Newsletters

January 2021

Healthcare issues for Biden-Harris team to focus on including COVID-19 and diseases and conditions that have worsened during pandemic

November 2020

Gratitude to all front line health workers

October 2020

Nursing Home Updates; Challenges that nursing home residents and their families face during this Covid-19 pandemic and the opportunities we all have to aid the nursing home residents in their hours of greatest need.

August-September 2020

Nursing Home Updates; New Care-Compare Website; World Patient Safety Day; Video with Dr. George Bakris on Importance of Continued Care

July 2020

Beyond COVID-19 - Opioids, Mental Health, Immunizations, Violence Nursing Home Visitation Videos and Virtual Meetings Volunteering

June 2020

Project Patient Care Developments - In the News and In Video. CDC, Illinois Nursing Home Visitation, CMS Public Health Emergency Policies

May 2020

Black Lives Matter; Nursing Home Quality and Accountability; NEW Video Releases

COVID-19 Edition #7 April 19

New Nursing Home Changes; Disparities; and Advance Care Planning

COVID-19 Edition #6 April 16

National Healthcare Decisions Day; Dr. Julie Goldstein on Advance Care Planning April 16, 2020

COVID-19 Edition #5 April 5

Recommendations to Nursing Homes & Oversight; Preparing Patients/Residents for COVID-19 Hospitalization; Helping Families Help Loved Ones

April 2020 Document

Recommendations for and by Patients, Families, and Caregivers for Elective Surgeries and Invasive Procedures During COVID-19 Pandemic April 30, 2020

April 2020

Issues covered: COVID-19 Quality and Regulatory Changes Project Patient Care Guidance on Elective Surgeries for Patients and Caregivers Nursing Homes - CDC and CMS Reporting; Need PPE; COVID-19 Spread and Deaths Masks - Why and How to Make Masks New Symptoms Added for COVID-19

COVID-19 Edition #3 March 24

All In Together - What We Can All Do; Value of TeleHealth - Meet TeleHealth Pioneers; Resources

COVID-19 Edition #2 March 20

Public Health Survey on Nursing Home COVID-19 Readiness

COVID-19 Edition #1 March 15

Stay at Home; Urgent Need for Personal Protective Equipment

March 2020

COVID-19 Special Edition PPC Newsletters; Regulatory and Rule Changes and Relief in Response to COVID-19

February 2020

COVID-19 Interventions and Data; Dr. Brian Isetts Podcast; IHC Comfort Scales; Patients as Partners in Diagnostic Research; CMS Quality Conference; Celebrations

March 2019

Champion Change Agents, Care Transitions, CKD Transformation

February 2019

Health Equity, Healthcare Cost and Transparency, 2019 CMS Quality Conference

For historical newsletters starting with January 1, 2017, please contact Pat Merryweather at pmerryweather@projectpatientcare.org

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