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CMS Weekly Stakeholder Engagement Calls [August 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...
Falls Prevention Awareness: Early Morning Wake Up Call
Falls Prevention Awareness Week is September 21-25, 2020. The South Dakota Falls Prevention Coalition has developed a Falls Prevention Toolkit to increase awareness of the risks of falls and promote practical steps to reduce those risks. The National Council of Aging...
Falls Prevention Awareness: A Staircase in the Dark
Falls Prevention Awareness Week is September 21-25, 2020. The South Dakota Falls Prevention Coalition has developed a Falls Prevention Toolkit to increase awareness of the risks of falls and promote practical steps to reduce those risks. The National Council of Aging...
Falls Prevention Awareness: Distraction and a Sudden Stop
Falls Prevention Awareness Week is September 21-25, 2020. The South Dakota Falls Prevention Coalition has developed a Falls Prevention Toolkit to increase awareness of the risks of falls and promote practical steps to reduce those risks. The National Council of Aging...
2020 AMA Opioid Task Force Progress Report
The American Medical Association released its annual Opioid Task Force 2020 Drug Overdose Report. This report shared that progress continues to be made to limit unsafe opioid usage, provide patients necessary treatments and lower the risk of fatal overdose deaths. ...
CMS Webinar: COVID-19 Surveillance to Enable Early Detection and Response to Outbreaks
COVID-19 Surveillance to Enable Early Detection and Response to Outbreaks National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Mandatory Data Collection Thursday, August 6, 2020 3:00 – 4:00 PM CT Following today's call, participants will possess the knowledge and approaches for...
A Snapshot of the Impact of COVID-19
CMS Updates Data on COVID-19 Impacts on Medicare Beneficiaries On July 28, CMS released its first monthly update of data that provides a snapshot of the impact of COVID-19 on the Medicare population. For the first time, the snapshot includes data for American...
CDC Clinician Call Center: COVID-19 Response
CDC developed the Clinician Call Center as a resource available to healthcare personnel working to prevent, detect, and respond to COVID-19. The Clinician Call Center is a hotline with CDC clinicians standing by to answer questions about COVID-19. Access the Call...
CMS Stakeholder Engagement Calls [August 3 – August 14, 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...
COVID-19 Clinical Rounds – Transitions of Care: From Acute Care to Long-Term Care
Project ECHO - A Peer-to-Peer Virtual Community of Practice: Special Session Tuesday, August 4, 2020 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CT COVID-19: Clinical Rounds...