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Drug Disposal: Drug Take Back Locations
The best way to safely dispose of most types of unused or expired drugs.
Hospital Quality Improvement Newsletter – March 2021
We’re thrilled to be working together to make health care better. Over the next four years, the Hospital Quality Improvement Contractors (HQICs) will be working to improve behavioral health outcomes with a focus on decreased opioid misuse, patient safety with emphasis on reduction of harm, and care transitions with a focus on high utilizers. This […]
Leadership Lessons: Words of Advice from Leaders on the Front Lines.
This month’s leadership lesson is from Carolyn Kazdan, MHSA, NHA, Alliant Quality Aim Lead for Care Transitions. Priorities & Strategies of the New CDC Director, Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH Recently, I had the opportunity to listen to a podcast interview featuring the new Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Rochelle Walensky, MD, […]
Alliant Health Solutions to Provide Hospital Quality Improvement Services for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Atlanta, GA – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded a four-year contract to Alliant Health Solutions to serve as a Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC) within its Network of Quality Improvement and Innovation Contractors (NQIIC). HQICs will provide targeted quality improvement assistance to small, rural and critical access hospitals and those […]
Preventing Deaths of Despair: Mental Health in COVID-19
Deaths of despair, deaths due to drugs, alcohol, and suicide have been on the rise for the last decade, and in the context of COVID-19, deaths of despair can be viewed as the epidemic within the pandemic. Symptoms of anxiety disorder and depressive disorder increased considerably in the United States during April–June of 2020, compared […]
Pain Medicine Do’s and Don’ts
Naloxone Tip Sheet
Naloxone Saves: Tips for Pharmacies to Save Lives with the State Standing Order for Naloxone