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TAP Strategy Series
In response to rising rates of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Telligen HQIC team incorporated the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Targeted Assessment for Prevention (TAP) Strategy as a key program intervention....
The Why Behind Our Work: Lindsay Municipal Hospital
Lindsay Municipal Hospital (LMH) is a 26-bed Level IV acute care hospital in rural Lindsay, Oklahoma. The facility first opened in the 1960s but closed in the mid-1990s due to financial hardship and its rural status. Local leaders partnered with state leaders to...
The Quality Collective
The Telligen Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC) program connects over 190 small, rural and critical access hospitals from across the country to engage in activities that improve patient safety and quality of care. Although most hospitals enrolled in the...
CMS Quality Conference Recap
Telligen joined over 6,000 in-person and virtual attendees April 8-10, at the 2024 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Conference. The conference theme was “Resilient and Ready Together: Creating an Optimal Environment for Quality Healthcare for...
Nurses Week 2024
Nurses Make the Difference Nurses Week 2024The American Nurses Association is celebrating National Nurses Week 2024 from May 6 - May 12 and all throughout May. This year's theme, "Nurses Make the Difference," honors the incredible nurses who embody the spirit of...
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...