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.

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.

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.

As an expansion of Telligen’s Blue Ribbon award, BEST in Class recipients will be recognized for promoting patient safety and ensuring each nursing home resident receives high quality care.

Hospital readmissions are associated with unfavorable patient outcomes and high financial costs.” In the first six months of 2021, Alaska had over 600 unplanned 30-day readmissions with a rate of 12.81 per 1000 discharges and is projected to drop from 6th to 24th in national ranking.

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.