by Keri McDermott | Jan 19, 2022 | Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 1:00 pm CT Register Today Healthcare providers and stakeholders are invited to join Kepro for a Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization (BFCC-QIO) Program webinar. Kepro is the BFCC-QIO for 29 states,...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 19, 2022 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Jenifer Lauckner is the newest member of the Great Plains Quality Innovation Network team; she will be supporting nursing homes and communities as a Quality Improvement Advisor. My work experience…I worked at St. Andrew’s Health Center, a Critical Access Hospital,...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 18, 2022 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Quality Care Coalition
109 organizations have been recognized as a COVID-19 Staff Vaccination Ambassador. This is something to CELEBRATE. Great Plains Quality Innovation Network launched our COVID-19 Staff Vaccination Ambassador Program to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts and recognize...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 17, 2022 | Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Putting Infection Prevention into Everyday Practice February 22, 2022 | 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. CT To stop the spread of infections, everyone working in a healthcare facility needs to have a foundational knowledge of infection prevention and must be ready to implement basic...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 17, 2022 | Covid-19, Events, Featured, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
January 25, 2022 | 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. CT Burnout is rarely an individual issue alone. This presentation will discuss risks related to caretaker/provider health during times of crises as well as models for both individual and organizational wellness. Register...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 17, 2022 | Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality
A Weekly Education and Sharing Session for North Dakota and South Dakota Nursing Homes Thursdays @ 4:00 CT/3:00 MT | Beginning January 20, 2022 Join Us. We will help your home access and understand new COVID-19 recommendation and guidance. An office hours format will...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 14, 2022 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Great Plains QIN updated the GPQIN Electronic Vaccination Tracking Log to include field entries for the COVID-19 boosters. This Excel tracking log was designed to be used as a “Quick Review” for the MDS person and/or infection preventionist to access a listing of...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 14, 2022 | CMS News, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated it’s Nursing Home Resource Center with two new informational products. As of January 6, 2022, the Nursing Home Visitation FAQs have been updated to provide additional guidance about visitation...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 11, 2022 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Quality Care Coalition
By the end of this decade, all members of the Baby Boomer generation will be at least age 65. Remaining in their home as they age is a priority. Unfortunately, most homes lack key design elements to address mobility limitations commonly experienced by older adults....
by Keri McDermott | Jan 11, 2022 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
There are 37.2 million Americans living in poverty, an increase of 3.3 million people since 2019. In 2020, racial and ethnic minorities continued to be disproportionately affected by poverty, with Black (19.5%) and Hispanic (17%) Americans shown to have poverty rates...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 11, 2022 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Submitted by Carley Swanson, RN, BSN Learning and Development Specialist for Evidence-Based Programming and Community Education at Sanford Medical Center Fargo Often times communities may find their access to certain resources are limited. Perhaps there is a desire to...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 11, 2022 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Quality Care Coalition
CMS News | January 10, 2022 Biden-Harris Administration Requires Insurance Companies and Group Health Plans to Cover the Cost of At-Home COVID-19 Tests, Increasing Access to Free Tests As part of its ongoing efforts across many channels to expand Americans’ access to...
