Interdisciplinary Teamwork at Tennessee Hospital Key to Combating Sepsis

July 08, 2024

Interdisciplinary Teamwork at Tennessee Hospital Key to Combating Sepsis

Interdisciplinary Teamwork at Tennessee Hospital Key to Combating Sepsis

Early identification and treatment are critical to preventing sepsis-related mortality in people with Medicare. Convergence Health Consulting (Convergence), a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC), works with regional and state partners across 11 states to improve patient care and safety in hospitals through a variety of initiatives, which includes fighting sepsis.  

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Back to Basics: Living Well with Chronic Conditions

Join Superior Health Quality Alliance for this 2-part webinar series on Advance Care Planning (ACP). Rachel Dibble, MSN, DNP, will walk through an in-depth examination of the tools and resources needed to assist the medical health care team to provide ACP for the patient to ensure end-of-life wishes are followed by healthcare providers and systems.

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July 08, 2024


QIN-QIO Community of Practice Call | Improving Chronic Disease Management through Upstream Interventions in Primary Care for Nutrition-Related Conditions

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This program provides an overview of upstream interventions in Primary Care for nutrition-related

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What Success Looks Like: Reducing Readmissions Using a Team Approach

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Greenwood County Hospital is a 25-bed Critical Access Hospital in Eureka, Kansas with a populatio

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Cardiac Rehabilitation Resources in Multiple Languages

Cardiac rehabilitation is a medically supervised program designed to improve cardiovascular health for those who have experienced a heart attack, heart failure, angioplasty or heart surgery. Health Quality Innovators (HQI) created a patient-facing fact sheet describing the benefits of cardiac rehabilitation, costs and how patients can get started. Translated versions of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Fact Sheet are now available in Chinese, German, Spanish and Vietnamese.





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April 17, 2024


Diabetes Change Package

Qsource has created a diabetes change package specifically targeting several of our Partnerships for Community Health to help improve hemoglobin A1c rates in these communities. This toolkit includes printed resources, podcasts, and educational event recordings.





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April 09, 2024


Sepsis Call to Action Series

Sepsis remains the leading cause of hospitalization and hospital mortality, contributing to over a third of hospital deaths. Take part in working toward reducing sepsis mortality one week at a time through Telligen’s “call to action” series. These action items will empower the use of data in to understanding sepsis cases at your facility, support collaboration, increase awareness of evidence-based practices for sepsis prevention and engage patients and families. 





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March 19, 2024


Partnering to Improve Diabetes Management - Session 4

This presentation, provided by Superior Health Quality Alliance, is an active workgroup for healthcare providers, clinic managers, quality directors, NP/PAs, MDs, nurses, social workers, diabetes care and education specialists, care coordinators, case managers, community health workers/promotors/navigators and/or members of the person/patient family advisory councils. This presentation was developed to help educate and equip health professionals to share with other me





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March 13, 2024


Partnering to Improve Diabetes Management - Session 3

This presentation, provided by Superior Health Quality Alliance, is an active workgroup for healthcare providers, clinic managers, quality directors, NP/PAs, MDs, nurses, social workers, diabetes care and education specialists, care coordinators, case managers, community health workers/promotors/navigators and/or members of the person/patient family advisory councils. This presentation was developed to help educate and equip health professionals to share with other me





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March 13, 2024


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