by | Jun 23, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Opioids, Quality Care Coalition
A visit to the pharmacy is a common and frequent occurrence for individuals managing any acute or chronic health care condition. Pharmacists continue to expand their services and expertise beyond medication dispensing to include...
by | Jun 23, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Before initiating use of antibiotics, it is important to pause and review all relevant clinical and laboratory data and then weigh the potential benefit versus harm of initiating antibiotic therapy. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ’s) Four...
by | Jun 22, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network launched a COVID-19 Staff Vaccination Ambassador Program to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts and recognize community-based organizations, healthcare providers and nursing homes with high staff vaccination rates throughout...
by | Jun 22, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Are you struggling to have productive conversations with family members, loved ones and employees on the benefit of receiving the COVID-19 vaccine? Have you relayed data and facts, used pressure tactics and mandates and still hitting road blocks? If so, have you...
by | Jun 22, 2021 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Thursday, June 24, 2021 | 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. CT As we continue to support President Biden’s goal for 70 percent of the U.S. adult population to have at least one vaccine shot and 160 million U.S. adults to be fully vaccinated by July 4th, the Chief Health Equity...
by | Jun 17, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Guidance for addressing a global infodemic and fostering demand for immunization The Vaccine Misinformation Management Guide was developed to facilitate the development of strategic and well-coordinated national action plans to rapidly counter vaccine misinformation...
by | Jun 17, 2021 | Featured, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Project Firstline recently announced the launch of two new Continuing Education (CE) courses on Infection Control, with additional courses scheduled for release throughout the summer. Course: Injection Safety: Learn how to safely use a multi-dose vial This educational...
by | Jun 15, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
During the coronavirus crisis of 2020, LeadingAge members and partners, along with their dedicated staff, learned critical lessons about navigating a pandemic. This grant-funded Pandemic Playbook presents the collective intelligence they gathered. This year has...
by | Jun 11, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
The U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind national hotline to connect people with disabilities to information and services to improve access to COVID-19 vaccines. The Disability Information and Access Line (DIAL) is now...
by | Jun 11, 2021 | Care Coordination, Covid-19, Featured, Hospitals, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently shared with immunization program mangers across the country the document “Increasing Access to Vaccination Opportunities: COVID-19 Vaccination upon Discharge from Hospitals, Emergency Departments and Urgent...
