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3 New Q-Tips For Your Ears Podcast Episodes | Listen Today

3 New Q-Tips For Your Ears Podcast Episodes | Listen Today

Looking for health care information and quality resources? We added a few more episodes to our new podcast series: Q-Tips For Your Ears. This podcast is designed for everyone – healthcare professionals, patients and family members; sharing basic healthcare information...

Time in Range: An Updated Approach for Evaluating Blood Glucose Control

Time in Range: An Updated Approach for Evaluating Blood Glucose Control

Over the years there have been various methods used to measure and evaluate blood glucose for those who live with diabetes. A1C has been the most commonly used indicator for determining blood glucose control among individuals with diabetes since its discovery in the...

Hintz and Wilcox Earn Positive Approach to Care® Certified Independent Trainer Status

Hintz and Wilcox Earn Positive Approach to Care® Certified Independent Trainer Status

Dementia isn’t a disease. It is a symptom of progressive brain disorders that affect cognitive function. There are 6.5 million Americans (65 and over) living with the most common form of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease. Every 65 seconds, one person in the United States...

Fostering Collaboration for Improved Patient Care: Hospital-Nursing Home Partnerships

Fostering Collaboration for Improved Patient Care: Hospital-Nursing Home Partnerships

Effective communication and collaboration stand as the linchpins in the effort to diminish rehospitalization. Research indicates that a united front involving healthcare professionals, such as physicians, hospital leadership, and administrators in assisted living or...

Great Plains QIN LAN Event: Using Plain Language – The CLAS-y Compliant Style of Healthcare Conversations and Communication | April 23, 2024

Great Plains QIN LAN Event: Using Plain Language – The CLAS-y Compliant Style of Healthcare Conversations and Communication | April 23, 2024

Over the past five decades, healthcare providers and healthcare systems have been tasked with providing increasingly complex medical care in a more equitable, cost-efficient, time-efficient – not to mention regulation-compliant – manner. During this Webinar, Dr. Kay...

CMS Health Equity Conference: Sustaining Health Equity Through Action | Register Today

CMS Health Equity Conference: Sustaining Health Equity Through Action | Register Today

The CMS Health Equity Conference will take place on May 29 - 30, 2024. This free, hybrid conference will be held in person at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Bethesda, Maryland and is available online for virtual participation. The 2024 CMS Health Equity Conference is the...

In Case You Missed It | Helping Long-Term Care Residents Keep Their Shine

In Case You Missed It | Helping Long-Term Care Residents Keep Their Shine

Nearly 37% of adults worldwide have vitamin D levels below the recommended amounts, according to research published in the journal Metabolites. In the U.S., studies have found that 14% to 18% of adults have low levels of vitamin D. Without enough vitamin D, bones may...

Stop Sepsis | Sepsis Toolkit For Skilled Nursing & Long-Term Care

Stop Sepsis | Sepsis Toolkit For Skilled Nursing & Long-Term Care

Sepsis remains the #1 diagnosis for admissions and readmissions and is the #1 facility-acquired infection related to hospitalization in North Dakota and South Dakota.  Understanding the early signs or the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is vital for all...