by Keri McDermott | Jan 29, 2023 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Dually eligible individuals covered under Medicare and Medicaid who live in rural areas struggle to access the services, care coordination, and integrated care programs they need. Health Management Associates (HMA) conducted multi-state roundtable discussions with...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 26, 2023 | Cardiac Care, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
The Friday Focus 4 Health February Series begins on February 3, 2023 Reducing Avoidable Hospital Emergency Department Visits | 12:00 – 12:30 pm CT Blood Pressure Control | 12:30 – 1:00 p.m. CT Register for the February Series Our Friday Focus 4 Health...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 20, 2023 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
The bivalent booster is the most recent version of the COVID-19 vaccine. It contains both the original vaccine strain [of the virus] and a strain derived from the BA.5 omicron variant, which is currently the most active in the United States, so that we can maximize...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 17, 2023 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Opioids, Quality Care Coalition
According to the CDC, 107,375 people in the United States died of drug overdoses and drug poisonings in the 12-month period ending in January 2022. A staggering 67 percent of those deaths involved synthetic opioids like fentanyl. Some of these deaths were attributed...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 16, 2023 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Improvement (QI) Voices: Improving COVID-19 Outcomes in Nursing Homes Across America is an audio series that gives you a closer look at the projects and the people who are improving health care quality and...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 10, 2023 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Opioids, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
If an individual is thinking about treatment for a substance abuse disorder, he or she is already making a move towards recovery. Fortunately, there are many programs and treatment centers available to help. More than 100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses between...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 3, 2023 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Quality Care Coalition
Join the Community HealthCare Association of the Dakotas (CHAD) as they reflect on an expanded narrative of the community health center movement. CHAD’s Equity Talk series provides a platform for interactive learning about local health inequities, life experiences and...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 27, 2022 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Opioids, Quality Care Coalition
The January 2023 Series begins this Friday (January 6) and will focus on Opioids and Adverse Drug Events. You can register for the Opioid session or Adverse Drug Event session (or both). Click Here to Register for our January Series Our Friday Focus 4 Health Series...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 27, 2022 | Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Join the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday January 5, 2023 at 2:00 pm CT for a National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call. Thursday January 5, 2023 I 2:00 pm CT Long-term care providers, facility...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 21, 2022 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Substance abuse: the use of illegal drugs or the use of prescription or over-the-counter drugs or alcohol for purposes other than those for which they are meant to be used, or in excessive amounts. Substance abuse may lead to social, physical, emotional and...
