by Keri McDermott | Mar 12, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality
The American Health Quality Association, AHQA, applauds the Biden Administration and Congress for passing the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. This historic bill will deliver resources for the COVID public health response and economic aid to those impacted by the...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 10, 2021 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Nursing Home Quality
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), issued updated guidance today for nursing homes to safely expand visitation options during the COVID-19 pandemic public health emergency...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 9, 2021 | Featured, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Changes in how the body functions are clear as individuals increase in age. These changes also impact the effects of medication ranging from common over-the-counter cold medicines to prescriptions used to manage chronic disease and mental health concerns. Previously...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 2, 2021 | Featured, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Patient Safety Awareness Week [March 14 – 20, 2021] is observed to acknowledge the need to improve care safety throughout the healthcare system and to celebrate efforts to improve care. Preventing harm in health care is a public health concern. Everyone...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 1, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Visit our new Web page – Vaccinations – for resources on vaccine confidence, handling and storage, billing and coding as well as educational opportunities. Our team is working to identify and showcase tools that will be of value to healthcare providers and...
by Keri McDermott | Feb 23, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition, Uncategorized
Medications can be lifesaving treatments that change the world. Unfortunately, if not used properly, medications can also lead to adverse events. In fact, Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) account for over 1 million emergency department visits a year and about 350,000...
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 | Jan 5, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Nursing Home Quality
The CDC just released weekly COVID-19 vaccination data reporting modules: Surveillance for Weekly HCP & Resident Vaccination. These modules allow reporting of COVID-19 vaccination coverage among: Healthcare personnel working in Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCFs)...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 28, 2020 | Covid-19, Featured, Nursing Home Quality
We are pleased to let you know that the Vaccination Toolkit for Long-term Care Facilities is now available on CDC’s website. For the Long-Term Care (LTC) Vaccination Toolkit and all COVID-19 vaccination toolkits visit: COVID-19 Vaccination Toolkits | CDC You play a...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 28, 2020 | Featured, Nursing Home Quality
Golden ticket: an extremely valuable opportunity or means of access to something desired [Dictionary, Merriam-Webster] The Rolling Hills Healthcare team in Belle Fourche, SD implemented a ‘Golden Ticket’ program as an ‘extremely valuable...