Great Plains Quality Innovation Network

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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.

Think Flu, Think COVID | Updated Posters & Resources For Fall

Think Flu, Think COVID | Updated Posters & Resources For Fall

With respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and influenza on the rise during fall and winter, annual vaccinations are crucial. These viruses pose significant health risks, especially for older adults and those with weakened immune systems. Vaccination is a proven way to...

Updated Multi-Visit Patient Utilization State Reports

Updated Multi-Visit Patient Utilization State Reports

The Great Plains QIN team strives to improve healthcare quality and patient outcomes. We work with partners and community coalitions to identify areas for improvement, which include reducing avoidable hospital admissions and readmissions, and high utilizers of the...

Stepping On Program: Reducing The Risk of Falls Among Older Adults

Stepping On Program: Reducing The Risk of Falls Among Older Adults

National Falls Prevention Week is here; September 23 - 27, 2024. a great opportunity to offer some falls-related tips for your patients and loved ones. Falls Prevention Awareness Week reaches millions of older adults across the country with a simple message: You can...

Sepsis Escape Room: A Game-Changer for Patient Care

Sepsis Escape Room: A Game-Changer for Patient Care

Melissa Waldner, RN, BSN, clinical nurse educator at Avera St. Luke's Hospital in Aberdeen, South Dakota, highlighted their efforts to improve compliance of the sepsis bundle implementation during a recent Webinar, Sepsis in the Dakotas: Prevention, Identification,...

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.