by Keri McDermott | Dec 29, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Project Firstline aims to provide all healthcare workers with the infection control knowledge they need to protect their patients and themselves. To improve access to Project Firstline materials for Spanish-speaking healthcare workers, a selection of content and...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 28, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Rapid Increase of Omicron Variant Infections in the United States: Management of Healthcare Personnel with SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Exposure Distributed via the CDC Health Alert Network | Friday, December 24, 2021 Summary Due to the increased transmissibility of the...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 28, 2021 | Covid-19, Events, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Friday, January 21 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. CT Access the Webinar Recording Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to: 1) Discuss the clinical features of long-haul COVID 2) Describe the prevalence of long-haul COVID 3) Understand how...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 28, 2021 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Effective communication is critical to ensuring understanding, empowering patients and providing high-quality care. A language access plan can help ensure that an organization provides high quality and appropriate language services. A language access plan can also...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 28, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Medication Safety, Quality Care Coalition
The cost of prescription drugs can be extremely expensive and often times out of reach for individuals in need. Fortunately, there are programs that can help. Mark Hardy, PharmD; North Dakota Board of Pharmacy, recently provided an overview of a program that helps...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
Friday, January 21 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. CT Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to: 1) Discuss the clinical features of long-haul COVID. 2) Describe the prevalence of long-haul COVID. 3) Understand how vaccinating against COVID reduces...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 14, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition, Uncategorized
Reach for Resilience is a help line and resource center for healthcare professionals, formed in partnership between Sanford Health and the North Dakota Department of Human Services’ Behavioral Health Division. Reach for Resilience was created by healthcare workers for...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 14, 2021 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
Submitted by Wendy Schmidt, MBS, BAN, RN, Senior Learning and Development Specialist at Sanford Health Bismarck implemented a Community Health Worker (CHW) program in January 2021. With almost a year of experience, this role is showing early, but promising, impact on...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 14, 2021 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Real People, Real Processes, Real Success A partnership of the Great Plains Quality Innovation Network and the South Dakota Foundation for Medical Care Creating connections among community resources and healthcare facilities provides a pathway for individuals to come...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 14, 2021 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
One of the greatest threats to the health of medical professionals, their patients and the public at large is the failure to properly control the spread of infection in clinical settings. Infection control is a top priority for healthcare professionals and...
