Hospitals show improvement in Patient & Family Engagement
The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations has 42 South Dakota hospitals participating in the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative (IHC) Hospital Improvement Innovation Network (HIIN),...
“Healthy” is much more than “health care”
In a fast paced world, full of increasing information overload, many people find it difficult to find the time to think about their overall...
Surgeon general issues health advisory
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams issued a health advisory, the first to come out in the last 10 years, when he urged Americans to...
Length of antibiotic treatment for sinusitis is too long
A study released by The Journal of the American Medical Association: Internal Medicine shows that primary care physicians are prescribing longer durations of antibiotics...
CMS comment period on hospice measures closes April 25
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking public comments on draft quality measures developed to supplement the existing Hospice Quality Reporting...
IMPACT Act quality measures call for comments
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is accepting public comments on the development of quality measures for the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation...
Free webinar: Challenges sepsis poses to rural hospitals
Sepsis accounts for 15 out of every 100 rural hospitalizations and is the cause of 50 percent of in-hospital deaths. New data suggests that...
Sanford doctor, Sioux Falls clinic win awards for colorectal cancer screening efforts
Dr. Daniel Heinemann, MD, of Sanford Health Network, and Falls Community Health have received top honors from the South Dakota Cancer Coalition Colorectal Cancer...
Culture and engagement are priorities during Patient Safety Awareness Week
This week is designated as Patient Safety Awareness Week. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is the lead sponsor of the event, which is...
Chronic disease self-management training slated for April
Lay leader training will be held in Aberdeen for the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program and the Diabetes Self-Management Program offered by Better Choices Better...
