Key Considerations For Medicare Advantage Success

How Racial Justice and Equity Can Improve Health Care We hope you were able to join the New England QIN-QIO and guest speakers from the Boston Public Health Commission, MA Department of Public Health, and the Executive and Medical Directors from the Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center in Boston, Massachusetts, on Thursday, November 15th. During this session, we heard from industry experts on institutional and structural racism in healthcare. We also discussed interventions to address health outcomes.

In treating clients with eating and weight issues, it is important to stay open to all aspects of their concerns, especially with regard to underlying emotional causes and accompanying co-occurring disorders. It is helpful for clinicians to address eating and weight issues from an acceptance framework, which assists clients with regard to validation and self-esteem building, ultimately leading to successful treatment outcomes. Finding solutions for eating and weight issues clients include incorporating tips and techniques from the Health At Every Size (HAES) movement and Recovery TOTS (Tools of Twelve Step).

Dr. Ileana Hanganu-Opatz begins with a brief introduction to the Institute for Developmental Neurophysiology and its main focus: the investigation of the origin and significance of oscillatory brain activity during postnatal development in mice.

As facilities work to return to pre-pandemic levels of efficiency and income in the face of the latest COVID surge, surgical procedures are a critical source of revenue—but common complications post-surgery can increase costs and negatively impact patient care. This webinar, featuring a panel of experts, will explore the scope of this problem and what facilities can do to combat it. Topics addressed will include historic areas for cost savings and how a proven respiratory therapy cuts post-op costs by helping prevent common post-op pulmonary complications.