Let’s Connect in Iowa
Thank you for joining us in Urbandale for our in-person networking event on October 25!
Together we can inspire individual and collective community action to improve healthcare outcomes.
Data Walk Posters
Emergency Preparedness
Planning for both natural and man-made disasters is a priority for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The COVID-19 pandemic made it even more evident that emergency preparedness is critically important. Telligen is committed to helping providers and community partners ensure their plan works.
Improving Diabetes Care
In Iowa, 9.3% of the adult population have an official diabetes diagnosis with an additional 70,000 Iowa adults living with diabetes who don’t know it. Diabetes-related costs in Iowa are estimated at $2.6 billion dollars, and those with diabetes can experience many negative health effects and complications. Telligen works in Iowa to improve diabetes care through evidence-based interventions and one-on-one enhanced technical assistance.
Responding to the Opioid Crisis
The opioid crisis has highlighted the widespread overuse of opioids across our nation. Older adults are especially vulnerable to the adverse effects of opioids due to the metabolic changes that come with age combined with risks inherent in polypharmacy. Telligen’s team of quality improvement experts want to support you in your efforts to help those who need it most.
BEST in Class
Readmission Reduction Collaborative
Rural Implementation of Age-Friendly Health Systems
The Telligen Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC) applies the Age-Friendly Health Systems (AFHS) framework as a method to address all-cause harm. Small, rural, community and critical access hospitals often have a difficult time simultaneously improving in many areas of patient safety due to lack of time, staff and resources. AFHS addresses key factors contributing to patient safety. As an example, the AFHS framework has been shown to reduce hospital length of stay via delirium prevention.
Connect with the Telligen Iowa Team

James Alexander

Gina Anderson

Brian Feist

Chloe Hird

Shannon Hornby

Kate LaFollette

Tanya McAninch

Jennifer Peerbolte

Mary Tisl-Endres
Meet the rest of the Telligen team here!
About the Telligen Team
The Telligen Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) team is a group of experts from across the country including quality improvement facilitators, clinicians, program specialists, subject matter experts, data analysts and others, organized to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, economy and quality of services delivered to people with Medicare. Our team can support your clinical, operational and analytical quality improvement goals.
Telligen QI Connect™
We’re a network of partners working on healthcare quality improvement initiatives. Our work is data-driven and locally tailored to make healthcare safer, more accessible and more cost-effective. Telligen QI Connect™ is operated by Telligen and funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to deliver quality improvement services at no cost to you or your organization. Telligen QI Connect™ encompasses our work as the CMS Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) across Colorado, Illinois, Iowa and Oklahoma, and our work as a Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC) across more than a dozen states. Learn more: www.telligenqiconnect.com.
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Who We Help

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