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Lower Anticoagulant Dose: What It Means For Older Adults in Nursing Homes

Lower Anticoagulant Dose: What It Means For Older Adults in Nursing Homes

The Journal of the American Heart Association recently conducted a study involving 21,878 nursing home residents with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) which revealed that standard doses of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) led to a higher rate of bleeding...

Improve Antibiotic Use, Improve Health Equity | U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week

Improve Antibiotic Use, Improve Health Equity | U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week

U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week (USAAW) provides the opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of appropriate antibiotic and antifungal use and the threat of antimicrobial resistance across the One Health spectrum. One Health is an approach that recognizes that...

Preventing Medication Errors is Key to Patient Safety: The Five Rights 

Preventing Medication Errors is Key to Patient Safety: The Five Rights 

Medication errors can be avoided. The 5 R’s of medication administration were put in place to protect both those administering medicine and the person taking medicine/s, alongside reducing the harm that can be caused by medication errors. Following the 5 rights is the...

Immunize South Dakota – Protection for Two: Essential Insights on Vaccination During Pregnancy & Immunizations: Ask the Experts

Immunize South Dakota – Protection for Two: Essential Insights on Vaccination During Pregnancy & Immunizations: Ask the Experts

Join Immunize South Dakota for the next Online & in-the-know session focusing on understanding crucial aspects of vaccination during pregnancy. Dr. Nicole Buchele, Sanford Health, will discuss the increased risk of complications from vaccine-preventable diseases...

Native American Heritage Month & Alzheimer’s Awareness

Native American Heritage Month & Alzheimer’s Awareness

During Native American Heritage Month, we’re celebrating American Indian and Alaska Natives and their important work to raise Alzheimer’s awareness & better health within their communities, moving us closer to a world without Alzheimer's and all other dementia. ...

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...

Join Today: Age-Friendly Health Systems Action Community

Join Today: Age-Friendly Health Systems Action Community

The American Hospital Association (AHA) and partners are recruiting for the next iteration of an online community of healthcare organizations dedicated to practicing an “age-friendly” framework for long-term care. A major goal of the initiative is to help foster...

Protect Yourself, Your Community and Loved Ones from C. diff Infections

Protect Yourself, Your Community and Loved Ones from C. diff Infections

​​C. diff is a spore-forming, gram-positive anaerobic bacillus that is a common cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. According to the CDC, C. diff infection is estimated to cause almost half a million infections in the United States each year. Most cases of C....