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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
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
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
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
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. ...
National Rural Health Day: Celebrating the Power of Rural
It is of vital importance that we ensure all rural communities have the opportunity to be healthy and have access to affordable, quality health care regardless of where they call home. National Rural Health Day (NRHD), observed on the third Thursday of November,...
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
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
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....
North Dakota Health Equity Training Series – Now Available
The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services has developed a training series to introduce health equity; giving participants the information and insights they need to identify inequities in the workplace. In the long term, the trainings will provide the...