EP44: Introducing the AHRQ ECHO National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network

<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Introducing the AHRQ ECHO National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network </span></em></p> <p><strong><em>"The goal of the COVID-19 Action Network is to collaboratively advance improvements in COVID-19 prevention and infection management.”</em></strong><strong>—</strong> <strong><em>Alice Bonner, Ph.D., RN</em></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Covid-19 exacerbated nursing homes' conditions; everyone was taken aback and did not anticipate the virus's overwhelming spread. It brought unprecedented challenges to nursing homes, considering older adults and immunocompromised patients are more vulnerable to the virus.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With that, the call for nursing homes to adapt changes in administering care amidst the pandemic is necessary and urgent. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Alice Bonner will share with you what the Covid-19 Action Network is doing to advance improvements in COVID-19 prevention and infection management in nursing homes during this pandemic. Discover how they are actively recruiting training centers (health systems) and nursing homes worldwide to join in on promoting health and well-being of residents and staff. </span></p> <p><strong><em>Part One of 'National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network’ </em></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What Is Covid-19 Action Network All About?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alice Bonner is a senior adviser for the aging at the Institute for Health Care Improvement (IHI) in Boston, Massachusetts, and is also an adjunct faculty at Johns Hopkins University.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With her expertise in the field, Alice Bonner in collaboration with IHI and Project ECHO and with the support from the</span> <a href= "https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/08/07/hhs-announces-allocations-of-cares-act-provider-relief-fund-for-nursing-homes.html"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">CARES Act Provider Relief