Resources
What Nursing Facilities Need to Know About Managing Substance Use Disorders – Part 2
As the number of older adults with chronic medical illnesses and substance use disorders and especially opioid use disorder (OUD) increases, so does the need for post–acute care services in skilled nursing facilities. In our last Making Health Care Better podcast episode, we chatted with Dr. Swati Gaur. Dr. Gaur is Alliant Health Solution’s medical […]
What Nursing Facilities Need to Know About Managing Substance Use Disorders – Part 1
As the number of older adults with chronic medical illnesses and substance use disorders and especially opioid use disorder (OUD) increases, so does the need for post–acute care services in skilled nursing facilities. Today on the Making Health Care Better podcast, we’ll chat with Dr. Swati Gaur. Dr. Gaur is Alliant Health Solution’s medical director […]
How Adult Medicaid Waivers Socially Impact Healthcare Access and Quality
Tune in to this episode as we discuss the use of adult Medicaid waivers and how they impact healthcare access and quality from a social and community context. Alliant's manager of waiver programs, Tonja Wragg, RN, BSN, CCM, MHSc shares why it’s important for people to have a voice in their care management and provides […]
Health Equity 101 and How It Impacts You
Alliant’s Making Health Care Better Podcast is back! Tune into this month’s episode as we discuss health equity with Alliant’s health equity lead, Rosa Abraha, MPH. Health equity is achieved when every person has the opportunity to attain his or her full health potential and no one is disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of […]
Highlighting the Social Determinants of Health for ESRD Patients– Part III
Tune into this week’s podcast as we continue the conversation around social determinants of health. Environmental and social factors make it more difficult for many end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients to enjoy healthy lifestyles and get the medical attention, access to care, and support they need. Join us as Texas-based nephrologist Dr. Donald Molony […]
How Alliant is Highlighting the Social Determinants of Health – Part II
Tune into this week’s podcast as we continue the conversation around social determinants of health. Join us as Alliant team members, Natasha Avery, Dr. Damian Bedoya and Jennifer Purcell share how health outcomes are determined and how Alliant’s line of work strives to impact those outcomes and increase awareness around how it impacts health care.
Establishing a Culture of Corporate Giving
It is in times like this that the giving nature of our community unites us in ways that will save lives. Tune in as the President and CEO of Alliant Health Solutions, Dennis White, shares how establishing a corporate culture of giving can truly make an impact.
Social Determinants of Health and How Alliant is Highlighting its Impact on Healthcare Quality
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the social determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions and environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks. Tune into this week’s podcast as Alliant's Cortney Batten, LMHC, […]
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 […]
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 […]