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Last-Minute Lowdown

This weekly e-bulletin provides the latest news and resources specific to immunizations, long-term care and skilled nursing facilities. We also provide a recording of the most recent weekly webinar as well as a link to register for next week's topic. To be added to our mailing list for this newsletter, please email ccaudill@qualityinsights.org. 

The Neighborhood Buzz

This monthly Partnership for Community Health e-newsletter provides resources and updates on our key project areas, including cardiovascular health, care coordination, chronic disease self-management, immunization, opioid misuse and utilization and more. To be added to our mailing list for this newsletter, please email kstevens@qualityinsights.org. 

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Upcoming Events & Webinars

 

We offer high quality learning opportunities featuring expert speakers on topics important to you. Many of our programs offer continuing education credits as well. 

Missed an event? Watch a recording of one of our archived webinars on our Multimedia Page. 

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May 1, 2024
Ventilation in Healthcare
2 PM ET

Join us Wednesday, May 1, at 2 p.m. ET, for a discussion about ventilation for infection control in healthcare.

The discussion will review:

  • How ventilation works to reduce the amount of germs in the air
  • The importance of working with staff in charge of air handling and ventilation to improve ventilation

We're joined by Cindy Holmes and Elizabeth Dauch of West Virginia Project Firstline.  

Register Today

May 2, 2024
Staffing Solutions Lessons Learned: Equipping and Empowering Staff for Success
1 PM ET

Join us Thursday, May 2, at 1 p.m. ET, for a 60-minute webinar discussing strategies for promoting nursing home staff stability, empowering nursing assistants, and improving infection prevention. 

We're joined by expert presenters Jean Storm, Medical Director at Quality Insights, and Jim Triana, Nursing Home Administrator at Complete Care at Oak Ridge.

This webinar is a part of the "Staffing Solutions for Nursing Homes" course series, but non-course participants are invited to attend and can earn Continuing Education (CE) credits. This webinar is approved for: 

  • 1.25 hours of CEs for Nursing
  • 1.0 hours from NAB/NCERS

To learn more, download the event flyer.

Register Today

May 8, 2024
Live Q&A on Enhanced Barrier Precautions in Nursing Homes
2 PM ET

Join us Wednesday, May 8, at 2 p.m. ET, for a live Q&A on enhanced barrier precautions (EBPs) in nursing homes.

Our panel of healthcare experts will discuss FAQs related to EBPs and the latest guidance, as well as take questions from our audience.

Have a question for our panel? Submit your question in advance using our online form. 

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Partner News & Events


The following information includes updates and upcoming events from partners and stakeholders within our communities as well as national stakeholders like the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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May 10, 2024 @ 12 PM ET
Ensuring MOUD Treatment through the Care Continuum
Session 8: Sustaining Recovery for Patients on MOUD (Part 2)

Quality Insights invites you to register for the next webinar in the "Ensuring Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Treatment through the Care Continuum" series.

Session 8 will be held Friday, May 10, 2024, at 12 p.m. ET. The topic is "Sustaining Recovery for Patients on MOUD." It will focus on alternatives to opioids (ALTO), peer support, narcotics anonymous meetings, counseling, and use of technologies.

This is Part 2 of the previous month's discussion and will feature a panel discussion on the topic.

Register Now

The Ensuring MOUD Treatment through the Care Continuum webinar series is hosted in collaboration with all of the Quality Innovation Network – Quality Improvement Organizations (QIN-QIOs). Quality Insights is the QIN-QIO for Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

The webinars focus on MOUD treatment within nursing home/hospital care transitions but is appropriate for all care settings, including nursing homes, clinics, and hospital care teams and their partners.

To learn more about this series, download the event flyer.