QIO News Posts
Climbing Alzheimer’s Cases May Stretch Care Capacity
Five million Americans over 65 years are living with Alzheimer's. This number could nearly triple by 2050, according to the Alzheimer’s Association’s 2020 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures. To shed light on the growing need for dementia care and treatment,...
Hospital Surge Capacity Planning Model – Identifying Needs During a Pandemic
A new surge capacity tool developed by Northeastern University Hospital can help hospitals determine their operational needs during a pandemic, including requirements for beds, ventilators, personal protective equipment, medications and staff. The tool automatically...
Costs of Emergency Department Visits for Mental and Substance Use Disorders
The recent Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Statistical Brief presents statistics on the costs of Emergency Department (ED) visits with diagnoses of mental and substance use disorders in the United States using the 2017 Nationwide Emergency Department...
Invitation: Geriatric and Age Friendly Care TeleEcho Sessions and Follow-Up Huddles
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network is excited to partner with the University of North Dakota to improve access to care for patients with complex conditions in rural and underserved communities through the Geriatric and Age Friendly Care TeleEcho™ Series. Access...
Applying Patient Safety Tools During COVID-19
For doctors, nurses, and other frontline care providers, treating patients with COVID-19 presents extreme challenges. Clinicians are working extra shifts under high-risk conditions. Suddenly, dedicated teams on "the front lines of care" face even more difficulties as...
CMS COVID-19 Stakeholder Engagement Calls- Week of June 1, 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 offer...
AHRQ Develops Template Telehealth Consent Form
As the COVID-19 crisis has forced healthcare providers to limit in-person visits, telehealth has expanded rapidly. Responding to the need to obtain informed consent from patients for virtual visits, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has created a...
Repository of Resources for Maintaining Immunization during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Immunization Action Coalition has a list of guidance documents and resources to avoid decreases in immunization rates during COVID-19. Access the Immunization Resource Repository. These resources are intended for use by healthcare settings, state and local health...
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Webinar: COVID-19 Impact on Skilled Nursing Facilities [Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging]
University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging will be hosting a live webinar on June 2, 2020 from 2:00 - 3:30 pm CST discussing the Impact of COVID19 in Skilled Nursing Facilities with special discussion of residents with dementia. This webinar is free and...
Invitation: Geriatric and Age Friendly Care TeleEcho Sessions and Follow-Up Huddles
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network is excited to partner with the University of North Dakota to improve access to care for patients with complex conditions in rural and underserved communities through the Geriatric and Age Friendly Care TeleEcho™ Series. Access...