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 #4 March 27
Protecting Patients and Healthcare Workers; Lessons Shared from Italy WHO with Project Patient Care; Chicago Tribune Article
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
January 2020
Patient Wishlist for 2020, Costs of Care, and Social Determinants of Health
December 2019
Project Patient Care wishes you, your family, and friends a wonderful holiday season and a healthy and joyous New Year and More!
November 2019
Caregivers; Crucial Conversations on Opioids; Federal Developments; PPC at Conferences and Giving Back; and More!
October 2019
Gratitude; Measures Do Matter; CMS Compare Updates; and More!
September 2019
Patients Engaged in Co-Development; Conditions of Participation; Monitoring Opioid Crisis
August 2019
Bringing the voice of the patient, family, and caregiver to improve health and healthcare locally, nationally, and globally.
July 2019
Champion Change Agents, CKD and Other Major Federal Changes
June 2019
Champion Change Agent; Project Patient Care Podcasts; Transparency Executive Order; Preliminary 2018 Opioid Death Results; Opportunities for Patients, Families, Caregivers and Consumers to be Involved
May 2019
Champion Change Agent; Federal Update; World Health Assembly 2019 Resolutions
April 2019
Champion Change Agents; Care Transitions; Patient, Family, and Caregiver Engagement Opportunities
March 2019
Champion Change Agents, Care Transitions, CKD Transformation
February 2019
Health Equity, Healthcare Cost and Transparency, 2019 CMS Quality Conference
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