Successes – Mississippi
Mississippi Success Stories
Care Coordination Initiative Helps Patients, Aligns with Quality Measures
Care Coordination Initiative Helps Patients, Aligns with Quality Measures Navigator Program Expands to 22 Primary Care Clinics Memorial Hospital in Gulfport, Mississippi recently completed a successful three-month care coordination pilot with three primary care clinics and is in the process of expanding the program to all 22 of their primary clinics. Physicians, along with…Read More »Jefferson County Nursing Home Achieves National Quality Goal
Sandra Simpson is the Director of Nursing for Jefferson County Nursing Home in Fayette, Mississippi. She has been there 18 years and loves what she does. She, her staff and her residents also love that their facility has maintained a composite score of less than 6.00 for most of the last four years.Read More »Diabetes Self-Management Education Empowers Mississippians
In the United States, 18.8 million people are diagnosed with diabetes, and an estimated seven million people remain undiagnosed, according to the 2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet.Read More »Diabetes Classes Serve Participants Well
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) moduleRead More »