Lantana Projects
CDC MMWR Study—Coverage with Influenza, RSV, and COVID-19 Vaccines Among Nursing Home Residents — NHSN, November 2024
Lantana Public Health Analysts Heather Dubendris and Brynn Lape-Newman co-authored a study published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) assessing COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination coverage for nursing home residents during the 2024-25 respiratory virus season. Learn more about the elevated risks for nursing home…
Read MoreCDC MMWR Study—Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel — NHSN, 2023–24 Respiratory Virus Season
Brynn Lape-Newman, Heather Dubendris, and Elizabeth Kalayil co-authored a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study for the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) that assesses COVID-19 influenza vaccination coverage for healthcare personnel in acute care hospitals and nursing homes during the 2023-2024 respiratory virus season.
Read MoreThe NHSN’s Digital Quality Measures: CDC’s Automated Surveillance for Patient Safety
Lantana is proud to announce a new publication: “The NHSN’s digital quality measures: CDC’s automated surveillance for patient safety,” in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA). This article provides a comprehensive overview of our contributions to National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), highlighting our longstanding commitment to improving patient safety.
Read MoreCDC MMWR Study—Influenza, RSV, and Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Coverage Among Nursing Home Residents for December 2023
Heather Dubendris co-authored a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study for the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) that assessed the coverage of the COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines among nursing home residents during the 2023-24 respiratory virus season.
Read MoreCDC Study Reveals Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage
Emily Haanschoten and Heather Dubendris co-authored the study, Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccination Status Among Long-Term Care Facility Residents — United States, October 31, 2022–May 7, 2023 published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). Disparities in COVID-19 vaccination coverage among Long Term Care residents based on geography and racial demographics were identified by the CDC’s…
Read MoreVital 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
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 Safety Network’s (NHSN’s) antimicrobial use surveillance can use in their antibiotic stewardship programs (ASPs). This article outlines the methods and results of developing those SAARs.…
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Increasing Voluntary Public Health Reporting to the NHSN Antimicrobial Use Option
National Healthcare Safety Network Standardized Antimicrobial Administration Ratios (SAARs): A Progress Report and Risk Modeling Update Using 2017 Data
US Hydroxychloroquine, Chloroquine, and Azithromycin Outpatient Prescription Trends, October 2019 Through March 2020
Nadine Shehab, Chief Scientist, co-authored this CDC report which quantifies changes in outpatient prescriptions of hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine, and azithromycin during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Transfusion‐associated adverse events and implementation of blood safety measures ‐ findings from the 2017 National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey
Circumstances Involved in Unsupervised Solid Dose Medication Exposures among Young Children
EHR-Compatible Pharmacist Care Plan Standard Opens the Door to Cross-Setting Data Exchange
Lantana Consulting Group and Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) developed an electronic document standard for pharmacist care plans—the HL7 Pharmacist Care Plan (PhCP). The project was launched by a High Impact Pilot (HIP) grant to Lantana from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). Click the link above to learn…
Read MoreDevelopment, implementation, and initial evaluation of a foundational open interoperability standard for oncology treatment planning and summarization, JAMIA January 2015
Authors: Jeremy L. Warner, Suzanne E. Maddux, Kevin S. Hughes, John C. Krauss, Peter Paul Yu, Lawrence N. Shulman, Deborah K. Mayer, Mike Hogarth , Mark Shafarman , Allison Stover Fiscalini, Laura Esserman, Liora Alschuler , George Augustine Koromia, Zabrina Gonzaga, Edward P. Ambinder The objective of this article was to develop and evaluate a foundational oncology-specific standard for…
Read MoreAre Meaningful Use Stage 2 certified EHRs ready for interoperability? Findings from the SMART C-CDA Collaborative
Upgrades to electronic health record (EHR) systems scheduled to be introduced in the USA in 2014 will advance document interoperability between care providers. Specifically, the second stage of the federal incentive program for EHR adoption, known as Meaningful Use, requires use of the Consolidated Clinical Document Architecture (C-CDA) for document exchange. In an effort to…
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