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Virtual Workshops Expand Access to Chronic Disease Self-Management
Rural populations and agriculture communities understand the value of effective tools and community connections. Chronic disease self-management programs (CDSMP) use these same concepts to improve quality of life for those managing a health condition. Despite a desire...
CMS Releases Nursing Home COVID-19 Training Data with Urgent Call to Action
Thanks to the nursing homes whose staff have completed free CMS training, but remaining homes are urged to take advantage of this resource November 18, 2020 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is publicly recognizing the 1,092 nursing homes at...
Social Needs and Health Equity
Perspectives on “want versus need” vary greatly and are swayed by culture and environment. The concepts of equity versus equality face similar biases. As it relates to healthcare, understanding the difference between social determinants of health, social needs, and...
Expanding Prevention Culture Through Data
Community health centers (CHCs) provide quality healthcare in rural, low-income and underserved populations. All individuals receive comprehensive, integrated primary, dental and behavioral healthcare regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay. The nine...
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Decisional Making Capacity: Great Plains QIN Huddle [November 17]
Access to geriatric care improves the quality of life for patients and residents in our communities. Great Plains Quality Innovation Network is partnering with the University of North Dakota to improve access to care for patients with complex conditions in rural and...
Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Application and COVID-19
2020 Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception and Promoting Interoperability Hardship Exception Application Deadline: December 31, 2020 CMS Memo | November 16, 2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all clinicians across the United States and territories....
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Project ECHO Webinar [November 30]: Managing Stress and Burnout during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Project ECHO COVID-19 Global Conversations November 30, 2020 | 9:00 a.m. (CT) Managing Stress and Burnout during the COVID-19 Pandemic Healthcare workers around the globe working to combat COVID-19 and thinking deeply about how to create a new normal as we move...
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CDC Webinar [December 7] – Flu Vaccination Through Late Fall and Winter: It’s Not Too Late!
CDC Webinar – Flu Vaccination Through Late Fall and Winter: It’s Not Too Late! Monday, December 7, 2020 from 1 - 2 pm CT During the...
Making Time For Difficult Conversations About What Matters
It Always Seems Too Early Until It Is Too Late On a recent Webinar, Nancy Joyner, Honoring Choices, shared her insight, experiences and practical tools to help us with the conversations we want to avoid at all cost. It is the conversation about how we want to live...
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CMS COVID-19 Stakeholder Engagement Calls [November 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...