Medication Safety News Posts
A Call to Action in Long Term Care & Adult Care Facilities: Caring for People with Substance Use Disorder | GNYHCFA Webinar Series
The Greater New York Health Care Facilities Association (GNYHCFA) and the IPRO Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) are offering a series of webinars from October 2024 to January 2025 to educate, support, and encourage nursing homes...
U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week 2024 | Working Together to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance
The Center for Collaboration and Advancement in Pharmacy is excited to join the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in promoting the observance of U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week (USAAW), raising awareness of the harms posed by antibiotic resistance, and...
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day – October 26, 2024
The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications. A variety of print and digital resource are...
Ensuring Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Treatment through the Care Continuum Recorded Webinar Series
This recorded webinar series and podcasts is a collaboration of all of the Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organizations and provides strategies, interventions, and targeted solutions to ensure access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD)...
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Updated Community Data Reports [Q1 2024]: Addressing Gaps, Achieving Growth and Quality Improvement
The Great Plains QIN team strives to improve healthcare quality and patient outcomes. We work with partners and community coalitions to identify areas for improvement, which include reducing avoidable hospital admissions and readmissions, including those caused by...
Access to Narcan in Nursing Homes Improves Overall Safety of Residents and Helps Mitigate Risk
Opioid overdoses are on the rise among older adults, with a 300% increase in opioid overdose deaths among adults 65 years of age and older since the year 2000. Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, is a life-saving medication that reverses opioid overdoses...
Addressing Substance Misuse Through the Lens of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH): Strategies for All Communities
Join the Education Development Center and the North Dakota Behavioral Health & Human Services Center for a webinar, Addressing Substance Misuse Through the Lens of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH): Strategies for All Communities. Tuesday, September 24, 2024 |...
The Hidden Connection Between Smoking and Opioids
A new analysis highlights the connection between smoking and opioid use. Data from the AHRQ Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) and the National Health Interview Survey reveal that smokers are significantly more likely to use prescription opioids than non-smokers....
Join the Conversation: Motivational Interviewing to Reduce Falls in Older Adults
Falls threaten the safety and independence for older Americans and can create a heavy economic and personal burden. National Falls Prevention Awareness Week will be observed September 23 – 27, 2024. Throughout September we will work to bring attention to the issue of...
Simple Interventions For The Management Of Respiratory Illnesses Could Support Antimicrobial Stewardship Efforts To Reduce Antibiotic Use
Researchers from the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom recently published results in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal from the Immune Defence trial. The study involved 13,799 adults at risk of adverse respiratory illness outcomes. Conducted at 332...