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#GetVaccinated Long-Term Care Provider Toolkit Available

#GetVaccinated Long-Term Care Provider Toolkit Available

The 2023 #GetVaccinated Toolkit is a comprehensive resource curated to empower long term care providers in their mission to encourage and facilitate vaccinations among their residents and staff. As we approach the cold and flu season, there is a need to emphasize the...

Deprescribing And What It Can Do For Your Residents

Deprescribing And What It Can Do For Your Residents

Deprescribing medications is being studied to help nursing home residents. A new report has provided guidance for safety by "deprescribing" the amount of drugs being administered to nursing home residents, where it is estimated half or more are prescribed 9 or more...

Great Plains QIN Webinar – Care Coordination: The Complex Patient (A Behavioral Health Perspective) | October 17, 2023

Great Plains QIN Webinar – Care Coordination: The Complex Patient (A Behavioral Health Perspective) | October 17, 2023

This presentation will aim to elicit conversations surrounding complex patients and will highlight the importance of well-informed, multi-level care coordination. Included will be brief touchpoints related to engagement, social needs and burnout. The intended audience...

Ensuring Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Treatment through the Care Continuum Webinar Series

Ensuring Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Treatment through the Care Continuum Webinar Series

More than 1 million Medicare beneficiaries had a diagnosis of opioid use disorder in 2020.1 However, fewer than 1 in 5 Medicare beneficiaries with an opioid use disorder (OUD) diagnosis received medication to treat this condition. In addition, the number of patients...

Health Literacy Month: Building Awareness Through Action

Health Literacy Month: Building Awareness Through Action

Health Literacy Month: A time when we can work together to integrate and expand the mission of health literacy – to build a world where our collective efforts will lead to health equity, where all people can attain optimal health outcomes. Health literacy is defined...

Can Pneumonia Be Prevented?

Can Pneumonia Be Prevented?

Pneumonia is a common illness that can be serious or even life-threatening. Not all cases of pneumonia can be prevented, but through education for those we care for and assisting them to take certain measures, we can certainly reduce the prevalence and severity. The...

Age Friendly Health Systems: Identifying What Matters for Older Adults

Age Friendly Health Systems: Identifying What Matters for Older Adults

According to the US Census Bureau, the US population, aged 65+, is expected to double over the next 30 years. This can impact our health systems as they struggle to provide evidence-based care practices to every older adult at every care interaction. Age Friendly...

Better Choices, Better Health: Living Well With Chronic Conditions | Leaders Conference

Better Choices, Better Health: Living Well With Chronic Conditions | Leaders Conference

Better Choices, Better Health (BCBH) helps adults of all ages and caregivers manage the symptoms of chronic diseases, such as heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, depression, asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, and any other physical and mental health conditions. This...