by Keri McDermott | Feb 5, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured
It’s hard to imagine a time when we didn’t know COVID-19 existed. The impact of COVID-19 on our lives, our activities and our freedom has affected us all. The responsibility is ours, as a community, to help stop this virus. We now have a new, safe, and effective tool...
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by Keri McDermott | Feb 5, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured
CMS hosts varied recurring stakeholder engagement sessions to share information related to the agency’s response to COVID-19. These sessions are open to members of the healthcare community and are intended to provide updates, share best practices among peers, and...
by Keri McDermott | Feb 3, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Nursing Home Quality
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is real among healthcare workers: in a January Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) poll, about one in three health care workers planned to wait to see how the vaccine is working or would get it only if required to. The American Health Care...
by Keri McDermott | Feb 1, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Healthcare-Associated Infections
The focus on combating coronavirus during the pandemic has made it easier for other healthcare associated infections (HAIs) to spread. Many of the interventions to prevent, test and monitor for HAI were deprioritized to have additional resources available to address...
by Keri McDermott | Feb 1, 2021 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured
CMS hosts varied recurring stakeholder engagement sessions to share information related to the agency’s response to COVID-19. These sessions are open to members of the healthcare community and are intended to provide updates, share best practices among peers, and...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 27, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has created a COVID-19 Vaccination Communication Toolkit for Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) to help build confidence in this important new vaccine. Access the COVID-19 Vaccination Communication Toolkit for...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 12, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured
The CDC’s data tracker compiles data from healthcare facilities and public health authorities. It updates daily to report the total number of COVID-19 vaccines that have been distributed to each state and the total number each state has administered. As of...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 11, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured
The Household Pulse Survey, run by the Census Bureau to measure how Americans are living during the pandemic, is tracking an uptick in mental health disorders: In October, 37% of Americans reported feeling hopeless more than half of the time. In 2019, that figure was...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 11, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured
Access the latest CDC data to help increase patient safety and reduce the disproportionate burden of COVID-19 among racial and ethnic minority groups in their communities. Some racial and ethnic minority groups are disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Conditions...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 8, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured
CMS hosts varied recurring stakeholder engagement sessions to share information related to the agency’s response to COVID-19. These sessions are open to members of the healthcare community and are intended to provide updates, share best practices among peers, and...
