RIGEC and Healthcentric Advisors are pleased to invite you to the RI-G ECHO
Caring for Older Adults: The Impact of COVID-19 Project ECHO® is a free, practical, case-based tele-education series. This eight session-series ran from August to November 2020. In this ECHO program, […]
Volume of Patient Call Messages takes Toll on Clinicians & Associated with Burnout
EHR vendors often tout their tools to improve efficiency and to streamline workflows as a way to decrease burnout among clinicians. However, except for good old fashioned “copy and paste,” […]
CMS-funded collaborative improved nursing home resident care and created return on investment
Download the full brief From 2015 to 2019, Healthcentric Advisors led the New England Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative. Through the Collaborative, we engaged 756 nursing homes in all six […]
Self-Measured Blood Pressure
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a common, serious condition that affects about a third of U.S. adults. Proper management can decrease the incidence of stroke, heart attack, heart failure, […]
Healthcentric Advisors Office Hours
Healthcentric Advisors, a member of the IPRO QIN-QIO, is here to help you navigate NHSN enrollment and data entry into the COVID-19 module for long-term care facilities. Need one-on-one support? […]
Lifelong Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia: Basics of What You Need to Know
Join the Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center and the Virginia Geriatric Education Center for a three-part webinar series on lifelong intellectual disabilities. This series is for members of the aging […]
RIDOH Shares Personal Protective Equipment Videos
Personal protective equipment (PPE), including respirators (like N95s), facemasks (such as surgical masks), face shields and other eye protection, gowns, and gloves, are in short supply in Rhode Island and […]
CDC’s NHSN LTCF COVID-19 Module: CDC Holds Additional NHSN Trainings
CDC is holding additional NHSN trainings on the COVID-19 Module for Long-term Care Facilities (LTCF). Visit the CDC website for the latest information: https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/ltc/covid19/index.html
CDC’s COVID-19 Module for Long Term Care Facilities
CDC’s NHSN provides healthcare facilities, such as long term care facilities (LTCF) with a customized system to track infections and prevention process measures in a systematic way. Tracking this information […]
CDC’s LTC Mini-Webinars
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) long-term care (LTC) mini-webinars are now live! These mini-webinars are all published on the Key Strategies to Prepare for COVID-19 in Long-term […]