Featured News Posts
GPQIN Webinar: Motivational Interviewing To Build Trust in Vaccinations | August 17, 2021
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...
Free COVID-19 Training for Nursing Homes: User Guide and Kudos Kit
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Targeted COVID-19 Training for Frontline Nursing Home Staff and Management is a great resource for nursing home staff to put the latest information regarding infection control, COVID-19 preparedness,...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID Data Tracker & Trends
Access the CDC COVID Data Tracker for access to maps, charts, and data from the CDC on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and issues related to COVID-19. Includes data on vaccinations, cases, deaths and hospitalizations for each county and cases and deaths nationally for...
Healthcare Professionals: The Most Trusted Source of Vaccine Information
August is National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM). This annual observance highlights the efforts of healthcare professionals to protect patients of all ages against vaccine-preventable diseases through on-time vaccination. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all...
TRAIN Learning Network: COVID-19 Vaccination Training
COVID-19 vaccination training remains essential as younger populations become eligible to receive vaccinations and states move into later phases of reopening. Use the Public Health Foundation’s (PHF’s) live search available through the TRAIN Learning Network to access...
Animated Video | How mRNA Vaccines Work
Check out this video animation that describes how the mRNA vaccine works! Viewers watch from inside the cell as the mRNA vaccine is processed and the immune response develops! We hope you will check it out and consider sharing it with your networks, so together we...
North Dakota Department of Health Webinar with Dr. Paul Carson | Delta Variant
The North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) hosted a live webinar with Dr. Paul Carson, infectious disease specialist and professor of public health at North Dakota State University, and Molly Howell, immunization director for the NDDoH. These experts share...
CMS Skilled Nursing Facility/Long-Term Care Open Door Forum | August 5, 2021
CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (Available Tools SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum Thursday, August 5, 2021 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time (CT) Please dial-in at least 15 minutes before call start time. AGENDA I. Opening Remarks | Chair – Todd Smith (Center...
Surgeon General Issues Advisory on Confronting Health Misinformation on COVID-19 Vaccine
I am urging all Americans to help slow the spread of health misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Health misinformation is a serious threat to public health. It can cause confusion, sow mistrust, harm people’s health, and undermine public health...
Interactive Training: Pathways to Safer Opioid Use
Pathways to Safer Opioid Use is an interactive training that promotes the appropriate, safe and effective use of opioids to manage chronic pain. It’s based on the opioid-related recommendations in the National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention (ADE Action...