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Alliant Work Featured in QIO Times Blog
After Hurricane Ida swept through Louisiana in August 2021, Alliant Health Solutions created interactive digital maps using Power BI that staff utilized to identify impacted health care facilities, send daily reports to CMS and assist with recovery efforts. Read this blog, published by CMS, to learn how Alliant uses data technology to maximize crisis response. […]
AHS Podcast Episode 38: How COVID-19 Has Triggered an Increased Need for Behavioral Health Services
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), 43.8 million adults experience mental illness in a given year and one in five adults in America experience a mental illness. As a result of COVID-19, additional behavioral health concerns such as loneliness, depression and anxiety continue to be on the rise. Tune in as Alliant Health […]
Hospital Quality Improvement Newsletter – October 2021
In This Issue: Latest News from CMS Educational Events Expert Insights & Resources Public Health Emergency Information & Resources Hospital Heroes
Alliant Quality Cares & Shares Newsletter – October 2021
In This Issue: Latest News from CMS COVID-19 Essentials Leadership Lesson: Advice from Those on the Frontlines Best Practice Corner Learning & Action Network Events & Partner Events Behavioral Health Resources Patient Safety Resources Chronic Disease Self-Management Resources Care Transitions & Community Coalitions Nursing Home/ LTC Quality Resources Beneficiary & Family Advisory Council Resources
Throwback Thursday – AHS Podcast Episode 37: A COVID Vaccination Story: Why Two People with Chronic Conditions Decided to Get Vaccinated
Are you or someone you know still weighing your options on whether to get the COVID-19 vaccine? Meet Holly and Abby – two kidney transplant patients who recently received the COVID-19 vaccine. One knew she wanted to get vaccinated as soon as possible, and the other was hesitant at first, but decided to receive it […]
Leadership Lesson – October 2021: Focus on the Movable Middle: Strategies for Overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy
Focus on the Movable Middle: Strategies for Overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy This month’s leadership lesson is from Leighann Sauls, AHS program director for Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina and Tennessee. Vaccine hesitancy is a growing challenge. CMS convened a group of leading behavioral science experts from top institutions with expertise […]
AHS Podcast Episode 36: Managing Stress to Prevent Burnout
As we continue to navigate an ongoing pandemic, COVID-19 and dealing with all of the change associated with the virus has been stressful for many. Healthcare staff have been traumatized by what they are seeing and experiencing as well as experiencing burnout. Children have had to adjust to a new way to attend school and […]
AHS Podcast Episode 35: The Journey from Vaccine Hesitancy to Acceptance as a Practicing Physician
According to an article in Forbes, the unvaccinated include nearly 1 in 3 workers at the nation’s 50 largest hospitals. Reasons cited include uncertainty over safety, preference for physiological immunity, distrust of government and health organizations, and autonomy/personal freedom. Monthly survey data gathered through Facebook suggests that vaccine hesitancy ranges from 9% among pharmacists to […]
Hospital Quality Improvement Newsletter – September 2021
In This Issue: Educational Events Expert Insights & Resources Public Health Emergency Information & Resources Best Practices Hospital Heroes
Alliant Quality Cares & Shares Newsletter – September 2021
In This Issue: Latest News from CMS COVID-19 Essentials Leadership Lesson: Advice from Those on the Frontlines Best Practice Corner Learning & Action Network Events & Partner Events Behavioral Health Resources Patient Safety Resources Chronic Disease Self-Management Resources Care Transitions & Community Coalitions Nursing Home/ LTC Quality Resources Beneficiary & Family Advisory Council Resources