by Kelsey Olson | Jul 24, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Attend this Webinar series to learn how to identify culture results as colonization or a true infection. The presenter, Taylor Wojcik, PharmD, BCIDP, is an Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist for CommonSpirit Health. Wojcik oversees stewardship activities for...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 23, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Opioids, Quality Care Coalition
This one-hour webinar will discuss the importance of screening for Opioid Use Disorder/Substance Use Disorder, an overview of MOUD (Medications for Opioid Use Disorder) and how it looks in a rural hospital/clinic and at a treatment facility. Presenters will also...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 8, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
The opioid epidemic refers to the widespread misuse of both prescription and non-prescription opioid drugs in the United States and other countries. This crisis has led to a significant increase in opioid overdoses and deaths, along with profound social and economic...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 19, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Pharmacogenomic testing is a form of genetic testing that helps predict how an individual will respond to certain medications based on their genetic makeup. It involves analyzing variations in genes that affect drug metabolism, efficacy, and potential adverse...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 5, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Pharmacogenomic testing is a form of genetic testing that helps predict how an individual will respond to certain medications based on their genetic makeup. It involves analyzing variations in genes that affect drug metabolism, efficacy, and potential adverse...
by Kelsey Olson | May 28, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
Addressing the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs of dying patients includes management of their pain. But how have increasing concerns and policies that target opioid misuse impacted their pain management options? The American Medical Association...
by Kelsey Olson | May 22, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) can cause more problems than just pain or discomfort. They can contribute to falls, delirium and can even lead to sepsis. It’s important to know what signs and symptoms to look for in your residents, but more importantly you need...
by Keri McDermott | May 22, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Medication Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Opioid and other drug-related toxicities continue to plague us. Individuals who are or recently were incarcerated are at very high risk of drug diversion, medication nonadherence, drug misuse and overdose upon their release. The ONE (the opioid and naloxone education)...
by Kelsey Olson | May 9, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
An analysis of outpatient antibiotic prescribing in the United States from 2017 through 2021 was recently published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. The study shows that rates of inappropriate prescribing returned to baseline levels following a brief drop at the...
by Kelsey Olson | May 8, 2024 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Recently, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announced a new funded program, the AHRQ Safety Program for Telemedicine: Improving Antibiotic Use. This 18-month program will work with healthcare practices across the country to improve appropriate...
