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Applying Patient Safety Tools During COVID-19
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 experiencing...
CMS Webinar – Clinical Care: Managing COVID Positive Residents
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...
Invitation: Geriatric and Age Friendly Care TeleEcho™ Series
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network is excited to partner with the University of North Dakota to improve access to care for patients with complex conditions in rural and underserved communities through the Geriatric and Age Friendly Care TeleEcho™ Series. Access...
CMS COVID-19 Stakeholder Engagement Calls – Week of June 8, 2020
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...
Climbing Alzheimer’s Cases May Stretch Care Capacity
Five million Americans over 65 years are living with Alzheimer's. This number could nearly triple by 2050, according to the Alzheimer’s Association’s 2020 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures. To shed light on the growing need for dementia care and treatment,...
Hospital Surge Capacity Planning Model – Identifying Needs During a Pandemic
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...
Costs of Emergency Department Visits for Mental and Substance Use Disorders
The recent Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Statistical Brief presents statistics on the costs of Emergency Department (ED) visits with diagnoses of mental and substance use disorders in the United States using the 2017 Nationwide Emergency Department...
Invitation: Geriatric and Age Friendly Care TeleEcho Sessions and Follow-Up Huddles
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network is excited to partner with the University of North Dakota to improve access to care for patients with complex conditions in rural and underserved communities through the Geriatric and Age Friendly Care TeleEcho™ Series. Access...
Applying Patient Safety Tools During COVID-19
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 difficulties as...
CMS COVID-19 Stakeholder Engagement Calls- Week of June 1, 2020
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...