by Keri McDermott | Mar 13, 2018 | Archived
March 11 – 17, 2018 is National Patient Safety Awareness Week, a highlight of the United for Patient Safety Campaign, an initiative of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. The Campaign is asking both healthcare professionals and consumers to take a pledge...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 13, 2018 | Archived
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Colon cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the United States. It is also one of the most preventable. This March, we continue to encourage men and women 50 and older to make getting...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 12, 2018 | Archived
Individuals with Alzheimer’s, dementia and other cognitive and physical challenges often struggle to reconnect and engage with others. The Music and Memory Program uses personalized playlists to trigger deep memories and improve the ability to converse, socialize and...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 12, 2018 | Archived
The Great Plains QIN Nebraska team hosted a one-day educational session on Wednesday, March 7 in Kearney, Nebraska. The event, Collaborating for Success: Moving Beyond the Quality Payment Program, was a big success! The session was an opportunity to learn more about...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 6, 2018 | Archived
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network recently helped the Home Health Quality Improvement (HHQI) National Campaign welcome its 20,000th participant and 6,000th home health agency to the initiative. The HHQI National Campaign is a quality improvement program of the...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 6, 2018 | Archived
Everyone should have the opportunity to live the healthiest life possible, regardless of their ZIP code. How does your area’s life expectancy measure up to the national average? A ZIP code is 5 numbers meant to give mail to people – not indicate how long they...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 6, 2018 | Archived
U.S. News & World Report recently published an article showing that nursing home mortality and rates of antibiotic prescriptions can be reduced when staff, residents and visitors have consistent hand-hygiene protocols. A one-year study in France of 26...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 2, 2018 | Archived
Graduated medical doctors advance from classwork and clinical rotations into the world of residency programs. Here they expand their skills by practicing alongside experienced providers. The set of six medical residents who rotate into the Family Medicine Residency...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 2, 2018 | Archived
A community pharmacy was successful in partnering with a hospital and other community pharmacies to lead a care transitions intervention associated with reduced 30-day same-hospital readmissions. The results of this study were printed in the January-February 2018...
by Keri McDermott | Feb 28, 2018 | Archived
The National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (NCCRT), an organization co-founded by the American Cancer Society and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, honored Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln with a national achievement award recognizing community...
