Posts by Lantana Consulting Group
Lantana Consulting Group Announces the Appointment of New Board Member Chris LeGrand
Nurses in the Community: Week 4 of National Nurses Month
Nurses can become involved in their communities and make a positive difference for patients and families beyond the bedside in many ways. With a little creativity, nursing professionals can engage…
Read MoreLifelong Learning: Embracing a Mindset of Continuous Professional Development for Nurses
Nurses at Lantana are clinical experts who have transitioned from direct patient care to leading the digital transformation in health care through focusing on safety and quality and improving access…
Read MoreNational Nurses Month 2023: Self-Care
It is that time of year again where we celebrate nurses and all they do. This year the American Nurses Association (ANA) has chosen the theme “You Make a Difference”…
Read MorePublic Health Includes Mental Health
Vital Signs: Health Disparities in Hemodialysis-Associated Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections — United States, 2017–2020
Selective and Cascade Reporting of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Results and Its Impact on Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance—National Healthcare Safety Network, April 2020 to March 2021
Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 Case Incidence Rates Among Residents in Nursing Homes by Up-to-Date Vaccination Status — United States, October 10, 2022–January 8, 2023
Lantana Consulting Group, Inc. Completes Sale of the Company to Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Leadership Transition
Be Antibiotics Aware with the NHSN Antimicrobial Use and Resistance Module
Recently, we observed U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week (USAAW), an initiative that highlights the threat of antimicrobial resistance and the importance of appropriate antimicrobial use. Antimicrobial resistance continues to threaten lives…
Read MoreDeveloping a FHIR Implementation Guide for Extended RBC Phenotyping Information
John Spinosa attended the Pathology Informatics Summit and gave a presentation entitled Exchanging Extended RBC Phenotyping and Genotyping Information: HL7 FHIR Implementation Guide Status.
Read MoreToward Health Equity in Transfusion Medicine
National Public Health Week is April 4 – 10: “Public Health is Where You Are”
2021 Annual Retreat: Two Perspectives
Surveillance of COVID-19 Vaccination in Nursing Homes, United States, December 2020–July 2021
National Healthcare Safety Network 2018 Baseline Neonatal Standardized Antimicrobial Administration Ratios
In 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention developed neonatal-specific (Standardized Antimicrobial Administration Ratios SAARs), a set of risk-adjusted antimicrobial use metrics that hospitals participating in the National Healthcare…
Read MoreMaternal Health Day of Action: Getting the Information Needed to Drive Change
Women in the United States die before, during, and after childbirth at a higher rate than any other developed nation in the world—a sobering fact highlighted by Vice President Kamala…
Read MoreOctober is American Pharmacists Month: What are Lantana Pharmacists Up To?
The COVID-19 pandemic challenged us to think about where and how to get pharmacy data about the medications being used to treat COVID-19 patients in U.S. hospitals. Treatment recommendations during…
Read MoreAdapting during a Global Pandemic: Capturing Remdesivir in the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Antimicrobial Use Option
Heather Dubrendris presented a poster at this year’s virtual CSTE conference. The poster, Adapting during a Global Pandemic: Capturing Remdesivir in the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Antimicrobial Use Option,…
Read MoreBuilding on the FHIR Framework Toward Advanced Interoperability Goals
As part of a HIMSS Education Webinar, Liora Alschuler and Rick Geimer, along with Hans Buitendijk of Cerner, explore the evolving applications of SMART on FHIR and other open APIs,…
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