According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are 1.4 million residents living in the nation’s 15,600 nursing homes. Restraints are used on far too many, often under the misguided notion that they keep residents safe from falls. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) made it a priority to reduce [...]
How a Tennessee Nursing Home Reduced Antipsychotic Medication with Consistent Caregivers An elderly woman sits in a wheelchair outside her nursing home room, weeping and reaching out for each person walking past her. She rocks back and forth, trying to console herself. The nurse on duty doesn’t usually work on that floor, so he is [...]
Knowledge is infectious and that’s a good thing for a diverse group of healthcare innovators in Nashville, Tenn., known as the Transitioning Patients Across the Care Continuum (TPACC) community. The group meets monthly to share knowledge, host speakers and discuss how they can impact and improve healthcare in the Middle Tennessee area. It was in [...]
In an initiative to reduce the amputation rates and improve diabetes care in Meridian, Miss., atom Alliance partner, Information & Quality Healthcare (IQH), utilized the Diabetes Empowerment Education Program (DEEP) module to conduct diabetes self-management education (DSME) classes. Other Alliance partners are expanding DEEP to Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. The target population was Medicare [...]
