by Keri McDermott | Sep 8, 2020 | Featured
HHS has released the Rural Action Plan, the first HHS-wide assessment of rural healthcare efforts in more than 18 years. The action plan provides a blueprint for the agency to strengthen departmental coordination to better serve the millions of Americans living...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 7, 2020 | Featured
World Sepsis Day is an initiative by the Global Sepsis Alliance, a non-profit charity organization with the mission to provide global leadership to reduce the worldwide burden of sepsis. World Sepsis Day is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 7, 2020 | Events, Featured, Medication Safety
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...
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by Keri McDermott | Sep 4, 2020 | CMS News, 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...
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by Keri McDermott | Sep 3, 2020 | Covid-19, Events, Featured, Nursing Home Quality
National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care and Quality Assurance Performance Improvement Tuesday, September 22, 2020 12:30 – 2:00 PM CT Register Today During this call, learn about the unique challenges facing nursing home residents living with dementia...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 1, 2020 | Featured
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...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 1, 2020 | Events, Featured, Patient Safety
September 23, 2020 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm CST Falls among older adults are the leading cause of preventable injury. Strategies are known to reduce the prevalence of falls among older adults. These strategies include referral pathways and evidence-based tools (programs and...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 1, 2020 | Featured
The darting pet, hallway rug or late-night trip to the bathroom can quickly change from a nuisance to a life-changing fall experience. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one of four older Americans fall each year and a single fall...
by Keri McDermott | Aug 28, 2020 | CMS News, Featured, Nursing Home Quality
The Great Plains Quality Innovation Network will continue to monitor implementation plans for the National Nursing Home COVID Action Network. We will keep nursing homes informed of next steps, structure and expectations as details are solidified. CMS Memo Issued...
by Keri McDermott | Aug 27, 2020 | Featured
The Rural Health Information Hub and the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis recently introduced the Social Determinants of Health in Rural Communities Toolkit, designed to support organizations implementing programs to address social determinants of health in...
