by Keri McDermott | Oct 29, 2020 | Covid-19, Featured, Nursing Home Quality
Thursday, November 5, 2020 3:00 – 4:00 pm CT Get Registered. This live Q&A series is open to clinical and administrative nursing home staff members and others who have completed the self-paced, on-demand CMS-CDC Fundamentals of COVID-19 Prevention for Nursing Home...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 26, 2020 | 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 | Oct 26, 2020 | Featured
Great Plains Quality Care Coalition – Enrollment Ends October 30, 2020 After months of being poised to return to quality improvement work, the arrival of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services contract almost a year ago signaled a return to business as...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 21, 2020 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Featured
The Mental Health First Aid movement – spreading in an increasing number of countries and across the United States – is promoting knowledge about mental health among health professionals and community members alike, who may encounter mental health concerns in the...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 21, 2020 | Covid-19, Featured, Immunizations
Scientists and medical experts are racing to develop a vaccine to prevent SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). As some vaccine candidates are nearing the end of Phase III clinical trials, healthcare professionals are left with many questions. How were COVID-19 vaccines developed so...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 20, 2020 | Covid-19, Featured
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) invites you to view the updated recorded session on Telehealth and COVID-19. The content has been updated to reflect changes in telehealth policies as well as the Telehealth Centers of Excellence and Avera’s...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 19, 2020 | Featured
We all have varied feelings regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has disrupted our lives: “I’m over it”, “It isn’t a big deal” or “No one is going to tell me what to do.” Despite those feelings, the Burleigh-Morton community in North Dakota is joining together...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 19, 2020 | Covid-19, Featured
The California Partnership to Improve Dementia Care has created six resource videos on the topic of COVID-19 and residents living with dementia. Activities for Patients with Dementia: Creative Ideas During COVID-19 Coping and Stress Management During a Pandemic...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 19, 2020 | Featured, Healthcare-Associated Infections
For this year’s International Infection Prevention Week (IIPW), October 18-24, the goal is to shine a spotlight on the Infection Preventionist’s (IP’s) role in protecting frontline healthcare workers and patients from COVID-19. To honor and thank IPs for their...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 15, 2020 | Featured, Nursing Home Quality
Staffing Challenges and Solutions: Insights from the Front Lines Tuesday, October 20, 2020 ♦ 1:00 – 2:00 PM CT Register Today! We encourage you to invite your colleagues, community partners, beneficiaries and their family members, or others interested in nursing home...