Navigating Medication Errors: Ensuring the Safety and Well-Being of Patients 

Navigating Medication Errors: Ensuring the Safety and Well-Being of Patients 

Medication error procedures in healthcare facilities are critical for ensuring patient safety. According to the National Library of Medicine, 7,000 to 9,000 people die due to a medication error. Therefore, it is crucial to follow and adhere to medication prescribing...
Great Plains QIN LAN Event | Decoding Dialysis: Improving Care Across the Continuum for Patients with Kidney Disease – May 21, 2024

Great Plains QIN LAN Event | Decoding Dialysis: Improving Care Across the Continuum for Patients with Kidney Disease – May 21, 2024

Care of the patient living with end stage renal disease can be intimidating due to the complex interplay of dietary and fluid restrictions, medications, vascular access care, and dialysis treatments, often in the setting of other comorbid medical conditions. It is...
More Evidence on the Need for Antibiotic Stewardship

More Evidence on the Need for Antibiotic Stewardship

An analysis of outpatient antibiotic prescribing in the United States from 2017 through 2021 was recently published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. The study shows that rates of inappropriate prescribing returned to baseline levels following a brief drop at the...
High Blood Pressure Education Month: Improving Heart Health Everywhere

High Blood Pressure Education Month: Improving Heart Health Everywhere

Since May is High Blood Pressure Education Month, what better way to teach your patients about their blood pressure than to implement self-measured blood pressure (SMBP) monitoring in your practice? The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) for...
Improve Antibiotic Use and Reduce Patient Harm in Telemedicine | Recruiting for an AHRQ Safety Program

Improve Antibiotic Use and Reduce Patient Harm in Telemedicine | Recruiting for an AHRQ Safety Program

Recently, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announced a new funded program, the AHRQ Safety Program for Telemedicine: Improving Antibiotic Use. This 18-month program will work with healthcare practices across the country to improve appropriate...
CMS Rules Are Our Best Tools – Life Safety, Emergency Preparedness and Infection Control in Nursing Homes

CMS Rules Are Our Best Tools – Life Safety, Emergency Preparedness and Infection Control in Nursing Homes

In 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated its life safety and emergency preparedness regulations related to health care facilities to improve protections for all individuals enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid, including those residing in...
May 7 Is National Fentanyl Awareness Day: Take Action & Save A Life

May 7 Is National Fentanyl Awareness Day: Take Action & Save A Life

National Fentanyl Awareness Day is a day of action where hundreds of businesses, nonprofit organizations, and government offices work together to ensure Americans understand the risks of fentanyl, educate their families and friends, and learn how they can take steps...