A monthly newsletter highlighting events and resources for Nursing Homes & Partnerships for Community Health In This Issue: CMS Nursing Home Emergency Preparedness Plans Assessment  Register for our November LAN: Emergency Preparedness, Trauma-Informed Care and Staff Resiliency View our September LAN: Steps To Reduce Dialysis Readmissions and Emergency Department Visits  Register for our October Shop Talk  Leadership Lesson: Health Literacy: […]

Memorandum Summary CMS is committed to continuing to take critical steps to ensure America’s healthcare facilities are prepared to respond to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency (PHE). Visitation Guidance: CMS is issuing new guidance for visitation in nursing homes during the COVID-19 PHE. Visitation is allowed for all residents at all times. […]

This month’s leadership lesson is from JoVonn Givens, MPH, task order director at Alliant Health Solutions, the QIN-QIO for Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Health Literacy: A Necessary Element to Achieve Health Equity “If we want health equity, we need to make health literacy a priority.” Sylvia Matthews Burwell, A.B., B.A., […]

This monthly newsletter highlights the latest insights, resources, and evidence-based best practices. Our hope is that this newsletter makes it easy for you to stay on top of trends and allows you to provide the best possible care for those you work with and serve.  In This Issue:  Latest News from CMS Educational Events Expert […]

A monthly newsletter highlighting events and resources for Nursing Homes & Partnerships for Community Health In This Issue: Latest News from CMS Learning & Action Network Events & Shop Talk  Leadership Lesson: Advice from the Frontlines Best Practice Corner Health Equity Corner COVID-19 Resources  Opioid Utilization and Misuse Resources Patient Safety Resources Chronic Disease Resources Care […]

Words of advice from leaders on the front lines. This month’s leadership lesson is from Danyce Seney, Alliant Health Solutions’ nursing home co-lead. 10 Life Lessons for Leadership Success An Army drill sergeant raised me, and many of the life lessons he “drilled” into me can apply to both formal and informational leadership roles in the […]

This monthly newsletter highlights the latest insights, resources, and evidence-based best practices. Our hope is that this newsletter makes it easy for you to stay on top of trends and allows you to provide the best possible care for those you work with and serve.  In This Issue:  Latest News from CMS Educational Events Expert […]

A monthly newsletter highlighting events and resources for Nursing Homes & Partnerships for Community Health In This Issue: Latest News from CMS Learning & Action Network Events & Shop Talk  Leadership Lesson: Advice from the Frontlines Best Practice Corner Health Equity Corner COVID-19 Resources  Opioid Utilization and Misuse Resources Patient Safety Resources Chronic Disease Resources Care […]

Words of advice from leaders on the front lines. This month’s leadership lesson is from Julie Kueker, Alliant Health Solutions program director for Alabama, Florida and Louisiana. Kindness Found Amid the Pandemic: Lessons From the Field “In a world where you can be anything, be kind.” – Unknown I see this quote almost daily. It […]