Qsource distributes a newsletter each month to keep providers informed about developments in the healthcare industry and quality improvement efforts across Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Mississippi and Alabama. If you have a story you would like to share or would like to receive our newsletter, please let us know.

October 2019
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• Spreading Success: Opioid Reduction Project Improves Emergency Department Care
• Get Credit for Something You May Already Be Doing
• Your Recommendation Often Determines a Patient’s Vaccination Decision
• MIPS Quality Measure Spotlight: Influenza Immunization
• Sharing Photos and Treats to Improve Sickle Cell Care

September 2019
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• Looking Ahead: Let’s Build on our Success
• 2018 Performance Feedback Review Deadline Sept. 30
• Medicare Helps Seniors use Opioids Safely
• Sickle Cell Patients Share Photos and Treats to Improve Care at Memphis Emergency Departments
• Flu Resources for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Facilities

August 2019
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• Qsource Enters Research and Development Period
• You Have the Power to Protect Your Patients
• Seeking Volunteer Healthcare Consumers
• Are You Ready for Flu Season? What You Should Do in August

July 2019
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• Recipe for Success: Alabama Spreads Community-Based Diabetes Education
• Making the Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) Work for You
• Creative Ways to Teach Infection Prevention in Nursing Homes
• Free Infection Control Training Courses

June 2019
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• Igniting Powerful Change: A Look at Our Progress Together
• Primary Care First: Foster Independence, Reward Outcomes
• 2015 Edition CEHRT is Required in Program Year 2019 for All Promoting Interoperability Program Participants
• Featured On-Demand Opportunity: Quality of Life at the End of Life

May 2019
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• Celebrating Success: Improving the Health Status of Rural Communities in Kentucky
• Health and Well-Being Key to Mental Health
• Fighting Back Against Opioid Misuse in Clinton County, Indiana
• Post Your Photo to Promote #MoveWithHeart

April 2019
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• Qsource Provider Opioid Dashboards Garner National Interest
• One Physician’s Journey from Penalties to a More Productive Path
• Personal Story: From the Center of My Care Team
• Treating Alcoholism with a No-Fault Atmosphere

March 2019
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• Improving Patient Education to Prevent Adverse Drug Events
• Hospital Admissions, Emergency Visits Decline Following Sickle Cell Education
• Encourage Patients to Be Alert About Diabetes
• 4 Takeaways on Curbing Opioid Abuse and Misuse

February 2019
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• 2019 CMS Quality Conference Summary
• New Tools for Tapering Opioids
• How to Navigate New HARP System for QPP Data Submission
• Go to the Hospital or Stay Here? New Guide for Nursing Home Staff

January 2019
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• Helping Home Health Agencies Improve Heart Health in Kentucky One Milestone at a Time
• States Recognized for Quality Reporting and Performance
• New Resource for Preventing Harm in Nursing Homes
• Flu Activity Elevated; Keep Vaccinating Patients

December 2018
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• Top 10 Qsource Stories
• Blessing Hearts: Four Tips for Faith Communities
• Immunization and Infection Prevention Best Practices Updated
• Clean Hands Count for National Hand Washing Awareness Week

November 2018
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• Helping Heart Failure Patients Avoid Hospitalization in Indiana
• Promote Self-Management for National Diabetes Month
• Sickle Cell Education Saves Estimated $1.6 Million in Memphis
• Caring for Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease in Your Emergency Department

October 2018
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• Training Collaboration Bringing Diabetes Education to the Underserved People of Rural Appalachia
• Making Influenza Vaccinations Mandatory
• Get social with Qsource
• Recognizing Depression

September 2018
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• Improving Opioid Safety and Quality Measures in Nursing Homes to Enhance Residents’ Quality of Life
• How a Nurse Uses His Own Story to Inspire Others to Care for their Hearts
• Lost In His Skin: A Recovery Story
• What You Need to Know About Recently Updated Immunization Recommendations

