by Keri McDermott | Nov 13, 2015 | Archived
CMS Awards 16 Partnership-Driven Special Innovation Projects to Close the Gap between Best Practice & Common Practice Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it has taken another step toward ensuring that beneficiaries...
by | Nov 13, 2015 | Archived
November 16-22 is National Get Smart About Antibiotics Week Antibiotic-resistant bacteria causes more than 2 million illnesses and at least 23,000 deaths each year in the United States. Antibiotic resistance occurs when germs no longer respond to the drugs designed to...
by | Nov 6, 2015 | Archived
Diabetes Education and Support: What’s Your Role? National Diabetes Month is observed every November to draw attention to diabetes and its effects on millions of Americans. The National Diabetes Education Program’s (NDEP) 2015 theme Diabetes...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 27, 2015 | Archived
What Can We Do to Show Support? Stroke is a non-communicable disease that attacks millions of people worldwide every year. The World Stroke campaign aims to encourage people to understand stroke risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and high blood...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 13, 2015 | Archived
Physicians who primarily issue prescriptions electronically have lower rates of Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) among their patients with diabetes, according to an AHRQ study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. National estimates suggest that...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 12, 2015 | Archived
Fierce Healthcare recently reported that community involvement and targeting high-risk patients are essential to implementing meaningful preventive care. According to the article, there are several other strategies to improving preventive care in hospitals, which...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 8, 2015 | Archived
In August, the national Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program launched a learning series focused on healthcare quality improvement. The series, titled “Sharing Knowledge, Improving Health Care,” features training sessions led by recognized experts and thought...
by | Oct 7, 2015 | Archived
Colorectal cancer is a cancer of the colon or the rectum; it is the second leading cancer killer of both men and women in the United States. About 50,000 Americans die of colon cancer each year—however, many of these deaths can be prevented with early...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 23, 2015 | Archived
More than 800 Healthcare Providers: Collaborating for Better Health, Better Care and Lower Cost August marked the one-year anniversary of the formation of Great Plains Quality Innovation Network as the Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 18, 2015 | Archived
Watch this video for the United States Surgeon General’s Call to Action to promote walking and ‘walkable’ communities to help encourage a healthier lifestyle. Regular exercise and physical activity are important to the physical and mental health of...
