Resources
AHS Podcast 10: How COVID-19 is Triggering 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 are on the rise. Tune in as Alliant’s behavioral health […]
Leadership Lessons from the Field: September 2020 – Words of Advice from Leaders on the Front Lines
Quotes can inspire us. They can get us thinking on our work in a different way. The phrase, “You can’t read the label from inside the jar. You need help from the outside.” – deemed a southern expression – has been quoted several times in the past few years by the team at Alliant Quality. […]
Get Help for Mental Health and Substance Use
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK (8255) Free and confidential support for people in distress 24/7. https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ Find Treatment.gov List of state-licensed providers who specializes in treating substance use, addiction and mental illness. https://www.findtreatment.gov/ SAMHSA Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator Find treatment facilities confidentially and anonymously, 24/7. https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/ National Helpline 1-800-662-HELP (4357) SAMHSA’s National Helpline is […]
AHS Podcast Episode 9 – The Emergence of Telemedicine in Primary Care
Telehealth and telemedicine have emerged as the new way to do healthcare. They are now a must-have for both healthcare professionals and patients during these uncertain times the COVID-19 pandemic has created. Based on a survey by Sage Growth Partner (SGP) and Black Book Market Research, 59% percent of those surveyed reported they are more likely to […]
Opioids and COVID-19: An Epidemic Within An Epidemic
As the world fights two consecutive epidemics, COVID-19 and Opioids, community support for both epidemics continue to be top priorities for Alliant Quality, the Medicare Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization for Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Alliant Quality has a goal to support the implementation of pain and opioid best practices […]
AHS Podcast Episode 8 – How Alliant Uses Information Technology to Help Make Health Care Better
Alliant Health Solutions is anchored in being clinician led, technology driven and customer focused. Tune in as Alliant’s Chief Information Officer, John Slaughter shares how and why technology is a key strategy in providing solutions to health care challenges. Click HERE to listen to the podcast.
Alliant Quality Shares and Cares Newsletter – August 2020
This is the third issue of the monthly Alliant Quality newsletter – a monthly newsletter highlighting events and resources for Nursing Homes & Community Coalitions. In this issue: COVID-19 Updates from CMS Leadership Lesson: Advice from those on the Frontlines Community Coalition Leadership & Organizing Learning & Action Network Events & Partner Events Behavioral Health […]
AHS Podcast Episode #7 – The Differences Between Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis
Dialysis is defined as a treatment that takes over kidney functions when those organs stop doing their jobs. Patients need dialysis when they develop kidney failure or end stage renal disease (ESRD). For dialysis patients, kidney failure can be treated by either hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. Tune in as Texas-based nephrologist and Alliant board member, […]
Leadership Lessons from the Field: July 2020 – Words of Advice from Leaders on the Front Lines
We are grateful that we still are a resource for our community and that all of our staff want to continue to work even those who are going in and serving our COVID patients. Patients are concerned about dying alone if they go into the hospital and they’re really looking for us (hospice) to be […]
AHS Podcast Episode #6 – Why Data Matters – The Top Three Ways Data is Critical to Our Work
Alliant is a data driven, clinically led company with a mission to make health care better. We provide data to our partners to help them achieve their goals. Tune in as the chief data officer of Alliant Health Group, Dr. Kimberly Rask, shares the top three ways that data is critical to our work. Click HERE to listen […]