Great Plains Quality Innovation Network
Quality Experts
Our team of subject matter experts offers technical assistance, tailored education, best practices, tools and resources for healthcare organizations and Medicare consumers. We look forward to serving as your quality improvement expert, partner and resource in the journey towards improvement.
Our Commitment
We aim to achieve better health care, improved health, safer care and lower healthcare costs. Our team works in conjunction with state partners, while pooling resources and common elements into an organization that can best serve the needs of healthcare providers and Medicare consumers across the region.
Tobacco Cessation Intervention for Behavioral Health Providers | May 29, 2024
Commercial tobacco use is still the number one cause of preventable death and individuals with behavioral health conditions and substance abuse disorders have significantly higher rates of tobacco use in comparison to the overall population. Tobacco Use Disorder is...
CMS Quality In Motion Report: Putting Quality Goals into Action
Quality in Motion: Acting on the CMS National Quality Strategy is CMS’s latest update to the 2022 National Quality Strategy, which was launched to improve the quality and safety of health care for everyone, focusing on those from underserved and under-resourced...
Ensuring Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Treatment through the Care Continuum Webinar Series
More than 1 million Medicare beneficiaries had a diagnosis of opioid use disorder in 2020.1 However, fewer than 1 in 5 Medicare beneficiaries with an opioid use disorder (OUD) diagnosis received medication to treat this condition. In addition, the number of patients...
South Dakota Receives Two National Immunization Recognition Awards
Congratulations to two South Dakota immunizations champions for earning National Immunization Recognition Awards. Andrea Polkinghorn and Allie Alvine received awards during the National Conference for Immunization Coalitions and Partners (NCICP) Award Ceremony...
Quarterly National Stakeholder Call with CMS Leadership | Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Please join the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, and her leadership team, who will provide an update on CMS’ recent accomplishments and how cross-cutting initiatives are advancing the CMS Strategic Plan....
North Dakota Immunization Conference | June 18 -20, 2024
Be sure to register for the 2024 North Dakota Immunization Conference taking place on June 18 and 19th at the Bismarck Event Center in Bismarck, North Dakota. A Motivational Interviewing Workshop is scheduled for June 20 focused on vaccinations to complement the...
Alzheimer’s Association: Upcoming Events | Grief and Healing, Native Populations and Alzheimer’s and Advanced Care and Legal Planning
The Alzheimer's Association® is hosting several virtual events, alongside other organizations, in April and May. Don't miss your chance to join these learning opportunities to better understand grief and reflections in healing, Alzheimer's disease in Native...
Language Access Plan: Effective Communication is Critical for Understanding, Empowerment and High-Quality Care
Imagine not being able to communicate effectively with those around you. What would you do if you were in danger or needed help? Now imagine working in a healthcare setting; an individual enters the room and is in obvious need of help. You lack the ability to...
Great Plains QIN LAN Event | Decoding Dialysis: Improving Care Across the Continuum for Patients with Kidney Disease – May 21, 2024
Care of the patient living with end stage renal disease can be intimidating due to the complex interplay of dietary and fluid restrictions, medications, vascular access care, and dialysis treatments, often in the setting of other comorbid medical conditions. It is...
Great Plains Quality Care Coalition
Our Vision: Through collaboration and partnership, we aspire to make healthcare in the Dakotas the best in the nation. We have partnered with committed nursing homes, community leaders and healthcare organizations to improve the care in our communities. Better together.