by Keri McDermott | Jul 24, 2023 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Quality Care Coalition
Continuing the Conversation: A webinar series focused on the interdependent components to achieving health equity. We will feature leaders and subject matter experts across the Dakotas to share their expertise, personal experiences, best practices and application...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 21, 2023 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Health and Human Services, along with North Dakota State University’s Center for Collaboration and Advancement in Pharmacy (CAP center), are pleased to present North Dakota’s Antimicrobial Stewardship Honor Roll for Hospitals and Long-term Care Facilities....
by Keri McDermott | Jul 21, 2023 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Together, teams will take their understanding of social determinants of health to the next level as they identify actionable steps that impact the root causes of poor health outcomes in their communities. This training course is hosted by the Rocky Mountain Public...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 16, 2023 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Attend this free Webinar, hosted by the NDSU Center for Immunization Research and Education (CIRE) Program. Paul Carson, MD, FACP, will share more about vaccine safety surveillance systems and the approach to ensure vaccine safety in the United States. July 26, 2023...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 11, 2023 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Quality Care Coalition
Earlier this Summer, members of our Great Plains QIN team were fortunate to travel through a small portion of the traditional home lands of the Lakota people and participate in the Lakota Lands & Identities Traveling Seminar hosted by the Community Healthcare...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 6, 2023 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Reminder for nursing home team members: CMS online training series: CMS Targeted COVID-19 Training for Frontline Nursing Home Staff and Management (also referred to as the CMS Designated Scenario-Based Training [SBT] or CMS Quality, Safety and Education Portal [QSEP]...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 6, 2023 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Continuing the Conversation: A webinar series focused on the interdependent components to achieving health equity. We will feature leaders and subject matter experts across the Dakotas to share their expertise, personal experiences, best practices and application...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 23, 2023 | Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Hypoglycemia, can be a side effect of treatment with blood sugar lowering medications such as sulfonylureas, like Glipizide and insulin. These hypoglycemic events are considered adverse drug events. Each year, 35 percent of LTC residents with type 2 diabetes...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 22, 2023 | Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Continuing the Conversation: A webinar series focused on the interdependent components to achieving health equity. We will feature leaders and subject matter experts across the Dakotas to share their expertise, personal experiences, best practices and application...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 14, 2023 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
A Center of Excellence is a team of skilled knowledge workers whose mission is to provide organizations with best practices around a particular area of interest. The Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities (COE-NF) provides free training,...