August 2018
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• Rural Mississippi Community Empowers Pharmacists and Reduces Hospital Readmissions
• Former Smoker Contributes Success to QuitLine
• Tips for Communicating with Patients with Hearing and Vision Impairments
• Protect Your Patients’ Health by Recommending Vaccines

July 2018
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• Four Tips for Hosting a Drive-Thru Flu Shot Clinic
• When Nutrition Becomes Personal: A Retired Nurse’s Story
• Your Vaccination Recommendation is Critical
• Top Five Sickle Cell Disease Webinars

June 2018
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• Best Practices: Team Develops Tool to Help Reduce Unnecessary Medications
• Hospital Reduces Patient Falls by 25 Percent
• 2018 MIPS Playbook Ready for Download
• Personal Story: Determined to be a Quitter

May 2018
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• Best Practices: Communication Tool Helps Reduce Hospital Readmissions
• Raise Cardiac Awareness: New Resources Now Available
• 2018 MIPS Eligibility Tool Released
• Participate in the Expanded Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Model

April 2018
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• Discussions About End of Life Care Help Patients and Providers Be Prepared
• Alcohol Awareness Month Resources
• Generating Revenue with DSMT Programs
• Measure Changes Coming to the HHCDR in 2018

March 2018
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• There is Still Time to Submit Data for 2017 MIPS Performance Period
• Free Quality Payment Program Navigator Tool Available
• Receive Full Credit in 2018 for MIPS Improvement Activity Category
• New Tutorial Video on Hospital-Specific Reports

February 2018
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• Improving Quality Measures in Qsource Nursing Homes
• Top Five Sickle Cell Disease Webinars
• An Unlikely Advocate: Caregiver Works to Prevent Opioid Misuse
• Bringing Diabetes Education to Rural Indiana

January 2018
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• 2017 in Review: Top Five Stories of the Year
• Top Five Downloaded Resources of 2017
• Top Five On Demand Learning Recordings
• Combating Opioids Webinar Series

December 2017
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• It’s Not Too Late to Vaccinate
• AJIC Study: Working with Flu-Like Illness
• Clean Hands Count for National Hand Washing Awareness Week
• New Blood Pressure Guidelines from American Heart Association
• Managing Stress During the Holidays

November 2017
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• What You Need to Know About Hospice and Palliative Care
• Indiana County Receives Assistance for Targeted Opioid Reduction
• Get Social with Qsource
• Partners Helping Kentucky Clinicians in the Quality Payment Program

October 2017
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• Making Data-Driven Health Information Available to Providers
• How a Nursing Home Increased Communication and Reduced Antipsychotic Medications
• Five State Collaborative Brought Together to Reduce Unnecessary Medications
• CMS Update: Prepare for New Medicare Cards by April 2018

September 2017
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• Five Best Practices for Preventing and Controlling Diabetic Neuropathy
• NEW Quality Payment Program Online Courses
• Addressing Barriers for Sickle Cell Patients
• Adults Need Vaccines Too

August 2017
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• Having the Difficult Conversation about Depression and Substance Misuse
• Vaccine Recommendation Is a Critical Factor in Protecting Patient Health
• Updated Beneficiary Notices Available
• Blog: Feeling the Quality Payment Program Pinch? We Can Help

July 2017
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• How One Patient’s Experience Inspired a Tool to Help Many
• Home Health Provider Improves Cardio Care, Reaches Milestone 4 in National Initiative
• 5 Ways for Healthcare Providers to Get Ready for New Medicare Cards
• Qsource Helping Transform Practices in Five States

June 2017
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• Aligning For Impact: 2016 QIO Program Progress Report Released
• 8 Ways to Know if You Should Participate in the Quality Payment Program
• My Opinion on the Rise of Antibiotic Resistance: An Interview with a Retired Nurse
• Lost in Translation: Communication Is Key to Care for Residents

May 2017
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• A Step in the Right Direction: Improving Activities of Daily Living
• Nationwide Challenge Aims to Control Hypertension
• Quality of Care Review Changes – Updates from KEPRO
• Toolkit Offers 6 Steps for a Culture of Person and Family Engagement

