by sfredenburg | Oct 16, 2018 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Home Health, Hospitals, Medication Safety |
After a stay in the hospital, the majority of patients will transition home while others may enter a skilled nursing facility. Each individual’s journey back to health comes with challenges and requires a coordinated effort of family, friends and healthcare...
by Nikki Divis | Oct 16, 2018 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Diabetes Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare Acquired Conditions in Nursing Homes, Medication Safety |
Since 1984, Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) have been a driving force for quality improvement throughout the country. On September 15, Modern Healthcare published an infographic on the 2017 Quality Improvement Organization efforts. The data draws...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 1, 2018 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations, Sepsis, Success Story |
The Great Plains Quality Innovation Network – Nebraska team attended the PATCH (Planned Approach to Community Health) Health Fair in Norfolk, Nebraska in mid-September. “Our goal was to connect with and engage fair attendees to educate and improve their...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 27, 2018 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Featured, Great Plains QIN |
On September 25, during the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York, the United States announced The AMR Challenge—an ambitious global initiative to combat the growing threat of Antibiotic Resistance. This unprecedented effort, led by the U.S Department of...
by selsen | Sep 27, 2018 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Featured, Healthcare Acquired Conditions in Nursing Homes, Hospitals, Immunizations |
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) hosted their annual press conference to kickoff flu vaccination season last week. CDC recommends that people get a flu vaccine by the end of October before...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 25, 2018 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare Acquired Conditions in Nursing Homes, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Sepsis, Success Story |
Nearly 125 nursing home employees took the opportunity to learn more about sepsis, Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MDROs) and Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) during a series of learning sessions offered in August and September. The Wizard of Oz production was the...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 4, 2018 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Featured, Great Plains QIN |
Sections three and four have been added to CDC’s FREE online antibiotic stewardship training course! The entire four-section course is now available on CDC Train and offers up to eight hours of continuing education (CE) credit. The following topics are covered in the...
by Nikki Divis | Aug 3, 2018 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare Acquired Conditions in Nursing Homes, Medication Safety |
The First Annual Nebraska Antimicrobial Stewardship Summit was held on June 1, 2018 at the Embassy Suites in LaVista, Nebraska. Nearly 270 healthcare professionals from Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and South Dakota were in attendance. Several of the...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 31, 2018 | Antibiotic Stewardship, CMS News, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety |
You are invited – CMS Town Hall Meeting The Opioid Epidemic: Approaches to Adolescents and Honored Elders ….highlighting the importance of collaboration among clinicians and community members to address the opioid crisis Thursday, September 6, 2018 12:00...
by Nikki Divis | Jul 24, 2018 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Quality Payment Program |
In February, the CDC’s Office of Antibiotic Stewardship launched the first section of a four-part, web-based training course on Antibiotic Stewardship. This course launched on the heels of CDC’s Be Antibiotics Aware: Smart Use, Best Care educational effort –...
by sfredenburg | Jul 23, 2018 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety |
The human body needs both good and bad bacteria to defend against illness and maintain health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investing in projects to further understand the impact of antibiotics on this community of naturally-occurring germs...
by sfredenburg | Jul 9, 2018 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations |
Whether a skeptic or a fanatic, home remedies and miracle treatments for everything from weight loss to cancer is at our fingertips. Healthcare professionals carry the burden of educating the consumer on fact versus fiction, especially when it comes to managing...
