Quality Insights Podcast

Este podcast brinda una descripción general del programa de salud materna y analiza los beneficios del programa para la comunidad de Delaware.

This month is Kidney Awareness Month, so today we’re discussing the unique concerns people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) face amid the COVID-19 pandemic. We’re joined by Katelynn Booth, Quality Improvement Specialist with Quality Insights Renal Network 5. If you want to reach out to Katelynn directly, you can call Quality Insights at 1-800-642-8686 and enter extension 2703. You can also contac...

What is the difference between an outbreak, an epidemic, a pandemic, and an endemic? What can nursing homes do to plan ahead if COVID-19 is reclassified as an endemic? Patty Austin from Quality Insights joins us to tackle this topic.  If you want to reach out to Patty directly, you can call Quality Insights at 1-800-642-8686 and enter extension 7633. You can also contact Patty via email at paustin...

Penny Imes, a Quality Improvement Specialist with Quality Insights, joins us to talk about the Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) tool as it relates to long term care and skilled nursing facilities amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pam Meador from the West Virginia Health Care Association joins us to talk about the most recent updates to cohorting guidelines for long term care facilities. Referenced Links: Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/infection-control-recommendations.htm...

Patty Austin from Quality Insights talks about tracking the immunization status of nursing home residents amid the COVID-19 pandemic. If you want to reach out to Patty directly, you can call Quality Insights at 1-800-642-8686 and enter extension 7633. You can also contact Patty via email at paustin@qualityinsights.org .  You can check out our other interviews by visiting www.qualityinsights.org/qi...

Penny Imes from Quality Insights talks about COVID-19 vaccine data entry for long-term care facilities into the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN).  Referenced:    CDC Data Tracking Worksheets:  https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/ltc/weekly-covid-vac/index.html#dtw 

Pam Meador from the West Virginia Healthcare Association discusses cohorting as an infection prevention and control strategy in long-term care and skilled nursing facilities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. DISCLAIMER: After the recording of this podcast, the CDC issued updated guidance on infection prevention and control recommendations to prevent COVID-19 spread in nursing homes. Specifically, the up...

Quality Insights' Patty Austin discusses the latest guidelines issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding nursing home visitation during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Shikina "Kia" Wills and Sheila Barnett with Quality Insights' Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) answer some of the most frequently asked questions about COVID-19 vaccines and boosters. 

 Listen to this discussion between AmeriHealth Caritas of Delaware and Quality Insights regarding the National Diabetes Prevention program and how AmeriHealth Caritas of Delaware is working to promote the program among their members and providers. If you have any follow-up questions after listening to the podcast, please contact communications@amerihealthcaritasde.com . 

Join co-hosts Joe Pinto and Danielle Nugent, both Practice Transformation Specialists at Quality Insights, for a deeper dive into what social determinants of health (SDOH) are, some barriers to dealing with SDOH, a few strategies for breaking down these barriers, and how health care providers can use the PRAPARE tool along with other tools to best address SDOH within their patient populations. If...

In this episode, we’re talking with patient representative Timmy Nelson about COVID-19 vaccine confidence from the patient perspective and how it relates to his work as a patient representative.    Timmy is a retired lobbyist, a former dialysis patient, and a kidney transplant recipient. He has been committed to supporting individuals enduring the challenges of End-Stage Renal Disease and other he...

On this episode of our podcast, we’re talking with patient representative Timmy Nelson about COVID-19 vaccine access and advocacy from the patient perspective and how it relates to his work as a patient representative.   Timmy is a retired lobbyist, a former dialysis patient, and a kidney transplant recipient. He has been committed to supporting individuals enduring the challenges of End-Stage Ren...

On this episode of our podcast, we’re talking with patient representative Timmy Nelson about patient and family engagement related to COVID-19 vaccinations from the patient perspective and how it relates to his work as a patient representative. Timmy is a retired lobbyist, a former dialysis patient, and a kidney transplant recipient. He has been committed to supporting individuals enduring the cha...

On this episode of our podcast, we’re talking with the WV Healthcare Association’s Pam Meador about the impact of COVID-19 vaccinations in the long-term care setting. Pam serves as the Association’s Director of Regulatory Services. In her role as Director of Regulatory Service, Pam’s work focuses heavily on policy and survey review, as well as helping member facilities navigate challenges in the h...

On this episode, we’re talking with Dr. Lisa Costello about COVID-19 vaccinations and vaccine confidence.  Dr. Costello is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at West Virginia University (WVU) in Morgantown, WV and a Pediatric Hospitalist at WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital. Dr. Costello currently serves as the president of the West Virginia Chapter of the American Academy of Pe...

In this podcast, host Jill Fellure, Assistant Project Coordinator at Quality Insights, talks with Kim Chaundry, Senior Director for Pennsylvania’s Keystone Health Information Exchange (KeyHIE), to provide a deeper look at what KeyHIE is, the value it brings to patients and the Pennsylvania health care landscape, and the current initiatives they are working on.     Listen now to learn how KeyHIE su...

In this podcast, Quality Insights Practice Transformation Specialists Joe Pinto and Danielle Nugent talk about social determinants of health (SDOH) - what it is, identifying the various components, how health care providers can overcome the barriers to SDOH, and some strategies for using the PRAPARE Tool and other tools to address SDOH.

Listen to get some great highlights about the 2020 Million Hearts®  Hypertension Control Challenge. You'll also get details about the blood pressure control strategies Delaware Primary Care, LLC employed to make hypertension control the goal for its patients, which ultimately led to this practice being recognized as a 2020 Million Hearts®  Hypertension Control Champion! Delaware Primary Care,...

Learn more about Quality Insight's support of COVID-19 Vaccination with our Chief Executive Officer Sven Berg.