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CMS Quality Conference Speaker Feature: Brian Feist
Telligen is honored to have been selected to host one breakout session at the CMS 2024 Quality Conference to demonstrate some of our work as a Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization. While the final presentation won’t be shared until the...
The Why Behind Our Work: Serving Iowa’s Veterans
The Iowa Veterans Home The Iowa Veterans Home, located in Marshalltown, IA, serves Iowa veterans and their spouses through nursing and residential care. The 400+ bed facility spans 150 acres and serves around 500 veterans, making it one of the largest state-run...
Care Coordination and Collaboration: University of Iowa Post-Acute Care Collaborative
Quality Improvement and Care Coordination Beginning in January 2023, Gina Anderson, Telligen Program Specialist, assisted the University of Iowa Post-Acute Care Collaborative (PACC), a network of 15 nursing homes that meet monthly to discuss improvement initiatives,...
“Doing the Right Thing is Never the Wrong Thing”
Partner Feature: Patrice Greenawalt, Oklahoma Hospital Association Telligen sat down with Patrice Greenawalt, Vice President of Quality and Clinical Initiatives with the Oklahoma Hospital Association to learn about her career in quality improvement and...
Tag Busters: An Antibiotic Stewardship Success Story
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) identify nursing homes as priority areas for improved antimicrobial stewardship. High rates of antibiotic use in nursing homes are associated with increased...
Leading With Kindness – How an Oklahoma Nursing Home Improved Their Star Rating Using Quality Improvement
From 2021 to 2023, Colonial Manor saw an overall reduction of 83% in non-compliance points on their health inspection. This impressive improvement raised the nursing home’s rating from one star to three stars – all in just two years. Diakonos Group purchased Colonial...
Meet the Hosts
Meet the Hosts of the Shine a Light on Stigma PodcastThis collaborative series was developed by Superior Health Quality Alliance and Telligen in an effort to reduce stigma related to substance use disorder (SUD) by addressing and understanding that SUD is a chronic...
Telligen Team Visits Illinois
In June, Telligen leadership and team members traveled throughout Illinois to meet with local partners from the Telligen QI Connect™ network and host an in-person reception. Telligen serves as the Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO)...
The Why Behind Our Work: Casey’s Pond
Casey’s Pond is an inclusive community located in beautiful Steamboat Springs, Colorado. This non-profit, Eden Alterative® community offers skilled nursing, assisted living and independent living to over 100 residents.Kristin Solawetz, registered nurse and infection...
Collaboration in Action: Leveraging Simulation Education to Prevent ED Visits
In Iowa, a 2019 needs assessment conducted by faculty from the University of Iowa College of Nursing found Iowa emergency medical services (EMS) and hospital education to be at a critical juncture. Though in-situ, or real world, simulation training was highly valued,...