of North Dakota to improve access to care for patients with complex conditions in rural and...
by Keri McDermott | Nov 17, 2020 | CMS News, Featured
2020 Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception and Promoting Interoperability Hardship Exception Application Deadline: December 31, 2020 CMS Memo | November 16, 2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all clinicians across the United States and...
by Keri McDermott | Nov 17, 2020 | Covid-19, Featured
Project ECHO COVID-19 Global Conversations November 30, 2020 | 9:00 a.m. (CT) Managing Stress and Burnout during the COVID-19 Pandemic Healthcare workers around the globe working to combat COVID-19 and thinking deeply about how to create a new normal as we move...
by Keri McDermott | Nov 17, 2020 | Featured, Immunizations
CDC Webinar – Flu Vaccination Through Late Fall and Winter: It’s Not Too Late! Monday, December 7, 2020 from 1 – 2 pm CT Register Today During the COVID-19 pandemic, it will be important for all individuals, especially those at high-risk, to receive an annual...
by Keri McDermott | Nov 16, 2020 | Featured
It Always Seems Too Early Until It Is Too Late On a recent Webinar, Nancy Joyner, Honoring Choices, shared her insight, experiences and practical tools to help us with the conversations we want to avoid at all cost. It is the conversation about how we want to live...
by Keri McDermott | Nov 16, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured
CMS hosts varied recurring stakeholder engagement sessions to share information related to the agency’s response to COVID-19. These sessions are open to members of the healthcare community and are intended to provide updates, share best practices among peers, and...
by Keri McDermott | Nov 10, 2020 | Featured, Health Equity
New Listserv Topic for Rural Populations Rethinking Rural Health is a vital part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) push to transform the health care delivery system to a model that delivers high quality, affordable and accessible health...
by Keri McDermott | Nov 10, 2020 | Featured
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” — Leo Buscaglia Caregiving is a tough job. This November, we...
by Keri McDermott | Nov 9, 2020 | Featured
Access to geriatric care improves the quality of life for patients and residents in our communities. Great Plains Quality Innovation Network is partnering with the University of North Dakota to improve access to care for patients with complex conditions in rural and...
by Keri McDermott | Nov 9, 2020 | Featured
What is the most important conversation that we should be having, but avoid at all cost? It is the conversation about how we want to live until the last day of our life, part of the advance care planning process. In this COVID pandemic, more people are facing their...