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Your Recommendation Often Determines a Patient’s Vaccination Decision

Care Coordination, Communities, Coordination of Care, Home Health Agencies, Improving Immunization Rates, Patient Resident Safety, Qsource Blogs

Your Recommendation Often Determines a Patient’s Vaccination Decision

2020-02-12T07:45:23-06:00September 30th, 2019|

Your Recommendation Often Determines a Patient’s Vaccination Decision
Patient barriers often prevent patients from receiving the vaccines they need. Barriers may include lack of education, misinformation and fear of vaccines. Studies show that spending more time talking with patients about vaccines and making strong recommendations improves outcomes. Every encounter with a physician office, hospital, home

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MIPS Quality Measure Spotlight: Influenza Immunization

Care Coordination, Communities, Coordination of Care, Home Health Agencies, Improving Immunization Rates, Patient Resident Safety, Prevention Coordination through Meaningful Use, Qsource Blogs, Value-Based Patient, Quality Reporting and Physician Feedback

MIPS Quality Measure Spotlight: Influenza Immunization

2020-07-13T07:14:57-05:00September 30th, 2019|

MIPS Quality Measure Spotlight: Influenza Immunization
In preparation for the 2019-2020 flu season, many clinicians have chosen to report on the Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization MIPS quality measure (Quality ID: 110). This measure tracks the percentage of patients 6 months and older who were seen for a visit between October 1 and March

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Sickle Cell Patients Share Photos

Adverse Drug Events, Behavioral Health Blogs, Coordination of Care, Drug Safety, Patient Resident Safety, Qsource Blogs

Sickle Cell Patients Share Photos

2020-02-12T07:43:10-06:00September 3rd, 2019|

Sickle Cell Patients Share Photos and Treats to Improve Care at Memphis Emergency Departments
On Tuesday, September 10, 2019, patients and quality improvement experts will be popping up at some local hospital emergency departments (EDs) to offer a tasty treat and a view of sickle cell disease (SCD) through patients’ eyes. Project PopSickleCell is part

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Medicare Helps Seniors use Opioids Safely

Adverse Drug Events, Behavioral Health Blogs, Coordination of Care, Drug Safety, Patient Resident Safety, Qsource Blogs

Medicare Helps Seniors use Opioids Safely

2019-09-30T11:43:27-05:00September 3rd, 2019|

Medicare Helps Seniors use Opioids Safely
Doctors may prescribe opioids, a class of drugs used to treat pain, after surgery or an injury. Although opioids can be an important part of treatment, they have serious risks like addiction, abuse, and overdose, especially if used continuously. This is true even for seniors and other people with

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From the Center of My Care Team

Adverse Drug Events, Care Coordination, Communities, Coordination of Care, Drug Safety, Home Health Agencies, Interventions, Kentucky, Nursing Homes, Patient Resident Safety, Qsource Blogs, Readmissions, Reducing Health-Acquired Conditions, States

From the Center of My Care Team

2019-03-25T14:08:50-05:00March 25th, 2019|

From the Center of My Care Team

by Janet Pollock, Kentucky

In 2002, I began an exciting career journey with the Kentucky Quality Improvement Organization (QIO). During my early days with the QIO, my focus was outreach – teaching Medicare beneficiaries about their benefits, when and how to file a complaint, and what to expect as

Improving Patient Education to Prevent Adverse Drug Events

2020-02-19T09:35:20-06:00February 28th, 2019|

Improving Patient Education to Prevent Adverse Drug Events

Anticoagulant medications such as warfarin and heparin are among the most common medications that cause complications for people in the hospital, according to the American Journal of Medicine. But maximizing communications across the care continuum and engaging patients and family members can prevent these life-threatening events.

Qsource quality

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QIOs in Action: How One QIN-QIO Reduced Opioid Use in Nursing Homes

Adverse Drug Events, Behavior Health Patients, Care Coordination, Coordination of Care, Nursing Homes, Patient Resident Safety, Qsource Blogs, Reducing Health-Acquired Conditions

QIOs in Action: How One QIN-QIO Reduced Opioid Use in Nursing Homes

2019-04-22T07:16:29-05:00December 5th, 2018|

QIOs in Action: How One QIN-QIO Reduced Opioid Use in Nursing Homes

This story originally appeared in the December 2018 issue of QIO News.

An analysis of Medicare Part D data by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General revealed that more than 460,000 Medicare Part D beneficiaries received high amounts of opioids in 2017, and

Helping Heart Failure Patients Avoid Hospitalization in Indiana

2020-02-21T10:03:51-06:00October 26th, 2018|

Helping Heart Failure Patients Avoid Hospitalization in Indiana
More than 5.7 million American adults are living with heart failure. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) projects that the prevalence of heart failure will increase 46 percent from 2012 to 2030, resulting in 8 million adults living with the chronic condition.1

Congestive heart failure

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Educate Before You Medicate

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Educate Before You Medicate

2018-10-05T12:51:16-05:00October 3rd, 2018|

How much do you know about the medications that you take? Millions of Americans take prescription medicines daily. As Talk About Your Medicines Month is observed in October, Qsource encourages you to ask questions and discuss your medications with your healthcare provider.

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What You Need to Know About Hospice and Palliative Care

Antipsychotics, Behavioral Health Blogs, Collaborative, Communities, Coordination of Care, Home Health Agencies, Improving Cardiac Health and Reducing Disparities, Interventions, Nursing Homes, Patients, QAPI, Qsource Blogs, Readmissions, Reducing Health-Acquired Conditions

What You Need to Know About Hospice and Palliative Care

2019-08-13T08:47:37-05:00October 2nd, 2018|

What You Need to Know About Hospice and Palliative Care

Studies show that most Americans agree that having a conversation about end of life (EOL) wishes is important, and the majority of those individuals would prefer to die in the home, if possible. Despite this, statistics show that the opposite is actually occurring. It is

Care Coordination, Communities, Coordination of Care, Home Health Agencies, Improving Immunization Rates, Patient Resident Safety, Qsource Blogs

Care Coordination, Communities, Coordination of Care, Home Health Agencies, Improving Immunization Rates, Patient Resident Safety, Prevention Coordination through Meaningful Use, Qsource Blogs, Value-Based Patient, Quality Reporting and Physician Feedback

Adverse Drug Events, Behavioral Health Blogs, Coordination of Care, Drug Safety, Patient Resident Safety, Qsource Blogs

Adverse Drug Events, Behavioral Health Blogs, Coordination of Care, Drug Safety, Patient Resident Safety, Qsource Blogs

Adverse Drug Events, Care Coordination, Communities, Coordination of Care, Drug Safety, Home Health Agencies, Interventions, Kentucky, Nursing Homes, Patient Resident Safety, Qsource Blogs, Readmissions, Reducing Health-Acquired Conditions, States

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Adverse Drug Events, Behavior Health Patients, Care Coordination, Coordination of Care, Nursing Homes, Patient Resident Safety, Qsource Blogs, Reducing Health-Acquired Conditions

Adverse Drug Events, Coordination of Care, Drug Safety, Patient Resident Safety, Patients, Qsource Blogs

Antipsychotics, Behavioral Health Blogs, Collaborative, Communities, Coordination of Care, Home Health Agencies, Improving Cardiac Health and Reducing Disparities, Interventions, Nursing Homes, Patients, QAPI, Qsource Blogs, Readmissions, Reducing Health-Acquired Conditions