by Keri McDermott | Jul 21, 2017 | Archived
Through implementation of their House Calls Program, Methodist Physician’s Clinic in Omaha, Nebraska set out to help patients access the right care in the right place at the right time — whether they are at home, at an assisted living or at a Skilled Nursing...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 21, 2017 | Archived
August is National Adult Immunization Awareness Month August is right around the corner. Be sure to access the 2017 National Adult Immunization Awareness toolkit to devise a plan to promote the importance of immunizations with your staff, patients and family...
by | Jul 17, 2017 | Archived
The National Adult and Influenza Immunization Summit Provider and Access Workgroup surveyed partners and compiled the top questions associated with coding and billing for adult vaccines. Review the questions and answers. Great Plains QIN is actively working with...
by | Jul 14, 2017 | Archived
On August 10, 2017, QHA will be hosting their annual Quality Forum at the Delta by Marriott in Fargo, ND, under the theme “The Power of Engagement…Linking Patients, Providers, Communities and Payers.” This one-day event will focus on how engagement of individuals at...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 14, 2017 | Archived
Technology — in the form of digital medicine — is helping patients with chronic disease to take better care of themselves. Approximately one-half of all adults suffer from one or more chronic diseases, which account for seven of 10 deaths and 86 percent of healthcare...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 13, 2017 | Archived
Gove County Medical Center Long Term Care Unit is a 37-bed Intermediate Care Facility based in Quinter, Kansas. In July 2015, the Long Term Care Facility team decided they needed to improve their long-stay Quality Measure (QM) performance. After review, the team...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 11, 2017 | Archived
At the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research in Washington, D.C., the director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)—Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD—shared findings from the institute’s latest research...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 7, 2017 | Archived
Intestinal infection with the bacterium Clostridium difficile — widely known as C. diff — is the most frequent healthcare-linked infection in the country. C.diff infections now afflict about a half million Americans each year, causing more than 29,000 deaths and...
by | Jul 6, 2017 | Archived
Over the past decade, the use of alternative therapies has become more popular to promote contentment in individuals experiencing depression, boredom and anxiety. Research supports that aromatherapy can be a safe and effective intervention to reduce agitation and...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 6, 2017 | Archived
Effective healthcare provider-patient communication is a central clinical function in building a therapeutic relationship between providers and their patients, which is foundation for high-quality medical care. Most often, patient dissatisfaction and complaints are...
