April’s Medication Safety LAN event will examine how to strike a balance in medication regimens and will discuss resources for providers and patients. Read more
Category: Care Transitions
3 Tips for Preventing Hospital Readmissions
An overwhelming number of senior patients released from the hospital return within 30 days. Here’s a look at proactive measures to promote smooth care transitions. Read more
QIOs In Action: Tracking Patient Progress Through Personalized Data Reports
By collecting, analyzing and comparing patient data, the TMF QIN team is helping improve health care outcomes and reduce readmission rates. Read more
Chronic Pain Management Requires Better Education and Collaboration
A pain management advocate shares best practices in the midst of the opioid crisis, while CMS updates its opioid mapping tool to target hardest-hit rural areas. Read more
Immediate Advocacy is Changing How Medicare Patients Navigate Care – Here’s How
When patients or their loved ones have trouble advocating for care, this program connects patients with resources to make transitions easier. Read more
Q&A with Jean Moody-Williams & Dr. Adebola Adeleye
Leaders from the CMS Care Transitions & Post-Acute Care Affinity Group discuss what inspired the creation of the first-ever National Care Transitions Awareness Day on April 16, and how stakeholders can get involved. Read more
Care Coordination Q&A with Hoangmai Pham
CMS’ Acting Chief Innovation Officer for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation discusses the agency’s home health initiatives. Also: an update on CMS’ Home Health Compare. Read more
Community Partnership Program Helps Maryland Seniors Age in Place
The U.S. population is getting older and increasingly interested in “aging in place.” Learn how a Maryland program is helping low-income seniors live healthier lives at home. Read more
August Quality Improvement Webinar Announced
You’re invited! The QIO Program is launching a new learning series that offers health care providers nationwide the opportunity to participate in virtual training events focused on health care quality improvement. The series, titled “Sharing Knowledge, Improving Health Care,” will feature training sessions led by recognized experts and thought leaders and will address hot topics …
2014 QIO Program Progress Report: Introduction from Dennis Wagner
An Introduction to the 2014 QIO Program Progress Report from Dennis Wagner, Acting Director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, Quality Improvement Group: https://youtu.be/miwdji0r21U
Seniors Live Televised Web Chat
The following two part Web Chat on Care Transitions is from the upstate New York CBS affiliate WRGB Channel 6 Six on Seniors hosted by with Timothy Bartos, President/CEO from Baptist Health Nursing & Rehabilitation interviewing Karen Houston, Director of Continuum of Care at Albany Medical Center. Karen leads the Albany Care Transitions Coalition, a …
New “Family Caregiver’s Guide to Care Coordination”
The Next Step In Care website ( http://www.nextstepincare.org/ ) sponsored by the United Hospital Fund is a website that has easy to understand guides patients and caregivers can use to assist in planning their health care needs after a hospital discharge, a transfer to rehabilitation, or a return home after an acute illness. A new …