April 2017
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• Alcohol Misuse Screening Often Overlooked
• Free Quality Payment Program Assistance Available
• Strategic Partnership Helps Nursing Homes Report Infections
• Battle the Opioid Overdose Epidemic with Information and Action

March 2017
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• From Hospital to Home: Care Coordination Community Brings Hospitals Together to Reduce Readmissions
• Quality Improvement Initiatives for Care Concerns
• Diabetes Self-Management Classes Offered to Prevent Complications
• QAPI Assistance from Qsource

February 2017
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• Sharing Blood Pressure Control Best Practices from Across the Country
• New Guideline on Systolic Blood Pressure for People Aged 60 Years and Older
• Qsource Teams Up with Nursing School to Improve Long-Term Care
• Kentucky, Mississippi Nursing Homes Receive Targeted Assistance

January 2017
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• Live Well with COPD
• Think Culturally, Provide Quality Care
• AAFP Helps Providers With Screening for Depression and Alcohol
• Sign Up by Jan. 31 for Medicare Study to Receive CPIA Credit

December 2016
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As the year ends, Qsource highlights the best of the best from our website. In this 2016 recap, you’ll find our top five most popular stories, blogs, downloaded tools and On-Demand Learning recordings.

November 2016
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• Reducing Infections: Cost Saver. Live Saver.
• Bless Your Heart: A Heart Healthy Tool Kit for Health Ministries
• Promote Self-Management during National Diabetes Month in November
• Medication Safety Essential to Patients’ Health

October 2016
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• Medication Review and Being Proactive Key to Preventing Adverse Drug Events
• INTERACT Helps Coordinate Care
• How to Increase Flu Vaccination Among Long-Term Care Workers
• Qsource Celebrates National Healthcare Quality Week

September 2016
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• Sharing is Caring: Healthcare Innovators Collaborate to Reduce Hospital Readmissions
• New Training Series Helps Improve Mealtime in Nursing Homes
• Interviewing Tips to Help Smokers Stop in On-Demand Webinar
• Care Coordination Initiative Helps Patients, Aligns with Quality Measures

August 2016
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• More Than a Number:  How a Tennessee Nursing Home Reduced Antipsychotic Medications with Consistent Caregivers
• TIMES Focused on Medication Safety Practices
• Adults Need Vaccinations Too: Promoting Immunizations
• Get Help Transforming Your Practice

July 2016
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• Qsource Trains Diabetes Peer Educators in Alabama and Four Other States
• “Hiding in Plain Sight” New Resources for Undiagnosed Hypertension
• Changing Behaviors is Recommended for Improving Dementia
• Podcast Series Takes Mystery Out of Quality Reporting Programs

June 2016
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• Wellness Coordinators Focus Care on Patients’ Mind and Body
• Strategic Innovation Engine Issues Call for Innovative Practices
• Six Part Dementia Webinar Series
• Qsource Offers Resources and Speakers on New Quality Payment Program

May 2016
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• Reducing Restraints One Resident at a Time
• Spreading the Word: Stroke and High Blood Pressure
• Get Ready for QAPI with New Webinar Series
• Moving Toward Improved Care Through Information

April 2016
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• Reaching for the Stars: Nursing Home Uses CMS Change Package to Significantly Improve Quality
• Managing Diabetes to Keep Kidneys Healthy
• Dementia and Antipsychotics in Long-Term Care: A Quality Improvement Initiative
• Medicare – Insuring Vulnerable Populations for 50 Years

March 2016
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• Asking the Right Medication Questions Could Save Your Life
• Combatting C. diff
• Influenza Activity Continues

February 2016
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• A Patient Advocate Speaks Out: Three-Part Series Chronicles Hope in Midst of Tragedy
• Dementia, I (Don’t) Love You
• Share the Love, Not the Germs
• Helping Racial Minorities Manage Their Disease