by Keri McDermott | Jun 16, 2020 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
To healthcare professionals everywhere: these are unprecedented times. There’s no road map. We’re facing conversations that we never expected – or wanted – to have. Your stakeholders are not only making decisions about what to say to patients and families,...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 15, 2020 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
Research shows that healthcare is safest when it’s provided by teams that work well together. A recent AHRQ blog post discussed the need to remain focused on patient safety to avoid errors during times of fatigue and stress and crisis like we are now...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 15, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
The clinical management of COVID positive and presumed COVID positive residents requires understanding the various disease trajectories and having appropriate plans of care in place that align with each residents’ goals and preferences. It also requires working with...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 8, 2020 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
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 offer...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 5, 2020 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals
A new surge capacity tool developed by Northeastern University Hospital can help hospitals determine their operational needs during a pandemic, including requirements for beds, ventilators, personal protective equipment, medications and staff. The tool automatically...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 1, 2020 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
For doctors, nurses, and other frontline care providers, treating patients with COVID-19 presents extreme challenges. Clinicians are working extra shifts under high-risk conditions. Suddenly, dedicated teams on “the front lines of care” face even more...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 1, 2020 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
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 offer...
by Keri McDermott | May 28, 2020 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
As the COVID-19 crisis has forced healthcare providers to limit in-person visits, telehealth has expanded rapidly. Responding to the need to obtain informed consent from patients for virtual visits, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has created a...
by Keri McDermott | May 28, 2020 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations
The Immunization Action Coalition has a list of guidance documents and resources to avoid decreases in immunization rates during COVID-19. Access the Immunization Resource Repository. These resources are intended for use by healthcare settings, state and local health...
by Keri McDermott | May 28, 2020 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging will be hosting a live webinar on June 2, 2020 from 2:00 – 3:30 pm CST discussing the Impact of COVID19 in Skilled Nursing Facilities with special discussion of residents with dementia. This webinar is...